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Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council congratulate Solomon Nagler. He has been selected to receive a 2025 Established Artist Recognition Award
Solomon Nagler
Solomon Nagler is a filmmaker, poet and community activist who teaches at NSCAD University. His films have been featured in film festivals across the globe, and retrospective programs of his work have been screened in Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, France and across Canada. His work also includes 16mm celluloid installations that engage with sculpture and experimental architecture in galleries and public space. He is founder of the Community Mobile Media Lab, a purpose-designed mobile media production hub, which houses film production equipment that can be situated temporarily in Nova Scotia Communities across the province to explore innovative models of co-creation, training and mentorship for populations underrepresented in the film industry. In Halifax, he is a past Board Member of The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, Wonder’neath Art Society and was on the Programming Committee for the Centre for Art Tapes and the Halifax Independent Filmmakers’ Festival.
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About the Award
The Established Artist Recognition Award recognizes artists who have emerged from their initial training and development to become recognized, established artists in Nova Scotia.
The awards help showcase the recipients’ work to residents of the province and to people beyond our borders. This visibility will encourage artistic and economic well-being for the recipients and contribute to the health of Nova Scotia’s artistic sector in support of a well-rounded community.
The Artist Recognition Awards are presented annually by Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council and are funded through the Nova Scotia Arts Endowment Fund. Each award carries a cash value of $5,000.
The prize will be presented at the Creative Nova Scotia Awards on November 2, 2025.
