Maud Lewis is one of Canada’s most renowned folk artists, one whose story and paintings bring delight to thousands of visitors to Nova Scotia every year. Her art and life have garnered increased media attention over recent decades in part due to a dramatization of her life in...
Movie night at the Gallery! Join us for a screening of the award-winning film Maudie, a biopic about the life and work of artist Maud Lewis. Tickets include admission to the Scotiabank Maud Lewis Gallery, the Maud Lewis exhibition, an introduction from Shannon Parker, Laufer Curator of Collections,...
Join Lead Curator Gerald McMaster (Plains Cree and member of the Siksika First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada) in conversation with artists Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Iñupiaq and Athabascan, Alaska, United States) and Couzyn van Heuvelen (Inuk, Nunavut, Canada). Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity explores the ways in which Indigenous contemporary artists...
Get inspired by the upcoming exhibition Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity and try making your own paper in the studio, just like artist Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe does for many of his prints and drawings. Using local and recycled materials, we will explore the process of paper making, adding colourful...
This event is sold out. Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery, as she guides you through making a Maud Lewis-inspired painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening....
Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery, as she guides you through making a Maud Lewis-inspired painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. On this date you'll be...