Congratulations to Emerging Artist Andrea Tsang Jackson

The Here & Elsewhere Bee* by Andrea Tsang Jackson 

* Andrea Tsang Jackson's award winning quilt, the Here & Elsewhere Bee, is currently on display until February 27, 2021 at the StFX Art Gallery, in Antigonish, as part of SAQA's Colour with a "U" exhibition.

SAQA Atlantic member Andrea Tsang Jackson was recently recognized at the Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala as one of two Nova Scotia Emerging Artists for 2020.

Andrea is a textile artist, quilt designer, author and educator based in Halifax, NS. After working in various design fields and settings ranging from architecture to museums, quilting called to her as a way to explore place, belonging, and agency.

According to textile artist Marilyn Smulders' nomination statement: 

"(Andrea) is an innovator: incorporating animation in one project, music in another. But in other ways, she remains true to the quilt’s traditional functions of providing comfort and warmth. Following the terrible days of April 18 and 19, Andrea helped organize a quilt drive for traumatized families. An artist of exceptional heart, it is exciting to think she is only getting started."

Nova Scotia's Emerging Artist Recognition Award recognizes artists of any age who are in the early stages of their professional career, have completed specialized training, and have presented their work publicly. 

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Mark your calendars for Everyday Folk!

SAQA Atlantic member Hélène Blanchet invites you to Everyday Folk, a folk art exhibition that opens November 15 and runs until December 19 at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts, in Inverness, Cape Breton.

Everyday Folk showcases the work of five Cape Breton folk artists: Hélène Blanchet, Murray Gallant, Agnes O’Flaherty, Frank O’Flaherty, and William D. Roach. The work in the exhibition celebrates an everyday practice of making and features a mixture of wood carvings, painting, and textiles. 

Jack's Sunflowers by Helene Blanchet w20" x h26"

HB: This is a picture of the sunflower field that a local farmer plants every year in his very picturesque field. It's on the beautiful Cabot Trail in North East Margaree and has become a tourist hot spot where tourists park their cars haphazardly to get into the field, among the waist-high sunflowers, and pose for yet one more must-have photo.

Gallery hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00am – 5:00pm. For more information you can go to Inverness County Centre for the Arts the Art’s website.