Governor General Literary Award-winner Jack Wong talks about his path from engineer to artist
There are two stories Jack Wong tells to explain his journey from engineer to children’s author: One rises out of the types of projects he
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There are two stories Jack Wong tells to explain his journey from engineer to children’s author: One rises out of the types of projects he
I left Halifax in 1997 and moved to the US where I now live. Eventually settling in Connecticut, I was introduced to Sol LeWitt who lived a short drive away in Chester. In conversations, Sol eventually learned I had been at NSCAD. And he lit up. He talked about how important NSCAD was for him and others at a critical moment in their careers (and art history).
2482 Maynard Street sits back from the street in full view of a construction site and in the shadow of another, an arts centre painted
“Halifax introduced me to lesbian feminism, to lesbian activism, the peace movement,” says Marusya Bociurkiw (BFA ‘81). “There was a lot going on—the 80s were
Alumna Rhonda Rubinstein on the Living Roof of the California Academy of Sciences, checking out an advance copy of my new book, Seeing It All:
Portrait of alumna Tori Poynton. Credit: Lindsay Duncan The Halifax-based designer jeweller Tori Poynton—aka TORI•XO—is fresh back from Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris, where
Kayti Baur Kayti Baur’s road has been a winding one. The Halifax-based multi-disciplinary artist—a graphic designer, painter, and maker of “some craft stuff—hair clips, earrings,
The opening line of the official biography of Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy reads: “Alan Syliboy grew up believing native art was generic.” “In the sense that, you know, Indians on TV. We all have headdresses, and we all ride horses. Right?” says Syliboy from his eponymous art studio, which opened on the Millbrook reservation just outside Truro on June 1.
Liz Cowie (BFA 2000) spent her teens taking photographs in Halifax, inevitably landing at NSCAD. Her love of film led her to New York City and a successful career leading programming at VICE.
Lee-Yeun Rapati – the man behind the Instagram handle One Hour Watch Rolex drawing by Lee-Yeun Rapati Lee Yuen-Rapati (BDes 2014) has NSCAD in his blood,
There are two stories Jack Wong tells to explain his journey from engineer to children’s author: One rises out of the types of projects he
I left Halifax in 1997 and moved to the US where I now live. Eventually settling in Connecticut, I was introduced to Sol LeWitt who lived a short drive away in Chester. In conversations, Sol eventually learned I had been at NSCAD. And he lit up. He talked about how important NSCAD was for him and others at a critical moment in their careers (and art history).
2482 Maynard Street sits back from the street in full view of a construction site and in the shadow of another, an arts centre painted
“Halifax introduced me to lesbian feminism, to lesbian activism, the peace movement,” says Marusya Bociurkiw (BFA ‘81). “There was a lot going on—the 80s were
Alumna Rhonda Rubinstein on the Living Roof of the California Academy of Sciences, checking out an advance copy of my new book, Seeing It All:
Portrait of alumna Tori Poynton. Credit: Lindsay Duncan The Halifax-based designer jeweller Tori Poynton—aka TORI•XO—is fresh back from Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris, where
Kayti Baur Kayti Baur’s road has been a winding one. The Halifax-based multi-disciplinary artist—a graphic designer, painter, and maker of “some craft stuff—hair clips, earrings,
The opening line of the official biography of Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy reads: “Alan Syliboy grew up believing native art was generic.” “In the sense that, you know, Indians on TV. We all have headdresses, and we all ride horses. Right?” says Syliboy from his eponymous art studio, which opened on the Millbrook reservation just outside Truro on June 1.
Liz Cowie (BFA 2000) spent her teens taking photographs in Halifax, inevitably landing at NSCAD. Her love of film led her to New York City and a successful career leading programming at VICE.
Lee-Yeun Rapati – the man behind the Instagram handle One Hour Watch Rolex drawing by Lee-Yeun Rapati Lee Yuen-Rapati (BDes 2014) has NSCAD in his blood,