Saint John Arts Centre

It’s a Girl Thing Hosted at SJAC This Spring –

SJAC — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:53:00 +0000

Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 6th…

This Spring, SJAC once again hosts the popular ‘It’s a Girl Thing’!

Receive tips on everything from fitness to interior decorating, fashion, cooking, gardening and so much more! Join us for live music, information, lots of fun & free samples.

Your $6 admission supports SJ Vineyard Food Pantry & Community Outreach & Romero House.

Contact organizer Karen Riley with inquiries: : 506-672-9007 • Email: kariley@nb.sympatico.ca

Try out Encaustics: Painting with wax

SJAC — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:01:04 +0000

Join Constance Wooldridge for this fun one-day workshop, and learn this amazing art medium developed by the ancient Egyptians. Also known as hot wax painting, encaustics is a painting method where color-pigmented beeswax is melted, applied to a surface and reheated to fuse the paint into a smooth or textured finish.

Saturday, February 25, 2012 • 1-4pm • $50, supplies and use of tools included.

Tickets now on sale!

SJAC — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:43:10 +0000

SJAC hosts a special event honouring a Saint John original -

Saint John native Herzl Kashetsky will be honoured at a special reception this spring right here at SJAC. Co-sponsored by the Centre, the City of Saint John Cultural Affairs Office, and friends of the artist, this cocktail reception will be a chance for the citizens of Saint John to celebrate one of their own.

Titled, “Celebrating Herzl: Saint John Honours Herzl Kashetsky”, this special occasion will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 7:00-9:30pm. Tickets are $40, available for sale now at SJAC. Only 250 tickets will be sold, advance ticket sales only.

Herzl Kashetsky was the 2011 recipient of the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation’s prestigious Strathbutler Award, which is presented in recognition of New Brunswick artists who have achieved excellence in visual arts while having made a substantial contribution to the province over a significant period of time.

An accomplished professional, Mr. Kashetsky has been recognized as a preeminent portrait, still life and commissioned artist, and was elected as one of New Brunswick’s top thirty painters. His recent exhibition, “Glitter and Gloom” at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, chronicling his career over the years through his sketchbook drawings, has been documented in a book about the exhibition.

Call us at 633-4870 to order your tickets!
Thursday, April 12, 2012 • 7-9:30pm • Tickets: $40

Photo: Pictured, left to right, are Andrew Kierstead, Executive Director of SJAC; Betty Tompkins, first Chairperson of SJAC; and Bernie Cormier, Cultural Affairs Officer for the City of Saint John. They are showing the promotional poster for the ‘Celebrating Herzl’ event, featuring self-portraits by the artist.