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Senior citizens across Prince Edward Island are putting their creative minds to work with the help of local artists, says Tourism and Culture Minister Robert Henderson. The Department of Tourism and Culture invested $50,000 for this year’s LEAP program which was administered by the Prince Edward Island Senior Citizens’ Federation and featured 20 projects at various seniors’ homes and clubs across the p

May 2013
Joan Auld Scholarship to Holly McGee

The Joan Auld Scholarship was established in 2001 by the Prince Edward Island Crafts Council in honour of Joan Auld, Craft Development Officer, PEI Business Development, to celebrate her 31 years of dedication and commitment to the Island craft industry.

Holly McGee has been the recipient of the Joan Auld Scholarship for the past two years. Holly was born in Nova Scotia and moved to Prince Edward

May 2013
Fifty Years of Photos

Retrospective by Lionel F. Stevenson concludes this month

PEI photographer and master printer, Lionel Stevenson’s current exhibit, Lionel F. Stevenson: Fifty Years of Photographs (1962-2012), is concluding it’s showing at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery this month.

Stevenson’s exhibit is a career survey focusing on selected thematic groupings and series, including large-scale studies of Peggy's C

April 2013
One Great Thing on the Bus

For the month of April, Poetry Month, Charlottetown’s city buses will feature artist’s interpretations of the works of 16 writer and poets. The artists are graphic design students from Holland College.

Ann Thurlow (right) holds Kevin MacLeod’s interpretation of one of her One Great Things:

Cool weather. The perfect time, I think, for some spicy Korean.
We go to Seoul Food and, as we’re coming in the d

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April 2013
In the running

Holland College students compete for photography awards

Students from Holland College’s Photography and Digital Imaging program were recognized at the annual Image competition of the Atlantic Chapter of the Professional Photographers of Canada in Moncton recently. Of the 85 images accepted for the competition, 23 were from Holland College students, in the portraiture, commercial, fine art and fashion c

April 2013
Amherst Cove Art Workshops

Students of Amherst Cove Consolidated School (ACCS) in Borden PEI are in the beginning stages of creative workshops, where they are painting, sculpting and sketching to sell at an event being held in the school gymnasium in May. This annual project raises funds for the Pure Art Foundation initiative of the One School For All program (www.pureartfoundation.org) and gives the Gift of Education to two

March 2013
Craft Alliance Awards

Craft Alliance Atlantic Association Atlantic Canada Craft Awards for Excellence Winners were announced at a gala ceremony held in conjunction with the Atlantic Craft Trade Show (ACTS) in Halifax, NS, recently. Right Off The Batt Pottery is a recipient of an Atlantic Canada Craft Awards for Excellence. The Awards recognize leadership and excellence for professional craft producers and for those who

March 2013
2013 ArtSmarts

Island students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 will participate in this year’s ArtsSmarts program along with eleven local artists. Students will work with artists and teachers to create projects that use art as a way to enhance learning in other subjects and to cultivate imagination. ArtsSmarts PEI is administered and funded by the Dept of Tourism and Culture and the Dept of Education and Early Childhood D

March 2013
Ann Dow Lee (1932-2013)

The Buzz has received a number of messages from members of the Prince Edward Island art community expressing their sadness at the passing of Ann Dow Lee on January 18, 2013. Ann was well-known and respected on the Island for her artwork, both as a painter and printmaker, and had many friends amongst artists and gallery owners.

March 2013
Art and the Land

Textile artist Catherine Miller’s exhibition, Changing Environs, explores the often conflicting ideas of land use and environmental protection in Prince Edward Island. The exhibit continues until May 19. The Task Force will hold public consultations in the spring and hopes to report in the fall.

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Some of What's Going On

Ross Family in Crapaud

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Catherine Miller—Changing Environs

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Vidéozoom

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Confederation Centre Art Gallery Upcoming at the Confedera ...

Hillsborough River Gospel Brunch

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A Day in the Country

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Some of What's New

Engineering Design Expo

First-and 2nd-year engineering students worked with clients on real-life challenges, and had the opp ...

Cruise Ships on their Way

A record number of cruise ships will visit PEI in 2013. Minister of Tourism and Culture Robert Hende ...

Joan Auld Scholarship to Holly McGee

The Joan Auld Scholarship was established in 2001 by the Prince Edward Island Crafts Council in hono ...

Fifty Years of Photos

Retrospective by Lionel F. Stevenson concludes this month PEI photographer and master printer, Lion ...

Correctional Officers Graduate

Thirty cadets graduated from the Atlantic Police Academy’s Correctional Officer program as Squad 4 ...