Spring is in the air!

Leisure Learning

Spring into spring with an exciting course

Take a creative journey with our in-person class, An Adventure with Macramé, which runs on Tuesday evenings from March 12 to April 2. Enjoy making one-of-a-kind handmade items from simple materials, such as cotton twine, jute, hemp, or yarn. Unique possibilities await!

On Tuesday evening, March 26, change your routine and switch to an artistic state of mind with our online class, Relaxation and Meditation Through Art. The class is also offered in May and July. No drawing experience? No worries, none is required!

Explore the language, history and stories from Acadians around the world with our online course, Acadians Outside Acadie. This class runs on Thursday evenings from March 21 to April 11. What a great opportunity to practice your French while learning about the Acadian culture outside of the Maritimes, and exploring where the deported Acadians ended up.

Check out the full Leisure Learning spring course offerings.
  

DesignWorks Summer Camps

Registration for summer camps is now open—pick your favourite camps before they fill up.

This summer, we have everything from cooking camps and courses in photography/video-making to game design and art camps, theatre and want-to-be wizards. Over 50 camps to choose from!

Our camps are taught by talented professionals. Your child's safety is paramount, all camp staff receive safety training and have vulnerable sector checks.

Sign-up early for your favourite summer camp.
 

UNB Art Centre

The UNB Art Centre celebrates its 13th annual World Water Day with two exhibitions, Beachcomber by Gary Weekes and Aqua by Jean-Christophe Lemay. World Water Day (WWD) is an initiative of the United Nations to bring awareness to the importance of water resources and their sustainable management.

This year's exhibition represents two different perspectives on WWD. Gary Weekes focuses less on environmental concerns and more on social ones—the use of water as a historic means of transportation as it relates particularly to the Black experience. Lemay on the other hand, presents a series of large-scale photographs that depict the power and beauty of our Canadian waters and its inhabitants. Through his camera, Lemay creates stunning documents of the great Canadian outdoors and invites the viewer on this passionate journey with him.

The exhibits open Friday, March 8 at 5 p.m. and will run until April 29.

Upcoming Events

Performance by Boy T | FREE event for all ages

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: UNB Art Centre, Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, Fredericton Campus
Other: Cash bar available, ID is required for drinks
 

From the UNB Collection - Eva McCauley

This month we celebrate World Water Day with Night Swimmers; Red Sea (2021) by Nova Scotia artist Eva McCauley. This work was part of the World Water Day exhibition Reflections held at the UNB Art Centre in 2023.

McCauley is known for her atmospheric landscape paintings that explore the idea of transience and memory. In her paintings, she disrupts linear time by exploring the process of remembering. Rather than recreating a specific moment, she creates an image based on her memory of it. These shifting memories inform her paintings which present ephemeral, ghostly images that appear to emerge from dreamlike landscapes.

As a landscape painter, Eva McCauley is becoming increasingly concerned with climate change, particularly its effect on ocean environments. She blends these concerns with her exploration of recollection and mutability.

Eva McCauley earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Waterloo in 1996, her Bachelor's degree from Guelph University in 1994 and her A.O.C.A.D. diploma from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1983. Originally from Ontario, she has exhibited extensively in that province and more recently in Nova Scotia. She has received awards for her painting and printmaking from the Canada Council, Arts Nova Scotia, the Ontario Arts Council, as well as awards from the University of Waterloo, Guelph and O.C.A.D. She has participated in the Cill Rialaig Artist Project, in Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland, numerous times in the past decade.

The UNB Art Centre (506-453-4623) is located at Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. The galleries are open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and during special events. Admission is free to members of the public.

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