A few of the Creative Pictou County team participated in the 2024 Lobster Carnival Mardi Gras Parade! We won best Original Entry!

In July we had our summer artist social! We invited artists to bring their materials and make art outside! The timing was so that attendees could stick around for the Read by the Sea kickoff [...]

The inaugural Economic Development Forum for Artists: Becoming an Art Town was a success! Attendees included folks from Alberta, the Valley, Parrsboro, Antigonish, Guysborough and New Brunswick.

On June 1 we presented a free workshop called Networking and Talking About Your Work in partnership with Visual Arts Nova Scotia. This workshop is a part of the Artist Development Project funded by the [...]

On May 18 we presented a free workshop called Exhibition Preparation and Installation in partnership with Visual Arts Nova Scotia. This workshop is a part of the Artist Development Project funded by the department of [...]

In May, we partnered with Craft NS to present their workshop, Elevate Your Retail: Strategies for Success with Fiona Horgan.

For the 2024 Art at Night, we did a sustainable craft where we invited participants to decorate a stick that would mark the placement of their coneflower seed - pollinators love them! Seeds were generously [...]

A few of us got to see inside the deCoste Culture Hub, including the Creative Pictou County studio! Artists whose work has been chosen for the space were announced - congrats to all who have [...]

Artist Janet Wallace gave a talk at the Museum of Industry on April 21. Janet presented images from her new book, “It Is Time - A Chance To Change” and discussed with the group steps [...]

At the Coastal NS Buoy Awards, we were thrilled to present Carolyn Vienneau with our first Community Impact Award. Carolyn has been behind many successful art projects and organizations in Pictou County.