June 7 and 8 was the inaugural Economic Development Forum for Artists: Becoming an Art Town! Participants came from across the Maritimes and as far away as Alberta! After a Community Champions panel featuring those [...]

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

Creative Pictou County partnered with Craft Nova Scotia to offer Elevate Your Retail: Strategies for Success, a workshop on branding and merchandizing with Fiona Horgan. Participants came from Cape Breton, PEI, Tatamagouche and Truro.

For the 2024 Art at Night festival, we brought art and sustainability together! Participants decorated a popsicle stick that then went into an egg carton sell with some soil and coneflower seeds donated by Seafoam [...]

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.

On March 23, we presented a free Grant Writing workshop in partnership with Visual Arts Nova Scotia. This workshop is a part of the Artist Development Project funded by the department of Community, Culture, Tourism [...]

For our March social, we held an artist material swap at the Pictou Train Station. It was a huge success, with artists taking home new items to play with!