NSTT Baskets of Arts Winners

Congratulations to (l-r): Kyle and Sue Sparks, Sylvia Barka (her husband David picked up the basket), and Lisa Mitchell!

Thank you to all of you that bought a raffle ticket. We were able to raise over $3,000 for our scholarship program.

Thank you again to our generous friends from the arts community that contributed original art works, complimentary tickets to film, theatre, and concerts, books, CDs, DVDs, and sweet treats. 

Highlights from our 2019 Special Awards Ceremony

We celebrated our scholarship and Special Award recipients on December 11, 2019, in the wonderful Paul O’Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library.

Once again, our Special Awards Ceremony was an afternoon of performances, presentations, and a joyful gathering of friends and family. We were grateful to have in attendance His Honour The Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc, ONS, QC, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, and Her Honour Mrs. Patsy LeBlanc, seen above with Minister Leo Glavine, and Talent Trust Chair Erin Sparks.

We’d like to thank everyone who helped make our ceremony a great success, especially a big thank you to Jennifer Fall-Clarke and the staff at the Central Library, Jenna Robar for her opening and closing Mi'kmaq songs, our MC Mike Hirschbach and our stage director Rebecca Wolfe for volunteering their time and knowledge, thank you to Basil AV that made sure that all the slides and videos played at the correct time and Spider Video for the Facebook live stream, and again congratulations to all the scholarship and Special Award recipients.

photo credit: Megan Jansen. 

Left to right: Peggy Corkum/Musique Royale Legacy Award recipient Devin Huang, Shelagh Mackenzie Award winner Rose-Marie Daniels, and Robert George Jackson Award recipient Sahara Nyathi are presented their Special Awards by The Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc, ONS, QC, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

photo credit: Megan Jansen. 

Left to right: Jessica MacIsaac, recipient of the Kenneth Elloway Award, Brooke Mitchell, recipient of the Theatre Nova Scotia Award, Ada Denil, recipient of The Susan Wood Award, and Amelia Bruce, recipient of the Raymond Simpson Award, are presented their Special Awards by The Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc, ONS, QC, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
More images can be found in our photo gallery. 

Or you can watch all Thank You videos by the award winners on our YouTube channel. 

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2020 Talent Trust Scholarship Application Deadlines Announced

2020 Talent Trust

Scholarship Application Deadlines

We’re pleased to announce that we are ready to receive new scholarship applications for 2020.

The deadline for scholarship applications for Spring/Summer studies is fast approaching!

The scholarship application process will again happen online, thanks to the generous support by Code & Mortar, a Halifax based web design and development company and the Support4Culture program.

We advise applicants to read the submission guidelines carefully and to submit their applications early since there are a number of changes for film, music, visual arts, dance, circus arts, literary arts, and theatre this year.

Scholarship application deadlines are:

• Spring/Summer study: 5:00 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time (AST)
  March 1, 2020 (for studies between May 1 and August 31, 2020)

• Fall/Winter study: 5:00 p.m. Atlantic Daylight Saving Time (ADT)
  May 1, 2020 (for studies between September 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021)

For more information, go to nstalenttrust.ca or call the Talent Trust at (902) 492-6801.

Please help us spread the word: If you know a Nova Scotian student that is studying in the arts, let them know about this opportunity and our March 1 and May 1 deadlines.

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Cellist Denise Djokic performs with Stéphane Tétreault in 'Two Cellos' at Cecilia Concerts

Denise Djokic, cellist and 1999 Raymond Simpson Award winner will perform with Stéphane Tétreault in Two Cellos – Denise Djokic & Stéphane Tétreault. This concert is part of the Cecilia Concert series.

Denise Djokic, cello  photo credit: Anna Keenan

Saturday, January 18 

7:30 p.m. 

Lilian Piercey Concert Hall at the Maritime Conservatory


From the Cecilia Concert website:
At twenty-four-years-old, cellist Stéphane Tétreault has already built a list of recognitions and awards that rivals many late career musicians. Cellist Denise Djokic is a Nova Scotian who captivates audiences with her natural musical instinct and remarkable combination of strength and sensitivity. Together these two cellists perform a powerhouse program that consists of works by Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Béla Bartók, Reinhold Glière, François Couperin, and Gian Carlo Menotti.

For tickets please go to https://www.ceciliaconcerts.ca/concert/stephane-tetreault-cello-denise-djokic-cello/

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Visual Artist Brandt Eisner Is Showing His Work In 'New Beginnings'

Former scholarship recipient and visual artist Brandt Eisner is one of the featured artist in ‘New Beginnings’. 

Opening Reception is on

Friday, January 10, 2020 

at 6:00 p.m. 

at the Marigold Cultural Centre

605 Prince Street, Truro, NS B2N 1G2

The exhibition will continue until January 29, 2020.

From the Facebook event page: 

With a new year, like everyday, there are opportunities for new beginnings. 

Art can move us to think differently, escape, evaluate and open ourselves up. Even if we don't "understand" art, the mere looking can impact us in the most subtle ways. By viewing we are changed. 

This new year may you engage with art like never before, no purchase necessary! 

Participating Artists:

Miya Turnbull

Mark Hamilton

Shauna MacLeod

Judith Newman

Anthony Clementi

Alan Syliboy

Brandt Eisner

Heather Waugh Pitts

Laura Kenney

Lee Cripps

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