Here's Nina 2023

Presented by Mosaic Home Services

The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

supports a collective of artists with developmental disabilities in our studio space on Alberta Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta. We are committed to giving artistic opportunities to artists who face barriers to artistic expression.

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Here's Nina November 16

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Mosaic Home Services Presents

Here’s Nina 2023

Thursday, Nov 16, 5PM
Edmonton EXPO Centre

Tickets are on sale now for our annual awards gala and fundraiser! Support the Nina and celebrate six artists winning awards at this spectacular red carpet event. Get your tickets before September 30th for early bird pricing!

2023 Heart of the Art Raffle in support of the Nina Haggerty Centre

FUNDRAISER

Heart of the Art Raffle

Early Bird Prize Draw: November 16

Support the Nina for your chance to win a premium wine tasting experience, dinner for two on the stage of Narnia, and more!

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50% of every sale goes directly to the artist

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2023 Patrons Luncheon

2023 Patrons Luncheon

May 26, 2023

On May 25th we celebrated the 76 generous individuals and businesses in our Patron Program at our annual luncheon, presented by ATB. This event is an opportunity for artists to meet our supporters, share their work, and build relationships.

Jamie Laventure Murals at ATB Place

Jamie Laventure Murals at ATB Place

Apr 24, 2023

Congratulations to Jamie Laventure who has two murals up now in ATB Place!...

Meet Maria Laycock

Meet Maria Laycock

Apr 18, 2023

The Nina is pleased to introduce our new Chief Executive Officer, Maria...

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We’re having a blast at the Artist-Led Market @k

We’re having a blast at the Artist-Led Market @kaleidofestival! There’s just over an hour left to stop by and shop for original artwork directly from the artists we support.

Find us on 118 Ave, right in front of our building until 4pm today.

[Image descriptions:
1. Jenny smiling at her market table full of ceramic sculptures. A sign on the wall behind her says Stollery gallery 9225 118 Avenue.
2. Photo of the market set up with tables full of art outside. In the foreground is a painting on canvas by Jared Quinney of a boat on water with fish swimming beneath.
3. Alana standing next to her table. She has some paintings on canvas and ceramic sculptures of horses, a butterfly, and a whale. ]

Deserie Dick is bringing her collection of critter

Deserie Dick is bringing her collection of critters to our Artist-Led Market tomorrow at @kaleidofestival! These wonderfully wild sculptures always go fast, so be sure to come early if you want to grab one.

The market will be set up on 118 Ave in front of our building from 12-4PM on Saturday, September 16. See you there!

Visit kaleidofest.ca for festival details

[Image descriptions:
1. Deserie standing behind a table with 4 ceramic sculptures of colourful monsters on it. She is wearing a green tshirt and smiling.
2. Five ceramic monster sculptures on a row against a white background. The creatures are all different, but they all have horns and spikey fingers and toes.
3. Promotional image for the artist led market. Text says “artist led market , shop directly from the artists of the nina!]

Join us for a FREE lantern-making workshop this Fr

We are so excited for our second annual Artist-Led

We are so excited for our second annual Artist-Led Market on Saturday, September 16th from 12-4 PM! This is your chance to buy original artwork and handmade items directly from Nina artists. The market is during @kaleidofestival, so there will be tons of free family-friendly activities and performers to check out!

This year’s vendors include:
Alana Gersky
Amanda Bauer
Amber Tyreman
Anna Thomas
Boyd Dymchuk
Brittany Leitheiser
Carrie Reed
Dee Lambert
Deserie Dick
Gerald Bourlon
Jared Quinney
Jenny Lau
Lisa Reece
Marilyn Dymchuk
Roy Skoreyko
Tyson A.
Ty Bennett

In front of the Nina Haggerty Centre, 9228 118 Ave NW, Edmonton

Please note that the market may be cancelled if the weather is bad. Visit kaleidofest.ca for information on parking and road closures.

[Image description: text says “the Nina Artist-Led Market, shop directly from the artists of the Nina!, Sept 16 1-3pm”. The background is bright pink with white blobby shapes outlined in purple. Inside the blobs are photos of Jared at last year’s market, ceramic sculptures by Des Dick and Alana Gersky, and a pile of assorted artwork]

Congratulations to our 2023 @rbc Emerging Artists

Congratulations to our 2023 @rbc Emerging Artists on their exhibition, ‘if walls could talk, if floors had eyes’!

It was a privilege to have these six artists working alongside our collective all summer, sharing ideas and skills and helping us with special projects.

Their group exhibition is up in our Stollery Gallery until September 12. Stop by Monday - Friday from 9am - 3pm or Saturdays 1 - 3pm.

Thank you to RBC for making this collaboration possible and to this year’s participants:

Andrew Thorne @listentoyerselfchurn
Ania Telfer @aniatelfer
Jay Pigeon @2birds.ink
Krissya Iraheta @krissaveli
Maria Shironoshita @maria.shironoshita
Yawa Idi @seasonedwords

[image description:
Group photo of six artists smiling and holding certificate in front of a wall that says “if walls could talk if floors had eyes”]

#YegArts #TheNinaYeg #EmergingArtists #YegArtists #ArtistCollective #AlbertaArts #VisualArts #InclusiveArts #YegLocal #YegDt

Join us this Thursday, August 17th at 6pm for the

Our studios and gallery will be closed for our sum

Our studios and gallery will be closed for our summer break from July 31 - August 7. We’ll be back to our normal hours on Tuesday, August 8!

Background image by Tim Crnkovic

Image description: pastel drawing of a slice of watermelon and three cherries on a blue table. White text says “summer closure”

Congratulations to Gerald Bourlon on his solo exhi

Congratulations to Gerald Bourlon on his solo exhibition, ‘Deaf Creation’!

This exhibition of tile mosaics will be up in our Stollery Gallery until July 28.*

*Note that we will be closed on Saturday, July 15 for a private event.

[Image description:
Gerald standing in front of a wall with large lettering that says “Deaf Creation Gerald Bourlon” and two tile mosaics of flowers and a rainbow. Gerald is wearing a brown apron and smiling. ]

Upcoming exhibition ‘Deaf Creation’ showcases

Upcoming exhibition ‘Deaf Creation’ showcases mosaics by Gerald Bourlon, an artist who has been creating ceramic tile and glass mosaics at the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts since 2016.

Exhibition: July 6th – 28th, 2023
Reception: July 13th, 5 – 7 PM

ASL interpretation will be provided at the reception. Our gallery is wheelchair accessible. Please contact janice@thenina.ca with any other accessibility requests.

[Image description: ceramic tile mosaic in overlapping circle patterns are in the top right and bottom left corner of a light blue square with a yellow border. Exhibition title is in dark blue text with artist’s name and exhibition dates below.]

#YegArts #TheNinaYeg #GeraldBourlon #MosaicArtist #yegArtist #AlbertaArts #YegLocal #YegDt #EmergingArtists

The @atb.place food court continues to come to lif

The @atb.place food court continues to come to life with murals depicting “Edmonton Spirit” by artists from the Nina! The latest two murals to go up are reproductions of watercolour paintings of the Edmonton river valley and Art Gallery of Alberta (@youraga) by Raymond Keung. You can see them on the lower level of ATB Place, next to the murals by Jamie Laventure that went up earlier this year.

Congratulations Raymond and thank you @triovest for continuing to support local artists!

[Image description: Raymond standing in front of a wall that is covered with two vinyl reproductions of his watercolour paintings. The one on the left shows Edmonton’s downtown skyline and river valley in autumn. The one on the right shows the Art Gallery of Alberta at night.]

#YegArts #TheNinaYeg #RaymondKeung #Triovest #ATBplace #YegDt #YegMurals #YegArtists #EmergingArtists #ExploreEdmonton #DisabilityArts #ArtShare

It’s t-shirt time! Last night we celebrated the

It’s t-shirt time! Last night we celebrated the launch of some fresh new shirts designed by artists from the Nina for @ladyluckapparel based on the randomly selected theme “wild dinosaurs”.

You can order your wild dino shirt online at ladyluckapparel.ca and save 20% with the discount code “nina” today and tomorrow!

Congratulations to Aba Garbrah, Jamie Laventure, Amynah Pirani, Victor Siu, and Joel Youb for having their designs selected and thank you to Lady Luck Apparel for promoting the work of local artists!

[Image descriptions:
1. Amynah and Aba standing together wearing the shirts they designed. Amynah’s is black with a white drawing of a dino with lots of scales and big eyes. Aba’s is white with a four legged critter that has horns.
2. Victor wearing the shirt he design and a big smile on his face. The dinosaur on his shirt looks like a chunky spinosaurus.
3. Joel wearing his shirt in white and holding up a black version. His dino has huge teeth and a long tail.
4. Grid with images of all five shirt designs]

#YegArts #TheNinaYeg #LadyLuckApparel #ShopYeg #ShopLocalYeg #YegDt #YegCommunity #DisabilityArts #YegLocal #yegMade

Five artists from the Nina have teamed up with @la

We had a fantastic time at @nait’s #AccessAbilit

We had a fantastic time at @nait’s #AccessAbility Symposium yesterday! We are very appreciative of NAIT for hosting such a great event and inviting us to be a part of it.

Nina Artist and Community Outreach staff member Jared Quinney spoke on behalf of the Nina Collective and displayed his artwork alongside paintings by Dean Olesky and sculptures by Carrie Wheeler (@carriewheeler567). Jared says that a highlight of the event was meeting keynote speaker Dr. James Makokis (@creeture82).

[Image descriptions:
1. Dr. James Makokis and Jared Quinney standing next to each other smiling
2. Dean Olesky standing in front of his framed abstract paintings and smiling
3. Jared and Dean with their artwork on display at the conference]

Tonight in our gallery: Wahkohtowin ᐘᐦᑯᐦᑐᐏᐣ Book Launch and Photography Show.

Wahkohtowin ᐘᐦᑯᐦᑐᐏᐣ features photographs taken by Meskanahk Ka Nipa Wit Junior High students.
This event celebrates and honours the beauty of being Nehiyaw from Maskwacis.

June 1st, 7-9 PM
Stollery Gallery at the Nina, 9225 118 Ave NW

Photo by Temperance Yellowbird

Jared Quinney will be speaking at @nait’s #Acces

Jared Quinney will be speaking at @nait’s #AccessAbility Symposium this Thursday! There will also by artwork on display by Carrie Wheeler (@carriewheeler567) and Dean Olesky.

Repost from @nait: "People try to support people with disabilities, but they don't always understand the issue. There are all different forms. I have autism so mis different from some of the other artists I work with. There are all different disabilities, and we all need to be heard."

- Jared Quinney, Artist with @ninahaggertyarts.

Learn more from Jared and other speakers, artists and performers at NAIT's AccessAbility Symposium on June 1 as we come together to better understand the barriers people experiencing disabilities face, and explore ways we can make our communities, spaces and environments inclusive for all. Register via the link in our bio. #NAITAccessAbility

Photo of Jared by Sylvie Ellis

Last week we celebrated the 76 generous individual

Last week we celebrated the 76 generous individuals and businesses in our Patron Program at our annual luncheon, presented by @ATB. This event is an opportunity for artists to meet our supporters, share their work, and build relationships. Thank you to all the patrons and artists who joined us!

Photo by Megan Pierzchajlo