by JEaston | Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Inspired by the visual impact of driving through the Scottish highlands last year, Leona Clawson began a series of embroidered panels that she planned to use for her latest project, a hand sewn quilt. Any concrete memories of the trip had already slipped...
by JEaston | Jul 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
In March 2015, two artists from the Nina Collective and three Nina staff were able to travel to a disability arts summit hosted by Project Ability in Glasgow, Scotland. Filmmaker Yvonne DuBourdieu travelled with them and has recently posted a 17-minute film...
by JEaston | Jun 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our annual report is now available – another action packed year at the Nina! Please download this PDF-version for a bird’s eye view of...
by JEaston | Jun 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
With a lot of help from our friends at ATB, Nina artists are busy writing songs, recording music beds and creating story boards for the next phase of the project – music videos! The project will produce six original songs written by artists in the Nina...
by JEaston | Jun 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s a sunny Saturday in January and the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts is bustling with the enthusiastic energy of kids, teens, and young adults creating. The morning sees 9 year-old Ahmed at the media centre, paging through cartoon montages for inspiration....
by JEaston | Jun 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Three kids are working at the end of a table creating faces out of clay. I ask them to give me words to describe the Wednesday TELUS family art nights at the Nina. They take turns chiming in and we come up with the list: cool, fun, dirty and smooth. Looking at...
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