A melange of medium, background, purpose and inspiration await with this year’s crop of New Art. Here are the art-makers, free-thinkers and heart-cradlers to watch in 2018.
Emmanuel Nwogbo
Shary Boyle & Emily Vey
Kevin Cormier
Kelsey Borden
Ben Waye
Carrie Allison
Waka Okabayashi
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Eyelevel Gallery’s steady outlook
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Kelsey Borden stitches her anxiety
Coming from a long line of crafty women, the NSCAD student threads her way to calm.
Lea Bertucci, sonic phenomenon
New York artist showcases her innovative practice and treats listeners to her latest compositions this week.
Ben by nature
Teenage designer Ben Waye uses handmade textiles inspired by nature to create singular works.
Kevin Cormier lives through paint
Cormier paints intimate memories and moments from his sad-boy lifestyle.
Shary Boyle and Emily Vey Duke’s epic feminist poem
A decade’s worth of collaboration between illustrator and writer produces The Illuminations Project at the AGNS.
Carrie Allison investigates home
The artist of Cree and Metis ancestry is working on a beaded tribute to the Shubenacadie River, “to start a conversation through making.”
Emmanuel Nwogbo’s digital riffs
The Nigerian-born, Halifax-based artist is staying dedicated by creating a James Bond-themed artwork every day in 2018.
Willow Cioppa still has art
The multi-disciplinary Montreal artist brings care in the form of poetry to the Khyber this week.
Ali Seglins goes beneath the iconography
Seglins’ photos in A380 showcase a fall spent in Paris, where the artist “let the city do its thing to me.”
Waka Okabayashi wants to be a plant
For now, she’ll paint them.
This article appears in Feb 15-21, 2018.