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| What was Art & Artifacts? |
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| Take twenty four Saint John artists, add an enthusiastic young videographer, mix with a diverse Museum collection and you have Art & Artifacts. These works were created by established and emerging artists working in a variety of media. All took their inspiration from New Brunswick history, art, flora, fauna or geology as represented in the New Brunswick Museum exhibitions and collections. Jane Fullerton, Director of the New Brunswick Museum, commented that "we most often think of Museum collections being used for research purposes. This project demonstrates not only the diversity of the Museum's collection, but the different ways it can be used and interpreted." |
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| For the original Art & Artifacts event held May14 and 15, 2005 at the New Brunswick Museum, the works were dispersed throughout the Museum's three floors of galleries near the artifacts they reflected. Artists and Museum curators were present to discuss the art and the artifacts. Volunteer guides escorted visitors on tours. An Arty Party and a special tour with New Brunswick's Lieutenant Governor, himself an artist, were highlights of the weekend. Proceeds from this "studio tour with a twist" were added to the professional artists fund established by the Greater Saint John Community Foundation. |
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| In July and August 2005 the New Brunswick Museum presented the works as an independent art exhibition. Suzanne Hill, a participating artist and one of the project organizers, noted that the artists were "very pleased to exhibit their work as part of a major group show at an institution with the stature of our provincial museum". This exhibition also introduced a 40-minute video created by Andrew Hicks, a student at Saint John High School. Andrew explains that "my video brings you in direct contact with the artists expressing their point of view." Segments of the interviews Andrew conducted with artists for the video have been incorporated in this virtual exhibition. |
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| Thanks to funding from the McKean Family Foundation, this Art & Artifacts virtual exhibition has been developed to be housed on the New Brunswick Museum website. |
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