NB DIsability Collective Lab Intensive

The JL Legacy Fund New Brunswick Disability Art Collective Lab Intensive is now open for inquiries and submissions.
Check out our program, which our 2025 Artist-in-Residence Ysabelle Vautour is hosting.
Deadline to Apply: February 20, 2025
Program Timeline: March 1-July 31, 2025
Apply Here: https://jllegacyfund.my.canva.site/2025-jl-legacy-fund…
Inquiries Here: catmaryleblanc@gmail.com
The New Brunswick Disability Art Collective Lab is a participant-driven intensive through the JL Legacy Fund, connecting three emerging New Brunswick creatives with JL Legacy Fund 2025 Artist-in-Residence Ysabelle Vautour. Ysabelle will provide advice and networking opportunities for five months for three hours a month to help the selected mentees on their creative journey. The lab intensive includes three specialized workshops with creative experts and invitations to an artist talk and in-person social hosted by Ysabelle to strengthen the bonds within the community further. With this lab, the New Brunswick Disability Art Collective and JL Legacy Fund seek to identify and support emerging New Brunswick talent facing ongoing challenges.
Potential mentees should apply with specific challenges they are experiencing in trying to achieve their artistic goals.
Ysabelle’s dedication to inclusion and outreach to the creative disabled community is the cornerstone of her latest residency, making her work not just about art, but about making a real difference in people’s lives.
Ysabelle’s commitment to mentorship is unwavering. She is an ongoing mentor through the JL Legacy Fund’s 2024 provincial mentorship engagement program and has also shared her knowledge with other artists through the Fredericton Arts Alliance. Her most recent activity was as a panelist at the Arts Atlantic Symposium in Moncton, where she and other special guests discussed the importance of centering BIPOC voices in NB.
Funded by artsnb with resource assistance from the JL Legacy Fund
The Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund is a non-profit multidisciplinary arts support organization with a mission to support artists, creative community organizations, and events in New Brunswick and the Atlantic region with funding, mentorship, and support activities. The Fund was created in 2021 by the LeBlanc family in memory of artist and adventurer Jane LeBlanc.
Media Contact: Cat LeBlanc, Founder/President
catmaryleblanc@gmail.com
https://www.janeleblanclegacyfund.com

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NB Disability Art Collective as it’s first Artist in Residence

Jessica Kenny NBDAC’s First Artist in Residence

I am starting my art residency with the New Brunswick Disability Art Collective (NBDAC) this September. I am so excited to be working with this group.

I want to thank artsnb for funding this opportunity through the Artist in Residence grant I received earlier this year and for accommodating my needs to make this residency possible. This year has been difficult due to my health and I am grateful to have the chance to start my residency. It means so much to me to be able to do the work I love in a way that is accessible to me.

The goal of my work during this residency is to enable others to find their voice through art, and tell their own stories about their lived experiences as creators with disabilities. I hope this work can be a catalyst in building community and activating persons with disabilities in New Brunswick to raise their voices and tell their stories.

Throughout my residency I will be focusing on the power of narrative and finding your voice. Monthly workshops will be held virtually over Zoom, with more information to follow as details are finalized. An update on workshop dates and times, and how to register for workshops will be posted Monday September 2nd.

Weekly creative community nights will be every Friday evening at 7pm Atlantic Time starting September 6th, and will be held virtually over Zoom. Creative community night is an evening where we can connect with one another, and talk about art and creativity.

You can register for creative community night though the included Zoom Registration link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/…/tZcqdO2grD0vH9Nn…

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