Chanelle Jefferson, Mixed media artist
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is a Canadian mixed media artist and counsellor whose work explores themes of healing, emotion, and connection. Her art has been exhibited internationally, including at Museo Bellini (Florence, Italy), and is held in private collections such as those of Pete Luckett and the MacKay-Lyons family. She was the 2023 Artist-in-Residence at the Lunenburg School of the Arts, where she deepened her exploration of intuitive art. Through The Grief Project and commissioned works, Chanelle continues to push the boundaries of how art can hold space for transformation.
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Stephanie Joline, 2024 Indigenous Artist Recognition Award
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Welcome to a special series of Art Pays Me interviews with the winners of the . Presented annually by and the , these awards celebrate artistic excellence across Mi'kma'ki. This would not be possible without the fantastic production work of and . On this episode I spoke with 2024 Indigenous Artist recognition Award recipient, , an Indigenous filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This is Stephanie’s second time on the show so it was great to catch up with her and get vulnerable about feeling like an outsider and deserving of awards. Equally adept at film and...
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Aux Tale Gravy Music Group, Record label
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is a Toronto-based record label, dedicated to developing richness, shifting the culture and changing the status quo in world music. From their cookhouse to the world, Aux Tale Gravy’s dynamic team shares a signature ‘one pot’ recipe of simmering spices, serving a variety of cultural music dishes that ‘feed the people’, everywhere. Aux Tale Gravy is passionate about working with an authentic roster of artists, creating lasting ‘legacy work’ preserving unique sounds in an international commercial music landscape. Our conversation revolves around the formation and vision of Aux...
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Susanne Chui, 2024 Established Artist Recognition Award
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Welcome to a special series of Art Pays Me interviews with the winners of the . Presented annually by and the , these awards celebrate artistic excellence across Mi'kma'ki. This would not be possible without the fantastic production work of and . On this episode I spoke with Established Artist Award recipient, . A central figure in Halifax’s contemporary dance community, Susanne became Co-Artistic Director of in 2012. With Mocean, Susanne has developed roles in works by Heidi Strauss, Serge Bennathan, Tedd Robinson, Lesandra Dodson and Claire French, and...
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Elise Campbell, Fibre artist and educator
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is a multimedia artist based in Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia. Working primarily with wool, silk, and other natural fibres, she creates sculptural pieces that push traditional craft boundaries and the limits of wool as a medium by exploring human-nature relationships through textural forms, histories, and surface design. Utilising both contemporary techniques such as needle felting and nuno felting alongside the traditional craft of wet felting, she creates work that reflects narratives of ecological movement, weaving in themes of environmental stewardship. Inspired by both found specimens and...
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Kaashif Ghanie, 2024 Emerging Artist Recognition Award
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Welcome to a special series of Art Pays Me interviews with the winners of the . Presented annually by and the , these awards celebrate artistic excellence across Mi'kma'ki. This would not be possible without the fantastic production work of and . On this episode I spoke with Emerging Artist Award recipient, . Kaashif Ghanie [he/him] is a mixed first generation Guyanese Canadian Muslim Ceramic and Visual Artist working in Kjipuktuk/Halifax in the with his partner, . Ghanie's art practice merges historical Islamic vessel shapes and motifs from his family members...
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Kordeena Clayton, Artist
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is the owner of She Nubian Liberation Art & Apparel, founder of Takin’ BLK Business Initiative Co-operative, co-founder of the Takin’ BLK Gottingen and Markets. A 7th generation descendant of the first African migrants to ever accompany Nova Scotia, a proud African Nova Scotian Queer Visual artist who focuses on the importance of representation of Black and Brown people; Inclusivity and self-embracement. Known for Unapologetically Black and Unapologetically Queer Apparel, photography, graphic and clothing design, film making and painting. Clayton states “Exploring the photograph...
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Camille Georgeson-Usher, PhD: Writer, artist and scholar
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, PhD, is a Coast Salish / Sahtu Dene / Scottish writer, artist, and scholar from Galiano Island, British Columbia, unceded territories of the Penelakut and Lamalcha First Nations, as well as other Hul’qumi’num speaking peoples and is the ceded traditional territories of Tsawwassen First Nation. She is in Vancouver, BC in the department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory. Usher completed her MA in Art History at Concordia University. Her thesis, focused on how the arts may be used as a tool to engage Indigenous youth in discussions of health and sexuality. In addition to...
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Beverly McKay, Artist: Arte & Movement 2023 Part 8
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In this throwback to my chats with the participants in our 2023 collaborative exhibition with – Arte & Movement, I spoke with artist, .
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Mike Kasongo, Artist: Arte & Movement 2023 Part 7
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In this throwback to my chats with the participants in our 2023 collaborative exhibition with – Arte & Movement, I spoke with artist .
info_outlineOn this episode, I chat with a chef for the first time on the podcast! Michelin-trained Gabrielle LeGuerrier, Head Chef of GourmetGab Events and Pertu gives some insight into the private dining events that she hosts with her husband, European Sommelier, Gabor Bodo.