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Celebrated artist and mentor joins North Island College Artist Talk series

Celebrated artist and mentor joins North Island College Artist Talk series

North Island College’s virtual 2021 Artist Talk series welcomes Sandra Meigs, past winner of the Governor General’s Award in visual and media arts and professor emeritus of visual arts at the University of Victoria.
North Island College Artist Talk speaker examines complex issues of labour

North Island College Artist Talk speaker examines complex issues of labour

Artist Kristin Nelson uses common objects to explore complex social and political issues in the context of intellectual, artistic and manual labour.
Multimedia artist Justin Love leads upcoming North Island College Artist Talk

Multimedia artist Justin Love leads upcoming North Island College Artist Talk

North Island College’s virtual 2021 Artist Talk series is set to continue, Feb. 16 at 6 p.m., with a speaker who blends artistry with computer science and interactive media.
Comox sculptor creates eagle scene from mind’s eye

Comox sculptor creates eagle scene from mind’s eye

Over 40 years of working on boom boats, Wes Seeley has seen many spectacular moments involving eagles.
Comox Valley cook returns to MasterChef Canada

Comox Valley cook returns to MasterChef Canada

Thea VanHerwaarden of the Comox Valley is among 12 returning cooks vying for the title of MasterChef Canada, which kicks off another season on Valentine’s Day.
Film explores life other than male or female

Film explores life other than male or female

What if the world told you that you don’t exist? For many gender non-conforming individuals, this is the reality.
Members take centre stage at next Comox art gallery show

Members take centre stage at next Comox art gallery show

The Pearl Ellis Gallery will host its first Members’ Show and Sale of the year from Feb. 4-27.
North Island College Artist Talk Series kicks off with Sonny Assu

North Island College Artist Talk Series kicks off with Sonny Assu

The NIC School of Fine Art is welcoming internationally renowned interdisciplinary artist Sonny Assu as part of the Winter 2021 Artist Talk Series.
Documentary draws intimate parallels between experiences of grief

Documentary draws intimate parallels between experiences of grief

When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister to cancer, her sorrow opened her up to the profound gravity of climate breakdown. Abbott’s new documentary, The Magnitude of All Things , draws intimate parallels between the experiences of grief— personal and planetary. Stories from the frontlines of climate change merge with recollections from the filmmaker’s childhood on Ontario’s Georgian Bay. What do these stories have in common? The answer, surprisingly, is everything.
NIC Artist Talk goes online for winter 2021

NIC Artist Talk goes online for winter 2021

NIC’s Artist Talk is returning for the winter 2021 season with a new, virtual format.
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