Holiday Gift Marketplace
Welcome to Arts East’s Holiday Gift Marketplace!
Over 25 Atlantic Canadian artists, musicians, authors,
craftspeople and organizations have shared their creations for your gift giving
desires. They are displayed in random order to encourage you to check out the diversity
of talent.
Owner/Creator: Ashley Anne Clark
Description: I sell homemade jewelry that is constructed with a mixture of new,
recycled and vintage pieces.
Purchase Info: All of them are
available for purchase online and a few of them can be purchased at a store in
Charlottetown called Paper Cakes located on 39 Belmont St.
Black Crow Pottery
Owner/Creator: Shauna MacLeod
Description: Burdock Leaf Plate; Various shapes and sizes from $15
- $65 each. Rhubarb Leaf, Maple Leaf, Hosta Leaf and Colts Foot Leaf Plates are
also available.
Purchase Info: To view Shauna's work visit Swoon Fine
Art & Antiques at 1410 Hammonds Plains Road, Hammonds Plains NS. www.swoonfineart.com
Swoon Fine
Art also showcases gifts by other artisans. Leading up to Christmas, Swoon will be regularly posting unique gift giving suggestions on its Facebook page:
George Griffin Fine Art Photography
Owner/Creator: George Griffin
Description: I photograph and print in the
highest standards available, anywhere, using
pigmented ink on fine art paper. I offer framed prints (museum standard, wood
frames, acid free mats ) for $300.00;
unframed prints for $180.00; prints are on 13X19paper sized to fit frame and matt size of 16X20 approx.
Purchase Info: Available
from Moncton address
155 Penrose St.
506-382-5590
Leonie@nbnet.nb.ca
Kim Danio Studio
Owner/Creator: Kim Danio
Description: Halifax-based Artisan, Kim Danio lovingly up-cycles footwear into one-of-a-kind works of art. From baby-shoe Reindeer, to cardinals, snowy owls, partridges and even Santa's sleigh crafted from an old skate, art shoes can bring an original touch of whimsy to your holiday season.
Purchase Info: You can view and buy Kim's work online at kimdaniostudio.etsy.com or drop into The Gallery Shop at the Art Gallery of
Nova Scotia (1723 Hollis Street) or at Swoon Gallery (Hammonds Plains, NS).
Jason Lawson, Author
Owner/Creator: Jason Lawson
Description: Two books for sale.
The
Vision: “When down on his luck Native American Henry Peters gets tricked into
testing an unapproved drug by a corrupt scientist, he’s taken on a journey back
in time to an ancient Indian village where he finds his deceased wife alive and
well...”
Rum Runners: “When young Catholic
Frenchman Jean Savoie is unable to find work, he falls in with rum runner
Captain George MacLaren to help support his widowed mother and siblings. After
playing the part of the ghost, he gets recruited to work on the boat. Things
are going well, until Jean falls in love with Katie, the same girl the
Captain’s son wants to marry…”
Purchase Info: For sale on Amazon,
Kobo and Barnes and Noble.
Learn more about Jason Lawson (including how The Vision is
being turned into a movie!)in an interview he did with Arts East:
http://artseast.blogspot.ca/2013/09/author-jason-lawson.html
http://artseast.blogspot.ca/2013/09/author-jason-lawson.html
Crystalheart Handspun Yarns
Owner/Creator: Denyse Milliken aka Spinderella
Description: Hand-dyed,
handspun, hand-knitted silk spiral scarf
Purchase Info: http://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/151366546/lacy-soft-green-silk-spiral-scarf-ooak?ref=shop_home_active
View more of her creations at:
Art by Maeisart Images
Owner/Creator: Wendy Bissett Beaver
Description: Modern Urban Art. I have
many different paintings to sell which can be picked up at my home in
Dartmouth!
Purchase Info: It is
best to contact me by message on my Facebook page to make arrangements for
viewings!
From Shore to Shoormal ~ D’un rivage à l’autre
Owner/Creator: By poets Donna Allard and Nat Hall
Description: “From
Shore to Shoormal is a journey between Acadia’s Shediac Bay and
Shetland’s Ninian Sands—a celebration of the poets’ shared North Atlantic.”
Poems in English, French and the Shetland dialect.
More about the book:
♫ Solstice ♫
Owner/Creator: Nicole Jordan
Description: Seasonal
Songs with Spice! Halifax's
own, soprano Nicole Jordan presents her Christmas album, Solstice. Solstice
includes traditional songs spiced up with the rich and soaring voice of Nicole
Jordan, lively percussion, and Spanish guitar. You've never heard
Christmas music like this before!
Purchase Info:
CDs
available at TAZ Records on Grafton Street, Halifax NS:
More
about Soprano & Artistic Director Nicole Jordan:
Poetry by Carol Bird Owner/Creator: Carol Bird
Description:
Poetry and Love Letters
Heartfelt Feelings
A Flurry of Poetry
Hope For the Future
“Carol
Bird grew up in a small town. There, she was subject to sexual abuse and
manipulative people that loved to take advantage of her. Because of this, she
travelled and roamed like a nomad until she met her love. After that, she never
left his side. Having gotten past all the bad things that have happened in her
life, she now sees the beauty in both life and people alike.”
Hairy Tease Productions
Organization: Hairy Tease Productions (Moncton community theatre company)
http://www.hairytease.com/index.htm
Description: If you're stuck as to what to buy for that special someone
who enjoys a night @ the theatre, we wanted to make you aware
that tickets for HTP's Spring show (March 27-30, 2014), Norm Foster's SKIN
FLICK are on sale as of Monday, Dec. 2.
Purchase Info: théâtre
l'Escaouette box office. All tickets are $18.50 (including all taxes service
charges). You can either call 855-0001 x207 to purchase by phone or
drop by the box office @ 170 Botsford St. Regular outlets will only begin
selling these tickets in January.
The Stowaways
Author: Meghan Marentette, who lives and writes in Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
Publisher: Pajama Press
Description: Novel for young
readers, ages 8-12
(suitable to
read to children as young as 6).
The
Stowaways are a family
of a mice, who come from a long line of bold explorers. Young Rory
is anxious to go on an adventure, but Papa refuses to let the family go
anywhere after Grampa went missing on their last outing. When Rory discovers a
secret that might lead to his grandfather, he runs away on an urgent search for
the truth.
National
Reading Campaign's review:
Purchase Info: Available in store and online at Chapters/Indigo,
Coles and Woozles.
$19.95,
hardcover with ribbon marker.
Fierce
Shorts
Description: Fierce Shorts are creative
non-fiction pieces about all things teen. Love, friends, school, family,
fitting in, standing out. For some it’s a trip down memory lane, for others
it’s a breath of relief that they aren’t alone… A percentage of the proceeds
from each Fierce Short that’s sold will go to a local youth charity (chosen by
the author).
Purchase Info: People can gift Fierce Shorts to someone else. When
they place the order, there's a spot to write us a note. We deliver all our
shorts via email, so they can let us know the email address that they want it
delivered to. If they want the short (or shorts) delivered Christmas day, we
can do that too! They just have to let us know in the note.
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Donations to an Arts Organization of Your
Choice!
You can make a donation in someone’s name to an arts
non-profit/charity organization. CanadaHelps.Org lists numerous organizations
by province (where you can directly make donations or purchase a donation gift
card)
Or visit your favourite arts organization’s website to find out about donation opportunities.
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Silver Lily JewelryOwner/Creator: Silver Lily
Description: I am an Indian Canadian selling handmade, precious metal and gemstone,
modern, contemporary jewelry with an ethnic Indian twist.
Purchase Info: All pieces can be bought online with month long free
shipping.
Link to my
online shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SilverLilyJewelry
Standing in the Whale’s Jaw
Author: Kathy-Diane Leveille
Publisher:
Tightrope
Books
Description: A period mystery with complex
characters and a whiff of spiritualism, Standing in the Whale’s Jaw presents
a coming-of-age story entangled with suspense and murder.
The novel
was released on June 1st, 2013, and has recently hit the best seller
list in the Telegraph-Journal, Saint John.
Laurie Glenn
Norris, author of Haunted Girl: Esther Cox and the Great Amherst
Mystery, says, “Nineteen thirties rural New Brunswick shines in this
multi-layered, coming-of-age murder mystery. The lives of women, and the
expectations surrounding them, are portrayed with insight and sympathy.”
Purchase Info:
Tara Arnold Art Holiday Gifts
Owner/Creator: Tara Arnold
Description:
Tara Arnold
is a mixed media artist from Fredericton, N.B. She has created many
Christmas gifts out of her original paintings.
·
Wearable Art Gift Bags:
includes art print, notecard and a necklace made from the print-$25
·
2014 Tara Arnold Art
Calendars-$20
·
Package of 10
notecards-$15
·
original paintings,
prints, canvas prints and matted prints also available
Purchase Info:
Check
out her website to view and order. www.taraarnoldart.com
Books by Jill MacLean
Author: Jill MacLean
Description:
Jill
MacLean's award-winning middle-grade novels (companion novels, each of which
can be read alone), would make great gifts separately or together:
The Nine
Lives of Travis Keating
The Present
Tense of Prinny Murphy
The Hidden
Agenda of Sigrid Sugden
All three
are set in a fishing community at the tip of Newfoundland's northern peninsula.
And Jill
MacLean's acclaimed YA novel, Nix Minus One, set
on the western shore of Newfoundland (grades 8 and up).
Purchase Info:
All are
available at Woozles Children's Bookstore, Bookmark in Halifax, Coles in
Halifax Shopping Centre, and Chapters Bayers Lake in Halifax, NS; all the books
can be ordered at Amazon.com and other online marketplaces: .http://www.jillmaclean.com/
WildThings
Owner/Creator: Voni Mann
Description: Decorative creations made of
things found in nature locally.
Purchase Info: Voni has a variety of
pieces and she can forward a compilation of images to
interested parties via e-mail: vonimann@hotmail.ca
Owner/Creator: Thom Swift
Description: Halifax-based, multi-award
winning musician, Thom Swift released is latest CD, The Fortunate
Few this year. Don’t
miss purchasing this recently awarded 2013 Music Nova Scotia Blues
Recording of the Year for the music lovers you know and love.
Purchase
Info: Signed CD’s are available by emailing info@thomswift
or online at www.thomswift.com
Hand Drawn Pencil Drawings of Photos You Love
Owner/Creator: Chad Harrington
Description: Chad Harrington creates hand-drawn pencil drawings
from original photographs.
A hand-drawn
picture is a unique gift that captures a meaningful moment and makes a perfect
present for someone you love.
Purchase Info: Gifts can be purchased by emailing
chad.halifax@gmail along with the photo to be drawn.
Books by K.V. Johansen
Author: K.V. Johansen
Description:
I always
find that a big fat epic fantasy novel makes a welcome gift, and by
co-incidence, Blackdog is a big fat epic fantasy novel!
Or, for the
younger set, a children's book -- not quite so fat, but still a gift of
substance. How about The Drone War or The
Black Box (Maritime near-future science fiction, and the latter
set in Nova Scotia)?
Purchase Info: Available through your local
independent or all online bookstores.Helen and Alan Spinney’s Paintings
Description: High quality original oil paintings: landscapes and
seascapes by two emerging Maritime painters. These
paintings make excellent gifts!
Purchase Info: Pricing and
contact information can be found on our website:
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Helen Spinney
Cape Breton Breaker II
24" x 36" oil on canvas
2013
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Shows at the Capitol Theatre in Moncton
Description:
Give them the gift of laughter and music this
season with tickets to the opera!
The Université de Moncton’s Music Department Opera Workshop kicks
off the new year with style and humour by presenting two one-act operas by
Mozart and Menotti at the Capitol Theatre on January 25 and 26.
The double bill evening will feature The Impressario by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as The Old Maid and The Thief by
Gian Carlo Menotti, two comedy works.
Additionally you can purchase tickets to DuffleBag
Theatre production of A Christmas Carol (December 28 at 6:30pm).
Purchase
Info: Tickets are now on sale at the Capitol Theatre Box
Office. Tickets are available in person or by phone
(1-800-567-1922 / 506-856-4379) at the Capitol Theatre Box Office at 811 Main
Street in Moncton, or online at www.capitol.nb.ca.
Ether Frolics
Author: Paul Marlowe
Publisher: Sybertooth Inc
Description:
Ether Frolics is a short story collection by New
Brunswick writer Paul Marlowe. It was shortlisted this year for the Danuta
Gleed Literary Award for the best debut collection of short fiction by a
Canadian author.
Purchase Info: Can be purchased from the on-line retailers listed athttp://sybertooth.ca/publishing/EtherFrolics.htm or by contacting the publisher directly at http://sybertooth.ca/publishing/contact.cfm
More Info about the Book & Author:
More Info about the Book & Author:
Abattoir Lane Studios
Owner/Creator: Meghan Clarkston
Description: Pyrography and water coloured painted art works on repurposed wood found
throughout Nova Scotia. Each piece is one of a kind made through sustainable
production. Eco-friendly, green, recycled, and original!
Purchase Info: Purchased through Paypal/email transfer; shipped to location or picked up in Halifax.
♫ Wilderness Radio ♫
Owner/Creator: Rob Lemon
Description: Rob Lemon has been
Composing/Performing original music in Halifax since the fall of 1989, if not
on the streets on the stage…Playing legendary venues
such as The Flamingo, The Double Deuce and The Marquee Club to name a few.A recording career spanning 20 years started in 1993 with "Wilderness Radio".
The Wilderness Radio (20th anniversary deluxe edition) digital album can be sent as a gift to that eclectic music
lover in your life!
Purchase Info: Digital Album; name your
price!
Living Calligraphy
Owner/Creator: Jia Tsu (Chai Chu) Thompson—former president of the Mu Lan Chinese Cultural Centre in Halifax.
Description: Living Calligraphy T-shirts are printed with my own
calligraphy and seal. The idea for this store evolved from a project to make “Artist”
t-shirts for family and friends, and is still growing! Unlike other
commercial Chinese calligraphy T-shirts, using only a few popular words such as
“dragon” or “prosperity”, my designs reflect “what do people do all day” (to
reference Richard Scarry’s book for children). To me, that's what "Living
Calligraphy" represents.(Themes Range from Mathematician, Artist, Musician, Actuary and Master of Mountain Trails to Basketball, Golf and Universal Love)
Books from Flanker Press
Owner/Creator: Flanker Press (St. John’s NL)
Purchase Info: Available wherever fine books are sold or by contacting the publisher (www.flankerpress.com).
Amelia and
Me by
Heather Stemp
It is 1932
in Harbour Grace, where most of the early transatlantic flights take off, and
Ginny Ross longs to be a pilot like her idol Amelia Earhart. Does Ginny have
what it takes?
Cooking with
One Chef One Critic comes
from the hosts of the hit television series One Chef One Critic. This
cookbook features 120 mouth-watering recipes and dozens of photographs from the
popular television show.
Facing the Sea: Lightkeepers and Their Families
by Harold Chubbs and Wade Kearley
Bestselling
author Bill Rowe dishes up a long-awaited tell-all memoir that covers the years
he spent in the political arena with Newfoundland premiers Joey Smallwood and
Frank Moores.
The Woman I Am by Sabrina Whyatt
The Woman I
Am is Sabrina
Whyatt’s life story – from a shy girl growing up in small outport to successful
business woman (she owns her own fishing enterprise) and a country music star
(her most recent album, Home In A Song, debuted in 2012 on the
Canadian top ten list for bestselling country music albums).
It was a
normal summer for one small fishing village in Newfoundland . . . until the
dogfish arrived! Tom Dawe’s whimsical text is perfectly complemented by C. Anne
MacLeod`s distinctive folk art.
