Parrsboro Creative News

Meet our new Executive Director The Board of Directors is very pleased to announce that Jocelyn Li will be taking on the role of Executive Director of Parrsboro Creative. She takes over the [...]

Plein air – painting in real time in the open air – is the fastest growing art movement in the history of North America, and The International Parrsboro Plein Air Festival (PIPAF) is now [...]

Sheila McCarthy, one of Canada’s most successful actors is coming to Parrsboro in June to teach a two-day class in acting comedy for Parrsboro Creative’s Cultural Campus. The course is called – [...]

Canada Summer Jobs Program Program Dates: April 23 to September 1 New expanded eligibility now includes all youth aged 15-30, and is no longer restricted to students. For more information, please [...]

    “Parrsboro Plein Air offers a uniquely beautiful landscape with dramatic tides, work boats, soaring cliffs, charming small villages and a friendly and hospitable community. I [...]

Rising Tide created by Gerald Beaulieu of Stratford Prince Edward Island, and commissioned by Parrsboro Creative was recently installed in the town centre. The piece stands twelve feet high and [...]

Welcome Juried Artists 2018! An incredible line-up of talented artists will be making their way to Parrsboro on June 14, 15, 16, 17 to compete for more than $8,000 at the Parrsboro International [...]

Parrsboro wins the 2017 Arts Nova Scotia Community Arts & Culture Recognition Award! Plein Air Artists and Community Members at Quick Draw Event June 2017 This prestigious award is given [...]

A Creative Colony at The Sweet Brier in Parrsboro The new Artist-in-Residence program in Parrsboro is off to a great start. The first artist was Joy Laking, one of Canada’s finest painters. Joy’s [...]

The Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival The Main Event Best in Show Chantal Julien View From Back Street Oil on Panel 12″x18″ 2nd Place Heather Crout Clam Diggers Economy Water [...]

Joy Laking and William Rogers, our Jurors for the 2017 Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival had quite an interesting and challenging time selecting the artists for this year’s [...]

JANET DOBLE was born in England and immigrated to Canada as a young girl. She grew up in the suburbs west of Montreal, Quebec. Her first real experience working with clay was in Morristown, New [...]

There was a big celebration in Parrsboro on Saturday June 25, with a large crowd gathering at the new bandstand to hear an announcement by Tony Ince, Minister of Communities, Culture and [...]

Things just keep getting more exciting. We’re pleased to tell you that Timi Levy will also be performing at the Big News Event. She’ll be on fire for half an hour following the news [...]

The first up for the announcement features the swing and jazz music of The Elastic Big Band. They start to play at 10 am which is just a tad early for these late night birds but I think [...]

On Saturday, June 25th  morning the Root People will gather at the Town Park in celebration of the Art in the town of Parrsboro and the announcements by the dignitaries gathered. The Root People [...]