Art At Kingsbrae
Kingsbrae International Residence For The Arts
Kingsbrae Artist-In-Residence Program
Every year KIRA awards six artists with a one-month residency. Artists are provided with individual studio space, comfortable housing, two prepared meals each day and live on a historic property in a beautiful seaside town. Artists should bring all supplies and materials needed for their creative process to ensure the required supplies and provisions are available. As part of the residency, artists will be asked to engage with the community for up to six hours a week. These engagements will vary based on skills and interest and can include a partnership with Kingsbrae Garden, located just steps away from the residence and studios.
“At Kingsbrae we don’t just grown plants, we grow people and our community.” Kingsbrae Founder Lucinda Flemer
Applications are open to a range of disciplines and types of artists, including but not limited to the visual arts, music/composition, writing, new media, and interdisciplinary arts. Artists from all levels in their careers who exhibit a strong professional work ethic and a collaborative attitude are encouraged to apply.
To find out more information on how to apply for our artist-in-residence program, events, and more, please visit the KIRA website.
The Sculpture Garden at Kingsbrae
The marriage of art and gardens is a natural one and you will find that KBG is home to a growing collection of sculptures. Many of our sculptures, including past winners of the KBG Canadian Sculpture Competition, can be found in the Sculpture Garden.
Other sculptures can be found sprinkled around the Garden including metal and glass works by Don Pell, several works on loan from the Beaverbrook Gallery as well as “Dyno”.
Dyno was created in 2015 by Aurora Robson and her husband Marshall Coles during an Artist in Residence program at Kingsbrae. The form of Dyno takes its inspiration from the circulation of plastic that is invading our waterways in conjunction with the shrinking population of organic life forms that exist therein.
Dyno is constructed out of local plastic debris (old fish boxes) and it is intended to serve as a gentle and suggestive reminder that all of our decisions and actions leave footprints, be they carbon or plastic.
KIRA Amphitheatre
John and Lucinda Flemer created Kingsbrae Garden to preserve and maintain into perpetuity the family’s former estate. Its architecture and gardens have long been an important part of the community's historic fabric.
To further inspire the province of New Brunswick, the local community of Saint Andrews and out-of-province visitors, a 1200-seat amphitheatre was built and inaugurated in 2018.
The KIRA Amphitheatre is proud to contribute to the growth of the Maritime arts and culture sector by hosting a variety of events throughout the summer season, with the beautiful Bay of Fundy as its backdrop.
Art Gallery
The Art Gallery is located adjacent to the Garden Café, in the turn-of-the-century Edward Maxwell manor home, original to the estate that makes up the bulk of Kingsbrae Garden’s 27 acres. Two full walls of windows give stunning views of the surrounding gardens, Ministers Island and Passamaquoddy Bay.
