Welcome to a special series of Art Pays Me interviews with the winners of the 2022 Creative Nova Scotia Awards. The awards are presented annually by Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council. 

The goal is to celebrate excellence in artistic achievement – notably, the Portia White Prize. Winners of the Prix Grand Pré, the Established Artist, Emerging Artist, Indigenous Artist Recognition and Black Artist Recognition awards as well as the Creative Community Impact Award are also honoured. Collectively, the awards are worth $75,000.

Visit artsns.ca to nominate a Nova Scotia based artist or apply for awards and grants for yourself.

On this episode, I speak with Creative Nova Scotia Emerging Artist Award Winner Séamus Gallagher. We talk about some of the challenges and benefits of living and working as an artist in Nova Scotia, how they manage their multi-disciplinary creative practice and how it feels to be acknowledged for their work.