ART AND CRAFT
Lunenburg is a haven for many artists who find inspiration in its surrounding beauty. Throughout the summer, the town hosts art festivals that showcase local artists’ range of media and subjects. July includes the Lunenburg Street Festival and Art Walk and the Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival, while the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival takes place in August, featuring traditional and contemporary folk music from around the province and region.

Quartet Gallery:
Local artists offering a variety of affordable, original works in a delightful venue. Framed and unframed art work in oils, acrylics, watercolours and mixed media, as well as all occasion cards.
Laurie Swim Gallery: An award-winning visual artist and author, who is nationally and internationally recognized; Laurie creates painterly works of art in fabric and thread portraying the landscapes and people of the South Shore.

Power House Art: Housed within a 150-year-old building, the gallery features oil paintings and charcoal drawings by Lynn Misner, well recognized artist in Canada and international as well. It is one of the few galleries that exhibits Inuit art in the Maritimes, offering a unique experience with a diverse range of sculptures and prints from the 1950s to the present.
Nova Terra Cotta Pottery: Joan Bruneau is a professional Studio Potter based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. She received many awards. Her studio is in this old house beautiful inside and outside, just by the famous Knot Pub. Her work is exhibited throughout North America and is in public collections including the AGNS, Canada, Sykes Gallery, USA and Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute, China.

Carmen Jaeger Jewellery: Carmen calls her craft “Pure joy, fire and transformation”. With 20 years experience in Germany she is an accomplished designer.

The Lunenburg Art Gallery: The Gallery provides a public venue for local, provincial and international artists to exhibit their work to the public. It sponsors workshops for artists and exhibitions by Lunenburg County school children.

Peer Gallery: The gallery exhibits the work of 13 Nova Scotia artists who have established reputations. The gallery emphasizes a complete diversity in art viewing: painting, drawing, mixed media, coloured fused glass, raku & mosaic wall pieces, wood turning, printmaking and other forms of artistic expression.

Purcell Family Art: Lunenburg’s oldest art gallery. Owned and operated by Joseph and Tela and family. Exhibiting their paintings and whimsical art forms.
Lord Studio Gallery: Located in the heart of Blue Rocks, the gallery displays artists who want to capture the essence of Nova Scotia.
OUTSIDE LUNENBURG
Westcote Bell Pottery: Co-founders Vaughan Smith and Jacqueline M. Cohen are a husband and wife team. Well known and accomplished artists, they moved to Nova Scotia and renovated a 160 year old boat house on the LaHave River estuary where the magic happens. Their unique style of pottery resonates with the beautiful landscape and elements on the South Shore and each of their crafted piece tells a story. Their studio is next to the Fort Point Light House and the LaHave River Bakery.

Blue Hog Gallery: Located in the heart of Blue Rocks, the gallery displays artists who want to capture the essence of Nova Scotia.
We are located in Lunenburg Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a lot of history, places to see and things to do. Ashlea House is within easy walking distance to everything in our town.
42 Falkland Street, Lunenburg,
Nova Scotia, BOJ 2CO
902-634-7150
info@ashleahouse.com
