Rick Janson Art Studio

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A NSCAD alumni, Rick Janson studied under Riduan Tompkins, Nancy Edell, Ed Porter and Medrie McPhee before graduating with his BFA in 1987. He is the past editor of Visual Arts News Magazine (Visual Arts Nova Scotia) as well as briefly the editor of the NSCAD Alumni News. He has exhibited at numerous venues as well as had a short film shown at the Atlantic Film Festival in 1998. His studio is in Oshawa, Ontario.

Category: music-and-art

  • Mystery Performance

    Mystery Performance

    One of the most moving live performances I’ve experienced was by a duo for whom their identity remains a mystery to me. He played a stand-up bass, using a looping machine to build up the sound for each song. She sang with the confidence of someone with extensive classical training. I found it the kind…