Danielle Hogan, Artist – Fredericton
(photo: Kelly Baker)
Danielle Hogan is a Canadian visual artist and academic recognized for her research in fiber-based art and for a studio practice rooted in personal narrative. Working across multiple media, she investigates notions of time, precarity, joy, grief, and patriarchal labour hierarchies. Since late 2022, she has been exploring non-linear storytelling through the practice of miniature, near-daily paintings. Her first book, LIGHT and MATERIAL: Weaving and the Work of Nel Oudemans, was published in 2024, and she is currently researching her second book of textile history. Brief Infinity, an exhibition of Hogan’s paintings, is on display at the University of New Brunswick Art Centre in Fredericton until August 28.
- Status of the Artist Act
(photo: @artsculturenb)
I am so proud to be an artist in New Brunswick. Late last year, the government passed the Status of the Artist Act, meaning artists here join those from only two other provinces (Quebec and Saskatchewan) in having the professional nature of our work recognized by law. It affirms our right to professional wages, binding contracts, and other protections.
- Briggs & Little Woolen Mill
All things wool excite me. My grandmother taught me to knit as a clumsy, lefthanded six or seven year old, and I’ve never looked back. The fact that you can sit down with “two sticks and a long string” and create endless variations of pattern still blows my mind. It’s a real point of pride that I was born in the province with Canada’s oldest and longest‑running woolen mill. The folks at Briggs & Little are the kindest ever – be sure to check them out.
- Watercolours
Like many, the ocean is a place of peace and healing for me. Both my babies were born on a beautiful island surrounded by water. It’s no surprise I’m drawn to watercolours. Our bodies are 60% water – part of the medium is literally carried within me – and I love the poetry of that.
- Travel
Travel feels like shedding a layer of skin; I sense the world more acutely. I adore Turkish‑British novelist Elif Shafak, whose work explores cultural diversity, human rights, water, and intersectional feminism. In a Literary Hub interview, she notes that “multiple belongings are nurtured by cultural encounters…. It is an attitude, a way of thinking, rather than the number of stamps on your passport.”
- Coffee
Yes. Always. If I ever say, “no, thank you,” I’m clearly unwell. My favourite NB roaster is Epoch Chemistry Coffee in Moncton – their affogatos, made with Lost & Found ice cream, are to die for.