Main & Station Nonesuch

Main & Station began as a project to save a derelict building in the seaside community of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Although the building (an old post office, customs and armoury) is still undergoing some work, in June 2013 Main & Station re-opened the doors that had been closed 43 years earlier and it is now host to a secondhand bookshop, an art gallery, a café, workshops, seminars, community events and Artist residencies. In May 2017, Main & Station took on another heritage property at risk of demolition, a former United Church. The new space has been dubbed the "Nonesuch Centre for the Performing Arts & Studios" and is currently being used as studio spaces, for events and workshops. The former sanctuary of the building remains intact with seating and a working pipe organ. Main & Station also organizes and hosts the Nonesuch Art of Paper Awards and Exhibitions. Main & Station & the Nonesuch Residencies are 100% privately funded. The organziation does not apply for or receive government grants. The Nonesuch mission is to have fun and to encourage artistic activity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community involvement. Travel can be quite a stimulus to ideas and creativity. The residency program allows participants the opportunity to work creatively in one or more new environments. Support to the community is via arts programming, seminars, collaborations, small venue presentations, and partnerships. The residency program is open to artists of all types including writers, dancers, and musicians. They also offer a chef's residency and are open to residency applications from any discipline. In the past they have hosted visual and performance artists of many sorts as well as a few from other disciplines such as schooner builders, editors, historians, and geologists. The number of residents can vary from 1 to 10 depending on the time of year and the projects being engaged in.