Jon Claytor is a Sackville-based artist, painter, and writer. He co-founded SappyFest independent music and arts festival in 2006 and opened Thunder & Lightning Ideas Ltd. in Sackville, New Brunswick in 2013. He was born in San Francisco and has lived and worked in Moncton, Sackville, Halifax, Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto.
Jon Claytor’s work ranges from oil painting and watercolour to filmmaking, graphic novels and comics journalism. He was nominated for a Juno Award for the cover of Gord Downie's “Battle Of The Nudes.’
Recently, Jon has found graphic storytelling to be his passion and true calling. His memoir, Take The Long Way Home was published by Conundrum Press in 2022 and has written many illustrated interviews for the CBC. He has recently finished a fictional graphic novel about growing up among monsters in a small maritime town called Nowhere. Currently he is working on a book about the toxic drug supply affecting rural New Brunswick with harm reductionist Ashley Legere.
Jon holds an MFA from York University (2012), attended Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (1991), and holds a BFA Mount Allison University (1998).
Photo credit: Carolina Andrade
Synopsis
Take The Long Way Home
A classic road trip memoir about love, family, and surprisingly conversational wildlife.
Take The Long Way Home
Sessions in which Jon Claytor participates
- Nowhere Université de Moncton - Centre d'études acadiennes - local 178
- Presenter Jon Claytor |
- 17:00 - 18:00 | 1 hour Part of: Plenary Session 3 – EXPLORATION(S)
- A personal look at how a move to Moncton at the start of my high...
- Talk
Sessions in which Jon Claytor attends
- Exhibition Chorus(es)
- Signup required Centre culturel Aberdeen - Galerie Sans Nom | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- Tue 19, 18:00 - Sun 28, 20:00 | 40 days 2 hours
- Chorus(es): Machine à présence poétique, is an interactive literary installation combining poetry, sound art and digital visual art. The Fry...
- Exhibit / Exposition
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Galerie Sans NomSponsor
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Productions RhizomeSponsor
- L'art de lâcher prises
- Signup required Centre culturel Aberdeen - 2nd Floor | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 17:00 - 18:00 | 1 hour
- Exhibit Opening / Vernissage
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Aberdeen Cultural CentreSponsor
- Book Launch Nâ: Guyaume Boulianne
- Signup required Laundromat Espresso Bar
- 20:30 - 21:30 | 1 hour
- Book Launch / Lancement de livre
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Éditions Prise de paroleSponsor
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Laundromat Espresso BarSponsor
- Frye Show : Trivia 2.0
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 20:00 - 22:00 | 2 hours
- Special events / Événements spéciaux
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Satellite ThéâtreSponsor
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Aberdeen Cultural CentreSponsor
- Effet brouillard
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 13:00 - 14:00 | 1 hour
- À bord du tapis roulant, Spock, Astérix, Jean-Paul II, Mick Jagger, Bill « Spaceman » Lee, Bob Barker, Greta Thunberg e...
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
- Les Rafales du carême
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Dieppe Arts and Culture Centre - La Caserne | Dieppe Arts and Culture Centre
- 15:00 - 16:00 | 1 hour
- Dans le désarroi qui s'abat sur le sud de la Louisiane à la sui...
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
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Arts Culture NBSponsor
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ICI Acadie | CBC / Radio-CanadaSponsor
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Dieppe Arts and Culture CentreSponsor
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CodofilSponsor
- Beyond the book
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 20:00 - 21:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- These remarkable works address the ...
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
- France Daigle : Conférence Maillet-Frye
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 13:00 - 14:15 | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Keynote Lecture / Conférence
- Tea Time
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 15:00 - 17:00 | 2 hours
- Enjoy delicious tea and sweets as four writers offer glimpses t...
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Été musical de BarachoisSponsor
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Marrakech KitchenSponsor
- The Geographies of DAR
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Cineplex Cinemas Trinity Drive
- 18:30 - 20:30 | 2 hours
- The Geographies of DAR is a captivating film that explores the life and literary works of ...
- Film screening / Projection de film
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National Film Board of CanadaSponsor
- I Felt More Sure
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 18:30 - 19:30 | 1 hour
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
- Literary Lunch: Frye Retrospective
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Les Brumes du Coude - Les Brumes du Coude | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 11:45 - 13:00 | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Lunch-in-Conversation / Dîner-entretien
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Les Brumes du CoudeSponsor
- Natural (Dis)order
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - 2nd Floor | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 18:30 - 19:30 | 1 hour
- Both of these collections embody the selves we see reflected in humanity and the natural world. From love and desire to environmental collapse and ...
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
- L'emprise du seuil
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - 2nd Floor | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 20:00 - 21:00 | 1 hour
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
- Literary Lunch: The Adversary
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Les Brumes du Coude - Les Brumes du Coude | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 11:45 - 13:00 | 1 hour 15 minutes
- A novel about the unshakeable animosity between a brother and sister and a community increasingly divided as the feud spirals further into vendetta...
- Lunch-in-Conversation / Dîner-entretien
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Les Brumes du CoudeSponsor
- Frye Jam
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 20:00 - 22:00 | 2 hours
- Reading / Lecture
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Aberdeen Cultural CentreSponsor
- Best Canadian Stories 2024
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Thomas Williams House
- 11:00 - 12:00 | 1 hour
- Canadian short stories are always a cause for celebration. Host Stephanie Domet is joined by Lisa Moore, editor, as well as contributors Sharon Bal...
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
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AfterWords Literary FestivalSponsor
- Beyond the Book
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 13:00 - 14:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Decisive encounters, ravages of weather, and quests for truth and justice are some of the elements we confront in these magnificent works. Join our...
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
- Intentionality and Belonging
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 15:30 - 16:30 | 1 hour
- Qimmik
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 19:00 - 20:00 | 1 hour
- "Entre la taïga et la toundra, un jeune couple inuit du Nunavik se découvre et apprend à s'aimer. Accompagnés de leurs chiens, les qimmiit, Saullu ...
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
- Inheriting Interpretation
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Thomas Williams House
- 11:00 - 12:00 | 1 hour
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien
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Resurgo PlaceSponsor
- Maillet-Frye Lecture x Brandon Taylor
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 13:00 - 14:15 | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Tenir tête
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
- 15:00 - 16:00 | 1 hour
- In-Conversation Event / Entretien