LOCAL By Local Girl To Feb 8 Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street W hat does “local” mean, anyway? NSCAD student Anita Joh’s artistic persona (and “conceptual brand”) LOCAL by Local Girl is an attempt to dig into that question through a series of pop-ups, installations and social-media engagements. The brand includes everyday functional objects, […]
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The Handmade Film Collective proves DIY does it better
Handmade Film Screening from Coast to Coast Tue Jan 28, 7-9pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street Free The Handmade Film Collective is partnering with the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative to organize a free screening celebrating the art of handmade, analogue film. The screening—a much-needed cure to the glut of CGI on view at the […]
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Belief beyond Conviction
Women are the fastest growing prison population worldwide. A documentary team went into the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth and the Nova Institution for Women in Truro with art supplies, a music therapist and film equipment to find out why. The result? A feature-length documentary—made in collaboration with inmates—called Conviction. Airing on Documentary […]
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The view from the peak of Tough Guy Mountain
Exhibit 400, Parking garage beneath Staples, 2003 Gottingen Street T ough Guy Mountain is a Toronto-based artist collective that has been operating for the past seven years. With several of its members being from Halifax, the collective is excited to showcase its work on home soil for the first time at Nocturne 2019. “We do […]
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Jessica Wiebe and The Veteran Farm Project unveil A (Temporary) Memorial to Ongoing Conflict and War
Exhibit 211 Barrington Street entrance to Grand Parade Square, 1770 Barrington Street Jessica Lynn Wiebe has been keeping her calendar packed. She’s currently writing a piece for Visual Arts News and has started a residency at Centre for Art Tapes where she’s building a body of work from a past residency with a Canadian Forces […]
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The Loot brings streetwear to Charles Street
View this post on Instagram A post shared by THE LOOT (@theloothfx) on Apr 25, 2019 at 3:20am PDT “I curate vintage and thrift, inspired by ’90s, ’80s and early 2000s streetwear,” says Anna Campbell, the sole proprietor of The Loot, a new vintage shop in the former home of RIO (5781 Charles Street, behind […]
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Sisters in stride at Women Making Waves
Tamara Podemski at Women Making Waves Saturday, March 9, 9:15am Lord Nelson Suites, 1515 South Park Street womenmakingwaves.ca “I’m going to talk about the climate right now in regards to women’s voices in front of and behind the screen,” says Tamara Podemski. “I started 25 years ago as a 15-year-old girl—I’ve seen so many different […]
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Kay Kim pours his heart out
Kay Kim has been working in the coffee industry for about 20 years. “I went into computer programming, but after I graduated didn’t like it,” he says. “I wanted to do something that I was really interested in and pretty good at.” Kim was born and grew up in Seoul, and after five years in […]
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Objects + Attire hosts its first pop-up market
A newly formed group of Halifax designers, Objects + Attire, is hosting a holiday pop-up market this Friday and Saturday at 6437 Cork Street (December 7th, 5-7pm and December 8, 10am-4 pm). The group’s goal is to present thoughtful designs to the local community. Participating designers include Maggie Jayne, Sarah Sears Jewelry, Thief & Bandit, […]
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Limited Supply Clothing Co. finds new homes for old clothes
“I’ve always had an interest in clothing. My grandmother helped me with sewing when I was younger. I also had a tailor who let me shadow him a bit,” says Roddy DeLeon. The 21-year-old Dalhousie philosophy student hosted a vintage pop up shop over the weekend at Eyelevel Gallery for his Limited Supply Clothing Co; […]
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Upstream’s cool and composing
International Music Concert Saturday, June 16, 7:30pm Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road $20 New Directions UP Sunday, June 17, 8pm The Halifax Music Co-op, 2164 Barrington Street $10-$25 Lukas Pearse and Halifax are in a mutually beneficial relationship. Pearse has dedicated his life to sound art and in return, Halifax has provided the […]