Visual Art

Five opportunities for visual artists in Halifax

Uplevel your skills and portfolio while wait out the art world's return.

Sure, the difficulty of making money as an artist is nothing new—Oscar Wilde's painter protagonist complains about it in his 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Grey—but just as the novel coronavirus has underscored many things we all knew with a renewed urgency, it isn't easy to be a creative right now.

By Morgan Mullin Jun 12, 2020

Because we still need art to live, the Sobey Art Award's long list just dropped

Each of the 25 nominees gets a $25,000 purse.

While every April the Sobey Art Award (the biggest prize in Canadian art) crowns new royalty with the release of its long list, 2020 feels a little different: This year, the jury behind the prize is forgoing its usual five-artist shortlist and corresponding exhibition. Instead, for the first time ever, everyone on the jury-selected long list of 25 Canadian artists will receive a $25,000 purse (and equal bragging rights).

By Morgan Mullin Apr 15, 2020 4:49 pm

Emily Lawrence's likeable feast

The foodie-brained artist is back with another project for you to chew on.

The world of Dartmouth-based artist Emily Lawrence feels like a pastel-filled, Betty Crocker spin on Willy Wonka’s factory: Her work is a visual feast (pun fully intended) as she makes portraits of people’s favourite desserts and lines gallery walls with tiny, climbing shrimp tails and petit-fours.

By Morgan Mullin Apr 11, 2020

Three decades of wear-withal

The anniversary of the student-run Wearable Art Show proves there’s more to fashion than getting dressed.

The Wearable Art Show Feb 28, 6-8pm & 9-11pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $10/$20

By Morgan Mullin Feb 27, 2020

NSCAD The Bus Stop Theatre

New Art 2020

Eight rising artists creating the fresh works you need to know about this year.

Lindsay Dobbin: Where sound meets space Lindsay Dobbin has always expressed themself through art, so picking a start date of their practice causes them to pause.

Feb 20, 2020

Review: Catching Gut Feelings

A showcase of emerging artists shows what magic awaits when you lean into your instincts.

Gut Feeling to Mar 15 , Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat-Sun noon-5pm Dalhousie Art Gallery, 6101 University Avenue, Lower Level free

By Mollie Cronin Jan 30, 2020

Lou Sheppard Shaya Ishaq Elise Boudreau Lindsay Dobbin Stephanie Yee Dalhousie Art Gallery

First look: Eyelevel Artist Run Centre & Bookstore

Witness the artist centre’s triumphant return to Gottingen Street.

Eyelevel Artist Run Centre & Bookstore Tue-Fri noon-5pm 2177 Gottingen Street

By Morgan Mullin Jan 23, 2020

Eyelevel Gallery

Halifax sees the Venezuela diaspora remember what it has lost with new Khyber show

Memorial: Work by Venezuelan Diaspora Artists sees artists like Camila Salcedo reflect on their complicated relationships to where they're from.

Seven emerging Venezuelan diaspora artists are bringing their art to Halifax this week. Their pieces touch on themes of loss and memory as a result of being disp

By Chris Stoodley Jan 16, 2020

Reid K. White and the art of the everyday

Meet the man behind the north end’s most life-affirming street art.

We're all familiar with tourist tchotchkes—those mass printed trinkets you suspect have the city names swapped out all over the eastern seaboard, lobster beer cozies, "Grandma went to [insert town here] and all I got was this t-shirt" t-shirts.

By Stephanie Johns Dec 12, 2019