http://www.partneringfirstsolutions.ca drumming workshops! This Sunday, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia will be combining a variety of musical and artistic activities for the kiddies as part of their Children’s Festival celebrating International Children’s Day. The 10th annual gallery-wide festival is titled “Art Beat” and will explore how music and rhythm make us creative. A diverse […]
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Gold Winner Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Silver Winner Argyle Fine Art Bronze Winner Swoon—Fine Art Antiques Fashion One culture-loving voter says, “We are so lucky to have the AGNS. Sarah Fillmore is an outstanding curator—and Ray! I just love our AGNS.” Donna Wellard, marketing and communications at AGNS, responds to the love: “We are […]
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Sobey Art Award Shortlist exhibit opens
It’s Sobey Art Award time again, which means work from some of Canada’s best contemporary artists will be gracing the walls, and floors of the AGNS. The shortlisted six (Charles Stankeivech, Sarah Anne Johnson, Daniel Young, Christian Giroux, Manon De Pauw and Zeke Moores) bring varied works in video, photography and sculpture to the exhibit. […]
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Big night under the big top
This isn’t your average night at the gallery. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is spicing it up, letting loose and getting a little bit kooky for their second annual big top-themed fundraising gala. It’s a red carpet event that encourages “circus formal” attire and raises money for the AGNS’ arts education programs (including their […]
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Jeanne Beker hosts the Sobey Award
Artists, you make Beks fly so high against the sky. It may not be the popular stance, but I love Jeanne Beker and her diva divineness. She may be the closest this country comes to an André Leon Talley. So I was happy to hear that she’s taking over hosting duties for tonight’s Sobey Art […]
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Art of gold
“Trust your gut instinct. The best thing you can do is love it, because you have to live with it! I deal with NSCAD students and alumni, and people always come in and ask, ‘Who will be successful? Who will be famous?’ It’s hard to say, since we do everything: jewellery, textiles, ceramics and paintings. […]
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The AGNS keeps earning the love of Coast readers with thoughtful and provocative exhibitions, such as the current collection of work by Montreal-born, Nova Scotia-based abstract painter, Jacques Hurtubise, or the thematic media in the show Framed, which is a collection of never-before exhibited pieces from the gallery’s contemporary storehouse going back to 1972, all […]
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Speed dating for the arts
Wipe off those sweaty palms and steady yourself—this is the kind of speed dating that doesn’t require the freshest of breath (though it is appreciated). Head to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia tonight to speed date arts organizations in the city that are looking for volunteers. You get a match form, they get a […]
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The Centre for Art Tapes: Animation with Love!
The Centre for Art Tapes’ animation program brings you Animation with Love! this week—a screening of short animated media from across the country. Curator and filmmaker Siloen Daley says she chose the theme of heartfelt art—and the name—as a way to spread beauty and positivity through the filmmakers’ works. “We looked for heartfelt films, films […]
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AGNS’ portrait of problems
Ray Cronin has an office with a gaping picture window giving view to the provincial legislature across the street. After 18 months as director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Cronin’s gone through the looking glass and is still winding his way through wonderland. Running a provincial art institution, Cronin works with […]
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Halifax Climate Events
Please note the changed dates below: If you were too broke or too worried about your own emissions to jump the bandwagon in Copenhagen, there’s still lots you can do right here in Hali to be part of “the most important human gathering ever.” On Saturday, December 12 at 5:00 pm there will be a […]
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Taking back its crown, the big boy on Hollis Street is at the top of Coast readers’ minds again. Top of our mind is the Jean-Pierre Gauthier show opening December 20. The Sobey Art Award-winner is bringing his *Machines At Play* kinetic sculptural work to the AGNS, an installation that takes cables, wires and electrical […]