The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design has received a $3-million donation, courtesy of arts advocates and philanthropists Margaret and David Fountain. The money will allow NSCAD to undertake a number of major improvements on its downtown Granville Street building, which is now renamed Fountain Campus in appreciation of the gift. Margaret Fountain, who […]
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OBEY Convention VII early lineup announcement
Not merely content with a single music and art bonanza for their seventh year, Team OBEY has branched out like so many spring buds and created an entirely separate festival of visual art: Art In Fest. Art In Fest will accompany the OBEY Convention—”Atlantic Canada’s only festival of alternate realities for music and art”—this May […]
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So Shiso Shop
After six months of pop-up shops and internet temptation at shisoshop.com, Natalie Slater’s Shiso Shop has found a place to call home. The mini shop of local art and objects created made with love by local artists, designers and crafters will open this Saturday, February 1 on the second floor of 1528 Queen Street (its […]
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Wikipedia Art+Feminism Edit-A-Thon’s takeover
Wikipedia has a problem. Of the 20,572,652 editors that populate the online encyclopedia, only 13 per cent are women. Organizers of the Wikipedia Art+Feminism Edit-A-Thon event believe that this lack of female editorship results in less content about notable women. “It seems that the ratio of the content providers is being reflected in the actual content […]
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Outsider Insight chance
“I know how much art did for me and my mental health. I thought it would be good. I thought it would be cool for other people with mental illness to experience how therapeutic it can be,” says Gavin Quinn through a smile. Quinn is the project coordinator and impetus behind Outsider Insight, a peer-support […]
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Untitled Eats is closed
Your next visit to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia might leave you a little hungry—Untitled Eats (1723 Hollis Street) has officially closed its doors. The AGNS’ restaurant, known for its hot eats and cocktail nights, has been run by The Armview’s (7156 Chebucto Road) sister company, Uptown Catering since late 2011. They couldn’t be […]
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Hanson and Sonnenberg’s internal language
Most Haligonians are probably familiar with the three lampposts installed on the waterfront: one is drunk and has fallen over, one is pissing in the harbour and the other is probably checking its phone. Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg are the Brooklyn-based duo behind these pieces, which are part of a larger body of work […]
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Best Gallery
Gold Winner Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Silver Winner Argyle Fine Art Bronze Winner Swoon Fine Art
 What can we say? The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is a big gun in this category, consistently placing in the top three (more often than not, taking the gold) for as long as we’ve been asking for […]
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Portland Street welcomes Kept and The Dart Gallery
Oh boy, oh boy, it’s going to be a good couple of weeks in downtown Dartmouth when Portland Street welcomes not one, but two new businesses to its strip. Bringing a healthy dose of beautiful to the former Joe’s Laundromat are Kept Gift & Housewares (127 Portland Street) and next door neighbour The Dart Gallery […]
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Burnwater’s creative forge
When asked how long they had been preparing for the show, Erin Donovan pipes up: “Our whole lives.” Everybody laughs. It’s not true, but it is. Burnwater is a multi-disciplinary performance taking place this weekend in East Dover on the land of local blacksmith and sculptor John Little. Little makes sound sculptures; elaborate forged compositions […]
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Beautiful dreamer
The idea of “following your dreams” tends to be a bit of a platitude, a bit of pat encouragement to keep trying—to be true to yourself. In Tamara Henderson’s case, however, literally following her dream’s directions, and directing her dreams herself has developed into an artistic practice that now sees her as the Atlantic shortlist […]
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Chasing the horizon
Upon entering the gallery, you are confronted by a six-foot tall tangle of metal cables that seems both chaotic and somehow methodical. To your right, you glimpse a storyboard-esque arrangement of distorted colour photographs; behind you, a monochromatic photo of New Mexico, a circular diagram and a story of a boy who is bitten by […]
