The Centre for Art Tapes’ 40th Birthday Aug 15, 7-10pm Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street, free Tori Fleming works in the thick of it. Unlike many programming directors holed up far away from the art they help bring into the world, her office is in the heart of the Centre For Art Tapes—and […]
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The kid gloves come off at CFAT
Tiny Takeover: Kid Critics To August 31 Centre For Art Tapes, 2238 Maitland Street “I find the general public that’s not already interested in the media arts often will use the works that have a narrative to pull them in and get them to have a look at the other work,” says Tori Fleming, programming […]
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CFAT’s Hyper colour
Hyper > Media > Paradise February 8-February 14 Opening reception Thursday, February 8, 7pm Centre for Art Tapes 2238 Maitland Street suggested donation $10 cfat.ca The Centre for Art Tapes hits the big four-oh this year, and one of its flagship events, the media arts scholarship, is not far behind. Video, audio, projection, virtual reality, […]
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Arts groups pen open letter about AFCOOP sexual assault allegations
Five organizations have released a statement in the wake of accusations of sexual assault against a staff member at the Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co-operative. (As detailed here last week.) The Centre for Art Tapes, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Nocturne, South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre and Eyelevel Gallery—and all of their staff and board […]
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The Future is now
Tucked away in the corner of the Dalhousie Art Gallery—which is also currently housing Why are we saving All these artist publications + Other Galleries stuffs?, an exhibition of artist run centre archives—is a collection of an entirely different sort of archive. Archives of the Future, organized by Centre for Art Tape’s programming committee, examines […]
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Art notes: Khyber Member Awards, FILM 5 & CFAT
Notes from the Arts Desk * * * * * PARTY ALERT & AWARDS NIGHT The Khyber Centre for the Arts invites you to a general meeting on Friday, September 4 (6pm, free) to fill you in on the future of the Khyber Centre. You are then warmly invited to stay for the Community BBQ and […]
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Get OUT OF THE CENTRE tonight
Brave the absolutely insane winds tonight and be handsomely rewarded for it at tonight’s Out of the Centre screening, an evening devoted to showing off the work created by the 24th annual Centre for Art Tapes media scholarship recipients. For six months, local artists John Hoar, Leigh Kirkpatrick, Susan McEachern, Dave Ron, Jonathan Rotsztain, Joshua […]
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CFAT’s elevator music
Centre For Art Tapes and Craig Gallery’s double exhibit gets you coming and going. At the Craig Gallery is new work by Katie Vautour, Mixed Media Drawings, and in the elevator at Alderney Landing is the CFAT audio art program, Broadcasting for Reels: Sounds (Extra)Ordinary. Exhibition host Chris Myhr curated Broadcasting for Reels, choosing an […]
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Fuller Lecture Series’ indoor/outdoor curation
Although nothing quite matches the feeling of sitting in someone’s backyard, under a tarp, listening to your neighbours tell stories about their lives, the Fuller Lecture Series folks are using their time during the first ever 2012 Centre For Art Tapes Local Curatorial Residency is to bring a little of that magic to your computer […]
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CFAT’s new home
The north end happily welcomes the Centre for Art Tapes into its loving arms come Spring 2012. CFAT has partnered with Hub Halifax in a new development purchased on Gottingen Street, bringing the artist-run not-for-profit into closer contact with such esteemed neighbours as the Eyelevel Gallery and (ahem) The Coast.
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You got it. They want it.
Eastern Front Theatre wants you, CFAT wants you, Sir Sandford Fleming Park wants you. Isn’t it great to be needed? Eastern Front‘s 19th annual SuperNova Theatre Festival is currently seeking submissions of eclectic, innovated theatre from professional theatre companies for the upcoming festival (May 9-20 at the Neptune Studio Theatre). They ask that you submit […]
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CFAT is on the move
On May 13, Centre for Art Tapes moves into their temporary digs in the Roy Building (1657 Barrington). CFAT has inhabited the CBC Radio Building (5600 Sackville) for 12 years. The move is prompted by CBC’s recent announcement that they will be ending leases with non-profit societies in the building as of May 31. CFAT […]