It’s tough being an artist. All that criticism, all that intense staring. Eyelevel Gallery’s first installment in their five week series of members’ shows gently reminds the viewer to be nice. Called go easy on me, the inaugural Eyelevel Members’ Weekly show includes “art about diaries, self-portraiture and feelings” and runs until July 23. The […]
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Eyelevel Gallery relocates
Disclaimer: Back before I became arts editor here, I was co-chair of the board at Eyelevel Gallery. During that time, I helped find locations and assist in two moves; one from Barrington and another move on Gottingen. I say this only because I know how disruptive it is to move a gallery, and how difficult […]
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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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Diamond talk with Eyelevel and the Khyber
Mat Dunlap swing battah swing! ELG team organizer Brendan Dunlop Eyelevel Gallery knows all about the art of losing. The artist-run centre’s baseball team has yet to win a game in the four years it’s been playing (yeah, yeah, insert joke, sport-o). And yet the team, recognizable for its green t-shirts and lack of ego, […]
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Art history with the Khyber and Eyelevel Gallery
Good advice from the Khyber archives Light up the candles and grab the champers because two artist-run centres are celebrating significant birthdays with archive shows. Older sister Eyelevel Gallery, who donated their archives to Dalhousie University several years ago, created an extensive online archive of exhibitions (eyelevelgallery.ca), going back to 1974’s Peggy’s Cove Syndrome, in […]
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Aaron MacLean’s photographic memory
Fruit Tree, by Aaron MacLean After artist Aaron Weldon MacLean’s father died, he left behind a wonderful gift: a collection of photographs that would become the foundation of the young artist’s current practice. The focus of his new show, *Nature of Descriptions*, at Eyelevel Gallery, is a large-scale painting, which had its origins as one […]
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Spacing comes east and wants to buttonhole us
Imagine WINO, MAYNWALLLIS, THE PARKS or an old-school OXFORD… One of the coolest magazines to come out of Canada in the last decade, Spacing—-the Toronto urban spaces journal—-will now have an Atlantic presence, thanks to a new blog, spacingatlantic.ca. The official launch for the website is Wednesday, October 28, from 7-11pm, at Eye Level Gallery. […]
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NSCAD: where art and music converge
The Khyber ICA is steaming hot, packed with bands and fans for the Totally Wicked Music Festival, a one-night music event where bands come together for one night and play one song each. The first Totally Wicked Music Festival happened 10 years prior—an idea born on the NSCAD campus after an Anna Leonowens exhibition opening, […]
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Yo artists! Time to Go North!
The registration deadline for Go North! Studio & Gallery Tour is Friday, August 7. If you want to participate by showing your studio, creating a site-specific installation or exhibition on September 12, do it now. Registration is free and the forms are available at Eyelevel Gallery (2063 Gottingen) or on the website, gonorthhalifax.com. Also, the organizing committee is looking for your bizarro north end treaures to sell at a fundraising auction. If you have something appropriate, send an email to gonorthtour@gmail.com with a history of the object and the location of where it was found, by August 13.
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Secret agent at Eyelevel Gallery
The Confidante traces heavy black circles around her eyes with Halloween makeup, using the camcorder screen as a mirror. In six minutes the 22-year-old NSCAD student transitions from secret collector to secret keeper. When the transformation is complete, two thick, black lines obscure her eyes and mouth. Annik Gaudet’s first film, called Confidante, a feminine […]
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Eyelevel Gallery turns back the calendar for anniversary show
At first glance, you’d hardly notice the change. As usual, the walls at Eyelevel are hung with interesting work—on this day it’s paintings by Mark Stebbins and Art Krauss. At the back of the gallery, the administrative staff works behind a large desk. Then you hear it. “Ka-chunk.” Gallery intern Chris Foster is busily typing […]
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The Coast’s get involved guide
Right here, right at the beginning, this is the part of the guide where I beseech you to reach into your inner self and find that true heart of goodness that sits at your very core, your soul, right next to your spleen, I think, and to connect that true heart of goodness to those […]