FLIM FLAM To February 4 Panel discussion February 4, 6pm The Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The House of Gonzaga—an old royal family that ruled in Northern Italy—is the inspiration for his play-within-the-play. The play is called The Murder of Gonzago. “It’s basically the idea of a thing […]
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New Art 2017: Jade Byard Peek’s increased visibility
We are the Griots Opening Monday, February 13, 5:30pm To February 18 Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street Jade Byard Peek can meet an hour after the interview request. She’s running on a tight schedule but that afternoon she has a rare hour to talk, maybe the only one she’ll have that week. In addition […]
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New Art 2017: Xiaoyi Dong says art is international
Xiaoyi Dong has made strides since moving to Halifax for an arts education. Known as Patrice to her Canadian friends and teachers, she’s found a medium she loves and confidence as a community leader. Dong is a second-year graphic design student at NSCAD, and is the international student representative on SUNSCAD, the school’s student union. […]
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New Art 2017: Abby Bent
“Being a sculpture student, I always felt like I had to be working with materials, but I don’t actually like to make anything,” states artist Abby Bent. “Sometimes I gather materials that I am drawn to and then I try to find patterns between them, through definition, use and how my body can interact with […]
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New Art 2017: Raven Davis leads the tough conversations
From the tartan to the Canadian flag, Raven Davis’s latest project is taking time-honoured Canadian symbols and challenging their place. Through gallery pieces and public performances, the 2-Spirit Indigenous multidisciplinary artist is creating a critique of Canada’s 150 festivities, The De-Celebration of Canada. By highlighting everyday reminders of colonization–such as the noon cannon at the […]
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New Art 2017: Do you believe in magic?
Transparent Saturday, January 28, 6pm The Bridge, 5553 Bloomfield Street Kate MacDonald and Emma Paulson huddle outside a Starbucks. Sheltered from winter wind by a small alcove, they eagerly tell their story over speakerphone. They run The Magic Project, an organization dedicated to empowering Black and queer Canadians through art and photography (find them on […]
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New Art 2017: Camila Salcedo
For two hours a performance has been unfolding inside the Anna Leonowens Gallery. A figure rotating within a wooden framework, deftly turning turmeric-coloured thread into a hand knitted cocoon that finally enveloped its maker. The show, Present Ground, took place in December 2016. The performer, and co-curator of the show, was Venezuelan-Canadian artist Camila Salcedo. […]
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New Art 2017: Steven Zuo goes into the abstract
Surfaces and Subtleties Vicky Gallagher, Shelby Johnson and Steven Zuo Opening February 27 at 5:30pm To March 4 Anna Leonowens Gallery Tiandongding Zuo (you can call him Steven) doesn’t always know what art should be, but he knows what it isn’t. It’s not the rigourous, literal recreation of things—like painting bowls of fruit or posing […]
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New Art 2017: Where I work: Emily Lawrence
Graduating from NSCAD this April, Emily Lawrence’s grad exhibition at Anna Leonowens Gallery, Hodgepodge, showed colourful soft sculptures creating a dreamscape that you might enter after a particularly indulgent buffet of party food, capped off with Ricola-flavoured cotton candy. A creator of “scrumptious and playful work,” Lawrence’s multi-sensory experiences are funny, fresh and endlessly charming. […]
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New Art 2017: Geneviève Brideau
Je vous emmène Opening Feb 10, 5:30pm, performance at 6pm. To Feb 21 NSCAD Port Loggia Gallery, 1107 Marginal Road “I am incredibly drawn to the way materials look,” says Montréal-born artist Geneviève Brideau, “also the way they function, how they facilitate the creation of spaces or certain activities such as sliding down smooth surfaces […]