It was a packed ballroom last Saturday night as NSCAD’s annual fundraising fashion gala prepped to send models strutting down the runway. Bodies made way to seats and the university’s president, Dianne Taylor-Gearing, gave opening remarks about how the art school “is the future, always looking ahead as it carries its rich, historic past.” As […]
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Ali Seglins goes beneath the iconography
Ali Seglins, A380 March 13-17 Opening reception Monday, March 12, 5:30-7pm Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street Ali Seglins’ new exhibit, A380, is named after the gate code of the apartment she lived in last fall in Paris. She’d won the Roloff Beny scholarship—awarded to a NSCAD student working in photography—and moved there for two […]
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Kevin Cormier lives through paint
“I had this one really turbulent Tinder date where they decided ‘Let’s meet at your studio at 12 o’clock in the morning on a Friday.’ We had this big bag of booze and we were just tearing through my work and this boy was like ‘You’re Taylor Swift!’” Kevin Cormier laughs, leaning forward in his […]
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Striving for Light-Based Connections
Exhibit 203, NSCAD Academy Building, 5163 Duke street and Citadel Hill A spotlight may bring particularly theatric or cinematic scenes to mind: Bright movie lights or a single beam illuminating a soloist on stage. Alternatively, a beacon can bring to mind images of distress: A bat signal, or a lighthouse. Mark Hines’ installation Striving for […]
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Welcome to Harbourdale
Earlier this year, the television landscape felt bleak, rudderless without a good teen drama to act as guilty-pleasure viewing while we awaited the return of Serious Dramas like Twin Peaks and Game of Thrones. What a treat, then, when Riverdale landed on the scene—and wasn’t only a guilty pleasure, but a full-on feast in its […]
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Five nerdy university perks to geek out about
Being a student has its perks—from newfound freedoms and friendships to self-discovery and maybe even learning to do your own laundry. Something not to overlook in that list, though? Embracing your inner geek. In my first week of classes as an undergrad, a professor made an impassioned speech to my classmates and I that we […]
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Old schools on campus
On the wall in NSCAD president Dianne Taylor-Gearing’s office, a scrawled font with steep pitches and valleys repeats, “I will not make boring art.” As the school’s 130th anniversary looms closer than the oversized text, the scene feels rife with accidental symbolism: How can such a venerable institution ensure it doesn’t lose its edge? “We’re […]
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Twelve sunny long weekend picks
12 The Red Turtle film screening Thursday Hope Blooms hosts this sweet, outdoor screening of the Oscar-nominated cartoon that follows a shipwrecked man’s life-changing encounter with a red turtle. 11 the WORKS Thursday // Friday // Saturday Doug Bamford, a NSCAD ceramics technician with over two decades of experience, dives into ceramic artists’ obsession with […]
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Ceramics technician Doug Bamford says so long to NSCAD after 23 years
Doug Bamford, the WORKSOpens Monday, July 31 at 5:30pm Runs to August 5 Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street Retirement party to follow at 7pm at Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street Beloved NSCAD ceramics technician Doug Bamford is closing the chapter on 23 years at the college with a goodbye exhibition at the […]
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Ten ways to make your Earth Day weekend bloom
10 Starfish Student Art Awards Thursday This glitzy evening celebrating the brightest stars in the NSCAD student scene is one of the hottest art tickets of the year. Peruse the works from the 10 finalists before the award announcement that sees one of them win a $5,000 prize. 9 JonBob Illegal Art album release party […]
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Hyped on handmade: 12 holiday markets and pop-ups to check out
North by Night Holiday Market Back again, taking over the corner of Charles and Agricola, is the North by Night Holiday Market, a seasonal street party. Just before the sun goes down for the day (curse you, early darkness!) the strip comes alive with food trucks, live music, a beer garden, clothing, crafts and snacks. […]
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NSCAD’s art-à-porter
Wearable Art & Performance Night Friday, October 28, 6pm Pacifico, Maritime Centre, 1505 Barrington Street $10/$15/$20 A show that’s gained a reputation as outlandish, macabre and merry is back again. The much anticipated NSCAD Wearable Art & Performance collaborates once more with the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. “This year we have performers whose stories […]