“Now that the Khyber’s closed I don’t know where my next show will be. I had a show scheduled there but now I have to find another space. I’m having trouble with that,” said multimedia artist Jesse Mitchell. When The Coast interviewed Mitchell earlier this year, he was struggling after the sudden closure of what […]
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Sights Unseen
NSCAD alum Duncan Ferguson’s Unseen Work is perplexing and kind of crude. In one of a summer series “On Vacation” (above), a sunburned man with a farmer’s tan and prominent spikes of chest hair frowns out at you from thigh-deep water. In another a man sweats in mauve. The eye chart series almost disappears into […]
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Smooth sales at NSCAD
In the spirit of buying local, it’s your duty to peruse two of NSCAD‘s annual department show/sale hybrids. Offering an array of wonderful examples of the talent that lies between the walls of our beloved art school, these two exhibits are perfectly timed for holiday shoppers like me who are all like, “Riiiight, Christmas is […]
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Seeds Gallery launches Printed Matter
Seeds Gallery (Suite 116-1099 Marginal Road, 494-8301) is launching a new Printed Matter Bookstore today, Wednesday, November 2, at 5:30pm. This is a bookstore concept, featuring printed matter in all forms including but not limited to DVD’s, books, mail art, t-shirts, one-offs, zines, stationery, cards, and magazines.
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The Shop talk guided tour:
The Waterfront is Halifax; you can’t talk about this town without talking about the harbour, our maritime history, our naval bases, our shipping… our casino, our bars, our tourists. It’s hard to believe now, but back in the 1960s the powers that be wanted to bulldoze everything interesting on the waterfront and replace it with […]
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The expert shopper’s list
Sherry Lynn Jollymore is a Halifax designer. With her label, Fancy Pants (fancy-pantsdesigns.com) she upcycles vintage clothing, reimagining jackets and shirts by applying stenciled rock-related imagery. She went to NSCAD but never finished, though that doesn’t seem to have hurt her career at all. She’s also a veteran of the local retail clothing scene, having […]
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Product of the week: Hearts at Seeds
Other than Christian Slater’s baboon heart, I can’t think of another blood-pumping vessel that I’d like more than Alana Wilson’s “Hearts.” The NSCAD student makes one-of-a-kind porcelain hearts that come in a bunch of colours. Each heart, about the size of a small vase, is designed with something special, like a secret message or a […]
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Shoptalk product: feeling bagged
Ashley Watson Sure, we all carry around baggage, but at least make it gorgeous. Vancouver designer Ashley Watson handcrafts her roomy bags out of the softest possible leather, recycled from jackets she purchases at thrift stores. The details alone would make Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe go bananas. The price tag is a bit higher ($380), […]