Consider it proof-positive that Nova Scotia has one of the richest visual arts scenes in Canada: On Tuesday, the Sobey Award—the country’s top prize for visual art—named not one but three local artists to its annual long list. Alan Syliboy, Aislinn Thomas and Séamus Gallagher are among the 25 artists named in the national long […]
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L’nuwesimk: El-noo-wee-simk: Speaking Indian
Exhibit 201 Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre 2158 Gottingen Street (6pm) Burying grounds at Sinnot Hill Park, 31 Windmill Road, Dartmouth (8pm) Granville Court, Granville at Duke Street (10pm) For their Nocturne piece L’nuwesimk, the artists Ursula Johnson and Angella Parsons are proposing something very small and incredibly wide at once: At three sites in Halifax […]
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Sobey Art Award long list finalists announced
The Sobey Art Award, which doles out $240,000 to Canadian artists including 100K to the winner, has announced its 2018 longlist. The Atlantic region finalists are Haligonians Lisa Lipton and Lou Sheppard plus Jordan Bennett, Jerry Ropson and D’Arcy Wilson. The shortlist will be announced May 29, with the winner crowned November 14 at the National Gallery […]
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The year in visual art
In a year commemorating many anniversaries, 2017 is a landmark, for better or for worse. And with so much political upheaval it often felt like a landmark to come, history in the making. So with a historical lens pointed in all directions, it is no surprise that some of the most interesting exhibitions reflected this […]
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Ursula Johnson’s big win
“It’s strange, you know, thinking about this idea of ‘the first,’” says Ursula Johnson. “There’s a certain amount of pride that comes with it, but then there’s also a certain amount of ‘What the hell,’ you know?” Johnson is sitting in Java Blend on a rainy Monday. Five days ago she was in Toronto, being […]
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Sobey Art Award shortlister Ursula Johnson weaves cultural narratives
Ursula Johnson could be the first Atlantic Canadian to bring home one of the country’s most distinguished art awards. The shortlist of nominees for the 2017 Sobey Art Award were announced on Tuesday, out of a list of 25 artists from across Canada. Johnson hails from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The Sobey Art Award is considered […]
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Sobey Art Award longlist announced
The longlisted artists for the $50,000 Sobey Art Award—Canada’s pre-eminent contemporary art award—have been announced and of course we are celebrating extremely hard on behalf of the five Atlantic artists: Eleanor King, Graeme Patterson, Lisa Lipton, Melanie Colosimo and Ursula Johnson (complete list of artists below). The prize is given annually to an artist aged […]
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Meet the Atlantic artists longlisted for the 2016 Sobey Art Award
Update June 1, 2016: William Robinson was announced as the shortlisted artist from the Atlantic region. He joins the other finalists Brenda Draney (representing the Prairies & North region), Jeremy Shaw (West Coast & Yukon), Charles Stankievech (Ontario) and Harja Waheed (Quebec). The prize is awarded in November at Ottawa’s National Gallery. Since 2002, the […]
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Top 10 visual arts happenings of 2015
Lisa Lipton, Hoop Dreams For some, the highlight of Nocturne was sitting on Citadel High’s bleachers buzzed out of our minds watching basketball. But not just any basketball game—Lipton staged a championship series between three fictional teams, bringing together many talented locals to create a multi-disciplinary performance piece, lulling viewers into a trance-like state with […]
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Photos: The Sobey Art Award Gala at AGNS
Last night at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax and Canada’s artists and art patrons gathered for the announcement of this year’s Sobey Art Award winner, a $50,000 prize that recognizes the best in contemporary Canadian art each year since 2002. Born in Tehran, raised in Toronto, representing Ontario, Abbas Akhavan was awarded the prize […]
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Playoffs happen live tonight: Bayside Jaguars VS Deep Chaos
Tonight at the Halifax Grammar School’s Atlantic Street Campus (5750 Atlantic Street, 8pm sharp), you can take part in the conclusion of one of the most legendary basketball games to ever hit Halifax. The East Coast’s Sobey Art Award nominee Lisa Lipton invites you to the Hoop Dreams Playoffs between the Bayside Jaguars and Deep Chaos, two rival […]
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Where I Work: Lisa Lipton
Along with Raymond Boisjoly (West Coast), Sarah Anne Johnson (Prairies/North), Abbas Akhavan (Ontario), Jen Rafman (Quebec), Atlantic Canada’s 2015 finalist, Lisa Lipton, prepares for the Sobey Shortlist Exhibition at the AGNS, opening on September 26. The winner will be announced at a gala on October 28. WHO SHE IS “My name is Lisa Lipton, some […]