Until November 8, the MSVU Art Gallery is showing 116 framed photos taken by 1950s American Beat poet, Shambhala Buddhist and cultural visionary Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997). MSVU Gallery director Ingrid Jenkner explains that, along with his poetics, Ginsberg practiced photography on a daily basis while he traveled the world. Many photos are candid shots of […]
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The Beats go on
Until November 8, the MSVU Art Gallery is showing 116 framed photos taken by 1950s American Beat poet, Shambhala Buddhist and cultural visionary Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997). Gallery director Ingrid Jenkner explains that, along with his poetics, Ginsberg practiced photography on a daily basis while he traveled the world. Many photos are candid shots of his […]
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Versus union
Without conflict, there would be no stories worth telling. The Dart Gallery seeks to tell popular stories of conflict in fresh, contemporary ways with VERSUS, the downtown Dartmouth gallery’s latest group exhibition. VERSUS was initially dreamed up by Pierre Tabbiner and Dartmouth Clothing Company’s Eric Miller as a means to examine the relationships between classic […]
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There’s no place like Winter Home
Michael Greyeyes, a renowned artist/dancer/choreographer/actor/director and professor of theatre at York University, explores a Cree family’s experience of the harsh Saskatchewan winters through the decades with his multimedia installation and solo performance Winter Home. Greyeyes—who you’ll likely recognize from his on-screen roles; he’s appeared in everything ranging from Passchendaele to Smoke Signals, Charmed and Law […]
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DCAF is brewing
Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival Sunday, August 16, 11am-5pm Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street free Lacking the ticket price and Hollywood trappings of bigger conventions, this weekend’s Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival has both free admission and an emphasis on the east coast. “I wanted a show that focused on comics and the people who made them,” […]
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Holy comics reading, Halifax!
“Comics are the world’s most democratic art form,” says cartoonist Jonathan Rotsztain. “They are truly one of the best ways to communicate.” On Tuesday at The Khyber, Rotsztain presents Holy Comics Reading, Halifax!, an evening of cartoonists and writers sharing their creations one doodle at a time. A zine-maker since 2008, Rotsztain has been a […]
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Access meets art at The Art of Disability Festival
As Nicole McDonald sits in her power wheelchair in a workaday office, she smiles and laughs as she describes what the Art of Disability Festival is all about. “To bring awareness is the big thing,” says McDonald. “To bring awareness of what we can do and that we’re not shy and we can be approachable […]
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Wallace Brannen 1952-2014
A baseball caught in a glove, a bat in mid-swing, a mustard-drizzled hot dog, cheeks smeared with black greasepaint: for artist Wallie Brannen, there was a time when his sons’ little league baseball diamond became his studio. The resulting photographic banners are some of the works currently on display at the Anna Leonowens gallery in […]
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Bridget Moser’s worker persona
The patch of river rock tucked under the stairs at Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery may never have caught your eye, but it’s one of the first things Bridget Moser mentions when she talks about her upcoming show. “The gallery has this really nice mezzanine setup, and then this river rock, and I thought […]
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Above Standard Play
Somewhere in a basement, two sisters have fallen asleep with the television on. A dirty VCR distorts voices. These banal vignettes set the stage for video artist Emily Pelstring’s solo exhibition Standard Play at the Khyber, a narrative multimedia show that looks at ideas of gender, media history and technical processes. A Montreal-based artist and […]
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Art infestation
The Art In Fest festival brings a visual arts component to the Obey Convention underground music festival, adding five sound and media-based projects to the festival (including Emily Pelstring’s Khyber exhibition and performance as The Powers). All projects are new work created specifically for the festival—Khyber director and Art In Fest director Hannah Guinan has […]
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On the grind
Sometimes you need a little pick me up to get you through the day. For most, it’s a cup of strong coffee in the morning. For Gavin Quinn, it means picking up a paintbrush. As the founder of Outsider Insight, a support service for artists dealing with mental health issues, he manages his daily mental […]