After traversing the American southwest, photographer Colin Campbell got to thinking about rock formations, and his focus quickly shifted to back to home. At first glance, some of Metamophosis‘ pieces could be mistaken for paintings rather than photos, highlighting the rocks’ abstract features and punches of colour. “I enjoy seeing the natural world through my […]
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Photo copy: Syperek’s Purchased Memories
Imagine if memories were something that could be picked up in a thrift shop, like a hard-to-find record or a pair of vintage earrings. What if you could try a stranger’s recollections on for size, to see how they fit? These are the kinds of speculations NSCAD grad Ginevra Syperek plays with in Purchased Memories, […]
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Buy art for the Skatepark
Thanks to five years of wear and tear, the Halifax Common skate park is in need of a little TLC, and some park regulars have dug in up to their elbows to help make it happen. “Just like ball fields and tennis courts, skate parks are now part of the list of facilities that cities […]
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Eleanor King’s night moves
After a successful Public Gardens installation for last year’s Nocturne, Eleanor King is working on a similar one for Toronto’s Nuit Blanche. Using radio broadcast and LED lights, she’ll highlight the sometimes forgotten Taddle Creek, which is buried under bits of Toronto. “I’m interested in highlighting these natural phenomenons that get lost due to our […]
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Paper Weight holds it down
Finding Kate Walchuk’s work within Lost and Found is a little bit of a scavenger hunt, and she likes it that way. “I have the advantage of placing crafted objects in the same displays as their original referents,” says the artist. “My intent being that the art maintains a stubborn presence next to that of […]
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Parks and crafts
The Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council is spending the weekend in the park. Their annual summer craft market is moving a couple of blocks up the street, but still showcasing the best in craft, for free, all weekend long. “The canopy of trees bordered by Spring Garden Road, South Park and Martello Streets is an […]
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The Pigeon Project pops up
If you’re not looking for them, you might miss most pigeon roosting spots, and likewise, you might miss the Pigeon Project —an installation devoted to the humble pigeon, in a Granville Square-facing window at NSCAD’s main campus. Morag Schonken, an interdisciplinary student focusing on installation art, put together the project out of her long-time interest […]
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Inside Cambridge
I was studying the wrong discipline —I should’ve been studying architecture, not theology,” says John Devlin, standing before eight framed collages in Eyelevel Gallery, where he’s part of the group show Outside Inside. In 1979, he moved to England to study theology at Cambridge University— after completing a bachelor of environmental design studies at Dalhousie, […]
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Twenty-five years of Jazz Fest in photos
If a picture says a thousand words, 40 pictures will have many stories to tell. In recognition of Jazz Fest’s 25th year, a collection of photos from past festivals, taken by professionals, musicians and festival keeners alike, has been carefully compiled and will be showcased at the main festival tent. JazzEast’s James MacAulay dug into […]
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Kara Bargmann’s off on a Tangent
After Kara Bargmann’s father told her a story about a friend of his who had a geode that he refused to crack open, she got to thinking about nature’s mysteries. The element of wonder that made the geode so valuable to her dad’s friend piqued her interest in crystal specimens, which eventually led to her […]
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Big night under the big top
This isn’t your average night at the gallery. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is spicing it up, letting loose and getting a little bit kooky for their second annual big top-themed fundraising gala. It’s a red carpet event that encourages “circus formal” attire and raises money for the AGNS’ arts education programs (including their […]
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Arts and recreation
Point Pleasant Park has long been known as a great place to picnic, to go on dates, to break up with someone and to clear your head. This weekend, thanks to the Eyelevel Gallery’s Public Performance Series, it’s also a place to see performance art. The park is no stranger to artistic ventures, from Shakespeare […]