Shannon Brown isn’t all about the pictures, she’s a storyteller too. The Pastry King showcases a collection of sketches and paintings inspired by characters and scenes from a children’s story that she’s been working on since the summer. Brown’s quirky tale takes place in a town full of bakers who are ruled by an incredibly […]
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Exit plan
It’s a familiar dream: You’re chasing a train because you need to go somewhere important, but can’t run quite fast enough. You wake up in a cold sweat with a pounding heart. Nightmares like this inspired Cornelia Hediger’s black-and-white photography collection Exit, on display February 2 to 27 at ViewPoint Gallery. The collection serves as […]
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Sue’s large and in charge
Seven tons. Fifty-eight teeth. Over eight million dollars. Yep, this old gal’s a pretty big deal. Actually, we aren’t even really sure Sue’s a gal, but “she” was named after Susan Hendrickson, the paleontologist who found the world’s most complete, and best preserved, tyrannosaurus rex remains in South Dakota in 1990. The now-famous fossil was […]
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The Centre for Art Tapes harvests bright ideas
For 22 years the Centre for Art Tapes has been helping the creative and curious bring their brainstorms to life and experiment in a new medium. At this year’s screening, Alison Creba and eight other scholarship recipients will share their hard work in the form of documentary, animation, experimental video and online interactive art. Creba […]
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Kloqowej (Star) keeps it all in the family
Ursula Johnson calls curating this exhibit an “intense” experience, and an incredibly special one. Kloqowej (Star) showcases a collection of 30 intricately woven baskets, spanning the 30-year career of Caroline Gould, who also happens to be Johnson’s great-grandmother. “Even though my art is very different…I like to think it’s the same type of subject matter. […]
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Pier 21 takes centre ice
The skating bug has bitten Haligonians and Canada Games fever is certainly brewing, so the timing for this exhibit couldn’t be better. Pier 21 welcomes a historical tribute to figure skating, speed skating and hockey, a travelling exhibit from the Canadian Museum of Civilization. In addition, Canada’s Immigration Museum has put together their own display. […]
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My body of work
Here are a few things you may notice about Meghan Clarkston when you first meet her. A swath of fiery-red hair and short, chopped bangs framing a pretty, heart-shaped face. The tunnels in her earlobes. An engaging, honest laugh that reveals teeth. Clarkston carries around a large sketchbook. Today, it’s open to a page taken […]
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In Goodwin’s hands
Emeren Garcia pictures Betty Goodwin at a defining moment. “She had this very grand studio and she would create her own installations there,” says the head of touring exhibitions for the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Goodwin, the multidisciplinary Montreal artist who passed away in 2008 at 85, worked with many different materials and in […]
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A studio study
The smell of hops hits at the bottom of the stairs. It’s not an awful smell, it’s just pungent, like dirt after a rain storm. After some time the scent blends in, but doesn’t go away. That odour is like home-baked bread to the artists who work above Propeller Brewery. For 14 years, Halifax artists, […]
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Suzanne Caines’ work in progress
In September Suzanne Caines spent four days talking to strangers on Saint Mary’s campus. These conversations about special or memorable places were videotaped to become part of, and the inspiration for, Caines’ installation Spaces of Places.“It’s about having an intimate moment with a stranger, sometimes people divulge a lot of information…and sometimes they don’t.” A […]
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Katie Belcher dreams big
The idea for The Archive literally came to Katie Belcher in a dream. Browsing antique shops and walking on old properties had her thinking about forgotten or unused objects, but the item that began this series of charcoal drawings was an imagined one. “That particular object was almost forgotten because…dreams kind of disappear as you’re […]
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Your friendly neighborhood art gallery
You may not have realized, but your MP’s office doubles as an art gallery, and drop-ins are welcome. Megan Leslie came up with the idea just after she was elected: “I thought, what are ways that I can use my office to support local community?” After consulting local curators, one piece of advice pushed the […]