Visual Art

Less than two years ago OneLight Theatre was staging plays behind a Persian grocery on Gottingen Street in a small space called The Crib. Now they have a downtown office across from Neptune Theatre. From their windows they can easily read Neptune Studio’s marquee: “OneLight Theatre’s The Veil. Production sponsored by Tabrizi Oriental Rugs, Oct […]

Lisa Marr is no stranger to the road. From 1992 to 1997, as the bass player and vocalist for the beloved Vancouver “cuddlecore” band, cub (which really should be acknowledged for one of the best lines in Canadian pop: “Satan sucks, but you’re the best!”), Marr toured extensively, carrying her own gear around and hoping […]

Downstairs at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, what you see in the Sobey Art Award exhibition is the work of five young artists from across the country. The five regional finalists in this year’s running—the first year of the annual iteration of the award—are as follows: Moncton-based Jean-Denis Boudreau (Atlantic), Michel de Broin (Quebec), […]

It was during a get-together of familiar faces on December 31, 2006, that a trigger moment readied for Sam Fisher. That year, like every year—a tradition, really—a pal of Fisher’s hosted the year-end whoop-dee-do; in his opinion, “always a great New Year’s Eve bash.” While others elsewhere overindulged on munchies, mistletoe and flutes of Spanish […]

Adam Kelly awaits the arrival of his breakfast at a cafe near his north end home. All around him, tables are occupied by groups of friends. Voices and laughter erupt often from one crowd, causing everyone else at the closely neighbouring tables to turn in curiosity, surprise or annoyance. It’s a common enough occurrence. But […]

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We don’t usually see the consequences of Canadian mining companies operating abroad—especially not in intimate portraits. Marlón García Arriaga, a multimedia artist from Guatemala, shares the story of the small Guatemalan town of Panzós, the Q’eqchi’ people and Inco, a large Canadian mining corporation, through his poignant exhibit, Panzós: 25 Years Later, opening July 12 […]

Lucie Chan sits in the courtyard in front of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the stones drying in the sun after days of rain. Inside, the artist’s latest exhibition, between, and in tears, is almost fully installed. The AGNS makes a third point in a triangle of locales for Chan, who regularly shuttles between […]

The old JJ Muggs in Granville Mall is now NSCAD’s fashion studio, replacing bar stools with industrial sewing machines. Upstairs, exposed brick and natural light makes the perfect studio space. This is where Lydia Klenck has been working for the past month as artist-in-residence, designing pieces for her exhibition Garment Works, opening at Anna Leonowens […]