From this Friday onward, Halifax Design Week plans to take over the city with a full-fledged conference around how creative industries influence business, public spaces and our communities.
Put together over the span of four months by a small team of volunteers, Halifax Design Week invites designers of all kinds (artists, architects, entrepreneurs and more) to attend a weekend full of workshops, talks and socials.
Friday begins with a opening ceremony at St. Mary’s University within the Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre, with live music courtesy of Fiddle Vincent, pianist Harvey Beaton and Nastassia Circus. A special presentation will be given by anthropology lab tech and owner of ArchDev Solutions Wesley Weatherbee. Doors open at 3:30pm, with the main event running from 4pm to 6pm. Networking will follow until 6:30pm. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite for the Friday social.
On Saturday and Sunday, events will run out of St. Mary’s University and other venues across the city, including The Loop on Barrington Street and CoWork Halifax on Quinpool Road. The theme is Past, Present, Possible.
There will also be walkthroughs, exhibits and demonstrations held at other locations around the city, including a project walkthrough with artist Liona Jollota at Kreative Knits, a winter solstice watercolour demonstration with Judith Orr at ArtPort, and FEAST, where artists will paint live with kitcehn utensils at the Argyle Fine Art gallery.
The panels during the weekend, primarily on Saturday, deal within three topics: sustainability, accessibility and diversity and inclusion. A full schedule of events is available on the Halifax Design Week website.
Tickets for the panels, demonstrations, walkthroughs and more are available for free on their Eventbrite page.
