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2008 Galleries
non-profit music/art space
The Nocturnal Condition
1313
Hollis Street is a new music/art space rooted in the Halifax jazz
community. The Nocturnal Condition is being organized at 1313 by the
Union of Painters, a newly formed Halifax-based collective. The event
will feature painting, sculpture and music.
Participating artists
include Kyle Jackson, Jesse James, Jamie Klarke, Sophia Erdahl, Chris
Parsons, Amanda Atkinson and Marc Brzustowski.
Visitors can also
participate in "Nocturnal Commissions" by sitting for 10 minute
portraits or by requesting jazz musicians to play short improvised
compositions on the theme of their choice. 1313 is an all ages venue.
Admission is free of charge.
www.unionofpainters.ca
| NSCAD University Gallery
1891 Granville Street, Halifax
Named
after NSCAD’s Victorian founder-feisty heroine of film and theatre
productions of The King and I-the Anna Leonowens Gallery is the public
exhibition space and resource centre on campus. Three public galleries
are devoted to the exhibition of contemporary studio and media art,
craft and design, and curatorial projects generated exclusively within
the university community. Weekly exhibitions primarily feature student
work, with occasional shows by faculty members, visiting artists and
curators, and two-week graduate thesis projects.
Exhibitions on view:
Gallery 1: Andrew Farrugia, undergraduate exhibitor
Gallery 1A: Emilie Crewe, undergraduate exhibitor
Gallery 2A: Garity Chapman, undergraduate exhibitor
Gallery2B: Jennifer Zimmer, undergraduate exhibitor
Gallery
3: Andy Warhol’s ‘ScreenTests’ and Honorary Degree, curated by NSCAD
faculty Robert Bean, sponsored by the Centre for Art Tapes
www.nscad.ca/students/gallery
| Commercial Gallery
1869 Upper Water St., Halifax
Argyle
Fine Art is a progressive downtown gallery which features artwork by
emerging and professional artists in a variety of mediums. During
Nocturne, see Bemused, new work by Kathy Seaboyer and Displaced Figures
by Ed Huner. Don't miss a live musical performance by emerging musician
Chuck Blazevic of Dreamsploitation throughout the night while you enjoy
new work by gallery artists. Dance the night away with art and music
at Argyle Fine Art.
9:00 pm –midnight
www.argylefa.tk/
| a special project space presented by Argyle Fine Art
Main Historic Properties Building
1869 Upper Water St., Halifax
Featured at our new project space gallery blink!
We
are proud to present new work by artists Paul Hammond and Seth Smith,
also known as YoRodeo! Hammond and Smith will celebrate the opening
of their show Three Dee Realms, with the show opening the night of
October 18th, from 9pm-11pm. The show will explore the process of
anaglyphic (red/blue) 3D drawing and printing. The images are
screen-printed using red and blue, and can be viewed with or without
the supplied 3D glasses.
www.argylefa.tk/
| Non Profit Co-Op of 20 artists
1274 Hollis Street, Halifax
This
is a brand new art gallery which opened its doors early July. Art 1274
Hollis consists of 20 local artists and offers original artwork in
oils, acrylics, watercolor and silk dyes. We also have unique pottery
and sculpture. You will also find a variety of reproductions and note
cards which are great gift ware ideas. For the event of October 18 we
will be offering light refreshments and an artful night of
demonstrations with several of our artists in attendance.
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Public Provincial Gallery
1723 Hollis St., Halifax
Art
Gallery of Nova Scotia strives to act as a gateway for the visual arts
in Atlantic Canada by bringing the art of the world to Nova Scotia and
the art of Nova Scotia to the world. It is an agency of the Province of
Nova Scotia responsible for the preservation, exhibition and education
of art through its branches in Halifax and Yarmouth.
During
Nocturne, visitors can drop by the studios for hands-on art activities,
take a guided tour, and experience a number of exhibitions including
Click, Tom Forrestall, Paintings, Drawings, Writings and Show of Hands,
Folk Art of Nova Scotia.
www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca
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As
part of Nocturne, Halifax’s evening celebration of culture, the Art
Gallery of Nova Scotia presents video from two generations of
conceptual art practice: David Askevold’s Learning About Cars and Chocolate (1972) and Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby’s A Year in the Life of the World (2004-2008).
Although exploring similar themes of place and utopian ideals in an age
of new media, the two works are separated by a rich four-decade history
of video art production in Halifax. The two works will be projected on
large screens in the Gallery’s Ondaatje Court. Also that evening at 9
PM, the Gallery will host a musical performance by i see rowboats, whose members include local artists Lisa Lipton and Will Robinson.
www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca
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non-for-profit, commercial
1723 Hollis Street, Halifax
The
Art Sales & Rental Gallery exists to benefit the permanent
collection of the AGNS and to promote Maritime artists by offering
quality artwork to the public.
“Nine for Nocturne” will feature the artwork of the following nine popular Nova Scotia artists.
Tom
Forrestall, Alan Syliboy, Denise Comeau, Jose Valverde, Cluny Maher ,
Lynda Shalagan, Heather Sayeau , Dijon Curley, Doretta Groenendyk &
Zehava Power is the artist of the month.
Along with this special event there is an extensive collection of work available to view, buy or rent.
www.artgalleryof novascotia.ca
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non-for-profit, commercial
1723 Hollis St., Halifax, Gallery South Lobby
An
uncommon marketplace showcasing Maritime and Canadian Art and Craft
including jewellery, pottery, glass, textiles, Inuit Art, Folk Art,
books, cards and reproductions, the Maud Lewis Collection, AGNS
Exhibition Related Products, and much more! Proceeds directly support
the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia (MAGNS), Annual Competition and Exhibition: Flora and Fauna October 9 - November 2, 2008
MAGNS
was formed in 1951 and, as such, is the oldest craft organization in
continuous existence in Nova Scotia. Current membership consists of
metalsmiths, sculptors, jewellers, educators, students, collectors,
enthusiasts and supporters. To its members, whether renowned or novice,
the Guild serves to inform and educate, to promote and provide valuable
support.
www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca
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Non profit with volunteer selection committee
10th Annual Mosaic for Mental Health "Celebration"
2 Ochterloney St., Dartmouth
next to the Dartmouth Ferry Terminal, Market level
The
Craig Gallery presents the 10th Annual Mosaic for Mental Health,
October 15-26. This ever popular exhibit showcases the work of a wide
variety of artists and media. Each one-of-a-kind 6" x 6" tile is
offered for sale at a cost of $25.00, all proceeds going towards the
Halifax-Dartmouth branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association.
Join us on October 18th from 6:00 pm - midnight and help support the
CMHA and local art in your community!
The Craig Gallery provides an opportunity for amateur and established artists to display their works in a local community space.
www.alderneylanding.com/gallery
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5781 Charles St., Halifax
The
Gallery @ Creative Crossing, is the focal point of Halifax's most
innovative visual arts venue to date. Creative Crossing a revitalized
and modernized post-industrial complex offers an inviting array of
complementary multi-use spaces and artist studios, designed with the
intent to encourage collaboration while fostering independent artistic
and entrepreneurial pursuits.
Creative Crossing has revived an
1898 building from its original function as O'Malley's Bakery to a
contemporary art and cultural destination incorporating artist studios
and shops. The Gallery at Creative Crossing displays the work of the
tenants of the building.
www.creativecrossing.ca
| University Art Gallery
6101 University Avenue, Halifax
The
Dalhousie Art Gallery is a public art gallery, an academic support unit
within the educational and research context of Dalhousie University,
and a cultural resource for the whole community.
On view
during Nocturne is the traveling exhibition Working Culture featuring
work by well-known Canadian artists Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge.
The exhibition presents a selection of major photographic projects
spanning their thirty-year career working with organised labour and
issues emerging in the wake of rapid global economic changes.
www.artgallery.dal.ca
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Based
on her continuing investigations into post-War storm and fallout
shelters, Adriana Kuiper has installed a temporary shelter-like
structure on the Dalhousie University campus. The sculpture, which is
constructed out of familiar building materials such as pvc piping,
corrugated metal and wood, explores notions of protection and
self-survival. Directions to Kuiper's installation are available at the
Gallery.
www.artgallery.dal.ca
| Artist-run centre
2063 Gottingen Street, Halifax
For over thirty years, Eyelevel Gallery has been dedicated to the
presentation,
development and promotion of contemporary art. Through a range of
programming initiatives such as exhibitions, performances, special
projects, and workshops, eyelevelgallery has provided a forum for the
discussion and education of contemporary visual art.
For
Nocturne, the exhibition space will be transformed into a
listeningcinema. Visitors will encounter a darkened environment where
they will be able to sit and listen to experimental audio works by
Canadian
artists and musicians. The audio works will be played on a continuous loop for the duration of Nocturne.
www.eyelevelgallery.ca
| Commercial
2606 Agricola St., Halifax
Exhibition: Photographs by Hannah Thomson, Micheal Fuller, and Neil Rough.
FRED.
Is an affordable luxury destination that offers an exceptional
beauty,food and art experience. There will be a cash bar and cocktail
party opening environment.
Featuring photographs by New
York-based photographer Hannah Thomson, Nova Scotia-based photographer
Michael Fuller, and New Brunswick-based photographer Neil Rough.
www.fredsalon.ca
| Commercial
1869 Granville St.
Gallery
Page and Strange is a contemporary gallery located in the Historic
Granville Square, downtown Halifax. In close proximity to NSCAD
University and fine art shops and restaurants, the gallery is situated
within the heart of the cultural district of the city.
Page and
Strange has been featured in major publications such as EnRoute, The
National Post, Globe and Mail, Canadian Art, and Border Crossings,
among others. Voted runner up for best gallery in Halifax for two years
running, coming in just behind the provincial Art Gallery of Nova
Scotia, the gallery showcases established and emerging artists from
across Canada.
www.pageandstrange.com
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A Catalan View
For
ten years Kulyk has painted near the Spanish border in the town of
Ceret. Inspired by her recent trip to France and Spain, Kulyk portrays
the life of these places with brilliant colours and simplified forms.
Meet the artist on the opening night of this special exhibition at
Gallery Page and Strange.
www.pageandstrange.com
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Commercial
5519 Young St., Hydrostone Market, Halifax
The
new Hydrostone Gallery represents emerging artists with exhibitions
opening each month. The gallery is a dedicated space accessible through
the Lady Luck boutique. Currently showing: “the fullness of empty”,
with Damian Lidgard and Nick Rudnicki. These unique photographers both
use the lens to transform landscapes into a sense of emptiness and
beauty. Lidgard has netted striking images from the barren shores of
Sable Island. In contrast, Rudnicki's night-owl tendencies have led him
to shoot vacuous industrial zones. During Nocturne, viewers will be
treated to see the full array of photographs in the front window, via a
projected slide show.
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programming by artists1588 Barrington St, Halifax
The
Khyber is a non-profit, artist-run centre that presents contemporary
art exhibitions, artist lectures, panel discussions, performances and
offers art classes to youth.
“High on a Hill” by Lisa Lipton
is a multi-media installation that exposes a romance bond between two
children of the Alps – Miss Heidi, the classic fairy tale mountaineer
and a young goat herder, and the impracticality of their cliché romance
in the light of global warming. In effect, Lipton is attempting to
juxtapose certain environmental realities (i.e. melting snow caps) upon
the realm of traditional Hollywood cinema, in order to disrupt naïve
utopian ideologies as well as address issues of climate change. On
October 9 to November 1, 2008.
www.khyberarts.ns.ca
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Commercial
1539 Birmingham St, Halifax
Love, Me Boutique is an inviting space artfully curated with Canadian handmade goods for wearing, living, & giving.
Drop
by Love, Me for refreshment, to create an interactive DIY “take-home”,
to be inspired by nifty handmade/small-run work, to check out some
great art, and perhaps pick up a special some’n some’n for you, your
home, or a friend. This day/night will also be a one-year birthday
celebration for Love, Me which means plenty of opportunities to win
awesome prizes and receive some freebies.
Featured Exhibitions will be:
Organic Evolution – Paintings by Aaron LaShomb
Remington Portable – Photography by Erica Penton
www.lovemeboutique.ca
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non-profit public
1061 Marginal Road, Halifax
Mary
E. Black Gallery mandate is to present exhibitions which educate the
public about craft and design, and to promote the pursuance of
excellence in the craft community.
The artwork of Newfoundland
artist Audrey Feltham is complex and many-layered. According to Guest
Writer for the exhibition “The Red Shoes: The Invisible Landscape”
Gloria Hickey, some is visual, like the old family photographs Feltham
starts with where the image is applied to pieced and sewn rag paper;
other is technical, like the array of printmakers materials and
techniques Feltham uses to manipulate image colour and texture; and
finally there is the lyrical text, seductive quotes from novels and
poems that suggest to us how to approach the conceptual whole of the
artwork. Feltham is connecting the prismatic layers of personal
experience, perception, memory and knowledge using all the devices at
her aesthetic disposal to reach and share some kind of universal truth.
www.craft-design.ns.ca
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University Gallery
Danish Modern: Suzanne Swannie Textiles
Organized by MSVU Art Gallery
Ingrid Jenkner, Curator
18 October to 23 November 2008.
166 Bedford Highway, Halifax
Seton Academic Centre, Ground Floor
Halifax-based
designer and weaver, Suzanne Swannie, creates functional textiles,
tapestries and large architectural installations for private and public
environments. Employing the “Danish Modern” principle of repetition of
modular units with an emphasis on rich colour harmonies, Swannie’s work
is rigorously conceived and meticulously executed. The exhibition runs
through to 23 November 2008.
This 30-year retrospective will
tour nationally, accompanied by a catalogue with contributions from
Rachel Gotlieb and Sheila Stevenson.
www.msvuart.ca
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Aura/Aurora
A
light-based installation will occupy the exterior windows that form the
clerestory of MSVU Art Gallery. As viewers approach the gallery
entrance light projections become more elaborate, dispersing among fog
and creating an aura similar to that of the Northern Lights (Aurora
Borealis). This exciting collaboration between Katie Belcher, David
Dahms, Stefan Hancherow and Suzanne Swannie is being mounted on the
occasion of Nocturne and the concurrent opening of Danish Modern:
Suzanne Swannie Textil, a retrospective of the local artist’s work
View this piece during the opening reception of Suzanne Swannie’s retrospective on 18 October 2008
7:00 pm - midnight.
www.msvuart.ca
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University
5163 Duke St. (Granville Campus) and 1107 Marginal Rd. (Port Campus), Halifax
A
leading North American visual arts university for more than a century.
NSCAD offers a comprehensive range of graduate and undergraduate
degrees. Combining the beauty of a historical centre with an
international cultural vision, the NSCAD experience remains unique in
Canada. NSCAD fosters close creative relationships among artists,
designers, academics and the public, and takes on leadership
resonsibilities in the regional, national and international art
communities.
Visitors
can expect to see a variety of student work ranging from media arts,
craft, fine arts and design works at both our downtown Granville Campus.
www.nscad.ca
| Non-profit, artist run
Alderney Landing, Dartmouth
Pedway
Picture Gallery is a non-profit venue for members of Creative Spirit
East (CSE), a collective of artists living with disability, poverty or
other challenges to building a successful career in the Arts. With over
60 artists in CSE working from widely varied perspectives visitors will
encounter an eclectic and challenging selection of works at affordable
prices.
The PPG invites visitors to join with CSE member-hosts
for a “Come As Your Own Crow” masquerade. We will be hosting poetry
readings and other performance works throughout the evening.
Art is for everyone.
6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
www.veithstreetgallery.org
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Collective – Membership based studio
50 Queen Street, Suite 201, Dartmouth
Queen
Street Studios is celebrating two years of collaboration and creativity
during October 2008. QSS opened in October 2006 as a membership based
organization offering a resource and service centre where the creative
community could come together to work and share ideas. QSS has evolved
beyond its original vision and now offers businesses a full range of
creative, marketing, communications and professional services. QSS also
provides professional spaces for meetings and workshops and is also
home to a beautiful rental photo studio and art gallery, where visitors
are greeted with an display of
artwork created in different media from photography and digital art to traditional painting and faux finishing.
Also, on vie w the class projects from the course Trompe L’oeil Murals, European Marbling and wood graining with Mike MacNeil
6:00 pm – 10:30 pm
www.qsstudios.ca
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University gallery / public gallery
5865 Gorsebrook Avenue (Loyola Building)
Susan Dobson: Temporary Architectures
Retail
presents big-box stores as grey voids marooned in parking-lots. Paint
Palettes forms giant paint samples from a single repeated garage door,
differently colored.
Bar Beach (Beyond the Sea)
Photographer
Allan Chawner and composer Andrew Chubb collaborate on a 3-channel
video projection with music. Still images of Bar Beach in Newcastle,
Australia, form a 20-minute meditation on time, change and memory.
Chubb will perform Meditation at Bar Beach on the Gallery’s 9-foot
Yamaha.
Schedule: Susan Dobson: continuous viewing, noon to
midnight. Bar Beach: 20-minute video with audio, running on a
continuous loop, noon to midnight.
Composer Andrew Chubb will be perform live on the Gallery’s grand piano at 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 pm.
www.smuartgallery.ca
| Nuit Blanche
In his short film, projected onto an outside window, Nova Scotian artist François Gaudet choreographs a nocturnal dance.
Nuit Blanche: 1-minute film projection with audio, running on a continuous loop from dusk to midnight.
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6301 Quinpool Road
Secord Gallery represents established and emerging artists, mainly residing in Nova Scotia.
Paul Hannon – New Paintings. This exhibition will feature predominantly urban subject matter from the North end of Halifax.
Dean
Brousseau – Black & White / Carbon & Silver. This photographic
exhibition, which is part of the Photopolis Festival of Photography,
features black & white imagery printed using both carbon ink, the
latest digital printing methodology for black and white, as well as
conventional silver emulsion darkroom prints.
Visitors can
also expect a preview of figurative paintings from the Lorena Ziraldo's
upcoming exhibition, as well as many other works by gallery artists.
www.secordgallery.com
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1892 Hollis Street
Located
in downtown Halifax, Seeds Gallery is a unique shop showcasing a
diverse range of original artwork by students and alumni of the Nova
Scotia College of Art and Design. Seeds Gallery is open year-round,
Tuesday to Saturday 11am-6pm.
Spotlight at Seeds will feature an array of nighttime critters by recent alumni, David R. Harper and Heather Keeling.
www.nscad.ns.ca/seedsgallery/
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Commercial
1223 Lower Water Street
Studio
21 Fine Art exhibits the work by top Canadian artists. The gallery has
exhibited original contemporary art for more than 20 years, providing
artwork to private and corporate collectors locally and
internationally. The gallery is located at the heart of Halifax’s new
cultural mecca on the waterfront.
Featured Exhibitions
"Up In The Air", New Paintings by Yang Hong (Gallery 1) &
"Staged", Series of Photographs by Adrian Fish
Hong
explores the materials of paint, language, and form in relation to the
passing of time. His use of composition is inventive and evocative in
the way that the series of work can be presented and re-arranged. The
surface quality is manifested through graphic elements, and their
relationship to one another, and the work rests on the shoulders of the
sublime as it exists somewhere between abstraction and representation.
He is interested in combining the realm of the esoteric and ambiguous
state of memory through the tactility and reality of the medium of
paint.
Adrian Fish is a Toronto- and Halifax-based artist and
teacher working in photography. He holds an MFA from York University
and is currently Assistant Professor at NSCAD University in Halifax, NS.
Continuing
his practice of documenting contemporary architectural spaces, the
Staged project surveys theatres located in Toronto. Each environment
is devoid of viewers, suggesting the pregnant moment before an
anticipated spectacle. With their consistent viewpoint, the
large-format digital photographs mimic traditional photographic notions
of objectivity, while the suggestion of an audience implies the
subjective and constructed nature of all photographs.
www.studio21.ca
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Co-operative
1272 Barrington Street
ViewPoint is Halifax's only gallery dedicated exclusively to fine photographic art.
During
October 2008 our featured exhibition will be "Touchstones - Chapter
One" by Karen Nieuwland, comprising photographs of fifteen spiritual
sites in Nova Scotia, from places and churches on the mainland to a
Buddhist monastery and synagogue in Cape Breton. Ms. Nieuwland will be
on hand through the evening to informally discuss her work. Photographs
by other members of the ViewPoint Gallery Co-operative will also be on
display, and current members will be present to answer general
questions about photography and to encourage interested visitors to
apply for membership.
www.viewpointgallery.ca/
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non-profit visual arts organization, office gallery space
1113 Marginal Road
Visual
Arts Nova Scotia is a non-profit members’ organization that works for
the advancement of visual arts and artists of Nova Scotia.
As
our contribution to Nocturne, we will be featuring Mixed Messages, a
digital slide show of photo-based images showcasing the depth and
diversity of our members’ work, projected in the atrium of our
architecturally-unique offices.
Also available to view in our Corridor Gallery will be the sister exhibit featuring photo-based prints.
vans.ednet.ns.ca
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Commerical
5415 Doyle Street, Halifax
Established
in 1886, Zwicker's Gallery is one of Canada's oldest galleries,
carrying a diverse selection of Canadian fine art and craft. Zwicker's
features historical and contemporary paintings in oil and watercolor,
as well as unique, sculptures in wood, ceramic and bronze, including
works by Inuit artists.
As part of the Nocturne, Art at Night!
Festival, Zwicker's Gallery is pleased to present the artwork of
printmaker Dr. David Crown. There will be a demonstration and
discussion from the artist himself, who is the founder and director of
the International Mezzotint Society.
www.zwickersgallery.ca
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