Dawn Shepard, Ryan Gray, Lance Sampson(Aquakultre), Sonia Chow and Seamus Gallagher build worlds in their art and the communities around them. Curator Shuvanjan Karmaker brought them together as Nocturne 2024 Anchor Artists to create work that inspires us to build worlds of our own. We will be discussing...
Join Nocturne and AGNS for a special artist talk with interdisciplinary artist Cheryl L’Hirondelle. The talk will be followed by a participatory activation Light Tipi from 8:30-10:00 PM. Cheryl L’Hirondelle (Cree/Half Breed; German/Polish) is an award-winning and community-engaged interdisciplinary artist, singer/songwriter and critical thinker whose family is from Papaschase First...
Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins explain the multi-faceted dimensions of their art practice and contextualize it within their exhibition Three Dimensions. They present an overview of a materials-focused approach, combining conceptual art with visual appeal – to produce complex projects that tell stories, often conceiving of exhibitions in...
Inverness County Centre For The Arts16080 Nova Scotia Trunk 19Inverness, NS B0E 1N0 Join us in Inverness, Cape Breton for an engaging conversation with internationally acclaimed artist Joan Jonas. Discover the stories behind her powerful exhibition We come from the sea, delve into her work in video and performance...
Join Nocturne for a conversation between artists and collaborators Peter Morin (Tahltan, French Canadian) and Leah Decter (Canadian Jewish white-settler) as they reflect on their collaborative project, X: where our paths cross. Admission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday, however registration is encouraged as there...
Join us for a conversation between Mi’kmaw artists Gordon Sparks and Jordan Bennett! From different regions of Mi’kma’ki1, Sparks and Bennett will speak to overlapping themes in their practices, including land-based inspirations and traditional Indigenous tattoo culture. Gordon Sparks’ hand-carved wooden masks is on view in the Mi’kma’ki...
Join us for an engaging discussion with artists Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, and panelist Melanie O'Brian as they share insights about the exhibition No More Boring Art which will be on view from November 8 – January 25, 2026. No More Boring Art is based on Hubbard / Birchler’s multi-faceted...
Join us for a conversation between Sylvia D. Hamilton and David Woods, Curator, painter, and installation artist, as he details the origins of his passion for art as well as his many adventures creating his newest exhibition Hidden Blackness, the first ever Canadian exhibition of Edward Mitchell Bannister...
Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall Join us for an engaging discussion with artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, along with art historian Christina Végh. The conversation will explore Hubbard / Birchler's exhibition No More Boring Art, on view at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia until January...
Join us for an evening with Dr. Gerald Gloade as he shares insight into the Mi’kmaw lunar calendar. Based on the 13 times the moon travels around the earth each year, this calendar names each lunar phase according to what is happening locally on the land during that...
Join us for an informal conversation in the Gallery with four artists featured in the exhibition Conversation Threads. Artists Joanna Close, Ryan Josey, Sarah Mosher, and Hannah Genosko will explore the ways textile traditions have preserved and transformed culture through their material practices. Each artist will speak about their work on view, so visitors...
Join us at the Halifax Central Library on Thursday, April 16, for conversation between artist Hangama Amiri and Elizabeth Diggon, curator at Esker Foundation in Calgary. Hangama Amiri works predominantly in textiles, examining notions of home and how gender, social norms and geopolitical conflict affect the daily lives...