BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//AGNS | Art Gallery of Nova Scotia - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://agns.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for AGNS | Art Gallery of Nova Scotia REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20250309T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20251102T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20260308T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20261101T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20270314T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20271107T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20240310T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20241103T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20250309T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20251102T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20260308T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20261101T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20270314T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20271107T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260416T203000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20260302T203445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T143023Z UID:10002052-1776366000-1776371400@agns.ca SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Hangama Amiri at the Halifax Central Library DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nHangama Amiri works predominantly in textiles\, examining notions of home and how gender\, social norms and geopolitical conflict affect the daily lives of women in Afghanistan and the diaspora. Amiri holds an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Amiri was shortlisted for the 2025 Sobey Art Award. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Diggon is a curator at Esker Foundation\, Calgary. Recent curatorial projects have included Anthony Cudahy: metronome yawned (with Shauna Thompson)\, Leonard Suryajaya: Parting Gift for Quarantine Blues\, Farah Al Qasimi: Letters for Occasions\, and Hangama Amiri: PARTING/فراق\, which recently toured to the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Her writing has been published in catalogues including Veronika Pausova: Fast Moving Sun and Rebellious: Alberta Women Artists in the 1980s\, as well as in exhibition texts for galleries across Canada. Diggon holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies and an M.A. in Art History from Queen’s University\, Kingston. \n\n\n\nPhoto by Christina + Nathan Photography. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis program is presented by the National Gallery of Canada\, the Sobey Art Foundation\, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia\, and Halifax Public Library. \n\n\n\nRegistration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://agns.ca/event/artist-talk-with-hangama-amiri-at-the-halifax-central-library/ LOCATION:Paul O’Regan Hall\, Halifax Central Library\, 5440 Spring Garden Road\, Halifax\, B3J 1E9\, Canada CATEGORIES:Artist Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SAA_Hangama_talk_2026_1200x630.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260402T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260402T203000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20260305T172333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T125238Z UID:10002433-1775156400-1775161800@agns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Minds: A Conversation with Ryan Josey\, Joanna Close\, Sarah Mosher\, and Hannah GEnosko DESCRIPTION: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.   \n\n\n\nEach artist will speak about their work on view\, so visitors can expect to move between the artworks.   \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration is encouraged as there are limited seats available. \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Creative Minds\n\n\n\nThe Creative Minds series hosts community leaders and creatives to respond to current events\, exhibitions on view\, or artworks in the Gallery. Through conversation\, music\, poetry\, or movement\, these events aim to provoke new ideas\, explore the unexpected and create more understanding for everyone involved. \n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Installation view of Conversation Threads\, 2026. Taken at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-a-conversation-with-ryan-josey-joanna-close-sarah-mosher-and-hanna-genosko/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260304_151403364_iOS-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260327T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260327T213000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20251218T195432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T155949Z UID:10002049-1774638000-1774647000@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis ' Lighthouse\, Yarmouth County DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery\, as she guides you through making a painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. On this date you’ll be painting a seaside scene\, inspired by Maud’s Lighthouse\, Yarmouth County\, ca 1965. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided – everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards. URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-lighthouse-yarmouth-county-2/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PP-Lighthouse-Yarmouth-County-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260316T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260320T153000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20260223T154933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T153759Z UID:10002055-1773666000-1774020600@agns.ca SUMMARY:March Break Drop-In Activity: Rug Hooking Together DESCRIPTION:Time: Drop-in Daily 1pm – 3:30pm\, Monday\, March 16 – Friday\, March 20 \n\n\n\nRug Hooking Together with members of the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia\n\n\n\nMembers of the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia will be in the Gallery sharing their expertise with various types of rug hooking. Touch\, see\, and try working with rug hooking materials to get a better understanding of this textile practice.   \n\n\n\n*Activity is included with admission. No registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult. \n\n\n\nAbout the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia:The Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia has supported Rug Hookers in the Maritimes and beyond since 1979. Rug Hooking has evolved and allows the artist to experiment and dream. Rug Hookers enjoy the camaraderie of fellow artists through hook-ins\, and special events. We are inspired by one another!  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSee Full March Break Schedule\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Exhibition view of Joanna Close\, The Attic Bedroom\, 2019 (left); The Kitchen\, 2012 (right). Collection of the Artist. Photo by Unbound Media Inc. URL:https://agns.ca/event/march-break-drop-in-activity-rug-hooking-together/ CATEGORIES:Drop-In Art Making ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Art-Gallery-of-Nova-Scotia-Feb-Event-07499_resized-for-web-banner-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260316T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260320T140000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20260223T153434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T153730Z UID:10002054-1773658800-1774015200@agns.ca SUMMARY:March Break Drop-in Activity: Woven Narratives DESCRIPTION:Time: Drop-in Daily between 11am – 2pm\, Monday\, March 16 – Friday\, March 20 \n\n\n\nWoven Narratives with artist Linnet Finley\n\n\n\nWeaving has a long history as an important medium for sharing stories.  \n\n\n\nEveryone has some relationship with textiles\, and for many\, these materials are intimately tied to meaningful memories.  \n\n\n\nThrough this project\, we aim to highlight the many ways textiles touch our lives and connect us. Join us as we create a collective tapestry woven from shared stories.  \n\n\n\n*Activity is included with admission. No registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult. \n\n\n\n\nSee Full March Break Schedule URL:https://agns.ca/event/march-break-drop-in-activity-woven-narratives/ CATEGORIES:Drop-In Art Making ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Weaving-web.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260316T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260320T120000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20260224T185336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T153652Z UID:10002432-1773655200-1774008000@agns.ca SUMMARY:March Break Drop-in Activity: Stitching With The Jipijka'm DESCRIPTION:Time: Drop-in Daily between 10am – 12pm\, Monday\, March 16 – Friday\, March 20 \n\n\n\nMarch Break Drop-in Activity: Stitching with the Jipijka’m and artist Diane Langevin\n\n\n\nTry your hand at embroidery and stitching in a family-friendly atmosphere with artist Diane Langevin! Explore Diane’s jipijka’m serpent sculptures in Conversation Threads: Storytelling with Jipijka’m that feature designs created by the artist and communities in HRM.  \n\n\n\nThese serpents are found throughout Mi’kmaw legends as well as in petroglyphs (etched rock drawings) in Kejimkujik Park (Maitland Bridge\, NS). Embroider a piece of jipijka’m to represent your own interests and stories. \n\n\n\n*Activity included with admission. No registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult. \n\n\n\n\nSee Full March Break Schedule URL:https://agns.ca/event/march-break-drop-in-activity-stitching-with-the-jipijkam/ CATEGORIES:Drop-In Art Making ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Jipijkam-2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260220T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260220T213000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20251218T141722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T165338Z UID:10002048-1771614000-1771623000@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis  - White Cat DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery\, as she guides you through making a painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. On this date you’ll be painting Fluffy with tulips and blossoms\, inspired by Maud’s White Cat\, 1960’s painting.   \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided – everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards. URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-white-cat/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PP-White-Cat-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260212T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260212T183000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20260127T170204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T170205Z UID:10002051-1770917400-1770921000@agns.ca SUMMARY:French Tour DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Alliance Française Halifax\, we invite you to join a guided tour of the exhibitions Blacklight and Ta’n a’sikatikl sipu’l | Confluence in French. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration through AFH is encouraged.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister with Alliance Française\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick here for more information about Alliance Française Halifax.  \n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Installation view of Blacklight\, 2025. Taken at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. URL:https://agns.ca/event/french-tour-blacklight-confluence/ CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/EX2025-05Blacklight_04-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260130T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260130T213000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20251218T142136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T142136Z UID:10002047-1769799600-1769808600@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Elizabeth Styring Nutt - Winter\, Northwest Arm\, Halifax DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the Gallery as she guides you through making a painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. On this date you’ll be making a frosty winter landscape\, inspired by Elizabeth Styring Nutt’s Winter\, Northwest Arm\, Halifax\, 1927 painting. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided- everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards. URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-elizabeth-styring-nutt-winter-northwest-arm-halifax/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PP-Winter-Northwest-Arm-Halifax-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260122T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260122T203000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20251215T154015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T133553Z UID:10002046-1769108400-1769113800@agns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Mi'Kmaw Lunar Calendar with Gerald Gloade DESCRIPTION: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 time. \n\n\n\nAn artist\, educator\, storyteller\, naturalist\, Elder and visionary\, Dr. Gloade’s career has been rooted in the ecological history of Mi’kma’ki.1 \n\n\n\nThis event is inspired by artist Jordan Bennett’s series of 13 moons\, which is currently featured in the exhibition From One to Many Natures. \n\n\n\n1Mi’kma’ki: The territory of the Mi’kmaq Nation. Provinces that stretch across Mi’kma’ki are Nova Scotia\, PEI\, and parts of New Brunswick\, Newfoundland and Labrador\, the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec\, and the northeastern region of Maine. \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration is encouraged as there are limited seats available. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Gerald Gloade is an artist\, educator\, storyteller\, naturalist\, Elder and visionary\, his efforts have been integral to expanding cultural understanding and contributing to healing in Mi’kma’ki. \nFrom Millbrook First Nation\, Gloade was raised by his grandmother. Because of a congenital heart condition\, he spent more time with her than with the other children and had a precious opportunity to learn traditional knowledge and skills through her stories. His grandmother imparted to Gloade the ways of the land\, the history of people and communities\, the skills to fish and weave\, and the legends of Kluskap\, whose seat at Cape Blomidon dominates the landscape of the Wolfville campus. \nA graduate of the Colchester Regional Vocational School (now part of the Nova Scotia Community College)\, Gloade began his government career with the Province of Nova Scotia at just 19\, working as a graphic designer and later public information officer for Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources and Office of Aboriginal Affairs. \nGerald Gloade has recently retired as the Program Development Officer for the Mi’kmawey Debert Project. Since 2005\, Gloade has guided the project with the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq\, where the land tells its own stories of Mi’kma’ki through 13\,000 years of archaeological information. With a Two-Eyed Seeing approach\, the Debert Project strengthens understandings of the history of the land to improve its present and future. \nLuckily for all of us who live in or visit this land\, Gloade is not only a keeper of legends but also a sharer of them. He has generously spread his deep knowledge of the Mi’kmaq worldview among audiences that ranged from small children to members of the Smithsonian Institute and to the late Queen Elizabeth and her husband Philip\, the Duke of Edinburgh. \nGloade was honoured at the Vancouver Olympics Aboriginal Art Pavilion with a design on a Canada 150 coin for the Royal Canadian Mint and as a nominee for the prestigious Portia White Prize. He is also a past member of the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council. Every October\, his striking and informative posters for Mi’kmaq History Month are a sought-after tool for teaching the Mi’kmaq language. Most recently\, he illustrated A Journey of Love and Hope\, the Inspirational Words of a Mi’kmaw Elder for Nimbus Publishing. Gloade joined Acadia University’s Class of 2023 as a Doctor of Humanities\, receiving an honorary degree in recognition of his many contributions over his ongoing career. \nGloade lives in Millbrook First Nation with his wife\, Natalie. The couple have two sons\, Kyle and Gerald\, and two grandchildren\, Nina Gloade-Raining Bird and Gerald Lydian Gloade Raining-Bird. \n \n \n\n\n\n\nFeatured image: Jordan Bennett\, “Spawn of Tom-Cod – Punamujuikús\,” 2020. Giclée print. 61.0 × 61.0 cm. \n\n\n\nAbout Creative Minds\n\n\n\nThe Creative Minds series hosts community leaders and creatives to respond to current events\, exhibitions on view\, or artworks in the Gallery. Through conversation\, music\, poetry\, or movement\, these events aim to provoke new ideas\, explore the unexpected and create more understanding for everyone involved. URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-mikmaw-lunar-calendar-with-gerald-gloade/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/9d2c7ad0ed5eb400f0cf104b352933fb.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260117T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260117T153000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20251215T154114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T145042Z UID:10002045-1768658400-1768663800@agns.ca SUMMARY:In Conversation: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler with Christina Végh DESCRIPTION:Halifax Central Library\, Paul O’Regan Hall \n\n\n\nJoin 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 25\, 2026. The discussion will explore memory\, reconstruction\, and the poetics of the overlooked; the edges of the archival record: gaps\, absences and omissions\, and the historic conditions and links between NSCAD (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) and CalArts (California Institute of the Arts).  \n\n\n\nNo More Boring Art is based on Hubbard / Birchler’s multi-faceted exploration of John Baldessari’s “Punishment Piece” which took place at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1971. Until now\, the participants\, mostly art students\, who repeatedly wrote “I will not make any more boring art” across the walls of NSCAD’s Mezzanine gallery\, have remained unknown. As visual artists\, Hubbard / Birchler seek engagement with adjacent fields of study that have more conventionally been considered the domain of the anthropologist\, archeologist or historian. The works in No More Boring Art lead the viewer on a journey exploring the connection between life and art.  \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration suggested due to limited seats\, but walk-ins are welcome. This program will be recorded and ASL interpretation will be available.  \n\n\n\nPresenter Bios\n\n\n\nHubbard and Birchler\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Teresa Hubbard (Irish/ American/ Swiss\, born in Dublin\, Ireland 1965) and Alexander Birchler (Swiss\, born in Baden\, Switzerland 1962) have been collaborating as an artist team since 1990. They began collaborating as artists-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts\, in Banff\, Canada and completed graduate degrees at NSCAD in 1992. Their work\, primarily grounded in time-based media\, aims to inspire sensorial interactions and explore connections between social life\, history and memory. Hubbard / Birchler often seek engagement with adjacent fields of study that have more conventionally been considered the domain of the anthropologist\, archeologist or historian. \nHubbard / Birchler represented Switzerland in the Swiss Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennial\, presenting Florain the exhibition “Women of Venice\,” curated by Philipp Kaiser. Hubbard / Birchler have also presented their work in the 48th Venice Biennial; Giacometti Institute Paris; Hamburger Bahnhof\, Museum für Gegenwart\, Berlin; Irish Museum of Modern Art\, Dublin; Kunsthaus Graz; Mori Museum Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Reina Sofia Museum Madrid; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Tate Museum Liverpool and the Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York. \nTheir work is held in numerous permanent collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; Goetz Collection Munich; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian\, Washington\, D.C.; Kunsthaus Zurich; Kunstmuseum Basel; Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles MOCA; National Museum of Art Osaka and the Pinakothek der Moderne\, Munich. \nHubbard / Birchler are Professors in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. \n \n \n\n\n\n\nChristina Végh\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Art historian Christina Végh (*1970\, Zurich) has been Director of Kunsthalle Bielefeld since February 2020. Previously\, she was Director of the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hanover from 2015\, and of the Bonner Kunstverein from 2004 to 2014. She studied art history\, ethnology\, and philosophy at the University of Zurich and spent a period at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Her professional career began at Kunsthalle Basel\, where she worked as a curator from 2000 to 2004. \nVégh has curated exhibitions with artists such as Monica Bonvicini\, Monika Baer\, John Baldessari\, Rita McBride\, Haegue Yang\, Charline von Heyl\, Annette Kelm\, James Richards\, Franz Erhard Walther\, and Christopher Williams. She has also overseen major group exhibitions\, including “Where Art Can Happen: The Early Years of CalArts” (co-curated with Philipp Kaiser) and “Made in Germany Three”\, and has contributed to the accompanying catalogues. \nVégh is active in numerous committees and juries. She served as guest juror for the Wolfgang Hahn Prize at the Museum Ludwig\, Cologne\, in 2017\, and was a member of the Pro Helvetia Art Biennial Jury from 2015 to 2018. Since 2018\, she has been part of the jury for the Justus Bier Prize. From 2008 to 2012\, she served on the board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine (AdKV). In 2010\, Végh received an award for art and architecture education from the Swiss Art Commission of the Federal Office of Culture. \n \n \n\n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler\, No More Boring Art\, 2025. Five channel video installation with sound. Courtesy: Tanya Bonakdar Gallery\, New York. URL:https://agns.ca/event/in-conversation-teresa-hubbard-alexander-birchler-with-christina-vegh/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Hubbard_Birchler_portrait_w1200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251212T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251212T213000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250825T181359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T145740Z UID:10002039-1765566000-1765575000@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis  - Yellow Birds DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery\, as she guides you through making a painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. \n\n\n\nOn this date you’ll be painting your own version of Maud’s bright and iconic Yellow Birds painting. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided- everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards. URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-yellow-birds-2/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/painting-and-pints.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20251211T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20251211T183000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250911T191142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T183444Z UID:10002041-1765474200-1765477800@agns.ca SUMMARY:French Tour DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Alliance Française Halifax\, we invite you to join a guided tour of the exhibition Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler: No More Boring Art in French. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration through AFH is encouraged.  \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Spot\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick here for more information about Alliance Française Halifax.  \n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler\, No More Boring Art\, 2025. Five channel video installation with sound. Courtesy: Tanya Bonakdar Gallery\, New York / Los Angeles. URL:https://agns.ca/event/french-tour-no-more-boring-art/ CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hubbard_Birchler_NMBA_02_300ppi_18x12in_srgb-scaled-e1750787500895.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251128T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251128T213000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250825T181431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T152420Z UID:10002038-1764356400-1764365400@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis  - British Kingfisher & Apple Blossoms DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery\, as she guides you through making a painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. \n\n\n\nTake creative flight with this whimsical British Kingfisher & Apple Blossoms painting by Maud Lewis. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided- everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards. URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-british-kingfisher-apple-blossoms-2/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/painting-and-pints.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20251120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20251120T201500 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20251014T172415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T115810Z UID:10002044-1763665200-1763669700@agns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Minds - Hidden Blackness: Uncovering the Art of Edward Mitchell Bannister DESCRIPTION: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 (1828-1901). Bannister was a St. Andrews\, New Brunswick born\, African American art pioneer who in 1865 became the first artist of African descent\, and first Canadian\, to win a major art prize in North America (The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Art Exhibition First Place Medal).  \n\n\n\nFor the past quarter century\, David Woods has been the principal curator of African maritime art bringing to light long ignored artists such as Africville born pastoral painter Edith Macdonald-Brown (1886-1955) and sculptor and craft artist Audrey Dear Hesson (b. 1929-) the first graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art (1951). He also presented the first ever group exhibitions of Black maritime art traditions including In this Place: the first exhibition of Black Nova Scotian art (1998)\, and The Secret Codes: a touring exhibition of Black Nova Scotian quilts (2012 to present).  \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration is encouraged as there are limited seats available. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Creative Minds\n\n\n\nThe Creative Minds series hosts community leaders and creatives to respond to current events\, exhibitions on view\, or artworks in the Gallery. Through conversation\, music\, poetry\, or movement\, these events aim to provoke new ideas\, explore the unexpected and create more understanding for everyone involved. \n\n\n\nHidden Blackness: Edward Mitchell Bannister is organized and circulated by the Owens Art Gallery\, Mount Allison University\, and the Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia (BANNS). Funded by the Government of Canada and Mount Allison University. PACART is the exclusive transportation provider of the exhibition.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828-1901) was born in Saint Andrews\, New Brunswick. His family lived in a segregated Black village at the eastern end of Saint Andrews colloquially referred to as Slabtown. Bannister was orphaned at age sixteen and left in the care of Harris Hatch\, a wealthy lawyer\, merchant\, and Registrar of Charlotte County\, for whom the artist’s mother had worked as a maid. Bannister’s interest in art emerged early and\, by his teens\, there are accounts of his drawings appearing on the barn doors and fences of Hatch’s farm. Much of his early life was overshadowed by the limited job opportunities and racism Black New Brunswickers faced. In 1850\, Bannister and his brother\, William\, moved to Boston\, where Edward worked as a barber ad eventually met Christiana Carteaux\, a hairdresser\, wigmaker\, and entrepreneur of mixed African American and Narragansett heritage. Bannister married Carteaux in 1857\, and she helped him become a successful professional artist in Boston and later Providence\, Rhode Island. \n \n \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Guests\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n David Woods is a multi-genre artist and performer. He is the author of Native Song a collection of paintings and poetry\, and has won national awards for his art\, drama and community arts organization including the Harry Jerome Award and Person’s Award. He was the organizer of the first ever Black History Month celebrations in Nova Scotia in 1984 and was instrumental in establishing Black maritime arts organizations including the Cultural Awareness Youth Group\, Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia (BANNS)\, Vale Quilters and the New Brunswick Black Artists Alliance.  \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Sylvia D. Hamilton is a Nova Scotian filmmaker\, writer and multidisciplinary artist. Her work has won the Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media. Her award-winning films include Black Mother Black Daughter\, Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia\, Portia White: Think on Me and The Little Black School House\, among others.   \nExcavation\, her multi-media art installation\, examines the interrelationship of history\, memory\, race and place/space. This work has enjoyed multiple iterations and exhibitions\, both solo and group\, in Nova Scotia\, New Brunswick\, Ontario and Quebec between 2013-2018. One adaptation titled Here We Are Here\, gave its name to the 2018 Royal Ontario Museum’s National group exhibition titled\, Here We Are Here: Black Contemporary Art\, which later toured to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.   \nTender\, her poetry collection\, won the 2023 WFNS Maxine Tynes Poetry Award and was shortlisted for the 2023 League of Canadian Poets Pat Lowther Award. She is a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia. She is an Inglis Professor Emeritus at the University of King’s College in Halifax\, Nova Scotia (October 2025).   \nPhoto by Paul Adams Photography. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFeatured image: Edward Bannister\, River Scene\, 1885. Purchased with funds provided by Sheldon and Marjorie Fountain\, 2006. URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-hidden-blackness-uncovering-the-art-of-edward-mitchell-bannister/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bannister-Full.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20251108T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20251108T150000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20251003T164515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T194216Z UID:10002043-1762610400-1762614000@agns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Minds: A Conversation with Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler and Melanie O'Brian DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nNo More Boring Art is based on Hubbard / Birchler’s multi-faceted exploration of John Baldessari’s “Punishment Piece” which took place at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1971. Until now\, the participants\, mostly art students\, who repeatedly wrote “I will not make any more boring art” across the walls of NSCAD’s Mezzanine gallery\, have remained unknown. As visual artists\, Hubbard / Birchler seek engagement with adjacent fields of study that have more conventionally been considered the domain of the anthropologist\, archeologist or historian. The works in No More Boring Art lead the viewer on a journey exploring the connection between life and art. \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration suggested due to limited seats\, but walk-ins are welcome. This event is included in the price of admission. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis discussion will be moderated by exhibition curator\, David Diviney\, Chief Curator\, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\nThis program will be recorded and ASL interpretation will be available.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Creative Minds\n\n\n\nThe Creative Minds series hosts community leaders and creatives to respond to current events\, exhibitions on view\, or artworks in the Gallery. Through conversation\, music\, poetry\, or movement\, these events aim to provoke new ideas\, explore the unexpected and create more understanding for everyone involved. \n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\nTeresa Hubbard (Irish/ American/ Swiss\, born in Dublin\, Ireland 1965) and Alexander Birchler (Swiss\, born in Baden\, Switzerland 1962) have been collaborating as an artist team since 1990. They began collaborating as artists-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts\, in Banff\, Canada and completed graduate degrees at NSCAD in 1992. Their work\, primarily grounded in time-based media\, aims to inspire sensorial interactions and explore connections between social life\, history and memory. Hubbard / Birchler often seek engagement with adjacent fields of study that have more conventionally been considered the domain of the anthropologist\, archeologist or historian.  \n\n\n\nHubbard / Birchler represented Switzerland in the Swiss Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennial\, presenting Florain the exhibition “Women of Venice\,” curated by Philipp Kaiser. Hubbard / Birchler have also presented their work in the 48th Venice Biennial; Giacometti Institute Paris; Hamburger Bahnhof\, Museum für Gegenwart\, Berlin; Irish Museum of Modern Art\, Dublin; Kunsthaus Graz; Mori Museum Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Reina Sofia Museum Madrid; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Tate Museum Liverpool and the Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York. \n\n\n\nTheir work is held in numerous permanent collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; Goetz Collection Munich; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian\, Washington\, D.C.; Kunsthaus Zurich; Kunstmuseum Basel; Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles MOCA; National Museum of Art Osaka and the Pinakothek der Moderne\, Munich. \n\n\n\nHubbard / Birchler are Professors in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. \n\n\n\nAbout Melanie O’Brian\n\n\n\nMelanie O’Brian is Associate Director/Curator at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery\, University of British Columbia. As a curator of contemporary art\, she has an abiding interest in artist-led initiatives\, experimental forms\, the intersection between visual art and writing\, and the history of institutions. Past curatorial projects include work by artists such as Abbas Akhavan\, Stan Douglas\, Richard Ibghy/Marilou Lemmens\, Carole Itter\, Marianne Nicolson\, Walid Raad\, Hito Steyerl\, and Althea Thauberger. She has collaborated widely with other curators and institutions\, edited numerous publications and written for catalogues and magazines. Previously\, O’Brian was Director/Curator at Simon Fraser University Art Galleries\, Curator/Head of Programs at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto\, Director/Curator at Artspeak in Vancouver and Assistant Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery\, and has taught at the University of British Columbia\, Emily Carr University and Simon Fraser University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler\, No More Boring Art\, 2025. Five channel video installation with sound. Courtesy: Tanya Bonakdar Gallery\, New York / Los Angeles. URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-a-conversation-with-teresa-hubbard-alexander-birchler/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hubbard_Birchler_NMBA_02_300ppi_18x12in_srgb-scaled-e1750787500895.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20251030T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20251030T201500 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250827T170023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T153125Z UID:10002037-1761850800-1761855300@agns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Gordon Sparks and Jordan Bennett DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGordon Sparks’ hand-carved wooden masks is on view in the Mi’kma’ki Artists’ Spotlight within the exhibition Tan’sikatikl sipu’l | Confluence and Jordan Bennett’s work is on view in the exhibition From One to Many Natures.  \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration is encouraged as there are limited seats available. \n\n\n\nThis event is in partnership with \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Creative Minds\n\n\n\nThe Creative Minds series hosts community leaders and creatives to respond to current events\, exhibitions on view\, or artworks in the Gallery. Through conversation\, music\, poetry\, or movement\, these events aim to provoke new ideas\, explore the unexpected and create more understanding for everyone involved. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Gordon Sparks is a Mi’kmaw artist from Pabineau First Nation\, now living in Rough Waters\, New Brunswick. Gordon harvests wood and animal materials through ceremony\, carving masks that embody the spirit of Mi’kmaw stories\, traditions\, and teachings. Each mask reflects a deeply personal journey—guided by the tree itself—and speaks to the lives of his people\, past and present. His work honours traditional knowledge\, ceremony\, and storytelling\, breathing life into Mi’kmaw characters through collaborations with dancers\, drummers\, and regalia makers. Also a skin artist with over 30 years of experience\, Gordon fuses tattoo design and carving to preserve and share cultural teachings. His work has been exhibited across Atlantic Canada and internationally\, including at London’s prestigious Collect Art Fair. Committed to mentorship and cultural preservation\, Gordon continues to guide and inspire Indigenous artists and communities across Mi’kma’ki.  \nPhoto by Toonasa Jordana Luggi. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Jordan Bennett is L’nu (Mi’kmaq)\, from Stephenville Crossing\, Newfoundland. Having a methodology that is guided by the land of his ancestors\, his practice utilizes sculpture\, painting\, immersive installations\, and sound to explore land\, language\, the act of visiting and familial histories. Jordan has taken part in over 100 exhibitions nationally and internationally and has received accolades including the 2020 winner of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award.  \nPhoto by Ritche Perez. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n1Mi’kma’ki: The territory of the Mi’kmaq Nation. Provinces that stretch across Mi’kma’ki are Nova Scotia\, PEI\, and parts of New Brunswick\, Newfoundland and Labrador\, the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec\, and the northeastern region of Maine.  \n\n\n\nFeatured image: Jordan Bennett\, “Fat Tame Animals – Wikewikús\,” 2020; Gordon Sparks\, “Octomuwin\,” 2023. Photo by Sasha Robichaud.  URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-gordon-sparks-and-jordan-bennett/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gordon-Jordan_WebpageCover.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251024T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251024T213000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250825T181457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T130246Z UID:10002036-1761332400-1761341400@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis - Three Black Cats DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery\, as she guides you through making a painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. \n\n\n\nThe cats came back\, by popular demand! This session looks to Maud’s adorable paintings of three black cats for inspiration. Surrounded by colourful tulips and apple blossoms\, the three black cats with their bright yellow eyes will bring a splash of colour to your canvas. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided- everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards. URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-three-black-cats-2/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/painting-and-pints.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20251018T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20251018T235900 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250918T214021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T214023Z UID:10002042-1760810400-1760831940@agns.ca SUMMARY:Nocturne at AGNS! DESCRIPTION:In The Courtyard – Pleasure Prospects by New Mineral Collective \n\n\n\nPleasure Prospects is a video that follows the artists Tanya Busse & Emilija Škarnulytė (New Mineral Collective) as they acquire prospector licenses\, with which they aim to perturb the values of the mining industry by holding fast their self-described position as “the least productive mining company in the world”.  \n\n\n\nNew Mineral Collective is the world’s largest and least productive mining company. They are an open-source entity\, working to infiltrate and subvert extractive industries with more reparative and imaginative futures exploring alternative forces such as desire\, body mining and acts of counter prospecting. In their video installation Pleasure Prospects\, New Mineral Collective follows the process of acquiring prospecting licences for alternative values and takes a critical look at what they call “perforated landscapes” – land altered by extractive industries.  \n\n\n\nFilmed at the World’s Prospectors Convention\, Ontario Place\, Pleasure Prospects sources research from Ontario topographical maps (from the Ministry of Energy\, Northern Development and Mines) and Google Earth. The film addresses ecological urgencies brought on by large-scale extractive practices\, connections between land and body\, and the environmental impacts of mining. The work encourages an understanding of large-scale global impact through bringing the conversation closer to the viewer\, drawing on connections between industry and therapy. New Mineral Collective prioritizes healing on many levels\, through creating an environment of pleasure\, renewal\, and revitalization\, something that is explored through their broader artistic practice.  \n\n\n\nIn The Studio – Print\, Glow\, Grow – Hands-On Artmaking \n\n\n\nJoin us for a vibrant night of creativity and connection through hands-on artmaking\, hosted in collaboration with the Youth Project. This creative space dives into mycology (the study of fungi) to celebrate transformation\, networks\, and thriving. Craft your own glowing print or contribute to a luminous mural that grows our sense of community. All welcome!  \n\n\n\n*Please note the AGNS gallery spaces will not be open to the public during Nocturne.  \n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Pleasure Prospects\, 2019 Single-channel 4k video\, New Mineral Collective (Tanya Busse & Emilija Škarnulytė). URL:https://agns.ca/event/nocturne-at-agns-2025/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Nocturne-2025-Tanya-Busse-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20251016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20251016T203000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250825T183044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T204755Z UID:10002035-1760641200-1760646600@agns.ca SUMMARY:Nocturne Artist Talk - Peter Morin & Leah Decter DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration is encouraged as there are limited seats available.  \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Encouraged – Save Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout X: where our paths cross \n\n\n\nX: where our paths cross is a performance of visiting\, trust and otherwise possibilities. In it\, Peter Morin (Tahltan\, French Canadian) and Leah Decter (Canadian Jewish white-settler) mark the crossing of paths across time\, territories and ancestries through reading aloud as an assertion of Indigenous sovereignty and listening-while-drawing as a practice of white-setter accountability.   \n\n\n\nExperience X: where our paths cross live on Saturday\, October 18 from 6pm-midnight for Nocturne: Ground at the Halifax Central Library.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\nPeter Morin is a grandson of Tahltan Ancestor Artists. Morin’s artistic offerings can be organized around four themes: articulating Land/Knowing\, articulating Indigenous Grief/Loss\, articulating Community Knowing\, and understanding the Creative Agency/Power of the Indigenous body. The work takes place in galleries\, in community\, in collaboration\, and on the land. All of the work is informed by dreams\, Ancestors\, Family members\, and performance art as a research methodology. Morin completed his BFA at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver in 2001 and his MFA in 2010 at the University of British Columbia-Okanagan. Morin’s artistic practice moves from printmaking to poetry to installation to performance art. Morin’s first performance ‘I grieve too much’ took place at the Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Peter is the son of Janelle Morin (Crow Clan\, Tahltan Nation) and Pierre Morin (Quebecois). Throughout his exhibition and making history\, Morin has focused upon his matrilineal inheritances in homage to the matriarchal structuring of the Tahltan Nation\, and prioritizes Cross-Ancestral collaborations.  Morin was longlisted for the Brink and Sobey Awards\, in 2013 and 2014\, respectively. In 2016\, Morin received the Hnatyshyn Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Canadian Mid-Career Artist. Morin is an member of artist collectives : BUSHgallery and O’kinādās.  Peter Morin currently holds a tenured appointment in the Faculty of Arts at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto\, and is the Graduate Program Director of the Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art\, Media and Design program at OCADU.  \n\n\n\n\n\nLeah Decter is a Canadian inter-media/performance artist and scholar who divides her time between Treaty 1 territory and Kjipuktuk/Halifax\, where she is a Canada Research Chair in Creative Technologies and Assistant Professor in Media Arts at NSCAD University. Holding an MFA in New Media from Transart Institute and a PhD in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University\, Decter creates work that straddles performance\, video and media arts\, textiles\, social practice and installation as well as academic and creative writing. Working from a critical white settler perspective her solo and collaborative artwork and research uncover and disturb social\, political\, relational and spatial dynamics of settler colonial whiteness in the everyday through practices of intergenerational accountability and non-colonial activation. Her artwork often calls into question dominant beliefs about\, and attachments to\, Canadian icons\, myths and visual/material culture. She has received numerous grants and awards for her artwork and research\, and has exhibited\, presented and screened her artwork widely in Canada\, and internationally in the US\, UK\, Germany\, Australia\, the Netherlands\, Malta and India. Decter’s artwork has appeared in publications including Fuse Magazine\, Studio\, Craft and Design in Canada\, C Magazine\, Journal of Canadian Art History and Border Crossings. Her recent published writing includes texts in Qualitative Inquiry and Performance Matters\, chapters in Making (Eco)Logical: Locating Canadian Arts in the Environmental Humanities\, and\, with Carla Taunton\, Unsettling Canadian Art History and Settler Responsibilities Towards Decolonisation as well as a special issue of PUBLIC Journal co-edited with Taunton titled “Beyond Unsettling: Methodologies for Decolonizing Futures.”   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Photo by Kelly Hussey-Smith. URL:https://agns.ca/event/nocturne-artist-talk-peter-morin-leah-decter/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/x-performance-at-Activating-Truth-public-program_melbourne-AUS_-photo-credit_Kelly-Hussey-Smith-size-reduced.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250930T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250930T170000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250910T192642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T122358Z UID:10002040-1759226400-1759251600@agns.ca SUMMARY:A Screening of Dr Imelda Perley Opolahsomuwehs: Women of This Land  DESCRIPTION:Join us for a film screening of Women of This Land!  \n\n\n\nDrop-in and join us for a film screening of Dr Imelda Perley Opolahsomuwehs: Women of This Land. This 22-minute episode will play on loop  for visitors to join anytime during open hours on Tuesday\, September 30 (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation).  \n\n\n\nElder Dr Imelda Perley Opolahsomuwehs is a highly respected Elder from Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in New Brunswick. As a healer\, teacher\, and language keeper\, she is doing incredible work for the future of her language and the well-being of her community. This episode opens with a sweat lodge ceremony for all the children that went to residential schools that couldn’t come home for ceremonies. \n\n\n\n\n“Through this series\, we aim to celebrate the strength\, resilience\, and beauty of Indigenous women\, ensuring their voices are heard and their stories are honoured for generations to come.” \n\n\n\n– Stephanie Joline  \n\n\n\n\nWomen of this Land is produced by Peep Media\, and directed by Stephanie Joline (Inuk\, Nunatsiavut\, NL).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNational Day for Truth and Reconciliation \n\n\n\nEach year\, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation\, a dedicated time to honour the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools\, as well as their families and communities. \n\n\n\nResources: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Canada.ca About the Society – Orange Shirt Society  \n\n\n\nLocal commemorations in Halifax: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Halifax  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Courtesy of Peep Media (Producer) and Stephanie Joline (Director). Video still of “Elder Imelda Perley Opolahsomuwehs: Women of this Land\,” 2024. URL:https://agns.ca/event/a-screening-of-dr-imelda-perley-opolahsomuwehs-women-of-this-land/ CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EIMPO-Key-Frames.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250926T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250926T213000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250825T141341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T163048Z UID:10002034-1758913200-1758922200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis - Tulips DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery\, as she guides you through making a painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. On this date you’ll be painting tulips\, inspired by Maud’s Tulips painting. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided- everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards. URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-tulips-3/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/painting-and-pints.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250925T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250925T200000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250825T141600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T185857Z UID:10002032-1758826800-1758830400@agns.ca SUMMARY:Mi'kmaw Language Tour DESCRIPTION:Join us for a tour in the Mi’kmaw language! \n\n\n\nGeared towards speakers and those learning the language\, Mi’kmaw teacher Curtis Michael will engage visitors with vocabulary and cultural themes linked to artwork on view\, including the exhibition Ta’n a’sikatikl sipu’l | Confluence. Beginners welcome!  \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Spot\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration is encouraged as there are limited walk-in spots available. \n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Photo by Stoo Metz Photography. URL:https://agns.ca/event/mikmaw-language-tour/ CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SBOpeningEvent_ConfluenceExhibit_948x580.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250911T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250911T183000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250820T122319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T191335Z UID:10002031-1757611800-1757615400@agns.ca SUMMARY:French Tour DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Alliance Française Halifax\, we invite you to join a guided tour of the exhibition Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way in French. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration through AFH is encouraged.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister with Alliance Française\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick here for more information about Alliance Française Halifax.  \n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Installation view of Sonia Boyce\, Feeling Her Way\, photo by Stoo Metz Photography. URL:https://agns.ca/event/french-tour-feeling-her-way/ CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Sonia-Boyce-Feeling-Her-Way-Opening-AGNS-©-Photo-Credit-@stoometzphoto-4-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250824T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250824T150000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250717T191802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T192355Z UID:10002030-1756044000-1756047600@agns.ca SUMMARY:In Conversation with Joan Jonas DESCRIPTION:Inverness County Centre For The Arts16080 Nova Scotia Trunk 19Inverness\, NS B0E 1N0 \n\n\n\nJoin us in Inverness\, Cape Breton for an engaging conversation with internationally acclaimed artist Joan Jonas. \n\n\n\nDiscover the stories behind her powerful exhibition We come from the sea\, delve into her work in video and performance art\, and hear reflections on her life living between New York City and Cape Breton. Joan will be joined by David Diviney\, Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia\, for this special event. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, and no registration is required. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist\n\n\n\nJoan Jonas (b. 1936\, New York\, NY) is a world-renowned artist whose work encompasses a wide range of media including video\, performance\, installation\, sound\, text\, and sculpture. Jonas’ experiments and productions in the late 1960s and early 1970s continue to be crucial to the development of many contemporary art genres\, from performance and video to conceptual art and theatre. Since 1968\, her practice has explored ways of seeing\, the rhythms of rituals\, and the authority of objects and gestures. \n\n\n\nJonas has exhibited and performed extensively around the world. Her notable exhibition history includes Documenta 5\, 6\, 7\, 8\, 11\, and 13; the 28th Sao Paolo Biennial; the 5th Kochi-Muziris Biennale; and the 13th Shanghai Biennale. She has recently presented solo exhibitions at the United States Pavilion for the 56th Edition of the Venice Biennial; Tate Modern\, London; Museu Serralves\, Porto; Pinacoteca de São Paulo; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza\, Madrid; Dia Beacon; Haus der Kunst\, Munich; The Drawing Center\, New York\, Gladstone Gallery\, New York and Galerie Gisela Capitain\, Naples\, Italy. The Museum of \n\n\n\nModern Art in New York hosted a retrospective of Jonas’s work in 2024. \n\n\n\nJonas is the recipient of many awards including The Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon (2016); the Maya Deren Award given by the American Film Institute (1989); and the Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2009). In 2018\, Jonas was awarded the prestigious Kyoto Prize\, given to those individuals who have contributed significantly to the scientific\, cultural and spiritual betterment of mankind\, and in 2024 she was presented with the Nam June Paik Prize\, awarded to artists who have contributed to the development of contemporary art\, mutual understanding\, and world peace. In 2025\, Jonas was selected as a medalist in the inaugural Art Basel Awards and received their distinguished Icon Award.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nImage: Moving Off the Land II\, Untitled\, 2019 © Joan Jonas / ARS New York / CARCC Ottawa 2025. URL:https://agns.ca/event/in-conversation-with-joan-jonas/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/JJ-talk-website-featured-image_948x580-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250717T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250717T203000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250624T170600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T175512Z UID:10002028-1752775200-1752784200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Pride Art Jam! DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Youth Pride Art Jam! \n\n\n\nBring a friend and express yourself as we draw\, paint\, make buttons and more! Explore art making as a means of self expression and celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+ joy and histories. Featuring music\, snacks and community\, come get creative with us this Pride! \n\n\n\nFree drop-in program open to all 2SLGBTQIA+ youth aged 12-19. In partnership with the Youth Project. \n\n\n\nFor details on accessibility\, check out the Plan Your Visit page. The AGNS is proud to be Rainbow Registered! \n\n\n\nIn Partnership with URL:https://agns.ca/event/pride-art-jam-2/ CATEGORIES:Art-Making,Drop-In Art Making,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/PrideArtJam2025_Web.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250627T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250627T213000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250502T175713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T120112Z UID:10000146-1751050800-1751059800@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis - Lighthouse\, Yarmouth County DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery\, as she guides you through a Maud Lewis-inspired painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. \n\n\n\nThis session looks to Maud Lewis’s classic Nova Scotia seaside scenes for inspiration\, with Lighthouse\, Yarmouth County. With wheeling gulls and crashing waves\, this colourful painting will be fun to bring to life on your canvas. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided- everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-lighthouse-yarmouth-county/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/painting-and-pints.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250626T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250626T210000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250530T185303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T152916Z UID:10002027-1750964400-1750971600@agns.ca SUMMARY:Rhythms and Reflections DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the vibrant creativity of Black artists with Rhythms and Reflections\, a free evening showcasing powerful artistic expression through music\, spoken word\, and dance. As you explore the Gallery\, immerse yourself in a multi-sensory experience that amplifies the voices and visions of local Black artists. Enjoy soulful performances by singer-songwriter Zamani Folade\, evocative readings by poet Dáminí Awóyígà\, and dynamic movement performances by multidisciplinary artists Kay MacDonald\, I’thandi Munro\, and Makayla Criss. \n\n\n\nThis special event marks the opening of three compelling exhibitions honouring Black identity: Feeling Her Way by Sonia Boyce\, Blacklight featuring works from the permanent collection\, and Negro Crossing by Oluseye. \n\n\n\nImage: Installation view\, Sonia Boyce: FEELING HER WAY\, 2024\, PHI Foundation. Sonia Boyce\, Devotional Collection\, 1999-ongoing; Gold wallpaper\, 2022 © DACS\, London / CARCC Ottawa 2024 / © Fondation PHI pour l’art contemporain\, photo: Richard-Max Tremblay.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nEvent Schedule\n\n\n\n7:00pm – Dáminí Awóyígà  \n\n\n\nHear Dáminí’s evocative poetry as she reflects on the themes of identity\, cultural continuity\, and collective narratives in Blacklight. \n\n\n\n7:45pm – Kay Macdonald\, I’thandi Munro\, Makayla Criss \n\n\n\nWitness these multidisciplinary artists as they perform a dynamic dance piece responding to Sonia Boyce’s Feeling Her Way\, embodying themes of movement\, memory\, and identity through expressive choreography. \n\n\n\n8:30pm – Zamani Folade \n\n\n\nHear Zamani deliver a soulful music performance in Oluseye’s Negro Crossing\, creating an immersive atmosphere that highlights history\, resilience\, and cultural rhythm through song. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout the Performers\n\n\n\n\nDáminí Awóyígà is a high school student. She is an activist\, spoken word poet\, and the former Halifax’s Youth Poet Laureate (2023-2024). Damini is the founder of Damini Creatives and the Afro-Indigenous Book Club\, a book club created to encourage young people to read books written by Black and Indigenous authors and to share the realities and experiences of Black and Indigenous Canadians. Damini was the Junior Artist in Residence for Wellness Within\, a community organization working for reproductive justice\, prison abolition\, and health equity; CBC’s artist-in-residence for the Michaelle Jean Foundation Canadian Black Summit held in July 2022\, where she hosted an interactive community poetry booth. She is also a youth freelance journalist for CBC Mainstreet. She is the Vice-Chair of CPA High School’s Black Student Association. She has also enjoyed being a board member of the Nova Scotia Girls Institute for Resource and Learning (NS GIRL) and she is a member of the HRM Youth Advisory Committee. Damini has received multiple awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Damini loves to dance\, write\, create\, sing\, and perform poetry about social justice issues she cares deeply about. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKay Macdonald was born and raised in Halifax\, NS. Kay is proudly African Nova Scotian. Studying Performance Acting at Ryerson University in Toronto\, ON. At the end of 2016 with the political climate swiftly changing around her (en election of a new president) she knew her reaction had to be radical. Out of this desire to make a change she Founded and Co Created The Magic Project. Which focuses on bringing marginalized brilliance to the forefront of social media using the arts.  \n\n\n\nKay is also a Community Facilitator and Youth Programmer. She hopes to continue creating workshops\, holding space for community discussions and empowering youth through celebration. In 2020\, Kay\, Trayvone Clayton & DeRico Symonds created an African Nova Scotian community based\, youth-led initiative called The Game Changers. After a year of working together in advocacy\, activism\, and community they decided to collaborate officially. Kate currently works at The Youth Project and as the Co-Artistic Director of Kinetic.  \n\n\n\nImage by Matthew Downey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’thandi Munro is an award winning professional performance and visual artist. She has a BFA from NSCAD and movement is at her core of making. Munro uses the representation of line and lineage as underlying concepts in her fine art\, craft\, photography and dance. Continuously merging different mediums into finished pieces there is always a sense of multiplicity within her work\, she leaves space for her pieces to naturally evolve through reaction and discussion. Munro creates an ever-changing body of work that can be explored and realized in different ways. \n\n\n\nImage by Diane Moore. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMakayla Criss received her professional training through the Maritime Conservatory of the Performing Arts – Teacher Training Program. Her studies included anatomy\, conditioning\, and child development\, all of which were tailored specifically for dancers. Makayla has also studied a broad spectrum of pedagogical approaches from highly respected and successful examiners and teachers. Most recently\, Makayla completed the full Horton Teacher Training Program through The Ailey School under the direction of Ana Marie Forsythe. \n\n\n\nWith training in a wide range of styles\, Makayla’s background includes Jazz\, Tap\, Contemporary\, Modern\, and Hip Hop. Later deciding to focus on Ballet\, Makayla has studied both the Cecchetti and Royal Academy of Dance syllabi\, and is passionate about reflecting strong technical training while allowing the body to adapt to other stylistic forms of dance. Makayla has attended classes for Professional Development at Steps on Broadway\, The Ailey School\, The Martha Graham School with notable teachers including John Vincent Leggio\, Nina Goldman\, and Terri Wright and locally with Darryl Tracy and Robert McCollum. In 2022 Makayla completed an internship with Mocean Dance throughout the creation process of Syreeta Hector’s piece “From the Top” which was performed at Fluid Forms in Halifax\, NS. \n\n\n\nOutside of the studio\, Makayla’s choreography has been featured annually at numerous galas and events including the Rotary Club of Truro’s Annual Fundraising Gala\, The Colchester East Hants Health Centre Foundation’s Annual Fundraising Gala\, New Glasgow’s Art At Night\, Youth Dance Fest East\, Local Love Truro Awards and CDA’s own B-Side Hip Hop Festival. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZamani Folade is a sonic storyteller—writing\, producing\, engineering\, and performing every note she creates. Hailing from Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, Zamani weaves together R&B\, Neo Soul\, and Jazz into a vibrant soundscape that celebrates self-love\, optimism\, identity\, and unapologetic Black girl magic. Her musical passport spans the U.S.\, Europe\, the Caribbean\, and Africa\, lighting up stages alongside heavyweights like London’s Estelle\, Jamaica’s Tarrus Riley\, R&B icons John Legend\, Mya and Ginuwine and jazz vocalist extraordinaire – Jazzmeia Horne. Zamani also shared the bill with pop legends UB40 at the renowned St. Lucia Roots and Soul Festival. \n\n\n\nA fearless collaborator\, Zamani has crossed genres with Classical\, Gospel\, Pop\, Hip Hop\, and jazz artists\, co-writing with Grammy-winning Canadian songwriter Gordie Sampson and DC hip-hop pioneer Tracey Lee. \n\n\n\nKnown for her magnetic live performances\, Zamani has electrified international festivals including Toronto Soul Fest\, Boston Tree Lighting\, Rotterdam’s New Skool Rules\, Canada’s Juno Festival\, the St. Lucia Roots and Soul Festival and most recently the world renown St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival in May 2025. Her evocative song writing and steady stream of singles from 2019 to 2025 have earned her an impressive collection of accolades: the Stingray TD Jazz Rising Star Award\, SOCAN’s Young Canadian Songwriter Award\, Atlantic International Film Festival’s Best Musical Score\, and Emerging Lens’ Best Music Video Award. \n\n\n\nA six-time ANSMA Award winner—including Artist of the Year\, Single of the Year\, and Songwriter of the Year—Zamani also holds four ECMA Awards\, including African Canadian Artist of the Year and R&B Recording of the Year. Recognized at the highest levels\, she is a proud recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for excellence in music. \n\n\n\nWith every beat\, lyric\, and performance\, Zamani continues to push forward—one unforgettable song at a time. \n\n\n\nImage by Natanni St Omer. URL:https://agns.ca/event/rhythms-and-reflections/ CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/465_g-7_74-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250614T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250614T150000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250502T190620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T184436Z UID:10000147-1749909600-1749913200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Black Atlantic Harmonies DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation between acclaimed British artist Sonia Boyce\, DBE RA HonFBA\, award winning singer-songwriter Cyndi Cain\, and filmmaker\, writer and artist Sylvia D. Hamilton\, CM ONS\, moderated by multidisciplinary artist and entrepreneur Tara L. Taylor.   \n\n\n\nIn celebration of the opening of Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way at its last stop on the North American presentation\, this talk will speak to the powerful histories of Black female musicians\, and their contributions to the music and arts industries\, in both Britain and Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration suggested due to limited seats\, but walk-ins are welcome. This event is included in the price of admission. \n\n\n\nAbout Creative Minds\n\n\n\nThe Creative Minds series hosts community leaders and creatives to respond to current events\, exhibitions on view\, or artworks in the Gallery. Through conversation\, music\, poetry\, or movement\, these events aim to provoke new ideas\, explore the unexpected and create more understanding for everyone involved. \n\n\n\nImage: Installation view\, Sonia Boyce: FEELING HER WAY\, 2024\, PHI Foundation. From top to bottom: Sonia Boyce\, FEELING HER WAY\, 2022; Untitled (gold structures)\, 2022 © DACS\, London / CARCC Ottawa 2024 / © Fondation PHI pour l’art contemporain\, photo: Richard-Max Tremblay URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-black-atlantic-harmonies/ CATEGORIES:Creative Minds ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/465_G-5_64-scaled-e1750691219358.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250523T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250523T213000 DTSTAMP:20260417T033451 CREATED:20250502T175611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T181458Z UID:10000145-1748026800-1748035800@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis - Tulips DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Zara LeBlanc for a fun evening at the gallery\, as she guides you through a Maud Lewis-inspired painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. \n\n\n\nPerfect for the start of spring\, you’ll be painting bright\, blooming flowers\, inspired by Maud’s iconic Tulips. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided- everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-tulips-2/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/painting-and-pints.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR