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 your...
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...
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...
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. Admission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday, however registration through AFH is encouraged. Click here for more information about Alliance...
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...
Time: Drop-in Daily between 10am – 12pm, Monday, March 16 – Friday, March 20 March Break Drop-in Activity: Stitching with the Jipijka’m and artist Diane Langevin Try 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...
Time: Drop-in Daily between 11am – 2pm, Monday, March 16 – Friday, March 20 Woven Narratives with artist Linnet Finley Weaving has a long history as an important medium for sharing stories. Everyone has some relationship with textiles, and for many, these materials are intimately tied to meaningful...
Time: Drop-in Daily 1pm – 3:30pm, Monday, March 16 – Friday, March 20 Rug Hooking Together with members of the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia Members 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...
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...
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...