BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//AGNS | Art Gallery of Nova Scotia - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:AGNS | Art Gallery of Nova Scotia 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:20220313T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20221106T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20230312T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20231105T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20240310T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20241103T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230716T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230716T160000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230705T193326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230705T193328Z UID:10000042-1689512400-1689523200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Make Day! Mark Making & More DESCRIPTION:Looking to the work of artists Onni Nordman and Melanie Colosimo featured in Inner/Outer Space at the Western Branch\, we’ll explore the Gallery and surrounding areas of Yarmouth to gather rubbings to combine into your own collage. URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-mark-making-more/ CATEGORIES:Make Day!,Yarmouth Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/collage49.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230628T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230628T103000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230526T190951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T190952Z UID:10000038-1687944600-1687948200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting 2022-23 DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our 2022-23 Annual General Meeting\, in the Windsor Foundation Lecture Theatre. URL:https://agns.ca/event/annual-general-meeting-2022-23/ CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AGNS-19.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230621T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230621T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230621T131038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230621T131340Z UID:10000040-1687341600-1687366800@agns.ca SUMMARY:Indigenous Peoples Day at AGNS DESCRIPTION:What is Indigenous Peoples Day? \n\n\n\nJune 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day and a time to celebrate the diverse and unique cultures and contributions of First Nations\, Inuit\, and Métis peoples across Turtle Island [North America]. This also marks the longest day of the year\, the Summer Solstice\, and a new season of life. \n\n\n\nHow does the AGNS support and celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day? \n\n\n\nWe are on Mi’kma’ki (Mi’kmaq Territory) and through the Peace and Friendship Treaties\, which the Mi’kmaq\, Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet)\, and Passamaquoddy Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725-1726\, there was no surrender of lands nor resources. Agreements within these Treaties outline a path for the ongoing relationship between Nations in mutual respect. \n\n\n\nIndigenous People’s Day\, and everyday\, is a great time to learn about the treaties and to reflect on how we are all Treaty People in relationship to this land and each other. \n\n\n\nAdmission \n\n\n\nDid you know the AGNS offers free admission to Indigenous people year-round? \n\n\n\nDaily Tour \n\n\n\nThe AGNS offers free daily tours at 2:00 pm for everyone. Tours are a great way to learn and understand more about the art on display. There’s no sign up required; just come to the front desk at 2:00 pm and your guide will be waiting! Today\, the tour will feature Indigenous art on view. \n\n\n\nWhile you’re here\, check out our learning space adjacent to the lobby called “Interconnections: See\, play\, learn.” \n\n\n\nWhat’s On View \n\n\n\n“Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity\,” explores the ways in which Indigenous contemporary artists take on issues of climate change\, globalized Indigeneity\, and contact zones in and about the Arctic and the Amazon during a time of crisis. The featured artists have their origins in these places\, and their works embody a politics of resistance\, resurgence\, and ways of knowing and being in relation to the lands that are the source of their knowledge and creativity.       \n\n\n\n“Ta’n a’sikatikl sipu’l | Confluence\,” celebrates works by Indigenous artists in the AGNS Permanent Collection through themes of relationships and connections. In this exhibition there are two spotlight sections including the “Mi’kma’ki Artists’ Spotlight\,” which features an Indigenous artist making work on Mi’kmaw territory now (Megan Kyak-Monteith)\, and “(Tea)chings\,” a space for artwork created through programming by Indigenous community members of all ages. \n\n\n\nNote: This exhibition is also available virtually! Experience the exhibit without even leaving the house on the Experience -> Virtual Tours section of this website. \n\n\n\nThe AGNS also has an “Exhibition Highlight\,” of artists Kent Monkman (Cree\, Fisher River Cree Nation)\, Ursula Johnson (Mi’kmaw\, Eskasoni\, Unama’ki Cape Breton)\, and Jordan Bennett (Mi’kmaw\, Katqmkuk Newfoundland). In this exhibition\, you will see paintings exploring treaties\, relationships\, and Mi’kmaw ancestral and contemporary dialogues alongside sculptural installations exploring the sharing of cultural knowledge. \n\n\n\nSummer Solstice \n\n\n\nIndigenous People’s Day falls on Summer Solstice and Mi’kmaw Territory sees the first light each morning at sunrise on the east coast. Check out Jordan Bennett’s 13 moons on view at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Western Branch\, that talks about the Mi’kmaw lunar calendar. \n\n\n\nGákte-Quipo \n\n\n\nThis is a satellite installation from the exhibition “Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity.” \n\n\n\nTreaty Space Gallery\, 1107 Marginal Rd. \n\n\n\n“Gákte-Quipo\,” is a textile installation consisting of Sámi clothing twisted and tied into a “quipo form\,” made collaboratively by Máret Ánne Sara (Sámi\, Norway) and Cecilia Vicuña (Chile). In its traditional form\, the quipo is an ancient system of recording composed of strings and knots\, historically used by cultures located in the South American Andes. Overtime\, the understanding of quipos has been lost\, and this work seeks to honour Indigenous Peoples whose cultures and art are often threatened. \n\n\n\nIt utilizes “gáktis\,” (type of traditional Sámi clothing) that were donated from across Sápmi territories in solidarity with the trial\, the piece ties together Indigenous voices and the struggle from northern to southern hemispheres. \n\n\n\nTo Watch in the Theatre \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor Heritage Day 2023\, the province of Nova Scotia honoured the legacy of Elder Rita (Bernard) Joe\, a member of the We’koqma’q Mi’kmaq Community and published author. \n\n\n\nThree Mi’kmaw writers were commissioned by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia\, to create pieces inspired by the life and works of Rita Joe: \n\n\n\nTiffany MorrisDanica RoacheRaymond Sewell \n\n\n\nThe works were presented to a group of Indigenous students from schools in Kjipuktuk (Halifax\, NS)\, at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia to honour the memory of Rita Joe. The students were welcomed by poet and emcee for the event Rebecca Thomas\, who talked about Rita Joe and performed her poem\, “I’m Finding My Talk\,” created in response to Rita Joe’s most famous poem\, “I Lost My Talk.” URL:https://agns.ca/event/indigenous-peoples-day-at-agns/ CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AGNS-27.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230618T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230618T160000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230601T191743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T191744Z UID:10000039-1687093200-1687104000@agns.ca SUMMARY:Make Day! Community Effort DESCRIPTION:Inspired by printmaker\, Cecil Day\, using a Styrofoam printmaking technique you’ll work together to create prints that become one page of a collective accordion book! \n\n\n\nWork independently\, or with your small group\, this program is great for children ages 5+ with an adult. Included with the price of admission. \n\n\n\nAbout the program: \n\n\n\nMake Day is a studio program for emerging artists of all ages! Designed as an intergenerational art workshop\, these sessions lead participants in a short art lesson that introduces an art technique or process\, resulting in a fun art piece you can take home. A great way to get connected\, inspired\, and creative with friends or family. URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-community-effort/ CATEGORIES:Make Day!,Yarmouth Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Make-Day-June-18.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230617T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230617T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230427T165508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240527T131545Z UID:10000033-1687028400-1687037400@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis Paint Night - Yellow Birds DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out. \n\n\n\nEveryone 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 Maud Lewis-inspired painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. On this date you’ll be making a painting inspired by Maud’s 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! URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-paint-night-yellow-birds/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/paint-along-option-3-with-cat.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230611T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230611T160000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230517T151627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T151710Z UID:10000036-1686477600-1686499200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Make Day! Fishhook Sculptures DESCRIPTION:Create your own unique sculpture inspired by the work of artist Couzyn van Heuvelen. Exploring scale\, you’ll design your own fishhook sculptures with decorated with bright beads\, paint and more! Make something mini or big; the choice is yours! \n\n\n\nWork independently\, or with your small group\, this program is great for children ages 5+ with an adult. Included with the price of admission. \n\n\n\nAbout the program: \n\n\n\nMake Day is a studio program for emerging artists of all ages! Designed as an intergenerational art workshop\, these sessions lead participants in a short art lesson that introduces an art technique or process\, resulting in a fun art piece you can take home. A great way to get connected\, inspired\, and creative with friends or family. \n\n\n\nAbout the artist: \n\n\n\nNatalie Laurin (she/her) is a Métis and settler illustrator and interdisciplinary designer. Her goals to inspire youth and connect with community are centred around a collaborative and education-based practice. She hopes to continue this work by illustrating Indigenous children’s books—her most recent illustration project being Andy’s Tribal Canoe Journey published by Strong Nations. URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-fishhook-sculptures/ CATEGORIES:Drop-In Art Making,Halifax Events,Make Day! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/June-Make-Day-example42.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230610T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230610T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230427T165302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240527T131510Z UID:10000032-1686423600-1686432600@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis Paint Night - 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 Maud Lewis-inspired painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. On this date you’ll be making a painting inspired by Maud’s Three Black Cats 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! URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-paint-night-three-black-cats/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/paint-along-option-3-with-cat.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230527T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230527T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230427T164648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240527T131439Z UID:10000031-1685214000-1685223000@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis Paint Night - Tulips DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out. \n\n\n\nEveryone 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 Maud Lewis-inspired 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! URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-paint-night-tulips/ CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/paint-along-option-3-with-cat.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230514T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230514T160000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230426T160918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230427T131640Z UID:10000030-1684058400-1684080000@agns.ca SUMMARY:MAKE DAY! Paper Making DESCRIPTION:Get inspired by the upcoming exhibition Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity and try making your own paper in the studio\, just like artist Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe does for many of his prints and drawings. Using local and recycled materials\, we will explore the process of paper making\, adding colourful tissue paper\, sparkles\, pressed flowers and more! \n\n\n\nWork independently\, or with your small group\, this program is great for children ages 5+ with an adult. Included with the price of admission. \n\n\n\nAbout the program: \n\n\n\nMake Day is a studio program for emerging artists of all ages! Designed as an intergenerational art workshop\, these sessions lead participants in a short art lesson that introduces an art technique or process\, resulting in a fun art piece you can take home. A great way to get connected\, inspired\, and creative with friends or family. URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-paper-making/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shutterstock_1813003171-copy-460x330-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230511T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230511T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230428T123303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T122615Z UID:10000034-1683831600-1683835200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity DESCRIPTION:Join Lead Curator Gerald McMaster  (Plains Cree and member of the Siksika First Nation\, Saskatchewan\, Canada) in conversation with artists Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Iñupiaq and Athabascan\, Alaska\, United States) and Couzyn van Heuvelen (Inuk\, Nunavut\, Canada). \n\n\n\nArctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity explores the ways in which Indigenous contemporary artists take on issues of climate change\, globalized Indigeneity\, and contact zones in and about the Arctic and the Amazon during a time of crisis. The featured artists have their origins in these places\, and their works embody politics of resistance\, resurgence\, and ways of knowing and being in relation to the lands that are the source of their knowledge and creativity. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Today\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Presenters\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Couzyn van Heuvelen is an Inuk sculptor and installation artist originally from Iqaluit\, NU. Based in southern Ontario\, van Heuvelen’s artistic practice focuses on fusing Inuit art history and traditions with contemporary materials and technologies. Van Heuvelen’s use of unconventional materials and fabrication processes\, combined with elements of Inuit culture\, mirrors his own process of exploring how traditional practices continue to influence his everyday life. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sonya Kelliher Combs is an Iñupiaq and Athabascan multidisciplinary artist based out of Anchorage\, Alaska. Through visual art\, community engagement\, curation\, and advocacy\, Kelliher-Combs works to create opportunity and feature Indigenous voices and the work of contemporary artists who\, through their work\, inform and encourage social action. Her personal mixed-media visual art focuses on the changing North and our relationship to nature and each other. Traditional women’s work has taught her to appreciate the intimacy of intergenerational knowledge and material histories. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gerald McMaster is a curator\, artist\, and professor\, and currently holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Visual Culture and Curatorial Practice at OCAD University (Toronto)\, where he is also Director of the Wapatah Centre for Indigenous Visual Knowledge. Widely published\, his awards and recognitions include the 2001 ICOM-Canada Prize for contributions to national and international museology; 2005 National Aboriginal Achievement Award; Officer of the Order of Canada; and Honorary Doctor of Letters from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design and the University of Saskatchewan. He was awarded the 2022 Governor General’s Arts Award in Visual and Media Arts for Outstanding Contribution. \n \n \n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrenna Hill URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-arctic-amazon/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sonya-work.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230415T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230415T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T145336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230319T182226Z UID:10000025-1681585200-1681596000@agns.ca SUMMARY:Movie Night: Maudie DESCRIPTION:Movie night at the Gallery! Join us for a screening of the award-winning film Maudie\, a biopic about the life and work of artist Maud Lewis. Tickets include admission to the Scotiabank Maud Lewis Gallery\, the Maud Lewis exhibition\, an introduction from Shannon Parker\, Laufer Curator of Collections\, and a snack and refreshment. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. Ages 19+.  \n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMAUDIE\, based on a true story\, is an unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke) hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie (Sally Hawkins) to be his housekeeper. Maudie\, bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands\, yearns to be independent\, to live away from her protective family and she also yearns\, passionately\, to create art. Unexpectedly\, Everett finds himself falling in love. MAUDIE charts Everett’s efforts to protect himself from being hurt\, Maudie’s deep and abiding love for this difficult man and her surprising rise to fame as a folk painter. \n\n\n\nRating: PG-13Running time: 1hr 55mins URL:https://agns.ca/event/movie-night-maudie/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-for-Maudie-movie-night.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230326T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230326T150000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T145043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T142009Z UID:10000024-1679839200-1679842800@agns.ca SUMMARY:The Painted House: Conserving the art of Maud Lewis DESCRIPTION:Maud Lewis is one of Canada’s most renowned folk artists\, one whose story and paintings bring delight to thousands of visitors to Nova Scotia every year. Her art and life have garnered increased media attention over recent decades in part due to a dramatization of her life in film and the high value of her paintings at auction. At the heart of the Maud Lewis collection at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is her Painted House. Maud experimentally embellished almost every surface in her tiny home\, formerly located in Marshalltown\, Nova Scotia\, creating an iconic artwork that was almost lost. \n\n\n\nExtensive conservation continues to be vital in treating her paintings\, the adorned objects inside her home\, and every element of the house itself. The ability to share and present Maud Lewis’s art with the world is the result of this meticulous work. Join three conservators as they discuss their contributions to the preservation of Maud Lewis’s art and legacy. \n\n\n\nLocation: Paul O’Regan Hall\, Halifax Public Library\, 5440 Spring Garden Road\,  \n\n\n\nPanelists include: Craig Dix\, Jennifer Fotheringham\, and Michelle Gallinger. \n\n\n\nThe presentation will be moderated by Shannon Parker\, Laufer Curator of Collections\, and will be followed by a Q+A. \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, with no registration required. \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\nIn partnership with Halifax Public Libraries  URL:https://agns.ca/event/the-painted-house-conserving-the-art-of-maud-lewis/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/House-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230326T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230326T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230215T184340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T184341Z UID:10000027-1679835600-1679839200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Unearthing Colour DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Erin Comeau as she walks us through the foraging and discovery practices that help guide her creative process. Emphasizing locally sourced colours\, she believes each paint has an interesting story to tell. \n\n\n\nErin Comeau is a librarian and lifelong learner. Her early fascination with Nova Scotia geology and deep appreciation of nature recently led her to discover the ancient techniques of paint making and in turn\, the history of the planet. Using her kitchen as a lab and the various corners of her house for a studio\, she works mainly with mineral pigments and watercolour paint. Her more recent experiments with botanical inks and lake pigments have further enhanced her local colour palette.  URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-unearthing-colour/ CATEGORIES:Creative Minds,Yarmouth Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CM_MarYarmouth-1200_63034.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230312T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230312T160000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230221T135748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T135750Z UID:10000029-1678615200-1678636800@agns.ca SUMMARY:Make Day! Cardboard Cities DESCRIPTION:Join us for our all-ages studio drop-in program! This month’s Make Day will be lead by Intern Architect Isioma Mafiana.\, We will build a cardboard city\, drawing inspiration from the Shape of Cities exhibition currently on view. Using cardboard\, glue and markers we will work together to create the city of our imaginations! \n\n\n\nAbout the Program \n\n\n\nMake Day is a studio program for emerging artists of all ages! Designed as an intergenerational art workshop\, these sessions lead participants in a short art lesson that introduces an art technique or process. A great way to get connected\, inspired\, and creative with friends or family. \n\n\n\nIncluded with the price of admission. \n\n\n\nAbout the Architect \n\n\n\nIsioma Mafiana is a Nigerian-born Intern Architect based in Halifax\, Nova Scotia. His focus is to highlight underrepresented communities and unique experiences bringing them to the forefront through design. His experience as a Nigerian and Third Culture individual allows him to find the uniqueness in the mundane. URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-cardboard-cities/ CATEGORIES:Drop-In Art Making,Halifax Events,Make Day! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-for-Make-Day-March-12-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230225T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230225T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230217T172236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T025837Z UID:10000028-1677353400-1677360600@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis Paint Night DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out. \n\n\n\nEveryone 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 Maud Lewis-inspired painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. \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! URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-paint-night-3/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/paint-along-option-3-edited.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230220T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230206T181249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T025908Z UID:10000026-1676887200-1676912400@agns.ca SUMMARY:Heritage Day: Rita Joe DESCRIPTION:This Heritage Day honours the legacy of Elder Rita (Bernard) Joe\, a member of the We’koqma’q Mi’kmaq Community and published author. Rita Joe was instrumental in paving the way for other Mi’kmaq authors. \n\n\n\nJoin us on the AGNS YouTube Channel on February 10th to listen to performances inspired by Elder Rita Joe by four Mi’kmaw poets (Tiffany Morris\, Danica Roache\, Raymond Sewell\, Rebecca Thomas). Indigenous students from schools in Kjipuktuk (Halifax\, NS) came to celebrate with the poets at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and we’re excited to share this experience with you all virtually! \n\n\n\nSwing by the AGNS on February 20th to watch it in our Windsor Foundation Lecture Theatre from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm with free admission! \n\n\n\nThis event is a collaboration with The Writer’s Federation and the Province of Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\n\nPurchase Admission\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\nTiffany Morris is a Mi’kmaw/settler writer of speculative fiction and poetry from Kjipuktuk (Halifax)\, Nova Scotia. She is the author of the horror poetry collection Elegies of Rotting Stars (Nictitating Books\, 2022). Her work has appeared in Uncanny Magazine\, Nightmare Magazine\, and Apex Magazine\, among others. She has an MA in English with a focus on Indigenous Futurisms. She is a member of the Speculative Fiction Poetry Association and the Horror Writers Association\, and her work has been nominated for Elgin\, Rhysling\, and Aurora Awards. \n\n\n\nDanica Francis Roache is a mixed-ancestry mother of four\, born and raised in Kjipuktuk. The daughter of Mi’kmaw journalist and educator\, Trina Roache\, Danica’s Mi’kmaw family is spread out across Kjipuktuk\, Glooscap and other communities in what we now call Nova Scotia. A past participant of the Alistair Macleod Mentorship Program\, Danica is working on her first novel\, The First Five Years. \n\n\n\nRaymond Sewell is an l’nu poet\, singer-songwriter\, and English professor from Pabineau\, First Nation\, New-Brunswick. Since a young age Raymond has been writing and producing creative works. Raymond currently lives in Bedford\, Nova Scotia and is inspired by the ocean. \n\n\n\nRebecca Thomas is an award winning Mi’kmaw poet and activist who does not want to be a poet or activist. She just happens to be good enough at poetry and persuasion to get people to listen but her ultimate goal is to make Canada a better place for her Indigenous community because so many people tend to forget they were here first. She has accidentally found herself as the former Poet Laureate of Halifax. She has performed with the Halluci Nation and has spoken and lectured at conferences and coffee houses from coast to coast. She writes kids books about growing up the child of a residential school survivor. Her first book I’m Finding My Talk has been shortlisted for the First Nations Community Reads Award. Her most recent collection of poetry called “I place you into the fire” was listed as one of CBC’s top 20 books of 2020. Her book “Swift Fox All Along” was a finalist for the 2020 Governor General’s Award for children’s literature. She has an upcoming children’s book called “The Chair” set for a 2024 publishing date. She pays her bills by helping students who are overwhelmed with life and studies as a Student Services Advisor at the Nova Scotia Community College. URL:https://agns.ca/event/heritage-day-rita-joe/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/rita-joe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230211T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230211T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T143347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T231241Z UID:10000022-1676143800-1676151000@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis Paint Night DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out. \n\n\n\nEveryone 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 Maud Lewis-inspired painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. \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! URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-paint-night/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/paint-along-option-3-edited.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230209T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230209T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T142742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T142742Z UID:10000021-1675969200-1675972800@agns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Painted Animations DESCRIPTION:Join us for a behind-the-scenes demonstration of the process of creating painted animations. Led by artist Megan Kyak-Monteith\, visitors will learn about her work and Inuit-led community storytelling and archiving. \n\n\n\nMegan is an Inuk artist who uses a variety of techniques in her practice to recall memories of her childhood in Nunavut and Nova Scotia\, including animations\, painting\, and storybook illustrations. You can visit Kyak-Monteith’s work in the exhibition Ta’n a’sikatikl sipu’l | Confluence\, in the Mi’kma’ki Artists’ Spotlight section. \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist\n\n\n\nMegan Kyak-Monteith (b. 1997\, Mittimatalik/Pond Inlet) is an emerging artist residing in Halifax\, Nova Scotia. She graduated from NSCAD University in 2019 with a BFA in Interdisciplinary Studies\, specializing in drawing and painting. She works as a freelance illustrator for children’s book and magazines articles and continues to paint from her home in Halifax. Her work has appeared in Inuit Art Quarterly and Inuktitut Magazine\, and a series of children’s books\, The Nunavummi Reading Series. \n\n\n\nAbout the Program\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-painted-animations/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CM_Feb-1080_1080.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230205T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230205T160000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T142242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T152845Z UID:10000020-1675591200-1675612800@agns.ca SUMMARY:Make Day! Africville’s Legacy DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, February 5th to celebrate African Heritage Month in the studio. At Make Day! Africville’s Legacy visitors will pair watercolour and acrylic painting with collage\, led by artist and educator Kim Cain visitors\, and will learn about the community of Africville\, it’s history\, and destruction while making a 3-dimensional pop-up of Africville. Work independently\, or with your small group\, this program is great for children ages 5+ with an adult. \n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n\n\n\nMake Day is a studio program for emerging artists of all ages! Designed as an intergenerational art workshop\, these sessions lead participants in a short art lesson that introduces an art technique or process\, resulting in a fun art piece you can take home. A great way to get connected\, inspired\, and creative with friends or family. \n\n\n\nIncluded with the price of admission. URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-africvilles-legacy/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/M4A3137.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230202T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230223T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T140306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230216T200046Z UID:10000019-1675364400-1677182400@agns.ca SUMMARY:KEY FRAMES: TYRANNY DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Norman McLaren\, Neighbours\, 1952. Live action film\, 8:08 minutes. Courtesy of NFB. \n\n\n\nKey Frames presents contemporary film pieces selected in response to works on view at the Gallery. Exploring parallel themes\, subjects\, and contexts\, these screenings invite audiences to see the meaningful dialogues taking place between Canadian artists and filmmakers today. \n\n\n\nIn its first iteration\, this four-part film series draws on both animated and live-action shorts from the National Film Board collection to expand upon themes presented in the ongoing exhibition\, TYRANNY. \n\n\n\nIn examining issues and concerns that are intertwined with the systems of influence\, authority\, and control\, this permanent collection exhibition brings a fresh outlook on today’s society and political landscape to the forefront. Through the critical frame of their work\, the artists in TYRANNY highlight art’s ability to give voice\, raise awareness\, and challenge the status quo. \n\n\n\nKey Frames presents a response to the practices of four artists currently on view in TYRANNY reflecting their timely and universal themes and connecting them with the wider cultural discourses being held by talented filmmakers across Canada. \n\n\n\n\nPurchase Admission\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, February 2nd – Key artist: Lucie ChanIn her multi-layered\, multi-dimensional practice\, Lucie Chan makes heard the unspoken connections that bind us together. Moving\, inspirational works from Canadian animators speak to themes of love\, spontaneity\, and family. \n\n\n\nThursday\, February 9th –  Key artist: John ScottThrough his striking work\, John Scott illuminated a dark world where chaos and control blend in unexpected ways. Incisive\, insightful works from Canadian filmmakers explore notions of survival\, civilization\, and transformation. \n\n\n\nThursday\, February 16th –  Key artist: Garry Neill KennedyIn his trailblazing career\, Garry Neill Kennedy shaped conceptual art in Canada with his keen gaze into the systems of authority that surround us. Canadian filmmakers tell intuitive stories about warfare\, isolation\, and resilience. \n\n\n\nThursday\, February 23rd – Key artist: Camille TurnerThrough heroic performance works\, Camille Turner tells stories from our ignoble history to shed light on truths that resonate in the present. Imaginative Canadian filmmakers explore ideas surrounding accountability\, progress\, and the importance of perspective. \n\n\n\nThis film series is presented in partnership with  URL:https://agns.ca/event/key-frames-tyranny/ CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Week-3-Neighbours-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230125T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230125T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T143801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T150946Z UID:10000023-1674675000-1674682200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis Paint Night DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out.  \n\n\n\nEveryone 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 Maud Lewis-inspired painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. \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! URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-paint-night-2/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/paint-along-option-3-with-cat-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230122T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230122T150000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T134941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T134942Z UID:10000018-1674392400-1674399600@agns.ca SUMMARY:Make Day! Self Portraits and Self-Expression DESCRIPTION:Join artist Judy Jenkins as we explore self portraits and self-expression. Based on artworks in the Nova Scotia Art Bank 2020-2021 exhibition\, we’ll look to artworks featuring figures\, faces\, and more for inspiration! Express yourself\, thoughts\, and interests while creating a sculptural self portrait using painting\, drawing and words. \n\n\n\nWhile you’re at the Gallery\, we invite you to be part of the Canvas of Expression. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, all-ages program. All materials supplied. \n\n\n\nAbout the program: \n\n\n\nMake Day is a studio program for emerging artists of all ages! Designed as an intergenerational art workshop\, these sessions lead participants in a short art lesson that introduces an art technique or process\, resulting in a fun art piece you can take home. A great way to get connected\, inspired\, and creative with friends or family. URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-self-portraits-and-self-expression/ CATEGORIES:Yarmouth Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Styrohead-picture.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230122T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230122T160000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T134009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T134010Z UID:10000017-1674381600-1674403200@agns.ca SUMMARY:Make Day! Wooden Weaving DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Gallery for our upcoming Make Day inspired by the exhibition Ta’n a’sikatikl sipu’l | Confluence! Lead by Mi’kmaw artist and youth programmer Melanie Nasson\, guests will use white ash to learn weaving in an activity inspired by Mi’kmaw baskets. Paint the weavings and seal them\, before turning them into unique\, wearable pins! \n\n\n\nWork independently\, or with your small group\, this program is great for children ages 5+ with an adult. Drop-in\, included with the price of admission. \n\n\n\nAbout the program: \n\n\n\nMake Day is a studio program for emerging artists of all ages! Designed as an intergenerational art workshop\, these sessions lead participants in a short art lesson that introduces an art technique or process\, resulting in a fun art piece you can take home. A great way to get connected\, inspired\, and creative with friends or family. URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-wooden-weaving/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Medicine-Wheel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230119T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230119T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T133217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T145824Z UID:10000016-1674154800-1674158400@agns.ca SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Tyshan Wright\, Traditional Craft Meets Contemporary Art DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out. \n\n\n\nTyshan Wright is the 2022 Sobey Art Award finalist representing the Atlantic region. He describes his practice as working from his cultural traditions\, those of the Jamaican Maroons. Jamaican Maroons are descendants of Africans who resisted slavery and formed their own independent communities in the mountains of Jamaica in the 1600s. \n\n\n\nBased in Halifax\, Wright considers the Jamaican Maroons exiled to this same city in 1796 and asks; What did they do here? How did they keep ceremony in this new place? Wright will discuss his practice\, the cultural and ceremonial nature of his artwork\, as well as his installation in the 2022 Sobey Art Award exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Artist Talk\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration is required for this event. Limited availability. \n\n\n\nThis event is organized by the National Gallery of Canada\, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Sobey Art Foundation. URL:https://agns.ca/event/artist-talk-tyshan-wright-traditional-craft-meets-contemporary-art/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Sobey-AGNS_Tyshan_Newsletter.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230114T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230209T150000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T132619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T161811Z UID:10000015-1673690400-1675954800@agns.ca SUMMARY:Make It Like Maud: Painting Class Series DESCRIPTION:Join us this winter for kid’s painting classes at the Gallery. This 4-week workshop series\, led by artist-educator\, Rosemary Clarke Young\, will inspire young creatives\, while they learn new painting techniques and have fun! Each artmaking class will begin with a visit to the Maud Lewis Gallery to learn about her work before returning to the studios to create their own colorful painting! Ages 5-12\, all materials included. \n\n\n\nWorkshop \n\n\n\nEvery Saturday from January 14th to February 4th\, 2023. \n\n\n\n\n10am -12pm for ages 5-8 – Sold Out\n\n\n\n1pm-3pm for ages 9-12 – Sold Out\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop series is $100 for four sessions. Each class is 2 hours long. Pre-registration is required. If you need to cancel\, a $10 cancelation fee will apply for a refund. Please submit any cancelation requests in writing to info@agns.arrdev.ca. \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist\n\n\n\nBedford artist and educator Rosemary Clarke Young has taught children’s art classes\, both privately in her home studio and in local schools since 2008. Though mostly retired from teaching now\, she does occasional workshops and AGNS art camps. She works in watercolour batik\, oil\, pastel and encaustic and exhibits her work in galleries and shows\, primarily in the Maritimes\, including the Teichert Gallery. URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-it-like-maud-painting-class-series/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_8057edit.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221126T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230514T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T203754 CREATED:20230121T130936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T160959Z UID:10000014-1669456800-1684083600@agns.ca SUMMARY:OUR PAINTED HOUSE DESCRIPTION:Check out Our Painted House at the Gallery! \n\n\n\nThis drop-in activity is inspired by Maud Lewis’ iconic Painted House. Using a variety of materials\, you are invited to create your own artwork shingle to add to the painted house\, an almost-to-scale image of Maud’s home. Inspired by Maud’s keen observation of the world around her\, create something that reflects on these ideas: \n\n\n\n\nWhat do you notice outside your window\, at home\, or in your community?\n\n\n\nWhat are the things that are important to you?\n\n\n\nWhat patterns\, designs\, or images tell a story about your interests?\n\n\n\n\nThis project will run from November 2022 until May 2023 and will bring together hundreds of individual adorned shingles by visitors to the Gallery\, creating a large\, colourful installation-a reimagining of Maud Lewis’ Painted House and our collective communities. URL:https://agns.ca/event/our-painted-house/ CATEGORIES:Halifax Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://agns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OurPaintedHouse_sq-crop-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR