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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
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SUMMARY:Hands-On Art Making - Nipniku’s: Forest in Bloom 
DESCRIPTION:Drop-in anytime during open hours for hands-on art-making and collaborative creation in Nipniku’s! \n\n\n\nIn the Mi’kmaw lunar calendar\, Nipniku’s (pronounced nib-nee-goos) marks the time of year when the trees are blooming. Inspired by the exhibition From One to Many Natures\, visitors are invited to create their own piece to add to a collaborative artistic forest that represents each one of us and our stories.  \n\n\n\nSuitable for all ages however\, children must always be accompanied by an adult. No registration required but space is limited. Included in the price of admission.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/hands-on-art-making-nipnikus-forest-in-bloom-2/
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Art Making
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SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Speculative Fabulations
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Speculative Fabulations: unfolding new narratives through research creation. In tandem with their newest exhibition\, OH BABY\, Séamus Gallagher will moderate a conversation between themself and artists Lou Sheppard\, Marissa Sean Cruz\, and Adrien Crossman. This talk will centre around the overlaps and differences between the four artists\, and how each one creates alternative narratives and worlds through the slippery umbrella of Media Art. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Encouraged – Save Your Seat\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\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Séamus Gallagher is a lens-based artist living between Treaty 1 Territory/Winnipeg and Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Using drag\, self-portraiture\, video game engines\, and set construction\, they are interested in camp\, the limits of representation\, and failure as a form of liberation. \nGallagher’s work has been presented in group and solo exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada\, the Locarno Film Festival\, the McCord Stewart Museum\, and MOCA Toronto\, among other contexts. \nGallagher is the recipient of the 2024 William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Artists\, the Scotiabank 2022 New Generation Photography Award\, the 2022 Nova Scotia Emerging Artist Recognition Award\, and the 2019 BMO 1st Art Award. In 2023\, they were the Atlantic finalist for the Sobey Art Award. \nPhoto: Clara Lacasse \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Marissa Sean Cruz is a digital multimedia and video performance artist from Kjipuktuk (so-called Halifax). Cruz’s topics of interest are related to labour\, power and surveillance as seen through digital platforms and pop culture. Their experimental videos comprise found footage\, 3D modelling\, sound design and costumed performances to look at value systems with critical sensibility. These satirical works aim to capture a fast-paced contemporary present and envision possible\, liberatory futures. \nMarissa has been exhibited in venues like InterAccess\, Gallery 1C03\, Video Pool Media Arts Centre and Dazibao. Cruz’s various projects have been displayed throughout the United States and Europe distributed digitally through spaces like the Centre for Art and Thought\, Canadian Art\, The Art Gallery of Ontario\, PLATFORM Projects and more. \nPhoto: Courtesy of the artist \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Adrien Crossman (they/them) is a queer and non-binary white settler artist\, educator\, and curator currently residing on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe in Hamilton\, Ontario. They hold an MFA in Visual Art from the University of Windsor (2018)\, and a BFA in Integrated Media with a Minor in Digital and Media Studies from OCAD University (2012). Crossman is interested in the affective qualities of queerness\, investigating how queerness can be felt through specific aesthetics and sensibilities. In addition to having exhibited across Canada and internationally\, Adrien co-founded and co-runs the online arts publication off centre\, and runs the independent gallery Orchid Contemporary out of the garage in their backyard. Crossman is an Assistant Professor in the School of the Arts at McMaster University. \nPhoto: Courtesy of the artist \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Lou Sheppard works in interdisciplinary audio\, performance and installation-based practices. His work focuses on climate crisis\, loss\, queer bodies and ecologies\, responding to the social and material histories of sites\, bodies and environments. Lou has performed and exhibited across Canada and Europe\, and he has participated in numerous residencies including at ISCP in NY\, La Cité des Arts in Paris\, Rupert in Lithuania and as participant and faculty at the Banff Centre\, AB. He was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2018 and 2021 and was one of 25 winners in 2020. Lou is a settler on the traditional and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq in Mi’kma’ki / Nova Scotia. \nPhoto: Nathalie Chollet
URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-speculative-fabulations/
CATEGORIES:Creative Minds,In Conversation
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SUMMARY:French Tour
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Alliance Française Halifax\, we invite you to join a guided tour of the exhibition Séamus Gallagher: OH BABY in French. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursdays\, however registration through AFH is encouraged. \n\n\n\n\nRegister With Alliance Française\n\n\n\n\nPlease visit their website for more information about Alliance Française.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/french-tour-2/
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: LeRoy J. Zwicker - Wentworth Valley
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\nThis winter we’ll focus on a work from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection! Looking to the rolling hills and lush vegetation in LeRoy J. Zwicker’s Wentworth Valley\, we will get inspired to create a bold\, sweeping landscape painting of our own. \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 Zara LeBlanc
URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-leroy-j-zwicker-wentworth-valley/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events
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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/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events
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SUMMARY:Creative Minds: David Clark & Robin Metcalfe Discuss Séamus Gallagher: OH BABY
DESCRIPTION:Join media arts professor David Clark and curator and Queer activist Robin Metcalfe as they guide us through the art and practice of Séamus Gallagher.  \n\n\n\nThis conversation will address Gallagher’s varied use of image making techniques\, the role of drag and camp in their work\, and representations of natural and artificial worlds amid the climate crisis. Clark and Metcalfe will speak to their experiences working with Gallagher while sharing their perspectives on the exhibition OH BABY \n\n\n\nASL interpretation services will be provided.  \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is Required – Save Your Seat\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 Presenters:\n\n\n\nDavid Clark is media artist\, writer\, filmmaker\, and sound artist who teaches at NSCAD University in Halifax.  \n\n\n\nRobin Metcalfe  is a writer\, curator\, Queer cultural activist and community historian of Acadian and Newfoundland heritage. He served as Director/Curator of Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery 2004-2020. Since the mid 1970s\, he has published journalism\, cultural criticism\, short fiction and poetry in over 65 periodicals and 15 anthologies. In 2000 he was awarded the Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction for the book Studio Rally: Art & Craft of Nova Scotia (Goose Lane\, 1999) and he was shortlisted for a National Magazine Award in 2004.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-david-clark-robin-metcalfe-discuss-seamus-gallagher-oh-baby/
CATEGORIES:Creative Minds,In Conversation
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SUMMARY:Make Day! Play with Clay
DESCRIPTION:Let’s play with clay! Bringing back a crowd-favourite\, we will kick off March Break with a clay-centric Make Day. Using your hands or clay tools\, this is a chance to explore air dry clay and shape it into…. a dog\, tiny house\, pizza or more\, before painting your unique creations! Anything goes – use your imagination and get creative!    \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\nThis Make Day falls on Nova Scotia march break and therefore may be busier than usual. Please be patient with our staff and volunteers as we work to accommodate everyone.  \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. Each month’s activity is inspired by works in an exhibition currently on view.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-play-with-clay/
CATEGORIES:Art-Making,Make Day!
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SUMMARY:Key Frames: Kiki
DESCRIPTION:This African Heritage Month\, Key Frames presents KIKI\, a 2016 documentary film that explores the lives of LGBTQ+ youth-of-colour in New York City’s underground Ballroom scene. Following seven youths over four years\, the film explores how challenges can be overcome through artistic exploration\, producing a community scene that validates lived experiences and gender expressions.   \n\n\n\n\n“In New York City\, LGBTQ youth-of-colour gather out on the Christopher Street Pier\, practicing a performance-based artform\, Ballroom\, which was made famous in the early 1990s by Madonna’s music video “Vogue” and the documentary “Paris Is Burning.” Twenty-five years after these cultural touchstones\, a new and very different generation of LGBTQ youth have formed an artistic activist subculture\, named the Kiki Scene.” — http://www.kikimovie.com/synopsis   \n\n\n\n\nIn anticipation of Séamus Gallagher’s solo exhibition and in celebration of African Heritage Month\, this film celebrates the histories and present experiences of Black Queer communities\, whose legacies continue to echo in contemporary artistic practices.   \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\nFeatured youth: Chi Chi Mizrahi\, Gia Marie Love\, Divo Pink Lady\, Twiggy Pucci Garcon\, Izana “Zaryia Mizrahi” Vidal\, Christopher Waldorf\, Kenneth “Symba McQueen” Soler-Rios  Director: Sara Jordenö  Produced by: IFC Films  Official website: http://www.kikimovie.com/about  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n\n\n\nKey Frames screens films by Indigenous\, Black\, and artists-of-colour which seek to offer further readings of artworks on display at the AGNS. 
URL:https://agns.ca/event/key-frames-kiki/
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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/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250227T180000
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SUMMARY:Voices from Down Home: Dialogues on Community Connections in Black Canadian Art
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Paul O’Regan Hall in celebrating African Heritage Month with a thought-provoking panel discussion featuring artists from Down Home\, an exhibition at the Dalhousie Art Gallery curated by Fabiyino Germain-Bajowa. Through their unique works\, these artists share layered stories that illuminate the strength and vibrancy of African Nova Scotian and Black Canadian life and identity. Drawing on their distinct cultural backgrounds and personal experiences\, the artists will engage in a conversation exploring themes of diverse representation and cultural continuity through art and creative expression.   \n\n\n\nASL interpretation will be provided.  \n\n\n\nPresenters include:  \n\n\n\n\nChantal Gibson – African Canadian author\, poet\, artist\, and educator\n\n\n\nKayza DeGraff-Ford – African Canadian visual artist \n\n\n\nRebecca Fisk – African Nova Scotia visual artist and educator \n\n\n\nPreston Pavlis – African American visual artist \n\n\n\nVanessa Thomas – African Nova Scotian digital artist/muralist \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Encouraged – Save Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is offered in recognition of African Heritage Month and is presented in partnership with Dalhousie Art Gallery\, Dalhousie African Nova Scotian Strategy Advisory Council\, and Halifax Public Libraries. \n\n\n\nLocation: Paul O’Regan Hall\, Halifax Public Library\, 5440 Spring Garden Road \n\n\n\nThis event is free to the public. \n\n\n\nImage: Justin Augustine\, The Faith Catchers (detail)\, 2000. Collection of Dalhousie Art Gallery. \n\n\n\nAbout the presenters:\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Chantal Gibson is a poet-artist-educator living on the lands of the Coast Salish Peoples. \nAs a visual artist\, she works in the overlap between literary and visual art. Grounded in material exploration and research creation\, her work imagines the voices silenced by cultural and institutional omission and erasure. Her work has been exhibited widely across Canada and the US. \nGibson is the author of two poetry collections. In 2019\, she published How She Read (Caitlin Press)\, a decolonial critique of the Canadian classroom centering Black womanhood. Currently on academic reading lists\, the collection was nominated for nine literary awards in 2020\, most notably\, shortlisted for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize\, and winning the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (BC) and the Pat Lowther Poetry Award (Can). \nGibson is a university lecturer in the School of Interactive Arts & Technology at Simon Fraser University and the inaugural Advisor\, Equity\, Community & Care for the Faculty of Communication\, Art and Technology 2022-2024. \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Kayza DeGraff-Ford is a visual artist born on Treaty 6 farm lands (Alberta) and based in Kjipuktuk (Nova Scotia). With a Visual Arts Certificate from Yukon School of Visual Arts (2017) and a BFA from NSCAD University (2021)\, they have received recognition through awards like the BMO 1st Art! Award for Yukon Territory (2017) and the grand prize at the NSCAD Student Art Awards (2020). Their paintings\, held in collections such as the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Art Bank\, have been supported by grants from Arts Nova Scotia and the Canada Council for the Arts. Kayza’s most recent work merges sewing techniques for hand-crafted borders with vibrant colour palettes in an evolving exploration of storytelling. Most recently\, their solo exhibition with The Blue Building Gallery was featured at Art/Toronto 2024. \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Rebecca Fisk explores issues of identity in painting and multi-disciplinary work. She is a graduate of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (BFA) and Mt. St. Vincent Art Gallery (MA Ed.). Her work has been exhibited in galleries across Canada. Her most recent solo exhibition Not Every Black Girl’s Story Is The Same was presented at the Chester Arts Centre Gallery\, Chester NS in Sept-Oct 2022. \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Preston Pavlis’ work on canvas and fabric represents his interest in the fusion of painting and textiles as a means to explore narrative\, form\, and colour. Focused on poetic association and metaphor\, the resulting works in oil\, embroidery\, and collage are personal charts for time and memory. The works situate solitary figures on often non-descript grounds\, their gazes shifting between the viewer and somewhere beyond their space. Whether their expressions are pensive\, ebullient\, or intentional– they possess a palpable interiority. Pavlis’ figures convey a subtle energy and a deep sense of presence that is enhanced by their imposing scale. \nPreston currently lives in Halifax\, NS and holds a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He has presented his work in solo and group exhibitions at MOCA (Toronto)\, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa)\, Stridge Gallery (Calgary)\, Bradley Ertaskiran (Montreal)\, Half Gallery (New York)\, Guts Gallery (London)\, the Winnipeg Art Gallery (Winnipeg)\, and Spurs Gallery (Beijing)\, among others. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto)\, the X Museum (Beijing)\, and is held in private collections throughout North America\, Europe\, and Asia. \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Vanessa “Nessy” Thomas is an African Nova Scotian artist from Preston\, Nova Scotia\, one of Canada’s historic Black communities. Her work explores themes of culture\, identity\, and belonging\, often reflecting her lived experiences. At the same time\, Nessy creates art for the sheer joy of self-expression\, balancing thoughtful narratives with the freedom of creation. \nArt has been a constant presence in Nessy’s life. Inspired by her mother’s work with acrylics and crafts\, she began sketching at 14 and has since expanded her practice to include acrylic painting and digital art. \nNessy’s work has been featured in cafés\, shops\, and festivals\, with her reach extending both locally and internationally. She has participated in the Halifax Mural Festival annually\, bringing vibrant energy and creativity to public spaces. Alongside these projects\, she has completed community art initiatives\, private commissions\, and public art installations. Venturing into the digital realm\, Nessy released a limited-edition NFT collection that sold out\, connecting her with collectors worldwide. \nThrough her art\, Nessy invites viewers to engage with cultural themes while sparking curiosity and connection. Always experimenting with new techniques and approaches\, she continues to expand her portfolio and push the boundaries of her creative practice.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/voices-from-down-home-dialogues-on-community-connections-in-black-canadian-art/
LOCATION:Paul O’Regan Hall\, Halifax Central Library\, 5440 Spring Garden Road\, Halifax\, B3J 1E9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Make Day! Felt Portraits
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Studio this Sunday to honour African Heritage Month! Create your own felt portraits using bright colours and different shapes\, while thinking about memory\, legacy\, identity\, and community.  We’ll use decorative stitching and felt scraps to make a textile artwork that shares our family\, ourselves\, and our stories. We’ll turn our finished portrait into a wall hanging to display at home.  Bring a photo of you or your family for inspiration! \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. Each month’s activity is inspired by works in an exhibition currently on view.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-felt-portraits/
CATEGORIES:Art-Making,Make Day!
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250124T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250124T213000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20241217T185355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T185357Z
UID:10000131-1737745200-1737754200@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Lorne Reid  - Tulips and Clouds
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\nThis winter we’ll focus on a work from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection! With bold compositional lines and vivid colours\, you’ll create a unique landscape painting inspired by Lorne Reid’s Tulips and Clouds. \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-lorne-reid-tulips-and-clouds/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250112T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250112T160000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20241217T170708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T170709Z
UID:10000135-1736686800-1736697600@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Make Day! Butterfly Paper-Making
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the artwork Touched By the Tears of  a Butterfly by Mike MacDonald\, we’re getting ready for spring… and butterflies! Come join us in the studio\, where we’ll make our own paper using flower and butterfly-shaped molds\, studded with native wildflowers seeds! Just plant it in a pot or the ground to let it bloom into a bright pollinator garden for the bees and butterflies this spring!   \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. Each month’s activity is inspired by works in an exhibition currently on view.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-butterfly-paper-making/
CATEGORIES:Art-Making,Make Day!
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250109T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20250107T135644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T135646Z
UID:10000142-1736445600-1736452800@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Drop-in with Youth Project
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a drop-in art-making session for older youth (16+)\, in partnership with the Youth Project. Designed for 2SLGTBQIAP+\, this program aims to engage older youth in arts-based activities. We’ll be creating in the studio\, and have the opportunity to experience the Galleries. Snacks will be offered!   \n\n\n\nPlease note\, this is a masked program for 2SLGBTQIAP+ youth aged 16+!   \n\n\n\n*The Youth Project will be providing masks.   
URL:https://agns.ca/event/drop-in-with-youth-project/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241213T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241213T213000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240807T170335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T173040Z
UID:10000113-1734116400-1734125400@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: LeRoy J. Zwicker - Windy Day on Coast
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\nThis winter we’ll focus on a work from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection! Full of cool\, pastel shades and sweeping branches\, you’ll create a unique landscape painting inspired by  LeRoy J. Zwicker’s Windy Day on the Coast\, featuring our very own Halifax coastline. \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-leroy-j-zwicker-windy-day-on-coast/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241208T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241208T160000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240807T142951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240809T174532Z
UID:10000108-1733662800-1733673600@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Make Day! Make and Share
DESCRIPTION:We’re thinking small in size\, big in quantity! We’ll create custom magnets\, personalized buttons\, and unique vinyl stickers\, using a variety of drawing and collage materials. Make some for yourself and for your friends! Get creative and explore making and multiples with us.  \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. Each month’s activity is inspired by works in an exhibition currently on view.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-make-and-share/
CATEGORIES:Make Day!
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241129T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241129T213000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240807T170245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T123101Z
UID:10000112-1732906800-1732915800@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/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241121T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240807T163803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T163805Z
UID:10000105-1732215600-1732219200@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Key Frames: A Love Letter to Léopold L. Foulem
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a film screening of A Love Letter to Léopold L. Foulem plus visit the artists’ artwork on-view before or after the screening!  \n\n\n\nFilmmaker Renée Blanchar creates a cinematic and heartfelt ode to the dazzling life and career of Acadian ceramicist and folk artist Léopold L. Foulem\, his bucolic New Brunswick studio/summer residence\, and his brilliantly eccentric persona.  \n\n\n\nA Love Letter to Léopold L. Foulem was produced by Ça Tourne Productions Ltée and directed by Renée Blanchar.  \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Free Ticket\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: Léopold L. Foulem\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Montréal ceramist Léopold L. Foulem (1945 – 2023) was born in New Brunswick and was known for his rigorous and uncompromising conceptual use of clay. Léopold’s impact on the international ceramics community touched on public speaking\, writing\, and philanthropy. \nLéopold taught ceramics in Montréal at the Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel (CÉGEP) and is widely considered a mentor who created a significant legacy beyond his personal practice. Lynne Wagner\, of the Ceramic Arts Library\, reflects on one facet of his legacy as a “sensitive book collector and humanitarian.” Lecturing extensively on ceramics as an autonomous art form\, Léopold is further known as a world authority on the ceramics of Pablo Picasso. His distinguished career spans more than forty years\, with over fifty-four solo exhibitions and more than 230 group shows on five continents. His ceramics were exhibited in forty-nine museums and are part of numerous private and public collections. \nPhoto courtesy of MNBAQ\, Idra Labrie  \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Director: Renée Blanchar\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                After completing her studies in directing in Paris\, Renée Blanchar returned to Caraquet and began her cinematic journey. In many ways\, her career was a precursor for film in Acadia\, but also for the place of women in television and film. She was the first Canadian woman to enter the FEMIS (European Foundation of Image and Sound) through a contest. In 1989\, she became the youngest juror in the history of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival\, under the presidency of Wim Wenders. Following her key role as writer and director of the television series BELLE-BAIE for five seasons\, she made a remarkable return to television (2021) by writing and directing the first season of the series LE MONDE DE GABRIELLE ROY\, for which she received a nomination in the Best Director category at the 2022 Prix Gémeaux. Renée has directed more than a dozen documentaries that have received numerous awards. Her films (including A PLACE THAT MATTERS\, SHADOW MEN\, THE SILENCE) are distinguished by the strength of their subjects and a singular talent for revealing the humanity of the characters who embody them. The filmmaker took seven years to produce and direct A LOVE LETTRE TO LÉPOLD L. FOULEM\, an intimate film about an important figure from her childhood that will be released in the fall of 2022. Renée’s unlikely bet is to write and direct nearly all of her work from her French-speaking port city residence in eastern Canada. \nPhoto courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada – Julie D’Amour-Léger
URL:https://agns.ca/event/key-frames-a-love-letter-to-leopold-l-foulem/
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241117T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240809T120018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240809T174410Z
UID:10000107-1731848400-1731859200@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Make Day! Games and Play
DESCRIPTION:Join us for art\, games\, and playing in the studio! Get inspired by the exhibition on view\, Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins: Three Dimensions\, then join us in the studio and to build colourful painted sculptures with blocks and shapes. Play with your stackable\, movable sculpture or make a painting of the sculpture you created! \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. Each month’s activity is inspired by works in an exhibition currently on view.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/make-day-games-and-play/
CATEGORIES:Make Day!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241116T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240807T163654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T163656Z
UID:10000123-1731765600-1731776400@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Linocut Cards with Tayla Paul
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Tayla Paul for an in-depth printmaking workshop. This linocut printing technique will be used to make holiday cards\, using words or imagery that inspire you. Each participant will design and carve their own image\, and have a chance to make a set of 4 cards. Great gifts for the holiday season! \n\n\n\nNo previous experience required\, all materials provided. Tickets are $90. \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist\n\n\n\nTayla Fern Paul who is a Mi’kmaw artist\, activist and metal fabricator. A member of Pictou Landing First Nation\, she grew up in Kjipuktuk (Halifax) where she currently resides. She has exhibited works in Halifax; at Nocturne; and recently completed a mural for Paint the Street Placemaking Project as well as taught art on reserves in Unama’ki (Cape Breton). Born in Kjipuktuk and raised in Mtaban (Wolfville)\, Tayla returned to Kjipuktuk after traveling as a youth to remain on homeland. Tayla has also done public speaking on issues of social and environmental justice. She has four children\, and is the daughter of artist Leonard Paul.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/linocut-cards-with-tayla-paul-3/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Art-Making,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241116T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241116T130000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240807T163555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T163557Z
UID:10000122-1731751200-1731762000@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Linocut Cards with Tayla Paul
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Tayla Paul for an in-depth printmaking workshop. This linocut printing technique will be used to make holiday cards\, using words or imagery that inspire you. Each participant will design and carve their own image\, and have a chance to make a set of 4 cards. Great gifts for the holiday season! \n\n\n\nNo previous experience required\, all materials provided. Tickets are $90. \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist\n\n\n\nTayla Fern Paul who is a Mi’kmaw artist\, activist and metal fabricator. A member of Pictou Landing First Nation\, she grew up in Kjipuktuk (Halifax) where she currently resides. She has exhibited works in Halifax; at Nocturne; and recently completed a mural for Paint the Street Placemaking Project as well as taught art on reserves in Unama’ki (Cape Breton). Born in Kjipuktuk and raised in Mtaban (Wolfville)\, Tayla returned to Kjipuktuk after traveling as a youth to remain on homeland. Tayla has also done public speaking on issues of social and environmental justice. She has four children\, and is the daughter of artist Leonard Paul.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/linocut-cards-with-tayla-paul-2/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Art-Making,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241107T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241107T183000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240723T184002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250818T171842Z
UID:10000102-1731000600-1731004200@agns.ca
SUMMARY:French Tour
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Alliance Française Halifax\, we invite you to join a guided tour of the exhibition Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins: Three Dimensions in French. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursdays\, however registration through AFH is encouraged. \n\n\n\n\nRegister with Alliance Française\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlease visit their website for more information about Alliance Française.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/french-tour-three-dimensions/
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241102T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241102T150000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240826T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T165201Z
UID:10000124-1730556000-1730559600@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Jennifer Marman & Daniel Borins - Another Dimension
DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins explain the multi-faceted dimensions of their art practice and contextualize it within their exhibition Three Dimensions.  \n\n\n\nThey present an overview of a materials-focused approach\, combining conceptual art with visual appeal – to produce complex projects that tell stories\, often conceiving of exhibitions in an intertwined and narrative-based perspective. Their artworks\, often referring to popular culture\, examine questions of authenticity\, while simultaneously addressing aspects of both modern and recent history through speculative narratives and the effects of the digital age. \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.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-jennifer-marman-daniel-borins-another-dimension/
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241026T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241026T110000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20241002T131707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T131709Z
UID:10000128-1729935000-1729940400@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Yarmouth Autism Arts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://agns.ca/event/yarmouth-autism-arts/
CATEGORIES:Autism Arts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241025T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241025T213000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240807T170128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T123014Z
UID:10000110-1729882800-1729891800@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Robert Anand - Truro\, N.S.
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 favourite from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection\, a beautiful expressive landscape painting Truro\, N.S. by Robert Anand. With soft\, dynamic brush marks and a variety of bright colours\, this painting is sure inspired you to create you own work of art! \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\nThis event takes place at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia\, 1723 Hollis Street\, Halifax.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards
URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-robert-anand-truro-n-s/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241019T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241019T235900
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20240925T164035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T181312Z
UID:10000127-1729360800-1729382340@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Nocturne - AGNS at Night
DESCRIPTION:Visit exhibitions including Léopold L. Foulem: Reshaping Function\, Mike MacDonald’s Touched by the Tears of a Butterfly\, 2023 Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchases\, and the Maud Lewis Gallery\, plus join us in the studios for Make It Microcosmic: an immersive Nocturne experience for one night only!
URL:https://agns.ca/event/nocturne-agns-at-night/
CATEGORIES:Halifax Events,Special Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241018T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241018T201500
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20241002T143356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T143357Z
UID:10000125-1729278000-1729282500@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Nocturne Artist Talk - Cheryl L’Hirondelle
DESCRIPTION:Join Nocturne and AGNS for a special artist talk with interdisciplinary artist Cheryl L’Hirondelle. The talk will be followed by a participatory activation Light Tipi from 8:30-10:00 PM. \n\n\n\nCheryl L’Hirondelle (Cree/Half Breed; German/Polish) is an award-winning and community-engaged interdisciplinary artist\, singer/songwriter and critical thinker whose family is from Papaschase First Nation / amiskwaciy wâskahikan (Edmonton\, AB) and Kikino Metis Settlement. Her work investigates and attempts to articulate an intersection of nêhiyawin (Cree worldview) with contemporary time-place by incorporating sound\, Indigenous language(s)\, music\, plus old and new technologies. \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Free Ticket
URL:https://agns.ca/event/nocturne-artist-talk-cheryl-lhirondelle/
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Halifax Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241017T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241017T203000
DTSTAMP:20260620T140927
CREATED:20241002T143256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T175401Z
UID:10000126-1729191600-1729197000@agns.ca
SUMMARY:Nocturne Artist Talk - Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Dawn Shepard\, Ryan Gray\, Lance Sampson(Aquakultre)\, Sonia Chow and Seamus Gallagher build worlds in their art and the communities around them. Curator Shuvanjan Karmaker brought them together as Nocturne 2024 Anchor Artists to create work that inspires us to build worlds of our own.  \n\n\n\nWe will be discussing the impact of matriarchs in African-Nova Scotian families\, the place of Circus in Atlantic Arts culture\, the concept of Crouching Tiger and\, the intersection of gender reveal and climate disasters. \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Free Ticket\n\n\n\n\nAquakultre: \n\n\n\nAquakultre is the artistic voice of Lance Sampson — an uncommonly versatile singer\, rapper\, composer and storyteller from Halifax\, Nova Scotia. He has released multiple singles\, eps\, collabs and two full albums\, 2020’s Legacy and 2022’s Don’t Trip\, both of which were long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize.Coming up in Uniacke Square\, Aquakultre traces his roots to Africville\, East Preston\, Weymouth Falls\, Liverpool & Delaps Cove; back two hundred years to the arrival of the Black Loyalists from the American colonies. Driven by his passion for history and culture\, Lance is currently developing a theatrical production in collaboration with the internationally acclaimed 2b Theatre Company. He recently delivered the first season of GeneratioNS: Black Memories\, a TV documentary series that he created\, directs\, and hosts (airing fall 2024). All the while\,he has been doing deep research and collecting oral histories from African Nova Scotian communities for his next record\, titled 1783 in homage to his Black Loyalist ancestry.Aquakultre’s installation for Nocturne is inspired by his deep love and respect for the elders\, their long memories and cherished stories of love\, loss\, hardship\, and triumph. Having grown up in a community that experienced so much loss of connection\, family lore\, and culture in the razing of Africville\, he is driven to make art that preserves and celebrates all that remains for the benefit of the next generations.Through all his works\, Aquakultre is on a mission to share his love for his unique and beautiful corner of the diaspora. Through his community work\, his recordings\, performances\, and collaborations\, Aquakultre delivers a poignant reflection of his personal evolution and his place in community as a Black Nova Scotian. \n\n\n\nBreaking Circus: \n\n\n\nBreaking Circus Collective (BCC) is a collection of contemporary circus artists working out of Kjipuktuk (Halifax\, NS). Breaking Circus sets and breaks their own rules in order to create\, explore and engage with the full spectrum of our human experience. The company reaches into the unknown and finds new ways to weave stories through cross-discipline experiments and integration of technology.The collective includes 3 core members plus a small roster of artists and new recruits/ interns. BCC is Black-led with at least half of its members being IBPOC-identified since its inception in 2016. The BCC is deeply committed to inclusion\, diversity\, equity and accessibility and was formed out of the desire to create a supportive ecosystem for IBPOC artists and artists from other underrepresented groups. \n\n\n\nDawn Shepherd (Co-Founder\, Breaking Circus): Dawn Shepherd is a multi-disciplinary aerialist and former elite trainer at the École nationale du cirque de Montréal. She is also a dancer\, rigger\, producer\, actor\, director\, and choreographer among other talents which are fully utilized at Breaking Circus. Dawn has also produced her own documentary\, Artist in the Black\, and recently danced in the upcoming streaming series\, Washington Black. \n\n\n\nRyan Gray (Co-Founder\, Breaking Circus): Ryan is an accomplished drummer\, percussionist\, composer\, music director and contemporary circus artist.Sonia Chow: \n\n\n\n“My practice blurs the imaginary boundaries between art\, craft and design. Whether investigating materials\, processes\, function\, or form – I let the work inform me\, both as mentor and muse. I am happiest when working with my hands\, and enjoy the challenge of transforming what has been overlooked and coaxing meaning from the undervalued. I am always on the lookout for crouching tigers within the discarded. (In Chinese culture\, a “crouching tiger” is one who is underestimated and denied opportunities to reach their full potential.)”Sonia Chow is a designer\, artist and educator. She lived in Tokyo and Hong Kong from 2002 to 2018 before moving to Halifax\, and now is focused on making art from textiles\, wood\, words\, salvaged materials and found objects. She has a BDes in Communication Design and a MFA in Studio (interdisciplinary art). Sonia was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts for Graphic Design in 2011 for a body of work spanning branding and identity\, publication\, packaging and interior graphics. Carving a 4-tonne ice sculpture in 2018 compelled her return to school to concentrate on making art. Sonia created three art suites of snow and ice for Icehotel Sweden with her partner (2016\, 2018\, 2022); was artist-inresidence at Centre for Craft Nova Scotia’s wood studio (2022-23) and at the Textile Museum of Canada (2024). She wasthe recipient of the \n\n\n\nSéamus Gallagher: \n\n\n\nSéamus Gallagher is a lens-based media artist living in Kjipuktuk (Halifax\, Nova Scotia). They use self-portraiture and performing for the camera to address gender performances within a digital/online context. Their work is heavily influenced by pop music\, video game aesthetics\, and writers like José Esteban Muñoz\, Ursula K. Le Guin\, and Mark Fisher. Outside of photography and video\, they generally work with the video game engine Unity to create virtual reality art projects. Gallagher is the recipient of the 2022 Scotiabank New Generation Photography Award\, the 2019 BMO 1st Art! Award\, and the 2017 AIMIA | AGO Photography Scholarship. They have exhibited at the Locarno Film Festival\, the Museum of Fine Art of Leipzig\, as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto. They were recently the Atlantic finalist for the 2023 Sobey Art Award presented by the National Gallery of Canada. \n\n\n\nFestival Curator\, Shuvanjan Karmaker:Shuvanjan Karmaker is an inter-disciplinary artist\, curator and arts worker. Kjipuktuk has been their home for about 15 years and they have spent most of that working in its Arts community. Shuvanjan’s current work in arts examines the intersection of South Asian diaspora and Black American Music. \n\n\n\n“I’m a student of history\, development and art. I believe my job is to constantly be creative and facilitate creative spaces & processes for artists. The art created during\, is a by-product. Happy incidents!” \n\n\n\nShuvanjan is the festival curator for Nocturne 2024\, and Co-Director of Everyseeker Festival. \n\n\n\nThey volunteer their time as a Board member at SuddenlyListen\, an organization focused exclusively on exploratory\, improvised chamber music and creative art events. And Co-Chair(BOD) at Choirs for Change an organization that supports social change movements through innovative choral events. \n\n\n\nShuvanjan will be curating paintings by Christopher Webb this November! \n\n\n\nShuvanjan can also be found working in the book publishing industry as part of BookNet Canada\, developing technology\, standards\, and education to serve the Canadian book industry.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/nocturne-artist-talk-panel-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Halifax Events,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Materiality and Indigenous Sovereignty
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Mi’kmaw artist and lawyer\, Cheryl Simon! Learn about Simon’s approach to Indigenous material culture through her perspective as a Mi’kmaw e’pit [woman]\, and how traditional Mi’kmaw art forms relate to Indigenous and collective rights.  \n\n\n\nThroughout the conversation\, Cheryl will be weaving a basket with techniques passed down to her by her uncle\, Elder Francis Jadis\, who has been making baskets for 60 years. As an artist with a deep connection to quillwork and basketry\, Simon sources and processes her own materials from start to finish\, exercising her Mi’kmaw rights of cultural material harvesting. \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Free Ticket\n\n\n\n\nLimited tickets available.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Cheryl Simon is a Mi’kmaq e’pit (woman) from Epekwitk (PEI)\, currently residing in Halifax\, who works with porcupine quills\, birchbark\, spruce root and sweetgrass. \nCheryl fell in love with Mi’kmaq quillwork as a little girl studying her mother’s collection of quill boxes. She started learning and studying the insertion technique and design upon moving back to Mi’kma’ki in 2007\, and launched her business\, Mi’kmaq Quill Art in 2011. Cheryl is committed to community education of the artform and has been teaching quillwork workshops for over ten years. She took on her first apprentice in 2015 and opened a short-term studio in Epekwitk in 2016 to begin a program of instruction for three more apprentices. \nWhile Cheryl focuses on traditional quillwork and construction\, she also developed a process for accurately depicting the petroglyphs (rock carvings) after visiting the petroglyph sites in Nova Scotia. Over the past two years\, she decided to incorporate both traditional designs and the petroglyph technique into the same quillwork pieces. This blending of styles lets her showcase the importance quill size can make in enhancing the detail of the design. \nCheryl was recently inspired by contemporary Mi’kmaq art to move beyond the quill box lids\, which influenced her early work to split the design into separate pieces\, adding a vibrancy to the designs. She has taught her children to harvest and quill and is excited to begin the process of teaching them the intricacies of designing in the traditional style. She feels that quillwork requires strong connections and is proud that the community of quillers is expanding to include the younger generations. \nImage and basket by Cheryl Simon.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-materiality-and-indigenous-sovereignty/
CATEGORIES:Creative Minds
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