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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler with Christina Végh
DESCRIPTION:Halifax Central Library\, Paul O’Regan Hall \n\n\n\nJoin us for an engaging discussion with artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler\, along with art historian Christina Végh. The conversation will explore Hubbard / Birchler’s exhibition No More Boring Art\, on view at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia until January 25\, 2026. The discussion will explore memory\, reconstruction\, and the poetics of the overlooked; the edges of the archival record: gaps\, absences and omissions\, and the historic conditions and links between NSCAD (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) and CalArts (California Institute of the Arts).  \n\n\n\nNo More Boring Art is based on Hubbard / Birchler’s multi-faceted exploration of John Baldessari’s “Punishment Piece” which took place at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1971. Until now\, the participants\, mostly art students\, who repeatedly wrote “I will not make any more boring art” across the walls of NSCAD’s Mezzanine gallery\, have remained unknown. As visual artists\, Hubbard / Birchler seek engagement with adjacent fields of study that have more conventionally been considered the domain of the anthropologist\, archeologist or historian. The works in No More Boring Art lead the viewer on a journey exploring the connection between life and art.  \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration suggested due to limited seats\, but walk-ins are welcome. This program will be recorded and ASL interpretation will be available.  \n\n\n\nPresenter Bios\n\n\n\nHubbard and Birchler\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Teresa Hubbard (Irish/ American/ Swiss\, born in Dublin\, Ireland 1965) and Alexander Birchler (Swiss\, born in Baden\, Switzerland 1962) have been collaborating as an artist team since 1990. They began collaborating as artists-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts\, in Banff\, Canada and completed graduate degrees at NSCAD in 1992. Their work\, primarily grounded in time-based media\, aims to inspire sensorial interactions and explore connections between social life\, history and memory. Hubbard / Birchler often seek engagement with adjacent fields of study that have more conventionally been considered the domain of the anthropologist\, archeologist or historian. \nHubbard / Birchler represented Switzerland in the Swiss Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennial\, presenting Florain the exhibition “Women of Venice\,” curated by Philipp Kaiser. Hubbard / Birchler have also presented their work in the 48th Venice Biennial; Giacometti Institute Paris; Hamburger Bahnhof\, Museum für Gegenwart\, Berlin; Irish Museum of Modern Art\, Dublin; Kunsthaus Graz; Mori Museum Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Reina Sofia Museum Madrid; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Tate Museum Liverpool and the Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York. \nTheir work is held in numerous permanent collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; Goetz Collection Munich; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian\, Washington\, D.C.; Kunsthaus Zurich; Kunstmuseum Basel; Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles MOCA; National Museum of Art Osaka and the Pinakothek der Moderne\, Munich. \nHubbard / Birchler are Professors in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\nChristina Végh\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Art historian Christina Végh (*1970\, Zurich) has been Director of Kunsthalle Bielefeld since February 2020. Previously\, she was Director of the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hanover from 2015\, and of the Bonner Kunstverein from 2004 to 2014. She studied art history\, ethnology\, and philosophy at the University of Zurich and spent a period at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Her professional career began at Kunsthalle Basel\, where she worked as a curator from 2000 to 2004. \nVégh has curated exhibitions with artists such as Monica Bonvicini\, Monika Baer\, John Baldessari\, Rita McBride\, Haegue Yang\, Charline von Heyl\, Annette Kelm\, James Richards\, Franz Erhard Walther\, and Christopher Williams. She has also overseen major group exhibitions\, including “Where Art Can Happen: The Early Years of CalArts” (co-curated with Philipp Kaiser) and “Made in Germany Three”\, and has contributed to the accompanying catalogues. \nVégh is active in numerous committees and juries. She served as guest juror for the Wolfgang Hahn Prize at the Museum Ludwig\, Cologne\, in 2017\, and was a member of the Pro Helvetia Art Biennial Jury from 2015 to 2018. Since 2018\, she has been part of the jury for the Justus Bier Prize. From 2008 to 2012\, she served on the board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine (AdKV). In 2010\, Végh received an award for art and architecture education from the Swiss Art Commission of the Federal Office of Culture. \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler\, No More Boring Art\, 2025. Five channel video installation with sound. Courtesy: Tanya Bonakdar Gallery\, New York.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/in-conversation-teresa-hubbard-alexander-birchler-with-christina-vegh/
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds
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SUMMARY:Creative Minds: Mi'Kmaw Lunar Calendar with Gerald Gloade
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Dr. Gerald Gloade as he shares insight into the Mi’kmaw lunar calendar. Based on the 13 times the moon travels around the earth each year\, this calendar names each lunar phase according to what is happening locally on the land during that time.  \n\n\n\nAn artist\, educator\, storyteller\, naturalist\, Elder and visionary\, Dr. Gloade’s career has been rooted in the ecological history of Mi’kma’ki.1 \n\n\n\nThis event is inspired by artist Jordan Bennett’s series of 13 moons\, which is currently featured in the exhibition From One to Many Natures. \n\n\n\n1Mi’kma’ki: The territory of the Mi’kmaq Nation. Provinces that stretch across Mi’kma’ki are Nova Scotia\, PEI\, and parts of New Brunswick\, Newfoundland and Labrador\, the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec\, and the northeastern region of Maine. \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration is encouraged as there are limited seats available. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n                    \n                \n                            \n                            \n                Gerald Gloade is an artist\, educator\, storyteller\, naturalist\, Elder and visionary\, his efforts have been integral to expanding cultural understanding and contributing to healing in Mi’kma’ki. \nFrom Millbrook First Nation\, Gloade was raised by his grandmother. Because of a congenital heart condition\, he spent more time with her than with the other children and had a precious opportunity to learn traditional knowledge and skills through her stories. His grandmother imparted to Gloade the ways of the land\, the history of people and communities\, the skills to fish and weave\, and the legends of Kluskap\, whose seat at Cape Blomidon dominates the landscape of the Wolfville campus. \nA graduate of the Colchester Regional Vocational School (now part of the Nova Scotia Community College)\, Gloade began his government career with the Province of Nova Scotia at just 19\, working as a graphic designer and later public information officer for Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources and Office of Aboriginal Affairs. \nGerald Gloade has recently retired as the Program Development Officer for the Mi’kmawey Debert Project. Since 2005\, Gloade has guided the project with the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq\, where the land tells its own stories of Mi’kma’ki through 13\,000 years of archaeological information. With a Two-Eyed Seeing approach\, the Debert Project strengthens understandings of the history of the land to improve its present and future. \nLuckily for all of us who live in or visit this land\, Gloade is not only a keeper of legends but also a sharer of them. He has generously spread his deep knowledge of the Mi’kmaq worldview among audiences that ranged from small children to members of the Smithsonian Institute and to the late Queen Elizabeth and her husband Philip\, the Duke of Edinburgh. \nGloade was honoured at the Vancouver Olympics Aboriginal Art Pavilion with a design on a Canada 150 coin for the Royal Canadian Mint and as a nominee for the prestigious Portia White Prize. He is also a past member of the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council. Every October\, his striking and informative posters for Mi’kmaq History Month are a sought-after tool for teaching the Mi’kmaq language. Most recently\, he illustrated A Journey of Love and Hope\, the Inspirational Words of a Mi’kmaw Elder for Nimbus Publishing. Gloade joined Acadia University’s Class of 2023 as a Doctor of Humanities\, receiving an honorary degree in recognition of his many contributions over his ongoing career. \nGloade lives in Millbrook First Nation with his wife\, Natalie. The couple have two sons\, Kyle and Gerald\, and two grandchildren\, Nina Gloade-Raining Bird and Gerald Lydian Gloade Raining-Bird. \n                                            \n            \n\n\n\n\nFeatured image: Jordan Bennett\, “Spawn of Tom-Cod – Punamujuikús\,” 2020. Giclée print. 61.0 × 61.0 cm. \n\n\n\nAbout Creative Minds\n\n\n\nThe Creative Minds series hosts community leaders and creatives to respond to current events\, exhibitions on view\, or artworks in the Gallery. Through conversation\, music\, poetry\, or movement\, these events aim to provoke new ideas\, explore the unexpected and create more understanding for everyone involved.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-mikmaw-lunar-calendar-with-gerald-gloade/
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds
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SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Elizabeth Styring Nutt - Winter\, Northwest Arm\, Halifax
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the Gallery as she guides you through making a painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. On this date you’ll be making a frosty winter landscape\, inspired by Elizabeth Styring Nutt’s Winter\, Northwest Arm\, Halifax\, 1927 painting. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided- everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-elizabeth-styring-nutt-winter-northwest-arm-halifax/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events
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