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Western Branch Exhibition Celebration

Join us for a special presentation by artists featured in Inner/Outer Space as we celebrate the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia - Western Branch.  Doors open at 5:45pm, remarks and presentation at 6pmReception to followWestern Branch, AGNS - 341 Main Street, Yarmouth RSVP by September 11 to rsvp@agns.ca

Nocturne Artist Talk – Erasure Art Collective

Erasure Art Collective (EAC) is an interdisciplinary arts group committed to researching and reinterpreting archival texts using visual, poetic, and performative erasure. Co-founders Shauntay Grant and Tyshan Wright have been collaborating and exhibiting together since 2017 when they created the multimedia artwork ‘Abeng’ for Canada: Day 1, a national group...

Nocturne Artist Talk – Corrie Peters

Corrie Peters (she/her) is an artist in conversation with social practice, fibre art and installation, among other mediums. Her artwork is building relationships that teach her how to listen to and learn from those often silenced through current systems of power. In this she holds so much gratitude...

Nocturne Artist Talk – Roda Medhat

Roda Medhat is a Kurdish-Canadian artist, currently based in Toronto, Ontario. He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from OCAD University, where he specialized in video art, photography, and sculpture/installation work. He also honed his skills in film production at FAMU Film and Television School in Prague....

Creative Minds: Exploring Materials in Contemporary Art with Meagan Musseau

What is materiality and activation? Join us for an interactive talk with Mi’kmaw artist Meagan Musseau as she talks about her artwork and the ways she uses materials to explore different themes in her work. From constructed coats to photography and Mi’kmaw basketry, Musseau’s work takes on a...

Creative Minds: Erasure Art Collective

Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Canada

BLACKOUT is an interdisciplinary art project that recreates historical slave ads using ‘erasure’ or ‘blackout’—a form of poetry created by erasing words from an existing text to create a visual poem. The project uncovers messages in ads that appeared in local newspapers during slavery—a legal practice of buying...

Artist Talk: Séamus Gallagher

Join us as 2023 Sobey Art Award finalist Séamus Gallagher speaks about their art practice as it ranges through photo, video, virtual reality, and sculpture. They will discuss their most recent exhibitions at the McCord Stewart Museum and the National Gallery of Canada. Registration is closed for this...

Freedom Narratives: Emancipation Day Art Celebration

Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Canada

Celebrate Emancipation Day with a dynamic showcase featuring acclaimed artists and writers. This inspiring event will feature an array of spoken word performances, film screenings, and art presentations, each reflecting the rich cultural heritage and resilient spirit of the African Nova Scotian community and beyond. Engage with the...

Artist Talk: Sameer Farooq

Inverness County Centre for the Arts 16080 Hwy-19, Inverness, Canada

Cape Breton born artist Sameer Farooq will share ideas about his practice over the past decade including building imaginary museums with the public, the role of meditation/contemplative practice in his work, and his recent foodways research, specifically on the importance of building tandoor ovens and working with flatbread libraries...

Nocturne Artist Talk – Panel Discussion

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.  We will be discussing...

Creative Minds: Jennifer Marman & Daniel Borins – Another Dimension

Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins explain the multi-faceted dimensions of their art practice and contextualize it within their exhibition Three Dimensions.  They 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...

Nocturne Artist Talk – Cheryl L’Hirondelle

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. Cheryl 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...

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