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Painting Workshop at HSC – March Break with AGNS

Halifax Shopping Centre 7001 Mumford Rd, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Join artist Meggie Richards at Halifax Shopping Centre for a free painting workshop for families with kids age 8+. Meggie will lead you through making your very own spring-inspired mixed media painting! Get creative using stencils, paints, markers and more! Sessions are from 12-1pm and 1:30-2:30pm. All materials...

Button Making – March Break with AGNS

Halifax North Memorial Library 2285 Gottingen St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Join us at the library! We’ll help you create a masterpiece of art and turn it into a button you can take home. We’ll explore drawing materials, collage, and more and to make something unique to enjoy on the go! All materials provided. This free art experience is...

Button Making – March Break with AGNS

Dartmouth North Public Library 105 Highfield Park Dr, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Join us at the library! We’ll help you create a masterpiece of art and turn it into a button you can take home. We’ll explore drawing materials, collage, and more and to make something unique to enjoy on the go! All materials provided. This free art experience is...

Button Making – March Break with AGNS

Halifax North Memorial Library 2285 Gottingen St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Join us at the library! We’ll help you create a masterpiece of art and turn it into a button you can take home. We’ll explore drawing materials, collage, and more and to make something unique to enjoy on the go! Sessions times:10am–12pm and 1–4pm All materials provided. This...

Button Making on the Ferry – March Break with AGNS

Dartmouth Ferry Terminal 88 Alderney Dr, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Find us at Alderney Ferry Terminal and Halifax Ferry terminal with a free pop-up art activity. We’ll be offering art kits to folks departing for the ferry, with a chance to turn your drawing into a button when you arrive in the terminal! From 10-11:30am, and 1-3:30pm we...

Book Launch for Halifax Art & Artists – An Illustrated History

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

Halifax Art & Artists presents the stories of the city’s creators from craftspeople and portrait painters to filmmakers and multidisciplinary makers from time immemorial to the present. The event will feature a panel discussion including the book’s author Ray Cronin; artist Alan Syliboy; Ann Kitz, daughter of Alex...

Curators’ Tour

Join the curators of Mitchell Wiebe: VampSites and Denyse Thomasos: just beyond for an informal tour of the exhibitions. No registration required. Included in the price of admission.

Install with Mitchell Wiebe

Artist Mitchell Wiebe will be in the exhibition VampSites working on additional installation pieces! Observe and ask questions while the artist works during the following times:  June 9 - 12-5pmJune 11 - 12-5pmJune 12 - 12-5pmJune 13 - 4-9pmJune 14 - 12-5pmJune 15 - 12-5pm Included in the...

2023-24 Annual General Meeting

Please join us for our 2023-24 Annual General Meeting. Doors open at 9:15am. Meeting begins at 9:30am. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street, Halifax. <!-- window.bboxInit = function () { bbox.showForm('452806c0-ecf4-48c6-9127-8b5fecc76984'); }; (function () { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true; e.src = 'https://bbox.blackbaudhosting.com/webforms/bbox-min.js'; document.getElementsByTagName('head').appendChild(e);...

French Tour

In partnership with Alliance Francais Halifax, we invite you to join a guided tour of the exhibition Mitchell Wiebe: VampSites and Denyse Thomasos: just beyond in French. Admission is free during BMO Free Access Thursdays, however registration through AFH is encouraged. Please visit Visite guidée de l’exposition Generations à l’AGNS for more information...

InSite Out – Drop-In Art Making

Drop-in on Wednesdays between July 10 and August 7 between 10am-12:30pm for hands-on art-making lead by artist educator Agne Kubiliute. Using your imagination, you’ll have a chance to add your mark to a large collaborative drawing, exploring a variety of materials including paint, oil pastels, paint markers and...

InSite Out – Drop-In Art Making

Drop-in on Wednesdays between July 10 and August 7 between 10am-12:30pm for hands-on art-making lead by artist educator Agne Kubiliute. Using your imagination, you’ll have a chance to add your mark to a large collaborative drawing, exploring a variety of materials including paint, oil pastels, paint markers and...

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