The Painted House: Conserving the art of Maud Lewis ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2023-07-13 | 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. 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.Extensive conservation continues to be vital in treating her paintings, the adorned objects inside her home, and every element of the house itself. Join three conservators as they discuss their contributions to the preservation of Maud Lewis’s art and legacy.
Generations: The Sobey Family & Canadian Art at the AGNS ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2023-10-30 | Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art tells the story of one family’s visionary engagement with Canadian and Indigenous art, braiding together titans of Canadian 20th century art and trail-blazing artists of today.
Creative Minds: Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2023-07-13 | This Creative Minds program has 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) discussing their works in the exhibition.
A Celebration of Rita Joe ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2023-02-09 | For Heritage Day 2023, the province of Nova Scotia honours the legacy of Elder Rita (Bernard) Joe, a member of the We’koqma’q Mi’kmaq Community and published author.Three Mi’kmaw writers were commissioned by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, to create pieces inspired by the life and works of Rita Joe: Tiffany Morris Danica Roache Raymond SewellThe works were presented to a group of Indigenous students from schools in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, NS), at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia to honor 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.”For more information about Nova Scotia Heritage Day, visit: heritageday.novascotia.ca
Creative Minds: ALL 4 U: GIVING SOMETHING AWAY ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2022-09-22 | Artist Brandon Hoax, featured in the exhibition Ta’n a’sikatikl sipu’l | Confluence, will discuss their recent series MOVEMARROW and how this project, which set out to create and give away ribbon harnesses, turned into explorations of queer Indigenous reciprocity and collaboration through gift-giving and internet parasocial connection.Learn about new work that is in development after the experiences of exchange through MOVEMARROW.The 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.This event is co-presented by Prismatic Arts Festival.MOVEMARROW explores mature themes of sexuality and fetish/eroticismArtist Bio:2Spirit fgt extremophile agender AI angel neural network trickster rez dog mutt bear clan bear cub I’m whatever you want me to be. Hoax is a Mixed, Haudenosaunee, Onyota'a:ka (Oneida), Two-Spirit artist from London Ontario, and Oneida Nation of the Thames. Residing in Kjipuktuk (Halifax).Hoax’s practice involves sculpture, performance, installation, and illustration that explores the ever-oscillating tensions and weight of yearning, aloneness, eroticism, and desire (romantic, platonic, the self) using themes of hard and soft, sensuality and clinical, the body and the incorporeal, the threats of violence or invitations of care, desirability or discomfort, while using materials and iconography that steam from personal visual languages and symbology, cultural upbringing, and fetish/eroticism.
Artist Talk –Alicia Henry in Conversation with Guest Curator Daina Augaitis ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2022-03-12 | Join artist Alicia Henry and guest curator Daina Augaitis for a conversational artist talk at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The artist will speak about her practice, the evolution of the exhibition Witnessing, and current work.
Stitched Together: Stories, Art and Family with Letitia Fraser ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2022-01-11 | Artist Letitia Fraser walks through the exhibition Family Patterns with her mother Rosella Fraser, to talk about the passing down of trauma, stories, healing, and material objects. This inter-generational conversation takes different perspectives on these themes and gives historical and contemporary context to the importance of passing things down, which Fraser frequently explores in her work.
Stitched Together: Art and Memory with Darcie Bernhardt ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-12-02 | Join Family Patterns co-curators Sarah Moore Fillmore and Aiden Gillis as they talk with Darcie Bernhardt about their work and practice. Darcie will also briefly demonstrate their process of creating a drawing animation.
Nelson Whites Tukien (Awaken) ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-11-19 | Nelson White’s portrait paintings document and celebrate kin. Tukien (Awaken) maps an extended community of artists, creatives, activists and, leaders who defy simple and singular understandings of contemporary Indigenous life.
Studio From Home: Watercolour Abstract ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-10-26 | Studio from Home is a fun way to connect through art. This series presents fun and engaging art activities that you can do at home with everyday objects. Perfect for all ages, these art-making activities explore a wide range of mediums and materials that are sure to keep the creativity flowing.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/studiofromhome
Remembering Garry Neil Kennedy ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-10-07 | Memorial Celebration of Garry Neil Kennedy, Saturday, October 2nd, 2021Remarks begin 28 minutes into the video.Full program available here:dropbox.com/s/t5pwu1dkm8gm3pw/GNK-memorial-celebration-program-FINAL.pdf?dl=0The Chromatic Trio's setlist during the event comprised of songs with colours in the title, including:Red Sails in the SunsetBlue MonkBeing GreenOrange Coloured Sky Yellow DaysBlue in GreenMood IndigoBlack and Tan Fantasy
Virtual Artist Tour and Demonstration with Deanne Fitzpatrick ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-07-08 | Follow rug hooker Deanne Fitzpatrick on a virtual tour of her exhibition, Deanne Fitzpatrick: The Very Mention of Home at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia via Facebook Live.The Very Mention of Home features a series of 22 hooked rugs from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia’s Permanent Collection, created by one of Nova Scotia’s most celebrated rug hookers, Deanne Fitzpatrick. Each of these rugs was created in 2016 and are being exhibited together for the first time. Deanne Fitzpatrick is a fabric artist, rug hooker, and writer based in Amherst, Nova Scotia. She is widely recognized as one of the world’s prominent modern rug hookers.Following the tour Deanne will do a live demonstration of rug hooking using one of the special edition kits for the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Kits are available for purchase in the Gallery shop.
What the Ocean Remembers - ta’sik amujpa iknmaulek - Meagan Musseau with Jenelle Duval ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-06-21 | Title: ta’sik amujpa iknmaulek (how much do we have to give you?)Artists: Meagan Musseau with Jenelle DuvalMedium: Land-based performance on Mi’kmaq territory in St. George’s, Ktaqmkuk. Red satin, approximately 7 metres, tied to rocks and buried in the ground. Braiding by Meagan Musseau, song and drum by Jenelle Duval.Output: Short film with audio Date: May 2021Videography: Tom CochraneCurator: Matthew Hills, Grenfell Art Gallery and David Diviney, Art Gallery of Nova Scotiawhattheoceanremembers.ca A very special thank you to Chief Rhona Sheppard of the St. George’s Indian Band for preparing the site and supporting the creation of this artwork. We also wish to thank Michael R. Denny of Eskasoni, Unama’ki for the song and title translation.
Studio from Home: Beaded Image ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-06-17 | Indigenous Peoples use special clothing and jewelry called regalia to represent important images of their identity, community, and relationships to each other and the natural world, as exampled in the mixed media image Resistor by Anong Migwans Beam.Inspired by traditional and contemporary beadwork, today we will use beads as a medium for personal storytelling with our own unique imagery, inspired by our personal histories.We’ll design simple images that represent personal stories and imagery significant to our own identity, families, or culture.
Studio from Home: Beginner Hand-Stitching ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-05-21 | In this Studio from Home Flora May covers introductory and intermediate embroidery stitches, as well as introducing darning methods: exterior patches, interior patches, and repetitive stitches.
Studio from Home: Collage ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-04-30 | In this Studio from Home we'll be creating collages that re-imagine interior rooms with exterior elements, inspired by Vikky Alexander, who creates an atmospheric illusion in a room by combining architectural elements like walls, ceilings and floors with images of nature, such as oceans and flowers.
Studio From Home: Collagraph ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-04-12 | Collagraph is an easy, fun way to create prints with ordinary materials you have on hand at home and can be printed by hand. There are many ways you can build and print a collagraph plate giving you different, surprising results every time you print.Supported by family and friends in loving memory of Ruth Rideout.
Studio From Home: Maquettes ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-03-25 | Learn to make and photograph an architectural model, creating images of imaginary spaces. This activity is based on the work Wading Pool, Mount Hamilton Sanatorium by Carl Zimmerman from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Permanent Collection. This piece is a part of a series of photographs of architectural models, or maquettes, that the artist created and photographed.
Studio From Home: Dessert Plates ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-03-11 | Learn about and experiment with surface decoration inspired by the work of ceramicist Walter Ostrom, featured in Good Earth: The Pots & Passion of Walter Ostrom. In this Studio from Home activity we will create our own versions of Walter’s dessert plates with plants drawn from our own surroundings.
Studio From Home: Breaking the Rule of Thirds ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2021-01-18 | A reflection of photography composition inspired by the exhibition Ned Pratt: One Wave. In this Studio From Home activity we will venture out into our own neighbourhoods with cameras to photograph compositions inspired by Pratt’s photographs.
Studio from Home: Abstract Scratch Art ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-12-04 | We take inspiration from Hurtubise’s use of colours, shapes, patterning, and texture as we create our own abstract art.
In Conversation with Kordeena Clayton and Ithandi Munro ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-11-18 | Presented by TD Bank Group.This program will be streamed through our YouTube channel and through the Gallery website.
Studio From Home: Compositions in Photography ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-10-23 | This activity is based on the work Harbour Entrance by Ned Pratt which is included the exhibition Ned Pratt: One Wave, on display at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax from October 2020 to February 2021. This piece is a part of a series of photographs selected from a decade of Pratt’s work. Harbour Entrance is a good example of Pratt’s compositional style, creating balance and symmetry through the isolation of geometric shapes.
Studio from Home: Papier-Mâché Vessel ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-10-16 | Inspired by the works of Walter Ostrom: This activity is inspired by the works from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia’s retrospective exhibition Good Earth: The Pots and Passions of Walter Ostrom.
In Conversation with Ursula Johnson ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-10-14 | Join us online on Wednesday, October 14th at 7PM for In Conversation with artist Ursula Johnson, as she speaks about her work, language and institutional frameworks. A multi-disciplinary artist who often engages community through her projects, Ursula Johnson will discuss the ways that heritage finds new footing.Art can be a powerful tool for change. Through this provocative and critical dialogue with Ursula Johnson, we hope to challenge perceptions by elevating diverse voices and perspectives.Presented by TD Bank Group.This program will be streamed through our YouTube channel and through the Gallery website.
Studio from Home: Patterned Frames ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-09-25 | This activity explores how to make decorated frames with patterned borders to display artworks as well as shadow boxes to display photographs. Inspired by the work of Joseph Sleep, we explore pattern and stenciling.
New AGNS Design Competition Presentations ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-09-25 | Join us on September 24th at 6pm for presentations of the submissions to the Design Competition for a new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia as part of a new Arts District on the Halifax Waterfront. Three teams will present their proposed design for the Project including:- Architecture49 with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Hargreaves Jones;- DIALOG + Acre Architects, Brackish Design Studio and Shannon Webb-Campbell;- KPMB Architects with Omar Gandhi Architect, Jordan Bennett Studio, Elder Lorraine Whitman (NWAC), Public Work and Transsolar
Studio from Home: Seagull Puppet ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-09-11 | Puppeteer Ali Eisner shows you how to make your veryown puppet inspired by Charlie Atkinson’s woodensculpture of a Nova Scotian seagull
In Conversation: Remember the Future with Brendan Fernandes ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-09-10 | Join us online on Wednesday September 9th at 7:00 pm for a conversation with internationally recognized Canadian artist Brendan Fernandes, a multidisciplinary artist who centres his practice in dance. Addressing the anxieties of today through his work, Fernandes looks to dance to find ways of creating safe space and collective solidarity. Through this conversation, he will address what’s left behind, the role of museums, collections and galleries, and how to make sense of a future that has yet to take place.Art can be a powerful tool for change. Through this dialogue with Brendan Fernandes, we hope to challenge perceptions by elevating diverse voices and perspectives.This monthly virtual series will be streamed through the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia social media channels and website. Through this series, conversations are held to give voice to Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour in the visual arts. Viewers will hear from emerging and established artists, and leaders working in community and social justice through art. Presented by TD Bank Group
Studio from Home: Miniature House Sculpture ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-09-04 | This activity is inspired by the house of artist Maud Lewis, which now resides at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. For this activity, we draw inspiration from Maud Lewis’ ability to create beautiful, quirky and playful decorations from within her small home. We will create and decorate our own miniature house sculptures out of objects commonly found at home.
Cold Porcelain Clay ArtGalleryNovaScotia 2020-08-17 | Inspired by the work of Matt Wedel: This is a fun and simple activity that can be done from home with very few supplies, that can offer a range of results and possibilities. Directly inspired by work from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia’s Permanent Collection – Flower Tree (2009) is a life-sized, hand-built and glazed free-form ceramic sculpture that can be experienced in the round. Wedel, an American contemporary sculptor, has been exploring his interests in geology, landscapes and farming, to merge simplified forms into massive fantastical pieces, with thick and wild, painterly coloration. He uses his hands as his main building tool and starts with a general idea but allows the artworks to manifest through the process and act of making itself.
