Timeline Exhibitions and Events

Exhibitions and Events

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71st Annual Student, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni Exhibition

27 November – 20 December, 2026

The Gallery’s annual celebration of the creativity of the students, staff, faculty and alumni of Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College. This longstanding tradition showcases diverse artistic contributions reflecting the breadth of expression and interdisciplinary innovation across the university and beyond it.  

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Opening Reception for the 71st Annual SSFA Exhibition

26 November, 2026

Bring your family and friends along to view the 71st Student, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni Exhibition. This annual exhibition features works of art in a variety of media and showcases the creative talents of our Dalhousie and King's College communities.

Admission is free, and refreshments will be served.

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A Night With Prismatic

1 October, 2026

Join us for a special evening featuring a reading by Burnt Sugar Blue curator

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Christina Leslie, Hope and Present Chapter: Free, 2021. From the series “Sugar Coat”. Pigment print on sugar cane paper, Courtesy of the Artist and Stephen Bulger Gallery.
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Burnt Sugar Blue

11 September – 8 November, 2026

Burnt Sugar Blue brings together the work of four contemporary artists: Stina Baud

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Roger Mooking, The Other Guy Returns, 2022, acrylic on canvas/photography. Courtesy of the artist.
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Roger Mooking: SoundBites

11 September – 8 November, 2026

SoundBites is Roger Mooking's first solo exhibition in Atlantic Canada, bringing together visual art, moving image, music, and text in an immersive exploration of creativity, memory, and the rhythms of contemporary li

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Opening Reception for Roger Mooking: SoundBites and Burnt Sugar Blue

10 September, 2026

Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, 10 September, from 6:00–8:00 pm. 

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Image Credit: Roger Mooking (left to right), Aquatic Inferno (2023), The Other Guy Returns (2022), Imagine That (2023), acrylic on canvas/photography. Courtesy of the artist.

Panel Discussion: SoundBites: Music, Memory, and Black Canadian Archives.

9 September, 2026

A free public panel discussion, SoundBites: Music, Memory and Black Canadian Archives, will take place on Wednesday, September 9 at 6:30–8:00 p.m. in the Paul O'Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library, one day before the exhibition opens. Bringing together Roger Mooking, Phil Vassell (Canadian Black Music Archives and WORD Magazine), Dr. Mark V.

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Opening reception of In Relation: Black Material Life and Memory on Mi’kma’ki. Photo: Hayat Photography.
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2026 Curatorial Internship Exhibitions

19 May – 13 June, 2026
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Clementina marks her birthday by dyeing her hair blue and swimming in the ocean for the first time in 30 years, November 2022. Digital print. Courtesy of the artist, Elegoa Cultural Productions, Birch Contemporary, and Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain.
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Ed Pien: Present: Past / Future

8 May – 16 August, 2026

Present: Past / Future is an evolving multimedia installation by artist Ed Pien that considers temporality as a lived, unstable, and relational condition. Developed through a long-term collaboration with the same group of elders in San Agustín, Cuba, the project brings together video portraits, photography, exchanged personal objects, and sculptural furniture assemblages to produce an immersive environment in which memory, aging, and presence unfold across multiple registers.

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Clementina marks her birthday by dyeing her hair blue and swimming in the ocean for the first time in 30 years, November 2022. Digital print. Courtesy of the artist, Elegoa Cultural Productions, Birch Contemporary, and Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain.

Opening reception for Ed Pien: Present: Past / Future

7 May, 2026

Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, 7 May, from 6:00–8:00 pm.

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