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Still from Gerald Potterton's The Railrodder, 1965
Film

Atlantic Film Festival: Celebrating the National Film Board of Canada

12 September, 2014

FREE ADMISSION

This year marks the 75th Anniversary of Canada’s National Film Board. Gaspereau Press author Binnie Brennan will read from her new book Like Any Other Monday which tells the story of a Buster Keaton-like character. A screening of the 1964 NFB film The Railrodder and its accompanying ‘making of’ documentary, Buster Keaton Rides Again, will follow the reading after a short question and answer session.

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Tracing Tracks Online Launch

5 September, 2014

Project site: http://tracingtracks.com

Artists: Edith Flückiger and Germaine Koh

Curators: Mireille Bourgeois and Chantal Molleur

Website by Lukas Steinman

          A component of the exhibition

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Artifact Institute: Closing reception and round table discussion

20 August, 2014

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION on residual media and CLOSING RECEPTION for 

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Artifact Institute Open House

24 July, 2014

Open House

Thursday 24 July 2014, 7 to 10 PM
6052 Almon Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Artifact Institute is pleased to open its facility to the public on Thursday 24 July from 7 to 10 PM. The facility is operating this summer to complete the project Investigation 1: Electronic equipment discarded between 2004 and 2009 by arts and cultural organizations in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

About Investigation 1

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Opening Reception

Opening Reception

16 July, 2014
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Closing Reception

Sassafr

16 July, 2014
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Panel Discussion: Aboriginal Curating Today

4 May, 2014

PANEL DISCUSSION
ABORIGINAL CURATING TODAY

SUNDAY 4 MAY AT 3 PM | SCOTIABANK THEATRE, SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY

PANELISTS:
Greg Hill - Kanyen’kehaka artist and curator, Audain Curator of Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada Ursula Johnson - Mi’kmaq artist, currently longlisted for the Sobey Art Award
Dr. Carla Taunton - Assistant Professor, Division of Art History and Critical Studies, NSCAD University Tania Willard - Secwepemc artist, designer, co-curator of Beat Nation

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Sculpture Lecture Series: Krzysztof Wodiczko

31 March, 2014

The Sculpture Area of NSCAD University and the Contemporary Art Projects Society are pleased to present a public talk by internationally recognized artist Krzysztof Wodiczko. The talk will take place on Monday 31 March at 7:30 pm in room HA19 at Dalhousie’s School of Architecture, located at 5410 Spring Garden Road. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

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Sculpture Lecture Series: Matthew Coolidge

19 March, 2014

The Sculpture Area of NSCAD University and the Contemporary Art Projects Society are pleased to present a public talk by Matthew Coolidge, founder and Director of the Center for Land Use Interpretation. The talk will take place on Wednesday 19 March at 7:30 pm in room HA19 at Dalhousie’s School of Architecture, located at 5410 Spring Garden Road. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

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Panel Discussion: Realism: Future Directions

1 March, 2014

In conjunction with Capture 2014: Nova Scotian Realism
Curated by Tom Smart and Peter Dykhuis

The 28 artists selected for the exhibition Capture 2014: Nova Scotian Realism employ a wide range of production strategies in the “capturing” of representational images in paint mediums, watercolour and pastel that can be categorized as realistic. Multiple image sources, framing devices, figure/ground relationships and levels of painterly craft are evident in this exhibition. 

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