Postcard invitation to opening of Peggy’s Cove Syndrome group exhibition, November 30, 1974, Eyelevel Gallery fonds, MS-3-35, Box 40, Folder 4

“Why are we saving All these artist publications + Other Galleries stuffs?” The Emergence of Artist-Run Culture in Halifax

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Canadian artists began to self-organize and establish independent spaces for creating and presenting contemporary art. These spaces were called “parallel galleries” or “alternative spaces” and are now known as artist-run centres. Halifax is home to some of the oldest artist-run centres in the country: between 1970 and 1975, Charlotte Townsend-Gault organized the artist-run Mezzanine Gallery at NSCAD. In 1972, a group of female artists established the Inventions Gallery, but the gallery closed after a fire in 1973.

Opening reception

Opening reception for  “Why are we saving All these artist publications + Other Galleries stuffs?”, Gleaning a Song: The Singing Voice as Artifact in Media Art and Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative 7.

62nd Student, Staff, Faculty and Alumni Exhibition

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday 3 December at 7PM

Our annual celebration of the creativity of the Dalhousie community -- in its seventh decade! Up to three entries per person will be accepted during regular Gallery hours between November 1st to 22nd. 

Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century

Now in its fourth season, the groundbreaking PBS series Art 21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century provides a behind the scenes view of a diverse range of contemporary artists. Viewers observe intimate footage of artists at work in their homes, studios and communities and speaking in their own words about their practice.