Unearthing buried histories of African Nova Scotian artists
Our research intern takes us on a dig through the archives to 90s Halifax
"Chris! I have been secretly waiting for this email for decades! Talk to me."
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In This Place: The lasting impact of Nova Scotia’s first exhibition of Black artists’ work
Our research intern revisits a powerful 1990s exhibition and asks why we're not seeing more Black artists in galleries
Why In this Place was a groundbreaking exhibition for Black artists in Nova Scotia
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Looking back: Our version of “women in the arts” in the 70’s
Visual Arts News' research intern reflects on a 1977 reading list
The 70's art world "was a desert for women! Let alone any person of colour!” But in 1977, in the second issue of Visual Arts News, we published a list of publications focusing on "women in the arts." Our research intern Chris Shapones reflects on the impact of that list, what endures and what could be added today.
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Looking back, Looking forward
Get to know our new research intern
Meet Visual Arts News' new research intern, who's going to be trawling through our archives revisiting all the stories we've told about the visual arts scene in Atlantic Canada over the past 40 years.
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Mocean Dance animates its past in lightening speed
The Masterworks winner has helped shape contemporary dance in Atlantic Canada
At fifteen years, the 2016 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award winner Mocean Dance is one of the longest surviving contemporary dance companies in Atlantic Canada and well-known for its highly physical, collaborative work.
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Exploring the landscape with Samuel Thulin’s “situated composition”
Samuel Thulin employs granular synthesis to create a sound art piece for Songlines
For me, sound and landscape go hand in hand. We travel through life being highly influenced by the sounds in our environment. Although hearing is not at the highest point of the sensual hierarchy, the sensuous space of sound is a powerful knowledge position to work from. Sound is used in medicine to determine the...
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Christopher Boyne blurs lines between ‘artist’ and ‘non artist’ actors
Songlines’ resident artist explores an intimate relationship with the ocean
Christopher Boyne’s practice often revolves around maritime life and the sea. Born and raised on the east coast of Nova Scotia, his relationship with the ocean is intimate.
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Tracing the gestures: Marie-Line Leblanc and Sara Dignard find everyday wonder on the Magdalen Islands
Songlines’ resident artists conduct a ‘geopoetic survey’ of local knowledge
Marie-Line Leblanc and Sara Dignard were to deny the Google Maps or other formal ways of mapping the area and seek the unwritten in the unexpected.
Read MoreArts Scene Round Up
There's plenty worth getting excited about right now in the Atlantic Canadian arts scene, from new pop-up events to big gallery expansion plans. And if you're faced with a rainy Spring day, you can always pour over some of the reviews, interviews and online projects worth bookmarking this season.
Read MoreWinter survival guide
Mireille Eagan's list of not-to-miss art events and projects this season
Winter is often described as a period of contemplation, but I admit that my thoughts mostly gravitate to murdering snow with my hairdryer. Thank goodness there are some exciting things to read and see in the art world that distract my frustration (and electrical bill). You see, I have a term for some people in...
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Art News Roundup
From new pop-up galleries to gallery acquisitions, Visual Arts News brings you the latest Atlantic Canadian and National art news headlines. NOVA SCOTIA: HALIFAX: NSCAD University’s Anna Leonowen’s opens the new exhibition Alternative Means: An Aesthetic Field Guide to Kejimkujik National Park at the Gallery from November 11 to 15. HALIFAX: The Outlier Film Festival lineup has...
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A walk through Charlottetown’s Art in the Open 2014
The Scotiabank Nuit Blanche spectacle in Toronto with its more than 110 contemporary art projects gets most of the press, of course, but Charlottetown’s fourth annual Art in the Open—with more than 36 projects in six locations throughout PEI’s capital city—was an evening’s entertainment worth the travel. In 2013 I made the error of having...
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