The myth of home
Jerry Ropson’s powerful exploration of loss
Jerry Ropson’s to kiss a goat between the horns is a memorial to a cultural vernacular and way of life that has already left us—his grandfather's rural Newfoundland culture.
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The NSCAD Venice Connection
NSCAD has its fingerprints all over the Venice Biennale this year
Representation of NSCAD across multiple shows and national delegations underline the school’s place in the broader art world, as well as Atlantic Canada’s slow move away from the international art world’s periphery.
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Ursula Johnson: Weaving history
"You begin to weave and it’s almost as if the wood is telling you what direction to move in"
Johnson is concerned that Mi’kmaq baskets will become obsolete, referenced only in archives or glanced at as artifacts on the dusty shelves of art collectors.
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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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Words of resistance
Jordan Bennett, Ursula Johnson and the potency of language
Johnson and Bennett create a fitting metaphor for the original and ongoing white-washing of Indigenous language and culture in our society at large and artistic culture in Canada.
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Landon Mackenzie’s hidden creative journey
“Finishing is recognizing—you recognize something that doesn’t exist yet in the world.”
“People thought I was a guy. I kept secret that I had three kids. I kept secret that I was a woman.”
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Amery Sandford: Master of ceremonies
Exploring our complex relationship with Newfoundland identity
Amery Sandford draws upon the history of touristic paraphernalia, such as postcards and brochures from the early 20th Century that depicted North America as a pristine escape from the cultural and economic troubles of one’s homeland—a new frontier.
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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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Ambera Wellmann brings illusion to Instagram
"Some of my images have upset people but I just don't care."
Ambera Wellmann's oil and Instagram works are in dialogue with the rich tradition of European painting. Wellmann's pushing both mediums and proving the timeless potency of the unsettling image.
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Daniel Hutchinson: Shades of black
Bright Black bends light and space
Daniel Hutchinson explores the artistic possibilities of black paint, sculpted with striations that capture or reflect light in ways that create the illusion of space.
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