Exhibitions and Events

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.
Exhibition

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.

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.

Panelists (clockwise from top) kay macdonald, I'thandi Munro, and Chris Cochrane.
Event

It's About Time: Performance and Panel

5 March, 2026

Join us in the gallery for an evening of performance and conversation presented as part of our current exhibition It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900–1970 and Now curated by Seika Boye.

Halifax/Kjipuktuk-based artists kay macdonald, I’thandi Munro, and Chris Cochrane (Elle Noir) will gather for a moderated discussion reflecting on Black performance as lineage and living practice. Together, they will explore how movement carries memory, how artists prepare to be seen, and how performance becomes a site of community, survival, and transformation.

Top Row, L-R: Seika Boye, Ibe Ananaba, Anja Clyke
Bottom Row, L-R: Allen D. Crooks, kay macdonald, Preston Pavlis
Event

It's About Time: Artist/Curator Panel Discussion

10 February, 2026

Join us for a panel discussion for It's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now. The event will feature exhibition Curator Seika Boye in conversation with participating artists Ibe Ananaba, Anja Clyke, Allen D. Crooks, kay macdonald, and Preston Pavlis

Admisison is free and everyone is welcome!

Ruby Miller at the weekly dance at the Conway School, 1950. Photo: John Collier Jr. Image courtesy of the Nova Scotia Archives
Exhibition

It's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now

23 January – 12 April, 2026
It’s About Time is a nationally touring exhibition that brings long-overlooked histories of Black dan

Opening reception for It's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now.

22 January, 2026

Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, 22 January from 6-9 pm. The exhibition's curator Seika Boye and participating artists Ibe Ananaba, Anje Clyke, Allen D. Crooks, kay macdonald, and Preston Pavlis will be present. The evening will feature a reading by George Elliott Clarke, a music performance by Aquakultre, and dance performances by Studio 26 Dance Co., and kay macdonald. Admission is free and everyone is welcome!

Exhibition

70th Annual Student, Staff, Faculty and Alumni Exhibition

5 – 21 December, 2025
Join us for the 70th SSFA Exhibition, an annual celebration of the creativity and talent of student

Opening Reception for the 70th Annual SSFA Exhibition

4 December, 2025

Bring your family and friends along to view the 70th 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.

Ali Cherri, The Digger, 2015. Single-channel video, 24 mins, colour, sound. Courtesy of the artist and Imane Farès Gallery, Paris.
Exhibition

Regarding Land

19 September – 23 November, 2025
Event

Regarding Land Opening Reception

18 September, 2025

Please join us for the Opening Reception, on Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, with the curator Amin Alsaden in attendance. The event is free and open to the public.

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