African Heritage Month: First Films by Black Filmmakers

SCREENINGS TUESDAYS AT 5 PM. FREE ADMISSION

2 February - She’s Gotta Have It

Spike Lee, USA, 1986, 84 minutes. An independently minded 80s African-American female must choose between multiple suitors–one of them played by the director himself–in this precise and energetic debut feature from the now legendary filmmaker Spike Lee.

9 February - Dear White People

“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.

ERI 7: Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative

Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative is a biennial exhibition of artist’s books, multiples, and printed matter, refreshing Eyelevel Gallery’s Bookstore with works from established and emerging artists. Work on display will be available for purchase throughout the exhibition during regular gallery hours.

Mark Gilbert Artist Talk

Dalhousie Art Gallery is pleased to present an artist's talk by Mark Gilbert, in conjunction with the screening of Midge Mackenzie's documentary, Saving Faces, which appears in this year's Student, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni Exhibition.