Timeline Exhibitions and Events

Exhibitions and Events

Film

Film Series: Black Film Artists with Nova Scotian Roots

4 February – 4 March, 2014

SCREENINGS TUESDAYS AT 8 PM  FREE ADMISSION

Two film artists with African heritage—and a connection to Nova Scotia—will have their works shown at the Dalhousie Art Gallery for African Heritage Month. The first, the late actor Godfrey Cambridge, is featured in two landmark Hollywood Studio Films from 1970: Melvin Van Peebles’ The Watermelon Man and Ossie Davis’ Cotton Comes To Harlem, both, of course, directed by pioneer Black Directors. Cambridge, born in New York City, was sent to live with his grandparents in Sydney, Nova Scotia until he was 13.

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Film

Realism in Film

22 January – 14 May, 2014

To complement and counterpoint the themes of Realism and social engagement in the Gallery’s winter exhibitions, Capture: Nova Scotian Realismand Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture, the Dalhousie Art Gallery is proud to present a film program surveying Realism in Film from 1930-2013.

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Richard Thomas Davis, '65 Volvo, 2013
Exhibition

CAPTURE 2014: Nova Scotian Realism

17 January – 9 March, 2014

Organized by the Dalhousie Art Gallery in association with Professional Living Artists of Nova Scotia (PLANS). Curatorial research funded by the Robert Pope Foundation with project support from the Craig Foundation.

Gratefully acknowledging the additional support of: The Black Family; Moore Executive Suites; Premiere Self Storage; Spanish Bay Inn, Sydney.

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Opening Reception

Opening reception for Capture 2014: Nova Scotian Realism

16 January, 2014
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Opening Reception

Opening reception for Capture 2014: Nova Scotian Realism

16 January, 2014
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Event

Book Sale

17 – 22 December, 2013
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Exhibition

The 60th Annual SSFA Exhibition

13 – 22 December, 2013

60th Annual Student, Staff, Faculty and Alumni Exhibition
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday 12 December at 8pm

Our annual celebration of the creativity of the Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College—60 years!

Opening remarks will be delivered by VP of Student Services Dr. Bonnie Neuman  at 8:30pm

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Wilma Needham, Over, Detail, 2013
Exhibition

Home/Land

18 October – 1 December, 2013

MASSEY LECTURE RECEPTION/OPENING RECEPTION Thursday 17 October at 6 PM

The Gallery is pleased to host a public reception for author Lawrence Hill, who will be presenting the second of the 2013 CBC Massey Lectures, Blood, the Stuff of Life, in the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at 8 PM.

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Artist Talk

Massey Lecture Reception for Blood the Stuff of Life

17 October, 2013
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Still from Sasaki's, Herb & Dorothy, 2008
Film

Arts Documentaries

25 September – 27 November, 2013

Catching up on some Arts Documentaries that have not yet played in the area, the Dalhousie Art Gallery is pleased to present some major non-fiction films on various issues on the arts including the art of collecting, modern design, sound recording, free expression and politics in China, and a screening of local filmmaker Alan Collins’ film on the artist Wayne Boucher, which features a special appearance by a certain Dalhousie Art Gallery personality.

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