Timeline Exhibitions and Events

Exhibitions and Events

Aaron Jones, Grow, 2016. Handcut collage. From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021).

Event

Collage Night

7 March, 2024

The Halifax Collage Collective will host this hands-on collage night at Dalhousie Art Gallery as part of the programming for the Gallery's current exhibitions, As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic and 

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Image: Xaviera Simmons, Denver, 2008, from As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist and David Castillo.

Healing Perspectives: Elevating Health Amidst As We Rise - Yoga for Liberation

6 March, 2024

Open to all participants who self-identify as Black. Register for free on Eventbrite.

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Allen D. Crooks, Untitled, 2009. Archival silver gelatin print on paper, 11" x 14". Courtesy of the artist.

Exhibition

Allen D. Crooks: Family Matters

3 February – 7 April, 2024

Located in the DAG Alcove

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Dawit L. Petros, Hadenbes, 2005, from As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy the artist/Bradley Ertaskiran. 

Exhibition

As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

3 February – 7 April, 2024

Virtual Exhibition Tour: English | Français

 

Organized by Aperture
Curated by Elliott Ramsey 

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Opening Reception for As We Rise and Family Matters

2 February, 2024
Join us in celebrating the opening of As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic and Allen D. Crooks: Family Matters. 
 
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DAG x CRWR at Nocturne 2023

14 October, 2023

Students and faculty from Dalhousie's Creative Writing Program will be lead attendees through a series of meditative creative writing prompts that engage with Sameer Farooq's exhibition "The Fairest Order in the World," and the questions the works prompt regarding our relationships to objects, collections, belonging, and possession.

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Sameer Farooq. Restitution Series (Stone Heads), 2020.

Exhibition

Sameer Farooq: The Fairest Order in the World

5 October – 22 December, 2023

In this first exhibition in his home province of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton born, Toronto based artist Sameer Farooq presents a new installation that offers a deeply poetic space to reflect on the fraught and violent histories of art and anthropological museums, their colonial origins, structures, and impulses. 

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Opening Reception for Sameer Farooq: The Fairest Order in the World

5 October, 2023

Co-presented with Prismatic Arts Festival.

Join us for the opening reception of The Fairest Order in the World. The artist and curator will be in attendance to lead an introductory exhibition tour, and the event will feature a movement activation by Sarah Prosper in collaboration with Sameer Farooq. Opening remarks will begin at 5:30 pm.

The event is free to attend and is open to the public.

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Installation view of The Secret Codes: African Nova Scotian Quilts. Photo by Steve Farmer. 

Exhibition

The Secret Codes: African Nova Scotian Quilts

11 May – 6 August, 2023

Virtual Exhibition Tour: English | Français

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68th SSFA: Opening Reception

1 February, 2023

Join us for the opening reception of two new exhibitions!

Bring your family and friends along to view the 68th 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.

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