Exhibitions and Events
The 53rd Annual SSFA Exhibition
Opening Reception Thursday 7 December at 8 pm
Our annual celebration of the creativity of students, staff, faculty and alumni of Dalhousie and King’s College, in painting, graphic art, photography, mixed media, video, sculpture and crafts. We welcome your artwork (original artwork only, please, framed and ready to install) for this exhibition, which makes no distinction between amateurs and professionals. Up to three entries per person will be accepted during regular gallery hours between 1 and 30 November. Entry forms are now available in the Gallery.

Lani Maestro: Sing Mother (Twilight eats you)
For this exhibition, internationally-known artist Lani Maestro presents several new works, as well as a reconstruction of herroom-sized installation i want! i want! i want! (previously exhibited in Montréal at the Galerie de l’UQAM).
Cronenberg Cocktail
One of the most influential and internationally successful Canadian filmmakers, David Cronenberg has helped to revitalize several cinematic genres, examining the queasy contours of violence, sex and technological obsessions in modern (and future) societies. Whether working in horror (Rabid, Shivers), Science Fiction (The Fly, Videodrome) or in literary adaptations (Naked Lunch, M. Butterfly), the Toronto-based director has created films that continue to provoke, disturb and entertain audiences all over the world.
Five O'Clock Docs
Documentaries are hot! This series, curated by AFF Senior Programmer and DAG Film Curator Ron Foley Macdonald, presents some of the best documentaries of the last decade. Screenings are at 5:00 pm. every day during the Festival.
Friday 15 September, 5 pm: One Day In September
Bryan Maycock: (de)composed
Opening Reception Friday 18 August at 5:30 pm
Back/Flash
Back/Flash is an examination of aboriginal media art ranging from early video production to ground-breaking video installation, virtual reality, net art, and digital works.
Art at Home and All That Jazz
Our popular annual fund-raiser returns on Sunday, 9 April, from 1:30 pm to 6 pm. Enjoy fine art, architecture and craft in four notable private houses in Halifax, followed by a live jazz performance in the Gallery, accompanied by delicious refreshments. Only 200 tickets are sold for this event. Mark the date in your calendar now!
I am a music video
Opening Reception Thursday, 9 March at 8pm
Curator Becka Barker explores the ways in which three contemporary artists, Skawennati Tricia Fragnito, Meesoo Lee and Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, subvert the music video genre. Self-consciously exploiting the trappings and stylistic patterns of music videos, these artists address ideas of authorship, identity, artistic collaboration across disciplines, and consumer culture. Organized by the Centre for Art Tapes in collaboration with Dalhousie Art Gallery and funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.