Exhibitions and Events
Photo: Wes Johnston
Herd of Pianos
Screening twice daily at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from
67th Student, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni Exhibition
Our annual celebration of the creativity of the students, staff, faculty and alumni of Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College!
Junji Mikawa collection. Courtesy of Dr. Steven Mannell
Lou Sheppard and William Robinson: i want to be a seashell/i want to be a mold/i want to be a spirit
This exhibition is informed by the Japanese concept of Metabolism, first coined by architectural critic Noboru Kawazoe in his essay the Metabolist Manifesto. Metabolism was referenced in 1971 when the Dalhousie Arts Centre was built by Fowler Bauld & Mitchell (now FBM Architecture) with the support of consulting architect Junji Mikawa.
Kim Morgan, Stray Hair, 2021, detail. Photo: Felix Bernier
Dust Disruptors: Stray Hair
With Nocturne 2021, Kim Morgan will be debuting Stray Hair, the first installation of her ongoing Dust Disruptors project: an open-ended series of performative inflatable objects of varying forms and sizes constructed out of Silpoly fabric printed with enlarged scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. The images are derived from dust and ash samples taken from human bodies and their immediate environment.
Mike MacDonald, Digital Garden, 1997 (detail of placemat series 4)
On the Wings of a Butterfly: Discussing the Work of Mike MacDonald, Wild Pollinators, Ecology and Art
Join MSVU Art Gallery Director, Laura Ritchie, in conversation with Lindsay Dobbin, Frances Dorsey, Robin Metcalfe, Lisa Myers, and Michelle Sylliboy about the work of late Mi'kmaq artist Mike MacDonald (1941-2006). A Queer media artist, MacDonald is remembered in part for his environmental work planting pollinator gardens across Canada. His 1994 butterfly garden on the Mount Saint Vincent University campus in K'jipuktuk (Halifax) continues to serve as a point of connection between artists and curators exploring ecology and art today.
