Exhibitions and Events

French Tour of Places, Paths, and Pauses

28 April, 2018

La galerie est heureuse de vous inviter à une visite guidée en français de l'exposition Lieux, sentiers et pauses de l'artiste Marlene Creates le Samedi 28 Avril 2018 à 14h00.

L'entrée est gratuite et tous sont bienvenus, mais nous vous demandons de vous inscrire si possible via ce formulaire en ligne: https://goo.gl/forms/YBiAMzMGiDThO8Zt2

Cette visite guidée est présentée par Sophie Pilipczuk (Alliance Française Halifax).

16 février à 6 mai

Marlene Creates
Lieux, sentiers et pauses

Film

Black on Both Sides

12 April, 2018

CURATED BY CORY BOWLES
FILMS INTRODUCED BY KOUMBIE

FREE ADMISSION / SEATING IS LIMITED
PAUL O'REGAN HALL / HALIFAX CENTRAL LIBRARY

A screening of short films, curated by actor and director Cory Bowles, Black on Both Sides is a presentation of new voices in black cinema, examining identity in past, present, and future. The films will be introduced by local actor, filmmaker, and activist Koumbie.

Film

Portrait of Jason

27 March, 2018

In director Shirley Clarke’s daring and ground-breaking documentary, would-be cabaret performer, hustler, and gender preference pioneer Jason delivers an electrifying monologue about what it is like to be black and gay in mid-Sixties USA.

Part of the series:

Women Filmmakers 1931-1969

CURATED BY RON FOLEY MACDONALD

Film

Lions Love (...and Lies)

20 March, 2018

Hair writers and composers James Rado and Gerome Ragni, Warhol “Superstar” Viva, and Shirley Clarke appear in this examination of West Coast counterculture made by the renowned New Wave director Agnès Varda during her sojourn in California.

Part of the series:

Women Filmmakers 1931-1969

CURATED BY RON FOLEY MACDONALD

Marlene Creates, detail of Spring 2003 from Water Flowing to the Sea Captured at the Speed of Light, Blast Hole Pond River, Newfoundland 2002-2003. Image courtesy of the artist.

Exhibition tour with Marlene Creates and Susan Gibson Garvey

10 March, 2018

Dalhousie Art Gallery is pleased to present a walking tour with artist Marlene Creates and curator Susan Gibson-Garvey of the exhibition Marlene Creates: Places, Paths, and Pauses.

Film

Daisies

6 March, 2018

In this delightfully surreal and visually arresting film, director Chytilová portrays two young women challenging ideas of consumption and identity in pre-invasion Prague.

Part of the series:

Women Filmmakers 1931-1969

CURATED BY RON FOLEY MACDONALD

Film

Loving Couples

27 February, 2018

Three couples from differing social classes each reach critical points in this social costume drama set in Stockholm in 1915.

Part of the series:

Women Filmmakers 1931-1969

CURATED BY RON FOLEY MACDONALD

Marlene Creates, excerpt (2014) from Larch, Spruce, Fir, Birch, Hand, Blast Hole Pond Road, Newfoundland 2007 (ongoing). Black and white photograph , silver print 27 x 39 cm.; framed 51 x 61 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Exhibition

Marlene Creates: Places, Paths, and Pauses

16 February – 6 May, 2018

This retrospective exhibition, publication and national tour presents the works of leading Newfoundland-based environmental artist and poet Marlene Creates, offering viewers a comprehensive and immersive experience of nearly four decades of her unique activities.

Film

Simon and Laura

13 February, 2018

In this witty and prescient look at early reality tv in Britain, a couple has their everyday lives recorded for mass audiences despite an already shaky relationship.

Part of the series:

Women Filmmakers 1931-1969

CURATED BY RON FOLEY MACDONALD

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