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Alice Egan Hagen Collection – Now online!

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Alice Egan Hagen Collection: Now available online!
 
Mount Saint Vincent University’s permanent collection includes over 100 objects by influential potter Alice Egan Hagen (1872-1972). With funding from Canadian Heritage Digital Access to Heritage, the entire collection is now available online for the first time.
 
As part of this project, MSVU’s 2007 online exhibition, “Community Memories: Alice Egan Hagen, Nova Scotia Woman Ceramicist,” for Virtual Museums Canada, was edited, updated, translated into French and adapted to an interactive, downloadable PDF website.
 
You can dive into this unique collection by following this link or using the link in our bio! (Instagram).
 
We gratefully acknowledge Canadian Heritage’s financial support. A special thank you to Andrew Neville for social media and website implementation, Emma Allain for design and layout, Violet Paul and Roger Lewis for consultation and The Kalaman Group’s collection management expertise.
 

New Hours – Starting September 21st

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Thank you to everyone who responded to our Community Feedback Survey! We received incredible, useful feedback that will help us make the gallery a more accessible and welcoming place.
 
The first change we are implementing is the gallery hours. Based on your feedback, our new hours starting September 21st, 2024 will be:
 
Wednesday 12pm – 5pm
Thursday 12pm – 7pm
Friday 12pm – 5pm
Saturday 12pm – 5pm
Sunday 12pm – 5pm
Monday & Tuesday: 10am – 4pm (Quiet hours)*
 
*Quiet hours mean you are welcome to visit the gallery, but no Gallery attendant will be available to provide tours or further insight. During this time, you can access the gallery through our 2nd floor office entrance adjacent to the Seton Café and enjoy the exhibitions at your own pace, without interruptions. If the exhibition includes audio, you can choose the level you are comfortable with.
 
During the week, Wednesday to Sunday, 12pm—5pm and Thursday until 7pm, the Gallery can be accessed from all three entrances. The Gallery Attendant will continue to greet you, provide tours, answer questions, and assist with the exhibition’s resources.
 
We look forward to sharing more feedback from the survey in the coming weeks. 

Opening Receptions: September 21st

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Opening Reception

All are welcome to a celebratory reception for MSVU Art Gallery’s Fall exhibitions, ‘Still Tho,’ curated by Mark V. Campbell and ‘East of East Atlantic Hip Hop Archive’, curated by Michael McGuire. The curators and several artists will be in attendance. DJ DTS and DJ R$ Smooth will each play a live set throughout the afternoon. 

Opening remarks will be held at 1:30pm in the Gallery. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available. Like all our events, this is free to attend, and there is free parking on campus.

MSVU Art Gallery is dedicated to making our exhibitions accessible to all. Information about access, location, and interpretive services can be found in the About section of our website.

Please contact art.gallery@msvu.ca for any access requests, service needs, or inquiries.

Community Survey

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The MSVU Art Gallery is eager to hear your thoughts!

We’re currently evaluating our operations and would love to learn more about how you interact with the gallery so we can enhance our services. Please take a few moments to complete our Community Feedback Survey. As a token of appreciation, if you fill it out by September 3rd, your name will be entered into a draw to win a $200 gift certificate to a local business of your choice! Just send a screenshot of the submission confirmation screen to art.gallery@msvu.ca.

Your input is valuable to us, so please take a moment to fill out the Community Feedback Survey. The survey is anonymous and will take under 10 minutes to complete.

Thank you in advance!

Two featured articles at The Coast

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This week, reporter Lauren Phillips caught up with Director Melanie Colosimo after one year on the job. Phillips also spoke to current exhibitors Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux about their exhibition ‘Collective’, on view until August 17th. Take a look:

🔗 New MSVU gallery director nearly a year into the job, says ‘no regrets’

🔗 Two years after Halifax tree-girdling incident, art show reminds us of ‘importance of human relationships with trees’

We hope to see you at the Artist Talk on July 27th at 1:00pm! 🔗

Ice Cream Social

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Happy summer! Instead of our regular Free Coffee event, we will host an Ice Cream Social!

Free Ice Cream, toppings, air conditioning and art!
 
Wednesday, July 17th from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
 
Drop by the Art Gallery for a snack and don’t miss the chance to explore the current exhibitions, Miranda Bellamy & Amanda Fauteux: Collective and Marks & Recreation: works from the MSVU Permanent Art Collection.