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css=”” text_direction=”default”]\nExhibition Information\n[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Curated by David Woods\nOrganized by Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia and MSVU Art Gallery \nThis exhibition celebrates the artistic legacy of underrecognized African Nova Scotian painter Edith MacDonald-Brown. Curated by David Woods\, the exhibition features nine of thirteen known oil paintings that highlight MacDonald-Brown’s mature talent at such a young age. For many years\, Woods has dedicated significant efforts to uncovering MacDonald-Brown’s oeuvre and has collaborated with her descendants and MSVU Art Gallery to ensure the preservation of her art. The conservation efforts\, completed in the Fall of 2024\, have restored these works for future generations. \nThis exhibition honours MacDonald-Brown’s talent and contributes to the broader narrative of African Nova Scotian artistry. Explore her remarkable work and the rich cultural heritage she represents in Canadian art history.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/1055625777″ css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\nOpening Reception\nPlease join us on February 15th at 1:00 – 3:00 pm to celebrate the life and work of Edith MacDonald-Brown. David Woods will give an informal presentation about Edith MacDonald-Brown’s work following opening remarks at 1:45pm. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend! Please get in touch with art.gallery@msvu.ca by February 5th with any access needs\, requests\, or inquiries.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\nAbout the Artist\nEdith Hester MacDonald-Brown (1886-1954) is the great granddaughter of William Brown Sr.\, one of the original deed holders for lands in Africville\, Nova Scotia. Born in Africville\, she moved to Montreal in 1898\, where she took painting lessons\, according to members of her family. She showed an exceptional talent at a young age. In 1914 she married William Henry Brown\, after relocating back to the Brown family homestead. Despite her talent she did not pursue a career as an artist or exhibit publicly\, sharing her works only with her family. The few surviving paintings by MacDonald-Brown count among the earliest examples of fine art produced by an African Canadian woman in Canada.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\nAbout the Curator\nDavid Woods is a self-taught artist\, curator\, playwright and poet from Dartmouth NS who has been a forefront of the Black Nova Scotian arts scene for over four decades. He is a founding member of several Black arts organizations including Black Artists Network (the largest Black arts group in the province)\, the Cultural Awareness Youth Group of Nova Scotia and Voices Black Theatre.  He initiated important cultural events and programs in the province including the annual African Heritage Month celebration\, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebration and The Preston Cultural Festival. In 1998\, Woods co-curated In This Place– the first ever exhibition of Black Nova Scotian art with Dr. Harold Pearse. He has also curated several exhibitions of paintings and quilts that have toured art galleries across Canada exhibitions including The Vancouver East Cultural Centre\, Vancouver; Museum of Textile\, Toronto; UNB Arts Centre\, Fredericton; and The Confederation Centre Art Gallery\, Charlottetown. Besides this current Africville connected exhibition\, Woods also curated Incantation– the first exhibition of Africville art for the 2007 Africville 25TH Anniversary Reunion Festival\, Seaview Park and written award winning plays\, poetry on the on Africviile. 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UID:10000198-1579305600-1586131199@www.msvuart.ca SUMMARY:Heather Hart: Northern Oracle DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” 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column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Northern Oracle is an ambitious rooftop installation that emerges from the floor of the gallery\, and is accompanied by a series of mixed media drawings. Through her work\, Heather Hart considers Black histories\, access to ownership\, taking up physical space\, and the significance of having a place to call home. Visitors may access both the rooftop and its floor level attic\, while contemplating and enacting upon these vantage points. Northern Oracle provides a performative area: a locale for demonstration of power\, influence\, and for “shouting from the rooftop.” The Oracle is the heart of the work and a shrine where visitors may leave offerings. \nOrganized and circulated by the Doris McCarthy Gallery\nPresented at MSVU Art Gallery in partnership with the Africville Heritage Trust \nThis exhibition ended early due to MSVU Art Gallery’s closure in response to COVID-19\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/391275660″][vc_column_text]\nAccess support provided by\n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\nOpening Reception\nSaturday\, January 18 at 2:00pm \nPlease join the artist for an informal presentation followed by a relaxed reception. American Sign Language interpretation will be provided.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\nMSVU Waiver\nVisitors are invited to interact with\, climb on and explore the installation in Northern Oracle. Due to the size and scale of the structure\, visitors are required to sign a waiver before doing so. \nWaivers are available at the Gallery and for preview here.[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”16223″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” img_link=”https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/MSVU-Waiver.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\nAudio Companion\n[/vc_column_text]\n \n \n \n Introduction\n Heather Hart: Northern Oracle\n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Heather-Hart_Install-View_2-1024x575.jpg\n ALL CATEGORIES\n \n \n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1.-Introduction.mp3\n \n \n Exhibition Information\n Heather Hart: Northern Oracle\n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Heather-Hart_Install-View_2-1024x575.jpg\n ALL CATEGORIES\n \n \n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2.-Hart-Exhibition-Information-.mp3\n \n \n Text Panel\n Heather Hart: Northern Oracle\n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Heather-Hart_Install-View_2-1024x575.jpg\n ALL CATEGORIES\n \n \n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/3.-Hart-Text-Panel.mp3\n \n \n Artist's Statement\n Heather Hart: Northern Oracle\n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Heather-Hart_Install-View_2-1024x575.jpg\n ALL CATEGORIES\n \n \n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/4.-Hart-Artists-Statement.mp3\n \n \n Artist's Biography\n Heather Hart: Northern Oracle\n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Heather-Hart_Install-View_2-1024x575.jpg\n ALL CATEGORIES\n \n \n https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5.-Hart-Artist-Bio.mp3\n \n \n No HTML5 audio playback capabilities for this browser. Use Chrome Browser!\n \n \n [/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”17766\,17765\,17764\,17767\,17763\,17762″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ item_spacing=”default” gallery_style=”7″ load_in_animation=”none”][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://www.msvuart.ca/exhibition/heather-hart-northern-oracle/ CATEGORIES:Race,Sculpture & Installation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Heather-Hart_Install-View_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190817 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191111 DTSTAMP:20260501T172646 CREATED:20190627T213753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210909T193401Z UID:10000077-1566000000-1573430399@www.msvuart.ca SUMMARY:Africville: A Spirit that Lives On – A Reflection Project DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]In 1989\, MSVU Art Gallery\, in partnership with the Black Cultural Center for Nova Scotia and the Black Genealogical Society\, collaborated on the exhibition Africville: A Spirit that Lives On. It celebrated the legacy and spirit of Africville and set a benchmark for collaborative\, community driven exhibitions. It travelled across the country and resulted in books and conversations that remain ongoing. 30 years later\, the collaborators reunited\, joined by the Africville Museum\, to look back at the original exhibition and take the opportunity to reflect on what has happened since. \nThe artworks on view were selected from responses to a public call for submissions; the selection committee included Kim Cain-Simmonds (BANNS)\, Irvine Carvery (Africville Genealogical Society)\, David Dahms (MSVU Art Gallery)\, Letitia Fraser (artist)\, Juanita Peters (Africville Museum)\, Ashley Preston (MSVU Art Gallery)\, and Laura Ritchie (MSVU Art Gallery).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/355361579″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\nCatalogue\n[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”17535″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_target=”_blank” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”75%” max_width_mobile=”default” img_link=”https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1989-Africville-Catalogue-1.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\nOpening Reception\nSaturday\, August 17 at 2:00pm \nPlease join MSVU Art Gallery\, the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia and the Africville Genealogy Society\, and the Africville Museum for a relaxed reception with refreshments. American Sign Language interpretation will be provided.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\nPoetry & Performance\nSaturday\, September 14 at 2:30pm \nPlease join us for an afternoon of musical performances\, poetry\, and storytelling by artists in Africville: A Spirit that Lives On—A Reflection Project\, including George Borden\, Linda Carvery\, Martha Mutale and Gloria Wesley. 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Clarke’s work chronicles the experiences of black Canadian communities\, especially those of Nova Scotia. Clarke has served as the City of Toronto’s Poet Laureate from 2012-2015 and the Parliamentary Poet Laureate from 2016-2017 and has received numerous awards and honors. Clarke lives in Toronto where he holds the position of the E.J. 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Illuminating ideas about sharing intergenerational knowledge and craft as a means of fostering solidarity and resistance within and between various Black communities in Nova Scotia\, this panel will explore locating pleasure\, joy\, and celebration as tools for survival while navigating structural oppression. Panelists include Sobaz Benjamin\, NAT chantel\, Letitia Fraser\, Juanita Peters and moderator Francesca Ekwuyasi. 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width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”16991\,16993\,16989\,16990\,16992\,16988″ image_grid_loading=”default” display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ item_spacing=”default” gallery_style=”7″ load_in_animation=”none”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://www.msvuart.ca/exhibition/africville-reflection-project/ CATEGORIES:Community,Nova Scotian Artists,Race ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/03-Catalogue-Cover-1989-e1561675574559.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190520 DTSTAMP:20260501T172646 CREATED:20181211T194942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201126T221207Z UID:10000049-1549670400-1558310399@www.msvuart.ca SUMMARY:James R Shirley: Landscapes from the Soul DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Landscapes from the Soul presents a selection of Jim Shirley’s monotypes and pinhole photographs from the collections of Mount Saint Vincent University and Dalhousie University. A writer and artist\, Shirley moved from New York City in 1972 to Nova Scotia\, where he lived in Cape Breton and then Halifax until 1979. Featured here alongside his own thoughts and words\, Shirley’s Landscapes from the Soul illuminate personal experience in a way that only an artist’s voice can. Since 1979\, Shirley has lived in Rankin Inlet\, Nunavut\, where he is founder and coordinator of the Matchbox Gallery.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\nMonotype Workshop\nSaturday\, March 23 at 1:00-4:00pm \nWorking with artist David Dahms\, participants will learn the basics of monotype printmaking. This workshop is offered alongside current exhibition James R Shirley: Landscapes from the Soul. No experience necessary\, attendance is free and materials will be provided. Due to limited availability participants must contact claire.dykhuis@msvu.ca by March 21 to register. ASL interpretation is available by request with registration.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\nPinhole Photography Workshop\nSaturday\, May 11 at 12:00-3:00pm \nWorking with artist Ursula Handleigh\, participants will learn the basics of pinhole photography. This workshop is offered alongside current exhibition James R Shirley: Landscapes from the Soul. No experience necessary\, attendance is free and materials will be provided\, but we ask participants to bring a shoe box. Due to limited availability participants must register in advance. ASL interpretation is available by request with registration.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://www.msvuart.ca/exhibition/james-r-shirley-black-then/ CATEGORIES:Drawing & Printmaking,Photography,Race ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Jim-Shirley-Cape-Breton-Apocalypse-detail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170410 DTSTAMP:20260501T172646 CREATED:20180914T182700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190716T143858Z UID:10000043-1486771200-1491782399@www.msvuart.ca SUMMARY:How Do I Look? DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]This selection of artists’ self-portraits from the Mount Saint Vincent University Collection addresses both the experience of being looked at by others\, and that of returning the gaze. As a corollary to their engagement with practices of looking and appearing\, these self-portraits also tackle the frameworks of race\, gender and sexuality. \nIn her extended photographic self-portrait\, Rosalie Favell exposes the intersectional consequences of coming out as an Indigenous lesbian. Works by the African Nova Scotian artists Chrystal Clements and Jim Shirley confront the racializing gaze in inventive ways. Replacing images with words\, Marie Koehler tackles and triumphs over patriarchal objectifications of women’s appearance. Sarra McNie\, on the other hand\, subsumes the representation of her nude figure in the formal problems of modernist painting.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”15660\,15661″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ masonry_style=”true” item_spacing=”default” gallery_style=”2″ load_in_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://www.msvuart.ca/exhibition/how-do-i-look/ CATEGORIES:Drawing & Printmaking,Gender & Sexuality,Nova Scotian Artists,Painting,Photography,Race ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Favell-Living-Evidence.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20000203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20000225 DTSTAMP:20260501T172646 CREATED:20190816T172645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190816T172645Z UID:10000135-949536000-951436799@www.msvuart.ca SUMMARY:The Archaeology of Origin - Transnational Visions of Africa in a Borderless Cinema DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]This film series brings together seven works by black film and video makers from Britain\, Canada\, France\, Martinique and the US. Two of the films\, Making Change and Welcome to Africville\, are set in Nova Scotia. In her catalogue essay\, guest curator Sheila Petty observes that\, “black peoples who have had a long history of coping with dispersal through slavery\, exile and migration have pushed the boundaries of “origin” by developing transnational strategies that combine nations\, cultures and journeys.” \nThe hybridizing tendencies of these films and videos extend beyond questions of national origin to blend artistic genres such as fiction\, documentary\, sci-fi and music video. For viewers of the concurrent James R. Shirley retrospective\, this film series may serve to situate his production along a spectrum of African Diasporic practices. \nProduced by MSVU Art Gallery with support from the Canada Council for the Arts. \nWrap-up Talk\nDuring the final evening of screenings\, film scholar Dr. Sheila Petty and visiting filmmaker Salem Mekuria (Ethiopia/US) gave a talk at the Gallery.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”16701″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ masonry_style=”true” item_spacing=”default” gallery_style=”2″ load_in_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line”][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://www.msvuart.ca/exhibition/the-archaeology-of-origin-transnational-visions-of-africa-in-a-borderless-cinema/ CATEGORIES:Film & Video,Race ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.msvuart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Colina-Phillips.-Making-Change.-Still-1994.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR