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Traditional Wa(y)ves

Traditional Wa(y)ves was a group exhibition that featured artists Helen Verbanz, David Dahms, Peter Dyhkuis, Merydie Fjarlie, Allison Pinsent Baker, Sarah Burwash and Joanna Close, and was curated by Crystal Melville, Programming Coordinator at Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Traditional Wa(y)ves explores the contemporary morphing and weaving of the Nova Scotia landscape and its economy. Featured artists…

Collaboration on Marginal Road

On October 18, 2009, as part of Nocturne, members of the public were invited to play a collective word game inspired by the parlour game Exquisite Corpse, originally played by Surrealists in the 1900s. In our version, each player added a sentence to an ongoing story without having knowledge of what has already been written.…

VANS Awards – 2009

On Friday October 17, 2009 , artists and art supporters gathered to acknowledge the recipients of the 2nd Annual VANS Awards at the Nocturne Launch Party. Yo Rodeo: Outstanding Year Yo Rodeo is the name of screen-printing art team Seth Smith and Paul Hammond. They partnered in 2003 primarily to design and create screen-printed show posters for…