• Portrait of the Artist as an Essential Worker

    The Bus Stop Theatre Coop 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    NEW: ASL interpretation will be available Work by Sarah Mosher and Hannah Genosko In collaboration, Mosher and Genosko use printmaking and textile processes to illustrate their experiences as essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are both professional artists who were employed in ‘casual’ day jobs in sectors that were labeled essential and became full-time … Continued

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  • Crafters Resistance

    Every One Every Day 2169 Gottingen St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    *Time Change!* May 8th, 5:30pm to 8:00pm Think of the Worst Theatre Presents: Learn crafting history and the importance of quilting in community resistance. Help develop three quilts which all represent buildings in Halifax that could be housing. To be presented together at the end of the workshops over a great community meal. Community Quilting … Continued

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  • The Embodied Creation Project

    The Bus Stop Theatre Coop 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Performance art by Colleen Arcturus MacIsaac about creation, embodiment and Queer parenthood Followed by a screening of Lockdown Baby by Nicole Jordan ASL interpretation will be available during the performance and the later Q&A. >>Register Here for FREE Childcare In February 2023, a person named Colleen began an embodied creation project. Nine months later, a … Continued

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  • The Only Wealth Is Labour

    The Bus Stop Theatre Coop 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Sarah Mosher & Hannah Genosko What gives real value to anything in this world? The work we put into it. Exploring a key concept in Marx’s labour theory of value, textile artists Sarah Mosher and Hannah Genosko draw from the trade unionist tradition of parading crafted banners through city streets. ‘The Only Wealth Is Labour’ … Continued

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  • my inner child healing my immigrant identity

    The Khyber Centre for the Arts 1880 Hollis St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Presented in partnership with the Khyber Centre for the Arts and Nocturne my inner child healing my immigrant identity by Martha Mutale explores the immigrant experience - the self split between two homes. A series of rag dolls where each figure represents a point in time in the immigrant life, softly positioned in space, while … Continued

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  • No Dominion/No Domain

    The Khyber Centre for the Arts 1880 Hollis St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Presented in partnership with the Khyber Centre for the Arts and Nocturne Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax presents No Dominion/No Domain, where Eva Grant and Curtis Botham trace land, life, labour, and pathways across speculative digital ancestral architectures and charcoal industrial landscapes. "Homeless Shelters Before Police Raid" by Curtis Botham No Dominion/No Domain brings together two artists, Eva … Continued

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  • Closing Reception with Curtis Botham, Eva Grant and Martha Mutale

    The Khyber Centre for the Arts 1880 Hollis St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Join us for a casual conversations with the artists behind No Dominion/No Domain and my inner child healing my immigrant identity. Curtis Botham and Martha Mutale will be joining us in person, and Eva Grant will be joining us via video call. All will be available to answer questions about their works on display only … Continued

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  • On the Line

    The Bus Stop Theatre Coop 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    By Audrey Eastwood On display May 1 to June 1 Reception on May 10, 4:00pm-6:15pm Artist Q&A on May 10, 6:15pm-7:00pm     Childcare is available for free and on site during the May 10th reception and Q&A. Please register in advance. ASL interpretation will be available during the May 10 Reception and Q&A On … Continued

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  • Queers in Carhartts

    Glitter Bean Cafe Co-op 5896 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    By Devin West and Shift Change Halifax Film Screening and Exhibition//Artist & Researcher Q&A Queers in Carhartts is an art exhibition, film screening, and research launch, documenting the unique challenges and practices of resilience by queer and trans people working in skilled trades labour. QiC is a hybrid of qualitative research investigating the lived experiences … Continued

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  • On the Line – Artist Reception

    The Bus Stop Theatre Coop 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    By Audrey Eastwood On display May 1 to June 1 Reception on May 10, 4:00pm-6:15pm Artist Q&A on May 10, 6:15pm-7:00pm     Childcare is available for free and on site during the May 10th reception and Q&A. Please register in advance. ASL interpretation will be available during the May 10 Reception and Q&A On … Continued

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