NOCTURNE IS ALMOST HERE!
For those of you that don't know what
Nocturne is all about, it's a celebration of ART where there are outside
projections, music, dance, art installations and new art in galleries
like ours! It's FREE for everyone to take part and most exhibits run
until midnight on October 16th! Last year a lot of the planned
activities were either cancelled or went fully online, but this year
in-person fun is on again! Just wear your favourite mask, bring your
vaccination record with you, and put us on your MUST VISIT list!
Get all the details HERE and plan your route.
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT ARGYLE FINE ART FOR NOCTURNE?
*We will be open until 11pm this year*
UPPER GALLERY- Transition:RJ OGEMAH
A collection of oil paintings by emerging artist RJ Ogemah that capture
moments of transition in rural Nova Scotia. This will be RJ's first solo
show with us. He is an artist originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He
is influenced by his Anishinaabe roots and strives to share an
appreciation of nature through his work.
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WINDOWS OF THE GALLERY- Faced With: Media Portraits by Anna Whalen
trigger warning- some of the portraits may be difficult for some to experience
The over-riding theme for Nocturne this year is the word "liminal" which means to be in between
and this collection of portraits is like a visual constellation of the
past two years; we are truly living in between the past and future. The
thing about this "unprecedented time" is we've experienced the vast
majority of it through our devices. Media consumption increased, for
better or for worse. Faced With tries to capture a moment in time, through the social media scope.
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LOWER GALLERY- Repurposed Perspectives Group Show
This show is an eclectic collection of
artists using a variety of repurposed materials. During the lockdowns of
the pandemic,many art making supplies were not available due to supply
chains.Suddenly it made more sense than ever before to be grateful for
every scrap, every usable thing and make something beautiful from it
all.There's a lesson there.
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OUTSIDE THE GALLERY- Help
us create an art installation using bottlecaps that are currently not
able to recycled in Nova Scotia. RE-PURPOSE WITH US! Thanks to TANNER'S Recycling in Halifax for our supplies!
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