In This Place
1998 Feb 17-Ma 25
County Museum, Shelburne NS
Curated by Dr.Harold Pearse, David Woods
Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD Halifax Feb 10-28
Tour: Museum of Industry, Stellarton; Cape Breton College Art Galley, Sydney NS; Shelburne
First ever exhibition of African Nova Scotian art. 45 living and deceased artists. Multidisciplinary drawing, painting, scupture, quilts, installations, ceramics, woodcarvings
Artists:
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- Justin Augustine (Halifax)
- Henry Bishop (Weymouth)
- Beverly Bowden (New Glasgow)
- Chrystal Clements (Gibson Woods)
- Pemberton Cyrus (Halifax)
- Ben Elms (Digby)
- Gilbert Hancock (Pt. Michaud)
- Mkayuga (Halifax)
- Derril Robinson (Africville)
- Jim Shirley (Rankin Inlet)
- David Woods (Dartmouth).
Heritage art:
Edith MacDonald-Brown (Africville, c. 1877-1955), Harold Cromwell (Weymouth Falls, 1920-2007), George McCarthy (Shelburne, c.1845-1906), Lester Sykes (Yarmouth 1930-1993)
Sculpture:
Gilbert Hancock (Pt. Michaud), Audrey Dear-Hesson (Dartmouth)
Woodcarving:
Jonathan Cromwell (Weymouth), Gifford Jarvis Sr, Patrick Jarvis; Clara Gough (E. Preston)
Quilts:
Myla Borden (New Glasgow), Edith Colley (East Preston), Bolivia Czernon (N. Preston), Frances Dorrington (New Glasgow), Alfreda Smith, Anna Smith, Cass Gero, Gero
Media
Visual Arts New – The lasting impact of Nova Scotia’s First Exhibition of Black Artists’ Work
Visual Arts New – Unearthing Buried Histories of African Nova Scotia Artists
Presented by Anna Leonowens Gallery, BANNS