The Canadian Film Centre was founded in 1988 by Norman Jewison, a Canadian filmmaker, as a film school. The CFC provides mentoring, funding and promotion of the Canadian film industry. The Centre has over 100 participants in more than a dozen programs, which are completed to encourage projects, collaboration and opportunities within Canada’s entertainment industry. The Canadian Film Centre Productions’ work, “Canada for Canadians”, became a part of the tape collection of the Centre for Art Tapes.
David McDonald became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1983 because of their involvement in the video recording “The thirty second effect”, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
David Short became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1980 because of their involvement in the video recording “Tele-video: four Halifax artists”, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Dawna Proudman became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1982 because of their involvement in the video recording “Coming out strong”, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection. Dawna is an artist, writer, editor and a writing teacher. Dawna often holds workshops on writing and provides children’s programs and activities in the Durham, Ontario area.
Edie Steiner became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1986 because of their involvement in the audio recording entitled “A good listen” which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Fran Shiebrooke became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1985 because of their involvement in the video recording of a video workship entitled “Edit Workshop Raw Material” which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Peter Bustyn became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1986 because of their involvement in an audio recording entitled “TheMusic of Andy James” which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Paul Wadden became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1979 because of their involvement in a video recording entitled “Prose readings” which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Pam Pike became is a Halifax-based interdisciplinary artist. Pike became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1986 because of their video recording entitled “The absence of us” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Norman Cohn is a Canadian filmmaker. Cohn became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1984 because of their involvement in a video recording entitled “Halifax cable show- 4 works”, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Mike Riggio is an artist born in Italy in 1946. Riggio became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1980 because of their involvement with the video recording “Memorial University art gallery tapes” that became a part of the centre’s tape collection
Joyan Saunders is a Canadian artist and education who taught at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, York University, and the University of California, San Diego. Saunders is mainly a video or media artist, who has exhibited artwork internationally. Saunders’ video work focuses on colour and formal composition, which makes her video work akin to painting.
Kevin Norcross became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1988 because of their involvement in audio recordings which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Bob Zimmerman became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1980s because of their involvement of video recordings which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Colin Browne became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1980s because of their involvement in video recordings which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Alan MacLeod became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1980s because of their involvement in video recordings which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Richard Underhill became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1980s because of their involvement in a video recording which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Ricardo Scipio became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1980s because of their involvement in a video recordings which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Myra Davies became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1989 because of their involvement in the World Wide Skin Deep video series which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Steve Slater was an artist in Halifax and became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1990s through his involvement on tape recordings and exhibitions.
Jamaica Women's Exchange Project became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1990s through their involvement on a tape recording entitled “Black Women: We’re Still Strong”.
Cathy Porter is a Halifax-based keyboardist and percussionist musician. Since performing professionally beginning in 1989, Porter has performed extensively nationally and internationally. Cathy Porter was awarded the Musician’s Achievement Award at the 2013 East coast Music Awards. Porter became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1991 through her involvement on a video tape recording entitled “Souls in the Rinse Cycle”.
Julia MacLean became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1991 because her video recording “I Don’t Remember You Holding Me” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Thom Fitzgerald is an international award winning film director, producer, writer and actor. Born in 1968, in New Jersey, Fitzgerald was a film student at the Cooper Union in New York when he studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia as an exchange student for one semester. In 1988, after graduating from the Cooper Union with a BFA in performance and film, he relocated to Nova Scotia where he still currently resides. Fitzgerald became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1991 because his video recording “My Mother’s House” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Diane Poitras is a Quebecois filmmaker and teaches documentary film at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Poitras became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1991 because her video recording “Lorsque Cesse le Vacarme” became a part of the centre’s tape collection .
Kevin Walker became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1991 because their video recording “Fourty Years of Service” was featured on a CFAT compilation tape which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Jane Kansas is a Halifax-based writer who is a part of the LGBTQ+ community as an activist. Kansas was born in 1954 in Wichita, Kansas but did most of her growing up in Ottawa. Kansas been in Nova Scotia since 1986. Kansas has been associated with Halifax’s CKDU, Wayves Magazine, GALA, Pride Celebrations, and The Coast to name a few. Kansas became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1993 because their video recording “How Lesbians Kiss” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
John Scott became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1993 because their video recording compilation became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Monique Moumblow is a video artist, born in 1971 in Hamilton, Ontario. Moumblow’s education includes a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a MFA from Concordia University. Early in her career, Moumblow was primarily interested in performance and often collaborated with Anne Russell. Since 1993, Moumblow has focused on installation artwork and single-channel video art. She has exhibited works nationally and internationally, with pieces of her artwork belonging in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Netherlands Media Art Institute. Moumblow currently teaches at Concordia University.
