Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.)

Minutes from an Eye Level Gallery core meeting held on December 18, 1975

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 40
Item
December 18, 1975

Item is a typed set of meeting minutes for a core meeting at Eye Level Gallery. Members present included Roger Savage, John Greer, Ron Shuebrook, Jon Purdy, Janet Dunbrack, Karl MacKeeman, Joyce Hanson and Peter Leverman. Topics discussed at this meeting included finances, employees, the gallery's operating hours, the gallery's facilities and a schedule of upcoming shows during the Winter and Spring of 1976.

Minutes from board meeting held on May 24, 1977

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 61
Item
May 24, 1977

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of minutes from a Board of Directors meeting where Roger Savage, Peter Leverman, Garry Conway, John Greer and Marina Stewart attended. The meeting began with a "review of old business" from the last meeting, which included board members, exhibitions, and catalogues. The meeting also discussed issues about grants, committee members, exhibitions and the slide bank.

Minutes from board meeting held on May 24, 1977

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 63
Item
May 24, 1977

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of minutes from a Board of Directors meeting at Eye Level Gallery which had Roger Savage, Peter Leverman, Garry Conway, John Greer and Marina Stewart present. The meeting discusses both new and old businesses, which had included grants, exhibitions and Roger Savage resigning from the Board of Directors.

Minutes from Board of Directors meeting held on February 4, 1976

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 49
Item
February 4, 1976

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of minutes from a Board of Directors meeting. Members present included Peter Leverman, Roger Savage, Joyce Hanson and Karl MacKeeman. Topics discussed were regarding equipment, insurance, fees for artists, an auction to be in April, and a life drawing class.

Minutes from June 26, 1975 board meeting

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 22
Item
June 26, 1975

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of handwritten minutes from a board meeting of the Eye Level Gallery from June 26, 1975. Present as the meeting was Roger Savage, John Greer, Julia Schmitt Healy, Karl MacKeeman and Hatti Prentiss. The meeting discussed various issues related to the operation of the gallery.

Minutes from meeting held on March 25, 1976

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 50
Item
March 25, 1976

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is handwritten minutes from a meeting with Savage, Greer and Leverman present.

Minutes from Meetings in Liverpool and Halifax

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 64
Item
1977-09-24 - 1977-10-06

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of a meeting minutes from a Liverpool meeting on September 24, 1977 and from Halifax October 6, 1977. The two meetings aimed to fill the Director position that Garry Conway left. Items discussed at the meetings included Canada Council funding, members of the gallery and future exhibitions.

Minutes from the board of directors' second meeting

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 18
Item
1975?

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a handwritten document of minutes from the second meeting of the Board of Directors from presumably 1975. Various issues were discussed such as: funding, newsletter, and the slide bank.

Minutes of a board of directors meeting

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 11
Item
March 27, 1975

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is typed meeting minutes of the Board of Directors at Eye Level Galley which happened on March 27, 1975 at 5785 West Street in Halifax. This meeting had David Haigh, Karl MacKeeman, Don Purdy, Joyce Hanson, Hatti Pretniss, Ketih Laws, Julia Schmitt Healy and John Greer present. During the meeting Michael Fernandes brought up communication issues regarding the lack of input and intentions between the gallery and its members. Other topics of conversation included funding, the roles of the board, becoming non-profit, and membership exhibitions.

Minutes of a board of directors meeting held on May 27, 1976

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 53
Item
May 27, 1976

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of minutes from a Board of Directors meeting where Prentiss, Greer, Savage, Conway and Hanson were present. Issues discussed at the meeting included "old business" from the last meeting and new topics such as: funding, membership, core meetings, press releases, and facilities.

Minutes of a meeting of the Eye Level Gallery Board of Directors

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 5
Item
November 28, 1974

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is handwritten set of minutes of the second meeting of the Board of Directors of Eye Level Gallery, held at an unknown location on November 28, 1974. Present members were John Greer, David Haigh, Karl MacKeeman, Julia Schmitt Healy, and Roger Savage. The lack of any non-artists meant the board did not have quorum according to the rules outlined in the minutes of the first meeting. Nevertheless, the board had a full meeting and made a number of decisions, including the approval of a Michael Fernandes show in January 1975. The board also expressed hope that the Nova Scotia Department of Recreation would "help solve" a budget deficit by providing funds. The membership's early interest in the documentation of the gallery's activities are reflected in the board's decision to photograph each show but not provide an honorarium to photographers.

Minutes of a meeting of the Eye Level Gallery Board of Directors

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 7
Item

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a typed set of minutes from a meeting the Eye Level Gallery Board of Directors held on January 30, 1975. Members present included John Greer, Karl MacKeeman, Hatti Prentiss, Joyce Hanson, Julia Healy and Roger Savage. The meeting was mainly regarding future exhibition work at the gallery space. Michael Fernandes' show was discussed in terms that the artist would account for the $150 advertising and opening fee. Board members should also have the possibility of having an exhibition at the Eye Level when they are a member of the Board. The members voted on seven potential shows to have at the gallery, which included shows by Jeanne Arsenault, Karl McKeeman, Ken Curran, Ron Shuebrook, and Roger Savage. It was decided that a letter was to be sent to Mary Kenny requesting her to fulfil her obligations as a board member, a later decision would be made regarding her resignation.

Minutes of a meeting of the Eye Level Gallery Board of Directors

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
October 24, 1974

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is typescript set of minutes of the first meeting of the Board of Directors of Eye Level Gallery, held at Pier One Theatre on October 24, 1974. Roger Savage was elected chairperson, Julia Schmitt Healy was elected secretary, and Keith Laws was elected treasurer. The decisions made at this meeting demonstrate the artists' forced struggle to manage the administrative and commercial aspects of operating an alternative gallery. The board decided that Healy would fill the salaried position of gallery coordinator even though she was also a sitting board member. The board also ensured that the artists on the board had more voting power than the non-artists who were there primarily to provide guidance on the administration of the gallery. But, in an effort to avoid conflicts regarding programming, the board also decided to make sitting members ineligible for one-person shows.

In terms of the commercial aspects of the gallery, the board decided that the gallery priorities "would be to exhibit innovative work not necessarily "saluble" work." The board also decided that "sales would be encouraged" and that they might "mount a membership auction of artwork." The board approved a Christmas-time show called "50 bucks and under" to provide an opportunity for members to sell works that would be affordable to consumers who might be shopping for Christmas presents. These decisions reflect an effort to balance the financial needs of members of the Eye Level Gallery Society with the membership's concerns regarding the commercialism of the mainstream art world.

Minutes of Eye Level Gallery general meetings and meetings of the Eye Level Board of Directors

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10
File
1974-1977

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

File contains meeting minutes from the Board of Directors of Eye Level Gallery and general meetings of the gallery that took place between 1974 and 1977. File also contains correspondence, notes, proposals, and other material that accompany the meeting minutes.

Minutes of the board's meeting from May 28, 1975

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 20
Item
May 28, 1975

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is minutes from the board's meeting on May 28, 1975 at the Eye Level Gallery. Members present included Roger Savage, K. MacKeeman, John Greer, Hatti Prentiss, D. Purdy, and Joyce Hanson. The main issue discussed the resignation of the Coordinator, therefore the board voted that no board member could fill the coordinator position, which would have its own selection committee.

Mount Saint Vincent University exhibition posters featuring Henry Orenstein's drawings

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1972

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Mount Saint Vincent University Gallery's Jewish Experience in the Art of the Twentieth Century exhibition catalogue

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1976 - 1977

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

New Dance Series : Choreographer's Showcase

MS-3-35, OS Folder 54
File
1990

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a dance event on January 16 and 17, 1990 at Sir James Dunn Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Newspaper clippings regarding Henry Orenstein's professional accomplishments

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 18
File
[after 1973] - [ca. 1988]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Notes from a board meeting held on October 30, 1975

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 31
Item
October 30, 1975

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of notes, minutes from a board meeting, and a proposal from the Atlantic Print Workshop Association. Issues discussed at the meeting involved old business from the last meeting, a new location, charges and costs of facilities, and events.

Notes of a meeting regarding Eye Level Gallery membership held on December 11, 1975

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 33
Item
December 11, 1975

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a list of points brought to a meeting with recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding the structure of general membership at the Eye Level Gallery.

Object show

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 29
Item
1978

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for a group exhibition by William Brent Ritchie, Douglas Kirton, Lorinda Moreau, and Martha Townsend held in July 1978 at Eye Level Gallery. The image on the poster is credited to Hartling.

On the periphery

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 33
Item
2005

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for a public performance art series presented by Eyelevel Gallery from October 1-3, 2005. This performance art series showcases Canadian artists exploring voyeurism, surveillance, critical action, entertainment and subtle intervention, and the participating artists question nature and our use of public urban spaces. The event includes performances by the Halifax Scavenger Society (Dennis Hale, Adam Kelly, Dustin Pritchard and Will Robinson), Andrew Forster, Diane Borsato and Eleanor King.

Parallel cooperative galleries : [report]

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 59
Item
March 3, 1977

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of a report entitled "Parallel Cooperative Galleries", which was created to assist artists in serving the needs of their artistic community. There are eligibility guidelines for this assistance, an outline for the operating, programming and salary expenses that are eligible to be assisted with, and a guideline for applications for assistance.

Performance Janine Fuller and Marilyn McCallum

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 49
Item
1989

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for an event held on September 28, 1989, at Rumors. The image on the poster is credited to Ana C.P. Santos.