Visual artists

UA-36
Fonds
1953-2009

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Dalhousie Art Gallery publicity, exhibitions, collections, openings and events, and administration. Types of materials include press releases, brochures, tickets, a poster, photographs, course information, programs, calendars, catalogues, reports, financial records, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, minutes and agendas, and other materials.

Dalhousie University. Dalhousie Art Gallery

David Craig's application for Director position at Eye Level Gallery

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 22
Item
198-?

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of David Craig's application for the Director position at the Eye Level Gallery. Craig's letter of intent, a curriculum vitae and a newspaper article about his involvement at Charlottetown's Great George Street Gallery.

David Haigh's resignation letter to Roger Savage

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 21
Item
May 29, 1975

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of a typed letter from David Haigh to Roger Savage, the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Eye Level Gallery stating Haigh's resignation from his position on the Board.

D.C. Mackay fonds

MS-2-280
Fonds
1891-1979

Fonds consists of correspondence; printed material, including exhibition pamphlets; research and correspondence pertaining to silver, heraldry; manuscripts; family papers; Mackay's own artwork; artist files; and reference materials.

Mackay, D.C.

Dreams Come True Art Auction

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 26
Item
1987

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for Dreams Come True, an art auction held in support of Eye Level Gallery on November 27, 1987. Chris Huntington was auctioneer and donating artists included Brent Ash, Bruce Barber, Beth Biggs, Robert Bean, Reith Blake, Wayne Boucher, Bruce Campbell, John Clark, Gerard Collins, Alvin Comiter, David Craig, Jane Donovan, Nancy Edell, Leya Evelyn, Cliff Eyland, Gerald Ferguson, Michael Fernandes, Tom Forrestall, Dawna Gallagher Susan Gibson, Martha Glenny, John Greer, Stephen Horne, Alexander Irving, Garry Neill Kennedy, Gordon Laurin, Peter Lawrence, Janice Leonard, Vera Lemecha, Alex Livingston, Barbara Lounder, Glen MacKinnon, Rita McKeough, Robin E. Muller, John Murchie, Wilma Needham, Jane Plant, Vita Plume, Robert Pope, Ed Porter, Bernice Purdy, Felicity Redgrave, Pam Ritchie, Robert Rogers, Leslie Sampson, Rick Sanderson, Roger Savage, Ruth Scheuing, Kristen L. Scholfield-Sweet, Ron Shuebrook, Jim Smith, George Steeves, Kim Truchan, Nicholas Wade, Eric Walker, Ken Ward, Brenda Webster, Gary Wilson, and Chris Woods.

Exhibition catalogue for Henry Orenstein and Robert Dietz' Pro Patria Mori at Dresden Galleries

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 9
File
[198-]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

File includes a transcript of Henry Orenstein's opening night talk.

Exhibition invitations and photographs

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 5
File
1979-1983

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

File includes photograph of Garry Kennedy exhibition, 'Locating', Ted Ross' 'A Nova Scotia Landscape', and invitations for exhibitions by Stephen Horne, Elizabeth Mackenzie, James MacSwain, W.C. Woods, and Douglas Sharpe

Exhibition schedule and expected finances for 1983/84

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 27
Item
1982 - 1983

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of an exhibition schedule from September 1982 to April 1983, and a list of anticipated expenses for 1982 to 1983.

Exhibition slides

MS-3-35, PB Box 20, Folder 9
File
[between 1980 and 1999]

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

File contains 59 slides of Eyelevel Gallery exhibitions. Slides are not labelled.

Exhibitions and events at Eye Level Gallery

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 62
Item
October 5, 1977 - June 5, 1981

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of a list of exhibitions and events that occurred at Eye Level Gallery between October, 1977 and June, 1981. The list identifies the year, the artist, the title and the medium or material of the exhibitions.

Eye Level Board meetings and related records

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12
File
1979-1983

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 1979 and 1983. File also contains correspondence, notes, proposals, and other material that accompany the meeting minutes.

Eye Level Gallery Board meetings and related records

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 13
File
1984-1987

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 1984 and 1987. File also contains correspondence, notes, proposals, and other material that accompany the meeting minutes.

Eye Level Gallery budget projection and financial report

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 50
Item
1983

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of a budget projection for 1983 to 1984, and a financial report from September 22, 1983.

Eye Level Gallery exhibition agreement

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 51
Item
1976?

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is an exhibition agreement between Eye Level Gallery and artists who exhibit at the gallery.

Eye Level Gallery financial and operation statements

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 51
Item
June 30, 1983

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of an "unaudited" statement of operations and member's equity on June 30, 1983 for the year's end. Item also includes an analysis of expenses and fees paid to artists.

Eye Level Gallery unaudited financial statements from June 30, 1981

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 25
Item
June 30, 1981

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of a report of Eye Level Gallery's unaudited financial statements.

Eyelevel Gallery fonds

MS-3-35
Fonds
1968-2020

Fonds consists of documents created and collected by Eyelevel Gallery that reflect all aspects of the gallery’s management. The fonds includes artist files, slides, administrative files, publicity files (including press releases), correspondence, publications, financial documents, contracts, minutes of board of directors meetings, photographs, fundraising files and membership lists, audio and videocassettes, CDs, DVDs, books, and programmes, catalogues, posters, reviews, guest books, and miscellaneous files regarding exhibitions and events. Some digital records in this collection have been migrated from CD's.

Eyelevel Gallery.

Financial and programming report

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 61
Item
February 1, 1984

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of an agenda for a Board of Directors of Eye Level Gallery for a February 1, 1984 meeting. The item also includes a financial report and cash flow projection, and a report on programming, which also includes music programming with Audio by Artists.

Financial report and budget for 1983 and 1984

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 38
Item
1983 - ?

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of documents relating to the 1983 to 1984 operations of Eye Level Gallery. This item includes a document illustrating the hierarchical structure of Eye Level Gallery's operations as a corporate body and their decision making process. Also includes is a list of proposed exhibitions for 1983 to 1984, a financial report and outlook for the upcoming year.

Flyers for Gary Karr and Harmon Lewis' exhibition featuring drawings by Henry Orenstein

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 10
File
[ca. 1989]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Gargoyle Puppet Troupe, performance held April 23 and 30, 1976

MS-3-35, Box 40, Folder 35
File
1976

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

File includes posters

General meeting announcement

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 8
Item
March 10, 1975

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a typed memo by Eye Level Gallery notifying the general members about a meeting held on March 20, 1975 at the gallery's location at 5785 West Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The letter is from Julia Healy, the Co-ordinator for the Board of Directors of the Eye Level Gallery.

General membership meeting memo

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 12
Item
March 31, 1975

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is memo for a general membership meeting that happened at the Eye Level Gallery on April 17, 1975. The letter identified agenda items, which included a discussion policy, the slide bank, a gallery newsletter and a new space for next year. The letter is from Julia Schmitt Healy.

Gerard Ferguson's choral reading

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 55
Item
1986

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for Gerard Ferguson's choral reading held on March 9, 1986, at the Sculpture Court, Dalhousie Arts Centre. This event was a restaging of Gerald Ferguson’s 1972 sound performance Choral Reading presented as part of Audio by Artists Festival 1986.

Gordon Monahan : speaker swinging, guitaring, tape pulling, piano mechanics

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 24
Item
1984

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for "Speaker Swinging" performance by Gordon Monahan held from February to March 1984 as part of the Audio by Artists Festival. The image on the poster is credited to Vid Ingelevics Design: D. Siegner and Speaker swinger: Brian Dines.

Henry Orenstein's Artist in the Theatre exhibition brochure

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1973

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Henry Orenstein's correspondence regarding the Sudbury industrial landscape mural project

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 26
File
[ca. 1954] - 1956

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

File contains correspondence between Henry Orenstein and Bob Ward, Weir Reid, Mike Solski, and others.

Henry Orenstein's drawings

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 36
File
[194-?] - [199-?]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

File contains drawings—including one identified as "Jessie Dillard"—created with different mediums, including pencil, watercolour, oil, and pen & ink.

Henry Orenstein's list of works for the exhibit Growth of a Mural — Sudbury

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 31
File
1957

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Henry Orenstein's newspaper clippings regarding the Sudbury industrial landscape mural project

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 32
File
[195-]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Henry Orenstein's professional resume

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 17
File
[194-?] - [199-?]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Henry Orenstein's records

Series
[194-?] - [before 2011]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Series consists of Henry Orenstein's materials regarding his professional activities, including photographs, negatives, sketches, programs, flyers, posters, postcards, slides, correspondence and other materials. Fonds contains several of Henry Orenstein's art pieces and sketches, including related to the "Sudbury Industrial Landscape" project. In the 1950s, Henry Orenstein was commissioned by the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Sudbury to paint a mural for the local union hall, which was the centre of a broad-ranging cultural role of Mine Mill Local 598 in the Sudbury area. At that time, Mine Mill was in the midst of a series of raids by the United Steelworkers.

Henry Orenstein's sketches

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 37
File
[196-] - [ca. 1987]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

File contains sketches of various persons and scenes, including Joan rehearsing "La Sagouine," "Purcell's Cove Social Club, 1960s," "Extinct Species, Fisherman 1960s," "Do you know Anyone who Wants A Man?" "Musicians," "Instruments," "Masks," and three sketches of unidentified persons. File also contains a copy of the sketch "Juno & the Paycock" and a photograph of the "Masks" exhibition attached to the sketch.

Henry Orenstein's Sudbury industrial landscape mural project negatives

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 27
File
[194-?] - [199-?]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Henry Orenstein's Sudbury industrial landscape mural project photographs

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 28
File
[194-?] - [199-?]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

File contains photographs used in the course of Henry Orenstein's creative process in the concept development of the "Sudbury Industrial Landscape". File also contains a photograph of the mural.

Henry Orenstein's Sudbury industrial landscape mural project sketches

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 34
File
[195-]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

File contains sketches produced by Henry Orenstein in the course of his creative process in the concept development of the Sudbury Industrial Landscape, a 1950s commission by the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Sudbury for a mural on the local union hall.

Henry Orenstein's Sudbury industrial landscape mural project slides

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 29
File
[195-?] - [199-?]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Henry Orenstein's The Talk of the Town exhibition brochure

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1998 - 1999

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

File also contains a Dalhousie University Archives separation sheet regarding a CD that was originally attached to the brochure.

In performance : Sherri-Lee Hunter, Louise Hoyt and Sheilagh Hunt

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 27
Item
1984

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for an event held on April 27-28, 1984, at the Dalhousie Arts Centre, Studio One. The image on the poster is credited to George Steeves Design: M. Bell.

Industrial images / Rosemary Donegan : [catalogue]

MS-2-774, Box 1, Folder 33
File
1987 - 1988

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

File contains Rosemary Donegan's catalogue from the 1987 exhibition of Industrial Images at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. The copy is signed by Henry Orenstein.

Information regarding the format of exhibition proposals at Eye Level Gallery

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 42
Item
1975?

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is an instruction sheet to clarify how show proposals at the Eye Level Gallery should be formatted. The document includes required information on: an artist presentation, resume and portfolio, a list of works that would be in the show, required equipment, the set-up of artwork, insurance and an exhibition agreement.

Interview with Eric Cameron regarding Edwin's Egg

MS-3-46.2018-014, Box 122, Item 49
Item
April 15, 1987 - May 12, 1987

Part of Centre for Art Tapes tape collection

Item contains an interview with artist Eric Cameron about his art piece entitled "Edwin's Egg" (1979).

Cameron, Eric

Invitation to join the Board of Directors at Eye Level Gallery

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 57
Item
January 5, 1977

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Garry Conway to Ron regarding an invitation to be a part of Eye Level Gallery's Board of Directors.

Jacob Epstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 9
File
[194-? - 195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of the American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein standing beside one of his sculptures.

Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

MS-2-774
Fonds
[194-?] - [before 2011]

Fonds consists of Joan and Henry Orenstein's materials regarding their professional activities, including photographs, negatives, sketches, programs, flyers, posters, postcards, slides, correspondence and other materials. Fonds includes several photographs of Joan Orenstein acting, Henry Orenstein's art pieces and sketches, and Joan and Henry Orenstein's family photographic negatives.

Orenstein, Henry, 1918-2008

Joan and Henry Orenstein's family photographic negatives

MS-2-774, SF Box 111, Folder 1
File
[194-?] - [199-?]

Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

Karl MacKeeman's resignation letter

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 10, Item 60
Item
March 2, 1977

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of a letter from Karl MacKeeman stating his resignation from the Eye Level Gallery, as he cannot maintain close contact with the gallery while living outside Nova Scotia.

Ken Martin : recent works

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
197-?

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a handbill or pamphlet for an art exhibition of Ken Martin's recent works at Eye Level Gallery from September 8 to 27th.

Letter from John Murchie acknolwedging invititation to join the Board of Directors

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 4
Item
September 25,1979

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of a letter from John Murchie to Michael Fernandes accepting Fernandes' request to join the Board of Directors at Eye Level Gallery.

Letter from John Murchie to the Board Members of Eye Level Gallery

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 12, Item 56
Item
October 15, 1983

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of a letter from John Murchie to David Craig and the Board of Eye Level Gallery stating a proposal for a change in the "free" week that gallery has where for one week a month, there is no professional exhibition. Murchie suggests holding non-traditional events during this week, which he would be responsible for collection, installation, staffing the gallery during non-normal hours, and advertising of the exhibitions.

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