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Alex Colville : a retrospective

File consists of records related to an exhibition entitled "Alex Colville : A Retrospective," organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and curated by David Burnett. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from April 17 to May 27, 1984.

Records are divided into 17 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.):
Folder 1 - School tours
Folder 2 - Petro Canada (funding application and correspondence)
Folder 3 - Guest book
Folder 4 - Schedule of events
Folder 5 - Volunteers, April 1984
Folder 6 - Colville Correspondence
Folder 7 - Film (Colville documentary film invitation and tour)
Folder 8 - AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) correspondence
Folder 9 - Staff schedules
Folder 10 - Publicity (clippings, news releases, and promotional materials created by AGO)
Folder 11 - Norcen (Energy Resources Limited. correspondence re. supplementary funding)
Folder 12 - General correspondence (with other galleries and schools)
Folder 13 - List of works in exhibition
Folder 14 - Invitation list
Folder 15 - Financial documents
Folder 16 - Visual materials (including ca. 80 slides, exhibition leaflets and invitations)
Folder 17 - Photographs (ca. 60 prints, 8 film strips and contact sheets)

Alvin Comiter : photographs

File consists of records relating to the exhibition photographs by Alvin Comiter, organized by the Dalhousie Art Gallery and was circulated with assistance of the Canada Council. The exhibition was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from November 4 - December 11, 1983.

Records are divided into 8 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.):
Folder 16 - Travel (correspondence with other galleries re. travelling exhibition)
Folder 17 - Catalogue (draft)
Folder 18 - Contract & C. V.
Folder 19 - Financial documents (insurance, invoice, correspondence, etc.)
Folder 20 - Grant application
Folder 21 - Correspondence (insurance and shipping/itinerary 1984-85)
Folder 22 - News Release
Folder 23 - Slides (photographs)

Ancient ceramics of the new world

File consists of records relating to an exhibition entitled Ancient Ceramics of the New World, organized and circulated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from July 12 - August 19, 1984.

Records are divided between two folders:
Folder 19 - Programming : Nelly Gray
(including list of pre-Columbian fertility figures and pottery from Mexico and correspondence)
Folder 20 - Administrative files
(including correspondence, a list of works, condition reports, exhibition agreement contracts, news release, and photographs)

Architectural concepts for a new National Gallery

The file consists of records related to the exhibition "Architectural Concepts for a New National Gallery," organized and circulated by the National Programme, the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition was shown at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from December 1 -23, 1977.

Records consist of correspondence, press release, a loan agreement, the exhibition itinerary, and other administrative records. Also includes a report entitled "Board of assessors' report" dated March 11, 1977 and photographs of design for a new National Gallery.

Arthur Lismer : Nova Scotia, 1916-1919

File consists of records related to an exhibition, 'Arthur Lismer: Nova Scotia, 1916-1919,' curated by Gemey Kelly and presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from December 2, 1982, to January 9, 1983. This exhibition of approximately 45 paintings and 20 drawings and lithographs by Arthur Lismer focused on the years during which he resided in Bedford, Nova Scotia and was Principal of the Victoria School of Art and Design (now NSCAD University).

Records are divided into 21 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.):
Box 36
Folder 13 - Canada Council grant
Folder 14 - N. S. Dept. of Culture, Recreation, Fitness application
Folder 15 - Other grant applications
Folder 16 - Loan correspondence
Folder 17 - General correspondence (with other galleries)
Folder 18 - Invoices, purchasing
Folder 19 - Miscellaneous information loans
Folder 20 - Transportation
Folder 21 - Itinerary
Folder 22 - Canadian Conservation Institute
Folder 23 - Gemey's talk at Beaverbrook
Folder 24 - Correspondence with Marjorie Lismer
Folder 25 - Catalogues (sales & complimentary copies)
Folder 26 - Press Release (This file contains various clippings, a catalogue published by The Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Feb. 1983), and Arts Atlantic magazine (Spring 1983) published by Confederation Centre Art Gallary.
Box 37
Folder 1 - Opening: December 9, 1982
Folder 2 - Loan agreement forms
Folder 3 - Insurance
Folder 4 - Condition reports (Norman Macknzie Art Gallery, 1982)
Folder 5 - Condition reports (Memorial University & Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 1983)
Folder 6 - Photographs (various formats)
Folder 7 - Photographs (contact sheets)

Aspects of 19th and 20th Century European Art

File consists of records relating to the organization, planning, and preparation for the exhibition 'Aspects of 19th and 20th Century European Art', which was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery in 1981. The files are mostly related to Gentleman Collection Part IV: Raoul Dufy, held from May 7 to July 5, 1981 but also contain documents regarding Part I, II, and III of a series of this exhibition.

Records are divided into 16 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.):
Folder 28 - on loan from a Gentleman Canada customs forms; Folder 29 - Reproduction & photographs; Folder 30 - Shipping; Folder 31 - Contract (Basil Trackman collection); Folder 32 - Raoul Dufy NGC (National Gallery of Canada) loan; Folder 33 - National Gallery of Canada loans; Folder 34 - Christo, loan from DAG (Dalhousie Art Gallery); Folder 35 - Vuillard, NGC loan from a Gentleman; Folder 36 - Dennis Young loan; Folder 37 - Agnes Etherington Art Centre loan; Folder 38 - AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) loan; Folder 39 - Insurance files; Folder 40 - Condition reports; Folder 41 - Correspondence with the president's office; Folder 42 - Correspondence with local galleries; Folder 43 - Notes and various administrative files (originally labelled 'Misc.')

Note: Folders 28, 29, 32, and 33 contain photographs.

Aspects of realism

The file consists of records related to the planning of the exhibition " Aspects of Realism," held at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from August 18 to September 18, 1977. The exhibition was sponsored by Rothman's of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.

Records consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, a tour schedule, a floor plan, interdepartmental memos, invoices and and other administrative documents. Also includes photographs of the opening of the exhibition and invitation cards.

Backgrounds: ten Nova Scotian women artists

File consists of records relating to an exhibition entitled Backgrounds: Ten Nova Scotian Women Artists, presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from October 4 to November 11, 1984. The artists that participated in this exhibition were Frances Bannerman, Marion Bond, Elizabeth Cann, Mabel Killam Day, Elizabeth Nutt, Florence Payzant, Tony Saulnier, Margaret Semple, Edith Smith, Ruth Wainwright, and Marguerite Zwicker.

Records consist mainly of insurance files, correspondence, loan agreement forms, and photographs.

Carpets from the orient

File consists of records related to the planning and organizing of an exhibition of Oriental carpets, organized by and presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from September 23 to October 23, 1977.

Note: records are divided into 8 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.)
folder 34 - catalogue(correspondence & invoices); folder 35 - financial; folder 36 - insurance; folder 37 - lists; folder 38 - mailing list; folder 39 - misc.(general correspondence) folder 40 - press releases; folder 41 - photography; folder 42 - transportation

Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

  • UA-36
  • Fonds
  • 1953-2014
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

Decorated Nova Scotia furnishings

File consists of records related to an exhibition of decorated Nova Scotia furnishings, organized and presented by the Dalhousie Art Gallery from July 5 to August 6, 1978.

Note: records are divided into 8 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.); folder 33 - Decorated Nova Scotia furnishings (mainly loan agreements and correspondence); folder 34 - accounts/business; folder 35 - insurance; folder 36 - photographs; folder 37 - photography (correspondence and invoices); folder 38 - lenders; folder 39 - grants; folder 40 - freight/crate/transportation

Douglas Bentham : 'enclosures and opens' 1975-1976

File consists of records related to the Douglas Bentham sculpture exhibition, titled 'Enclosures and Opens', organized by the Art Gallery of York University. The exhibition circulated and was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from December 2, 1976 to January 5, 1977.

Drawings by contemporary sculptors

File consists of records relating to the exhibition 'Drawings by Contemporary Sculptors,' produced and circulated by the Surrey Art Gallery with the assistance of the Museums Assistance Programmes of the National Museums of Canada. The exhibition was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from June 9 to July 31, 1983.

Records consist mainly of correspondence with the Surrey Art Gallery regarding transportation. The file also includes condition report instruction, a list of slides accompanying the exhibition, photographs and slides.

Early Nova Scotia quilts and coverlets

File consists of records related to the exhibition 'Early Nova Scotia quilts and coverlets' presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from November 26, 1981, to January 3, 1982.

Records are divided into 14 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.):
Box 34
Folder 53 - South Shore loan agreements
Folder 54 - New Glasgow loan agreements
Folder 55 - Wolfville loan agreements
Folder 56 - French Shora loan agreements
Folder 57 - Glenwood, Yarmouth loan agreements
Folder 58 - Eastern Shore loan agreements
Folder 59 - Insurance and catalogue estimates
Folder 60 - Galley proofs and old proofs (includes photographs)
Folder 61 - Early script and final script
Folder 62 - Catalogue orders
Folder 63 - Mailing list
Box 35
Folder 1 - Correspondence
Folder 2 - Administrative files (includes photographs: slides)
Folder 3 - Photographs

Exhibition invitations and photographs

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 slides

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

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.

Gerald Ferguson : works 1978-1984

File consists of records relating to an exhibition of works by Halifax artist Gerald Ferguson entitled Gerald Ferguson : works 1978-1984, organized and circulated by the Dalhousie Art Gallery. The exhibition was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from October 4 to November 11, 1984.

Records consist of correspondence with other galleries, floor plan and installation instructions, clippings, publicity material, exhibition agreement, invitation lists, postcard invitations, photographs, and exhibition materials created by Eye Level Gallery.

Hans Hoffman : colourist in black and white

File consists of records relating to the Hans Hoffman exhibition entitled "Hans Hoffman: Colourist in Black and White," organized and circulated by the International Exhibition Foundation, Washington and presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from February 3 to March 6, 1983.

Records consist mainly of correspondence with other galleries and various documents created by the International Exhibition Foundation including itinerary, biographical data, and publicity material. The file also includes a list of works, a loan agreement, a condition report, a photocopy of an article "Hans Hofmann as Teacher: Drawings by His Students," and photographs.

Henry Orenstein's records

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.

Historic portraits from the permanent collection

File consists of records related to the exhibition 'Historic portraits from the permanent collection' organized by Mern O'Brien, Dalhousie Art Gallery, held from May 6 to June 20, 1982. Portraits done by John S. Copley, Robert Field, William Valentine, Ernest Lawson, Lawren Harris and others from the University's permanent collections.

Records consist of portraits labels, photographs, and a biographical summary of Archibald McKellar MacMechan 1862 - 1933.

In video

File consists of records related to the planning and organizing of the exhibition "In Video," presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from November 1 - 30, 1977.

Note: records are divided into 13 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.)
folder 1 - AGO condition report; folder 2 -artist's information; folder 3 - financial; folder 4 - grant; folder 5 - schedules; folder 6 - insurance; folder 7 - mailing list; folder 8 - catalogue(invoices); folder 9 - misc.(general correspondence); folder 10 - photographs; folder 11 - press releases; folder 12 - transportation

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

Joe Norris : paintings and furniture

File consists of records related to an exhibition of paintings and furniture by Joe Norris, organized and presented by the Dalhousie Art Gallery from July 5 to August 6, 1978.

Records consist of correspondence with other galleries regarding the loaning Joe Norris paintings, loan agreements, a list of works, a newspaper clipping, and photographs of Norris' works.

John Taylor : dreams are real

The file consists of records related to an exhibition of photography by John Taylor, "Dreams are Real," held at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from February 15 - 28, 1978.

Note: records are divided into 3 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.); folder 25 - Dreams are real ; folder 26 - insurance file; folder 27 - photographs
Folder 25 contains correspondence, photocopies of clippings, handwritten letters and postcards from John Taylor to Bruce Ferguson (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery), interdepartmental memos, invoices, and other administrative records.

Louis Stokes : alchemy spirals

File consists of records related to the exhibition of works by sculptor Louis Stokes entitled "Alchemy Spirals," presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from January 31 to February 24, 1980.

Records are divided into 6 folders:
Folder 9 - administrative files (proposed outline, biography, resume, exhibit agreement, correspondence, packing instruction, and transportation)
Folder 10 - grant application
Folder 11 - report
Folder 12 - publicity and advertising (contains advertising, clippings, reviews, exhibition texts, exhibition pamphlet, and catalogue order)
Folder 13 - financial (insurance, budget, payment, invoices, expenses (business records), and final expense report)
Folder 14 - photograph

Mark Gomes : recent work

File consists of records related to an exhibition of works by sculptor Mark Gomes, held at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from 12 March to 12 April 1981.

Records consist of correspondence with other galleries regarding exhibition proposals, letters to/from Mark Gomes, grant applications, exhibition agreement, biography, clippings, research notes, invoices, and other administrative documents(business office).

Michael Snow : walking woman works 1961-1967

File consists of records related to an exhibition entitled "Michael Snow : Walking Woman Works 1961-1967," organized and circulated by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from May 31 - July 8, 1984.

Records consist of correspondence, exhibition itinerary, loan agreement form, photocopies of newspaper clippings and photographs.

Paraskeva Clark : paintings and drawings

File consists of records related to the exhibition 'Paraskeva Clark: Paintings and Drawings' organized by and presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from September 9 - October 17, 1982.

Records are divided into 19 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.):
Box 35
Folder 30 - Loan correspondence
Folder 31 - Opening and invitations
Folder 32 - General correspondence
Folder 33 - Condition report-1
Folder 34 - National Museums grant
Folder 35 - Curatorial agreement (R. Raymond)
Folder 36 - Insurance
Folder 37 - Press release
Folder 38 - Contract agreements
Folder 39 - Transportation
Folder 40 - National Film Board
Box 36
Folder 1 - Conservation work
Folder 2 - Loan agreement forms
Folder 3 - Progress report
Folder 4 - Itinerary
Folder 5 - Catalogue (invoices & correspondence)
Folder 6 - English typeset
Folder 7 - Condition report-2
Folder 8 - Financial documents
Folder 9 - Financial audit
Folder 10 - Photographs

Photograph of a miniature medieval soldier on a wall display

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The label reads:
“Had he realized then that some men found no release in the company of women or even the love of other men but only in those rare moments that war could bestow – A. Coppel: The Burning Mountain”

Photograph of a miniature medieval soldier on a wall display

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The label reads:
“There was a layer of hardness beneath the skin a wall of steel a sinew of iron will and the glint of danger He looked like a prizefighter or a Roman gladiator prepared to stand his ground to the death but confident of his ability to survive - D. S. Arthur: The Oasis Project”

Photograph of a wooden piece of exhibition display

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The image shows a rectangular wood piece with a string instrument possibly painted in the middle and the wall texts on the left partially visible at the edge of the photograph. Full shots of both are available. See MS-3-35, PB Box 20, Folder 9, Items 41 and 42.

Photograph of a wooden piece of exhibition display

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The image shows a rectangular wood piece with a string instrument possibly painted in the middle and the wall texts on the left partially visible at the edge of the photograph. Full shots of both are available in this file. See MS-3-35, PB Box 20, Folder 9, Item 41 and 42.

Photograph of an artifact and wall texts

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The wall texts read:
“Like the hunter, I draw the beast to prepare myself for the hunt. Only then can I become the beast.
Hunters, they can kill.”

Photograph of an artifact and wall texts

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The wall texts read:
“Like the hunter, I draw the beast to prepare myself for the hunt. Only then can I become the beast.
Hunters, they can kill.”

Photograph of an artifact and wall texts

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The wall texts read:
“Like the hunter, I draw the beast to prepare myself for the hunt. Only then can I become the beast.
Hunters, they can kill.”

Photograph of an artifact and wall texts (partially visible)

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The image shows an artifact and wall texts. The wall texts on each wall are partially visible at the edge of the photograph. The full texts of each side wall are available in the following files: See MS-3-35, PB Box 20, Folder 9, Items 34 and 35.

Photograph of an artifact and wall texts (partially visible)

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The image shows an artifact and wall texts. The wall texts on each wall are partially visible at the edge of the photograph. The full texts of each side wall are available in the following files: See MS-3-35, PB Box 20, Folder 9, Items 34 and 35.

Photograph of an identified man and an illustrated poem wall display

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The photograph shows cardboard mounted image of an unidentified man in a suit sitting on couch (left) and a copy of a poem with illustration displayed on a wall (right). The poem reads:
“my grandfather my grandfather did not go to war my grandfather had flat feet my grandfather settled in forward Saskatchewan my grandfather came west with some horses my grandfather sold insurance my grandfather is named earl my grandfather had wheat my grandfather lived with us for seven years my grandfather always had a nice garden my grandfather smoked amphora tobacco my grandfather likes the grand canyon my grandfather can not hear very well my grandfather has a lot of tools my grandfather and I don’t know each other very well my grandfather always been kind to me my grandfather is ninety-four I love my grandfather…(repeats)..”
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