File consists of correspondence records between Ernest Smith and William (Bill) Lovell spanning August 1970 to October 1971.
Records consist of letters between Lovell and Smith (Director ,Dalhousie Art Gallery) regarding plans to have a showing of Lovell's prints at the art gallery in 1971.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.