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

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

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

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

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 the board's meeting from May 28, 1975

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

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.
Museum Assistance Programmes : [report]

Museum Assistance Programmes : [report]

Item is a typed document entitled "Museum Assistance Programmes" from the National Museums of Canada organization based in Ottawa. The report lists the different methods an institution can qualify to receive funding.
Neal Livingston

Neal Livingston

Item is a poster for film screening of interim sketches of a year of posterity, budworks, the beach of the ditch and Aura-gone, held on May 10, 1979, at Eye Level Gallery.
New dance

New dance

Item is a poster for an event held on March 19 and 20 at The Church as part of the independance series. Dancers include Debra Brown, Leica Hardy, Gwen Noah, and Judith Hendin.
Notes from a board meeting held on October 30, 1975

Notes from a board meeting held on October 30, 1975

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.
Object show

Object show

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 earth / by Francine Boucher

On earth / by Francine Boucher

Item is a poster for a dance performance by Francine Boucher held on December 10 and 11, 1983, at Dancexchange. The 'On earch' project was produced by Diane Moore. The image on the poster is credited to George Steeves Design: M. Bell.
On the periphery

On the periphery

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.
Ordinary people

Ordinary people

Item is a poster for the annual members' exhibition entitled "Ordinary people," held from June 28- July 27, 2008, at Eyelevel Gallery.
Parallel cooperative galleries : [report]

Parallel cooperative galleries : [report]

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 night

Performance night

Item is a poster for an event held on September 27, October 4, and October 11 at Eye Level Gallery.
Photograph of a photograph displayed as part of Locations/National group exhibition

Photograph of a photograph displayed as part of Locations/National group exhibition

Item is a photograph of a photograph displayed as part of the Locations/National group exhibition. The photograph shows a mural with the phrases "Our government places corporate development and profit before people" and "Fight cutbacks" written next to a lion with the text "single mom" and a female gender symbol. The photograph was made by Barbara Lounder or Cathy Quinn.
Photograph of Eye Level Gallery Directory Garry Conway

Photograph of Eye Level Gallery Directory Garry Conway

Item is a photograph of Eye Level Gallery Directory Garry Conway sitting in the gallery office in 1977. In front of Conway in the binder is minutes from a Board of Directors meeting at Eye Level Gallery from May 24, 1977. On the desk there also is the third page of a report entitled "Parallel Cooperative Galleries" visible.
Photograph of letter detailing John Murchie's One Way Ticket proposal for the Locations/National ...

Photograph of letter detailing John Murchie's One Way Ticket proposal for the Locations/National group exhibition

Item is a photograph of a letter from John Murchie to the Eye Level Gallery Board of Directors, sent on June 7, 1983. In the letter, Murchie details his proposal for the Locations/National exhibition. Murchie proposed One Way Ticket, a work "intended to respond to some of Canada's political, social, and geographic specifics." Murchie proposed to send an invitation to John Bentley Mays, art critic for the Globe and Mail, to speak in Halifax during the opening of the Locations/National exhibition in Halifax. Murchie also proposed to send Mays a cheque for $99.00, "which is equivalent to the fare for a one-way ticket from Toronto to Halifax, or Halifax to Toronto, on a Via Rail Coach."
Poetry in motion / film by Ron Mann

Poetry in motion / film by Ron Mann

Item is a poster for a film screening of "Poetry in Motion" directed by Ron Mann, held on March 25, 1986, at the National Film Board Theatre. The event was part of Audio by Artists Festival 1986.
Recommendations to the board of directors

Recommendations to the board of directors

Item is a typed set of recommendations "concerning the reorganization of the structure and status of general membership and Board of Directors of Eye Level Gallery." This document reflects the results of a meeting held on November 27, 1975, when the gallery changed its membership structure to be a core group with a membership, which had affected fees, commitment and the Board of Directors.
Reconstruction project

Reconstruction project

Item is a poster for Reconstruction Project, a group exhibition organized by Sabra Moore. The exhibition was presented at Eye Level Gallery from September 9-26, 1987.
Report to the members of Eye Level Gallery

Report to the members of Eye Level Gallery

Item is a report sent to the members of Eye Level Gallery to make note of and bring awareness to the important issues that were discussed at the last Board of Directors meeting. Sue Beaver resigned from the position of Co-ordinator, which was accepted by the Board. Ron Savage presented on a financial report of the gallery's funds, which was a "discovery that the Gallery is in serious financial difficulties". Michael Fernandes presented a proposal for the structural reorganization of Eye Level Gallery.
Resignation letters from Sue Beaver and Ron Shuebrook

Resignation letters from Sue Beaver and Ron Shuebrook

Item is a resignation letter from Sue Beaver from the Co-ordinator position and Ron Shuebrook from the Board of Directors and General Membership at Eye Level Gallery. Sue writes eight reasons for her resignation from the Co-ordinator position on January 15, 1976, which includes a lack of respect, unrealistic attitudes regarding money, lack of firm definitions and policies and practices which she regards as immoral and unethical. Ron writes in his letter from January 21, 1976 that there are many reasons for his resignation, which includes a lack of professionalism, a financial crisis of the gallery which was a result of unprofessional behaviour, and his move to Canning, Nova Scotia which left him feeling disconnected from the gallery.

Also included in the item is a letter to members of the Eye Level Gallery stating an urgent matter has come up and a meeting needed to happen on January 15, 1976 at Eye Level by Michael Fernandes and Sue Beaver. A letter addressed to Sue Beaver from Brenda Wallace, the Visual Arts Officer for the Program of Assistance to Art Galleries and Museums states her acceptance of Beaver's resignation from the Eye Level Gallery.

Resignation of David Haigh

Resignation of David Haigh

Item is a letter from David Haigh outlining the reasons why he resigned from his position on the Board of Directors of Eye Level Gallery.
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