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Eyelevel Gallery fonds Halifax (N.S.) With digital objects English
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Meeting minutes from March 20, 1975

File is a typed document of minutes from a first general meeting at the Eye Level Galley held on March 20, 1975. Present at the meeting at the Chair of the Board, Hatti Prentise, 17 other members and 1 guest. The agenda for the meeting was regarding a discussion of 14 questions asked to the board of directors by the general members present at the meeting. The file minutes also contains a list of memberships of the Eye Level Gallery in 1974-1975.

Letter to the board of Eye Level Gallery from Marina Stewart

Item is a letter to the Board of Directors of Eye Level Gallery from Marina Stewart. In the letter she raises issues regarding the members' involvement in a recent show "Grassroots". Stewart addresses her issues with the gallery's finances, funding and members of the board.

Coordinator's job description

Item is a typed document from Julia Schmitt Healy that outlines the Coordinator's job description after her resigned from the position. The document was written "off the top of my head" by Schmitt and is not organized. The document was pinned on the bullet board at the Eye Level Galley.

Letter to the Joseph Howe Festival

Item is a letter to the Joseph Howe Festival from Roger Savage regarding an exhibition of recent work by artists happening at the Eye Level Gallery.

Minutes from a Board meeting held on August 28, 1975

Item is minutes from a board members meeting which was attended by Hattie Prentice, John Greer, Karl MacKeeman, David Sayer, and Joyce Hanson. The meeting addressed a variety of issues, such as recent events at the gallery, funding, board members and future shows.

Minutes from a board of directors meeting held on May 4, 1976

Item consists of meeting minutes which had members Greer, Savage, MacKeeman, Hanson, and Leverman present. Topics discussed at this meeting includes: life-drawing sessions, gallery closing over July and August, a Vancouver-based performance group "Circus Minimus" performing at the gallery, finances, Halifax City Grant, CANPAC, funding, facilities, and future exhibits.

Agenda for a members meeting

Item consists of an agenda for a general members meeting. Topics listed for discussion are: the gallery's progress, grant applications, Parallel Gallery meeting in Ottawa, summer closure of the gallery, event proposals and volunteers.

Works defined by duration

Item is a poster for an event featuring performers Andrew Forster, Simon Scanes, Vera Lemecha & Alex Livingston, John Murchie, and Ellen Pierce & George Steeves, held from April 8-16, 1982.

Audio by artists festival 85

Item is a poster for Audio By Artists Festival 1985, held from March - April 1985. The Audio By Artists Festival 1985 was organized and administrated by David Craig, Andy Dowden, Paula Fairfield, Gordon Laurin, and Micah Lexier.

Eric Stach and Kim Lunberg

Item is a poster for a performance by Kim Lunberg and Erich Stach on July 24, 1987, presented as part of the Ear Level Music Series 87.

Dreams Come True Art Auction

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.

X-Change '89

Item is a poster for the tour of local artists' studio spaces in Halifax held from August 5-12, 1989.

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.

Eyetini

Item is a poster for an event taking place at FRED on November 19, 2005.

Photograph of two images of an unidentified exhibition

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The photograph depicts two juxtaposed images. The upper image is a portrait of a woman and two children posing in formal attire. The lower image depicts an issue of The Toronto Star newspaper with child handprints and other markings drawn onto the newspaper. The image includes a note that reads: "I used to pretend that my real father was Roy Rogers."

Photograph of buildings with a transparent overlay

Item is a photograph of an unidentified exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The photograph shows the exterior of buildings with a transparent overlay showing an article page with an image of watching a film; the article's title reads: “How to hide two thousand men?”

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)..”

Photograph of three war-related images with texts on display

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The photograph depicts three images related to an unidentified war arranged side by side horizontally. The individuals in them are not identified. The text in the middle image reads:
“Dan ran, zigzag, as bullets ricocheted around his swerving body. With a desperate leap he fell into a trench as his fellow soldiers cheered. Suddenly he sprang into view and with a swift, smooth movement flung a grenade into an enemy bunker. There was a blinding flash and a deafening roar followed by a deathly silence, interrupted by more cheering. Grinning, Dan charged into the smoke…..”

Photograph of house with garden

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The photograph shows a house with garden on a television screen.

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 exhibition wall text

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The image includes a wall text that reads:
“I was alive in the wood
I was killed by the cruel axe
living I was silent
dead I sing sweetly”

Photograph of hand artifacts display

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The image shows six artifacts of hands holding an object - five of them are on a display table, and one is on the wall shelf.

Photograph of hand artifacts display

Item is an unlabeled photograph of an exhibition presented by Eyelevel Gallery. The image shows six artifacts of hands holding an object - five of them are on a display table, and one is on the wall shelf.

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."
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