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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.

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.

Minutes from an Eye Level Gallery core meeting held on December 18, 1975

Item is a typed set of meeting minutes for a core meeting at Eye Level Gallery. Members present included Roger Savage, John Greer, Ron Shuebrook, Jon Purdy, Janet Dunbrack, Karl MacKeeman, Joyce Hanson and Peter Leverman. Topics discussed at this meeting included finances, employees, the gallery's operating hours, the gallery's facilities and a schedule of upcoming shows during the Winter and Spring of 1976.

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.

Minutes from board meeting held on May 24, 1977

Item consists of minutes from a Board of Directors meeting where Roger Savage, Peter Leverman, Garry Conway, John Greer and Marina Stewart attended. The meeting began with a "review of old business" from the last meeting, which included board members, exhibitions, and catalogues. The meeting also discussed issues about grants, committee members, exhibitions and the slide bank.

Minutes from board meeting held on May 24, 1977

Item consists of minutes from a Board of Directors meeting at Eye Level Gallery which had Roger Savage, Peter Leverman, Garry Conway, John Greer and Marina Stewart present. The meeting discusses both new and old businesses, which had included grants, exhibitions and Roger Savage resigning from the Board of Directors.

Minutes from Meetings in Liverpool and Halifax

Item consists of a meeting minutes from a Liverpool meeting on September 24, 1977 and from Halifax October 6, 1977. The two meetings aimed to fill the Director position that Garry Conway left. Items discussed at the meetings included Canada Council funding, members of the gallery and future exhibitions.

Eye Level Board meetings and related records

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.

Photographic slides from exhibitions

File includes slides from exhibitions including Peggy's Cove Syndrome, Satire as Discontent, and Locations/National. Artists include Robert Bean, David Merritt, Rosemary Macaulay, Sean McQuay, and Barbara Lounder.

General meeting announcement

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

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.

Board of directors meeting minutes

Item is a typed minutes of a Board of Directors meeting held on April 24, 1975 at the Eye Level Gallery. Present members were: Mary Kenny, Hatti Prentise, Don Purdy, Ketiher Laws, Roger Savage, John Greer, Karl MacKeeman, Julia Schmitt Healy, and David Haigh. The main topics discussed at the meeting included upcoming exhibitions and resignations of members.

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

Satire As Discontent: group exhibition and musical performances held July 23 - September 1, 1984

File includes press releases, report for Canada Council, proposals, planning notes, Marvel comic book: The Life of Pope John Paul, posters, press clippings. (Artists include: Gerry Amey, Davna Gallager, Janice Leonard, Barbara Lounder, Susan McEachern, Wilma Needham, Bernice Purdy, Cathy Quinn, Rick Sanderson, Ruth Scheuing, Robert Tonks, Eric Walker)

Splicing dice / choreography by Sheilagh Hunt

Item is a poster for a performance choreographed by Sheilagh Hunt held at Saint Mary's Boys' School Auditorium on Grafton Street, Halifax on March 1-2, 1985. The image on the poster is credited to George Steeves Design: M. Bell.

Gerard Ferguson's choral reading

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.

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.

Minutes from a Board meeting held on September 25, 1975

Item is a set of meeting minutes from a board meeting, which was attended by Hatti Prentiss, Roger Savage, Janet Dunbrack, Karl MacKeeman, Michael Fernandes, Joyce Hanson and Sue Beaver. Various issues were discussed, including administrative business, projects and events happening at Eye Level.

Minutes from a general members meeting held on October 16, 1975

Item consists of meeting minutes from a general members meeting at the Eye Level Gallery. Topics discussed at this meeting included nominating members, the gallery's budget, a new space, a Atlantic Print workshop, the Last Tango auction, the gallery's cleanliness, calendar project, life drawing classes and a visual arts conference. Item also has a list of the attendees of the meeting.

Memo the general members of Eye Level Gallery

Item consists of a memo to the general members of Eye Level Gallery about the gallery's recent change "to combine a core group with a membership". The memo also addresses dissatisfaction among the members of the gallery, and that proposals regarding the issues would be welcome to be sent to the gallery's board.

Minutes from a general membership meeting held on January 29, 1976

Item is a typed record of meeting minutes from a General Membership meeting. Items discussed included a Board Members report by Hatti Prentiss, a financial report by Roger Savage, and a proposal by Garry Conway. Item also includes the proposal to the Eye Level Gallery by Garry Conway, which included changing the name of the Co-ordinator position to "Director" as the title reflects the role more appropriately. He also proposes that the policies of the gallery will be the responsibility of the Board of Directors. Conway ends his proposal by stating his interest in taking on the role of the Co-ordinator or Director position.

Minutes from a Board of Directors meeting held on January 29, 1976

Item is a Board of Directors meeting minutes at Eye Level Gallery. Members present includes Roger Savage, John Greer, Peter Leverman, Joyce Hanson, Karl MacKeeman and Garry Conway. The board accepted the resignations of Ron Shuebrook, Michael Fernandes and Janet Dunbrack. Other items discussed included: opening of a new bank account, funds to send Gary Conway to a conference on alternative galleries in Ottawa, and a motion to charge 30% commission on the sale of artwork. Roger Savage provided a financial report.

Item also includes a resignation letter by Keith Laws from the Director of the Gallery position from January 29, 1976.

Letter to Ron Shuebrook regarding resignation

Item is a letter to Ron Shuebrook from Garry Conway about Shuebrook's resignation from the Eye Level Gallery's Board of Directors. Conway acknowledges the reasons for Shuebrook's resignation, but states that it is the lack of management and administration skills that have lead to the current dismay that the gallery is in.

Minutes from Board of Directors meeting held on February 4, 1976

Item consists of minutes from a Board of Directors meeting. Members present included Peter Leverman, Roger Savage, Joyce Hanson and Karl MacKeeman. Topics discussed were regarding equipment, insurance, fees for artists, an auction to be in April, and a life drawing class.

Minutes of a board of directors meeting held on May 27, 1976

Item consists of minutes from a Board of Directors meeting where Prentiss, Greer, Savage, Conway and Hanson were present. Issues discussed at the meeting included "old business" from the last meeting and new topics such as: funding, membership, core meetings, press releases, and facilities.

Minutes from a board meeting held on March 3, 1977

Item consists of minutes from a Board of Directors meeting at the Eye Level Gallery. The members present at the meeting were Roger Savage, John Greer, Peter Leverman, Marina Stewart, Garry Conway and Felicity Redgrave (observer). Topics discussed at the meeting included: equipment, business tax, a part-time assistant, grant applications and exhibitions.

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.

Letter from Marina Stewart to Michael Fernandes

Item is a letter from Marina Stewart to Michael Fernandes regarding a deficit Stewart was alleged to have left at the end of the 1981 fiscal year. In the letter, Stewart asks Fernandes to bring up the matter at the first Eye Level Gallery meeting of the 1982-1983 gallery season.

Eye Level Gallery Board meetings and related records

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.
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