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Dalhousie University Archives Nova Scotia File Visual artists
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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.

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.

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

Photographs of 20th Century Student

File contains four photographs taken by Peter Dykhuis of the sculpture "20th Century Student" by Reg Dockrill. The sculpture was erected on the corner of Uni­versity Avenue and Seymour Street in 1968 and removed in 2012 after an engineering report con­cluded that the six-metre-high steel sculpture had corroded on the inside and was “structurally damaged beyond repair."

Photographs, invitations, and other material related to Eyelevel Gallery artists and programming

File contains photographs, invitations, and other documentation about Eyelevel Gallery artists and programming from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Artists documented in the file include Kenneth Coutts-Smith, Richard Robertson, Michael Fernandes, Jan Meyerowitz, James MacSwain, Rita McKeough, and others. File also includes small scrapes of paper and sticky notes with references to the original location of the documentation in the Gallery.