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MacSwain, Jim
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- MacSwain, James
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James (Jim) MacSwain was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and graduated from Mount Allison University with a BA in English. Since 1973, Jim has lived in the Halifax area and was an arts administrator in an artist-run centre in Halifax. He has taught media art production at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, the Centre for Art Tapes, and the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative. MacSwain’s videos and films were exhibited at a retrospective at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia that was sponsored by the Centre for Art Tapes in 2005.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, 2nd Edition.
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- English
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Information retrieved from the GayHalifax website on Jim MacSwain: http://gay.hfxns.org/JimMacSwain
Information retrieved from the Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery: http://msvuart.ca/index.php?menid=07/03/02&mtyp=2&article_id=266
Information retrieved from the Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery: http://msvuart.ca/index.php?menid=07/03/02&mtyp=2&article_id=266