The Khyber Centre for the Arts

The Khyber is:

• an artist-run centre actively aiming to foster critical thought through the presentation of contemporary art which; facilitates dialogue, supports experimentation and encourages inquiry;
• a space for non-commercial work and the coercion of disparate events;
• a not-for-profit charitable organization that pays fees to artists according to CARFAC standards;
• an arts facility developed in 1994 by the No Money Down Cultural Society, a group of artists who negotiated an agreement with the City of Halifax to maintain the city-owned and then unoccupied 3-floor heritage building located at 1588 BARRINGTON; 
• established in 1995.