Nocturne 2024 in Downtown Halifax

Cheryl L’Hirondelle

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Windsor Foundation Lecture Theatre)

1723 Hollis Street

Join us for a special artist talk with interdisciplinary artist Cheryl L’Hirondelle at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The talk will be followed by a participatory activation Light Tipi from 8:30-10:00 PM.

Cheryl L’Hirondelle (Cree/Half Breed; German/Polish) is an award-winning and community-engaged interdisciplinary artist, singer/songwriter and critical thinker whose family is from Papaschase First Nation / amiskwaciy wâskahikan (Edmonton, AB) and Kikino Metis Settlement. Her work investigates and attempts to articulate an intersection of nêhiyawin (Cree worldview) with contemporary time-place by incorporating sound, Indigenous language(s), music, plus old and new technologies.

Damini Awoyiga

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

1055 Marginal Rd
 

Join Beacon artist Damini Awoyiga who will discuss her emerging creative practice and share more about her project 'Through Our Eyes'. Presented as part of Nocturne 2024: Microcosm.

I am a 17-year-old artistic creator and spoken word poet based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and one of the inaugural Youth Poet Laureates of Nova Scotia. I express myself through writing, performance, drawing, crafting, sewing, and singing. My artistic abilities are deeply rooted in my heritage; I feel a strong connection to my late grandfather, a graphic designer at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and to my Ekiti Great Grandmother who wove "aso oke" (handwoven cloth) and created art through textiles and storytelling.
 

Collin's Court, Historic Properties

1883 Upper Water St

Not wheelchair accessible

This performative and participatory action event is entitled yahkāskwan mīhkiwap (pronounced: yeah-cuss-kwun-me-kih-whop) and is commonly referred to as ‘Light Tipi.’ Light Tipi engages people to come together and create a tipi as a community-engaged activity (while getting a good smudging from the cleansing medicine that sage smoke scientifically is proven to be).

Carrie Phillips Kieser

Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel

1919 Upper Water St, Halifax, NS B3J 3J5

Wheelchair accessible

Inside the lobby space of the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront, the imagery of the micro worlds of epiphytes (plants that grow on the surface of another) and tiny evergreens are enlarged and scrawl across the windows and interweave themselves through the revolving door.

In Soft Landing, Carrie Phillips Kieser has created imagery from Mi’kma’ki’s/Nova Scotia’s local coastal boreal region and inland woodlands. Her motifs draw inspiration from plant life such as the cloud-like structures of Cladonia stellaris (star-tipped reindeer lichen), the feathery plumes of the Ptilium crista-castrensis (ostrich plume moss) and the meandering Gaultheria hispidula (creeping snowberry). Inside the lobby space of the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront, the imagery of the micro worlds of epiphytes (plants that grow on the surface of another) and tiny evergreens are enlarged and scrawl across the windows and interweave themselves through the revolving door. They stand as beautiful metaphors for symbiotic relationships and also remind us that these small ecosystems hold and support us.

Sonia Chow

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

1055 Marginal Rd

A mysterious 5-foot tall tiger head made of wood and textiles beckons you to peer into its glowing eyes and to share its secret thoughts.

A mysterious tiger head is installed inside a darkened space. Glowing eyes beckon you near, to share its secret thoughts. Its pupils are peepholes which give access to the world within. The analog sounds of a tinkly hand-crank piano drift through the air.

Roughly 10 feet in diameter x 5 feet high, the head is a geodesic dome – an idealized utopian space, simultaneously retro and futuristic. The structure is a protective bubble, a place for reflecting our inner selves and experiences, who we are, and our dreams for the future. Through the tiger’s eyes you experience a scene which tells a story of displacement, of being “from away.” What brought you here – a temporary adventure or a life change which extended into months and years? Was it by choice or by chance? And what’s to come?

This is my bubble. What’s in yours?

Séamus Gallagher

1521 Grafton St Back Parking Lot

on the ground, in the air, across the water is a video that touches on gender reveals, forest fires, and the ways technologies fail us.

on the ground, in the air, across the water is a video projection installation created using the video game engine Unreal. The video was created by scanning various botanical gardens around Turtle Island, creating a doubly-artificial landscape that the video game camera moves through. The botanical garden scans were created using a 3D scanning process known as gaussian splatting.

Damini Awoyiga, Israel Ekanem & I'thandi Munro

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

1055 Marginal Rd

Through Our Eyes is an immersive performance that combines deep poetry, introspective dance, and thought-provoking videos showcasing the experiences and perspectives of youth, exploring themes of connection, storytelling, reflection, community, struggles, and sharing.

Through Our Eyes is a captivating artistic experience. It focuses on exploring the experiences and emotions of the younger generation—our contempt, fear, joy, life, and essence in the context of the world we live in today.

Stephen Brander

Salter Sands

1505 Lower Water St, Halifax, NS

Created and carved from wood, this whimsical Folk Art installation explores the mental and physical space before all your ducks are in a row.

Quacker Barrow explores the mental and physical place before all your ducks are in a row. Carved from wood, this whimsical Folk Art installation features a full scale wheelbarrow filled with assorted ducks of various sizes and shapes.

North End Cymatic Society

Former Art Bar

1873 Granville St, Halifax, NS

Are invisible frequencies part of your identity; your essence? Come decide for yourself as your digital data is rendered through a complex array of antennas and signal processors into the analog world of light and sound, generating cymatic patterns and soundscapes that mimic the complexity of the social ecosystems that these invisible frequencies secretly inhabit.

Melanie Zurba

Waterfront Pergola, In front of Nova Scotia Power

Halifax Harbour: Beneath the Surface is a projection project including watercolour portraits of underwater life set upon underwater footage. It reflects on the community of life and environmental impacts in the Halifax Harbour - a microcosm of ocean life that human life moves around and across every day.

Par Nair

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

1675 Lower Water St

Letters of Haunting is a series of hand embroidered textile installations, where the artist writes letters to her mother on her mother’s silk sarees.

Rainbow Refugee Association of NS Pottery Program

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

1055 Marginal Rd

Artists involved in the Rainbow Refugee of NS Pottery Program invite you to participate in a hands-on community clay project to sculpt your vision of “Peace”. We also invite you to visit our art show, "Bittersweet" at Pier 21!

Participants of Creating with Community: a Treaty Space Gallery initiative funded by Indigenous Youth Roots

with support from Treaty Space Gallery

NSCAD Treaty Space Gallery, 1887 Granville Street

Indigenous participants of the June 2024 Rawhide Drum-Making Workshop with Trevor Gould have personalized their handdrums with painted designs, each highlighting their own unique stories. Join us for a short performance at 7pm to hear the drums sing

Jay Merriott

Von Winkle Gallery

1496 Lower Water Street

Art you never knew you loved.

Von Winkle Gallery is a conceptual body of work and art installation with the intent of connecting people with art by using symbols and iconography that are relatable. The work is playful, colourful, and whimsical to help awaken the child and inspire the artist in us all.

The Magpie Collective

Helipad, Halifax Waterfront Between Bishop’s Landing and Cunard Lot

1475 Lower Water Street

The Magpie’s Nest is a collaborative art installation showcasing diverse collective and individual expressions with interactive light, sound, and discovery elements.

Halifax Dance

Maritime Centre

1505 Barrington St., Halifax, NS

Halifax Dance is proud to showcase After Hours, as microcosm of one of Atlantic Canada's community office hubs, the Maritime Centre. This space, typically occupied by busy industry professionals, will now be transformed into a night filled with turns, leaps, lines, and the joy of dance.

CNIB

Waterfront Chalet

Foundation Wharf

With the use of vision simulators, this workshop allows the public to experience going about daily tasks while having low-vision or blindness.

Step into a unique sensory experience at our booth during Nocturne. Join us for a hands-on workshop facilitated in collaboration with CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind), where participants will gain insight into the world of low vision.

Teichert Gallery

1723 Hollis St, Halifax, NS

Woven from a curated selection of visual stories, the gallery becomes a tapestry of each artist’s unique worldview, combining and intertwining into the Collective Exhibit. Through a live demonstration of “yarn painting,” Alison Mitchell pulls together the moments of joy found in life on the East Coast.

Jack Ross & Argyle Fine Art

Argyle Fine Art

1559 Barrington Street

Artist Jack Ross presents a new collection of paintings featuring a series of vignettes that explore the spaces that make up Halifax's nightlife.

Also at Argyle Fine Art: INSIDE OUT!

Argyle Fine Art will create a LIVING ROOM outside our gallery where you can take selfies and engage and interact with the space via "leaving your mark or notes to another" via post-its on our fridge, or paint our "collaborative" painting.

NOTE this event will begin at 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

John Eaton & Argyle Fine Art

Argyle Fine Art

1559 Barrington Street

Artist John Eaton miniature works with a variety of recycled objects to capture the essence of forgotten spaces, and preserves their memories in miniature. The open doors, missing walls and vacant windows of these sculptures call to you to think about the frailty of our existence, and the legacies we leave behind.

NSCAD Jewellery Department & Yu Yo Craft Supply + Tea House

Yu Yo Craft Supply + Tea House

1498 Lower Water St. Suite 1117, Halifax, NS

Our tradition on Nocturne nights, another NSCAD jewellery Student exhibition to show off their creative and passionate.

As our tradition has been happening on the past Nocturne nights, we are going to hold another NSCAD jewellery Student exhibition here.NSCAD is a small microcosm of art. They are creative and passionate. Around 10 young artists will be involved in the exhibition.

Visual Arts Nova Scotia

Visual Arts Nova Scotia, the Corridor Gallery

1113 Marginal Rd, Halifax, NS

Re/collections is a free, community group installation that invites the public to experience an interactive exhibition that charts + catalogs Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s forty eight years of cultural impact across Mi’kma’ki.

Marc-Alexandre Brûlé et Valérie Descheneaux

The Queen's Marque

1715 Lower Water Street

Les Illusionnistes presents a dysfunctional Telepathic Duo right out a 1920's Music Hall that offers this unique hybrid between magical feats and a one woman band of unusual instruments.
 

Performances at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm with the display open until midnight

NSCAD Print Club

Granville Mall

1895 Granville Street
 

Get inky and stinky with the NSCAD Print Club:

Join us in celebrating the rich tradition of printmaking while showcasing the innovative spirit of NSCAD's emerging artists.

Get inky and stinky with the NSCAD Print Club:

Join us in celebrating the rich traditions of printmaking while showcasing the innovative spirit of NSCAD's emerging artists.

Graphics and Experiential Media Lab

Publics Lab, Dalhousie FCS Paramount Site

1577 Barrington Street, Halifax

Experience augmented reality (AR) games and research demonstrations that let you interact with objects and environments at supernatural scales.

Jupiter V & Trident Booksellers & Cafe

Trident Booksellers & Cafe

1256 Hollis St, Halifax, NS B3J 1T6

Multi-dimensional artist Jupiter V struts out a selection of their painted works.

Jupiter V is a queer, Canadian, multi-disciplinary artist based out of K'jipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia. They make digital and traditional visual art, ranging from comic books to murals, and are also an accomplished recording artist and performer. Co-operating with the Trident Cafe, a selection of their painted works from recent years will be on display for the public's quiet contemplation.

Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace

Salt Yard Stage

1601 Lower Water Street

Is your vision of the Kjipuktuk harbour a vision for Peace or War? Militarizing and pouring billions into war machinery cannot provide human security in times of climate disaster. Investing in peace, nonviolent conflict resolution and a liveable life for all will de-escalate the power of the war machinery. Decolonize, demilitarize and decarbonize!

A Group Show/Scavenger Hunt by the Artists of Art 1274 Hollis Gallery

Art 1274 Hollis

1274 Hollis St., Halifax, NS, B3J 1T6

The artists in our gallery were each given the same five objects to use, representing the five elements of design: Line, Shape, Texture, Colour and Size. Our artists will each create their own story in painting, fused glass, jewelry, pottery and sculpture.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

1723 Hollis Street

Visit exhibitions including Léopold L. Foulem, Mike MacDonald's Touched by the Tears of a Butterfly, 2023 Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchases, and the Maud Lewis Gallery, plus join us in the studios for Make It Microcosmic: an immersive Nocturne experience for one night only!

SOOF (Save Our Old Forests)

Waterfront Chalet

Foundation Wharf

We are asking the Premier for a pause on all harvesting and road building in forests over 80 years old on Crown land until such time as protected areas meeting the 20% target have been designated

Choirs For Change

St. Paul’s Anglican Church

1749 Argyle Street

Come sing with Choirs for Change in our drop-in, community choir Spíra, featuring easy-to-learn arrangements of songs by local artists. Performances start every hour, on the hour.

LuLo, Logan Robins & Lucas Hernandes Nascimento

Waterfront Chalets

Foundation Wharf

Cadence, the shooting star, returns to the skies above Nocturne and has started up a cosmic post office! On a cozy chalet on the waterfront, come visit a magical post office bursting with color and light, where you can send a wish to a shooting star and write a postcard to a loved one.

HalifACT, Ecology Action Centre, Lorne A. Julien, Molly Margaret, Emily Clark

Waterfront Chalet

Foundation Wharf

Join the municipality’s Climate Change team and the Ecology Action Centre at the Climate Badge Chalet during Nocturne for a fun, interactive art experience! Share your climate commitments by writing, drawing, or coloring on stickers, which will become part of a vibrant community art piece.

Explore our engaging display showcasing unique, artist-designed enamel pins that inspire you to take meaningful climate actions. You can earn a badge by pledging to adopt climate-friendly actions in your daily life! Choose from three beautiful designs from the lovely artists: Climate 101 by Lorne A. Julien, Getting Around by Molly Margaret, and Home Energy by Emily Clark.

CanFISH, CWF, Canadian Conservation Corps

Waterfront Chalet

Foundation Wharf

This project aims to explore and share the stories of East Coast fishermen, highlight research and technology developed for whale protection, and introduce the CanFISH Gear Lending Program. Through artistic communication and community outreach, we will showcase traditional fishing methods, innovative gear, and the dedicated work behind these efforts.

Ekko Mindful Music Studio

Waterfront Chalet

Foundation Wharf

Community collaboration in the form of art; come and tell your musical story using coloured pencils and let us know what music means to you on a little square of our canvas! Enjoy a little free play with music instruments including shakers, BoomWhackers, and a digital piano open to the community to encourage a little music in a big world.