An Illustrated History
Upcoming Event
Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Halifax Central Library
5440 Spring Garden Road
About
Halifax Art & Artists presents the stories of the
city’s creators from craftspeople and portrait
painters to filmmakers and multidisciplinary
makers from time immemorial to the present.
Featuring
Ray Cronin
Author of Halifax Art & Artists: An Illustrated History
Alan Syliboy
Artist
Ann Kitz
Daughter of Alex Colville
Sarah Moore
Fillmore CEO, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Pictured above: (left) Installation detail of Ketu’ elmita’jik (They want to go home), 2018–19, by Jordan Bennett (includes Artist was known, Mi’kmaq, Nova Scotia, Chair Seat Panel c.19th century), at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax. Courtesy of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, and Jordan Bennett. (Right) Maud Lewis, Lighthouse and Ferry at Cape Forchu, Yarmouth County, 1960s, oil on board, 31.4 x 33.7 cm. Collection of CFFI Ventures Inc. as collected by John Risley. Courtesy of CFFI Ventures Inc.
Sponsors
The publication of the book has been made
possible thanks to the generous support of
Fred and Elizabeth Fountain
Rob and Monique Sobey
Jim Spatz and Valerie MacDonald
Peter and Elizabeth Clarke
River Philip Foundation
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Monday, April 13, 2026, 5:00 p.m.
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St., Toronto
Wednesday, September 18, 5:00 p.m. Royal Conservatory of Music, Temerty Theatre, 273 Bloor Street West
September 29, 2025
93 Charles St. W., Toronto
April 30, 2025
93 Charles St. W., Toronto
April 13, 2025
Baillie Court, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto
May 8, 2024
5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax
April 25, 2023
15 Devonshire Place, Toronto
November 28, 2022
June 7, 2022
273 Bloor St. W., Toronto
May 4, 2022
March 30, 2022
February 23, 2022
November 11, 2021
October 19, 2021
October 5, 2021
November 11, 2019
93 Charles St. W., Toronto
April 30, 2019
231 Queens Quay West, Toronto
April 1, 2019
93 Charles St. W., Toronto
November 12, 2018
93 Charles St. W., Toronto
October 24, 2018
50 Mackenzie King Bridge, Ottawa
April 16, 2018
93 Charles St. W., Toronto
November 6, 2017
93 Charles St. W., Toronto
May 16, 2017
15 Devonshire Place, Toronto
February 23, 2017
4th Floor, 1011 — 9th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta
November 27, 2016
421 Ridout St. N., London, ON
November 10, 2016
380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
October 24, 2016
15 Devonshire Place, Toronto