Culture
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Responding to Town Square
HALIFAX – The process by which Rank Inc.’s new business super-complex, Nova Centre, was approved by HRM Council has lacked significant public input...
By Adria Young -
Watch NFB: Territories
Editor: Spacing is pleased to continue our partnership with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films and interactive projects from their online...
By Julie Matlin -
FAVOURITE FRIDAY: Which piece of local public art is your favourite?
Across the Spacing Blog Network today we are asking our readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Otttawa, and the Atlantic cities to let us know which...
By Matthew Blackett -
Events Guide: Nocturne Magic Bus
HALIFAX – The spirit of Nocturne is access to art. This is a noble and worthy venture, but one that needs a bit of tweaking. Taking art into the...
By Veronica Simmonds -
Park(ing) Day!
Today, Friday, September 16th, is PARK(ing) Day! In cities around the globe, artists, activists and citizens will transform metered parking spaces into...
By Hilary Best -
Is the city a sketchbook? JJ Steeves tackles our ideas about graffiti
HALIFAX – Councillor Linda Mosher’s recent comparison of street art to vandalism and graffiti has brought a variety of reactions. One of the most...
By Katie Toth -
Events Guide: Parchetypes, Point Pleasant Park
WHAT: Parchetypes, Public Performance – HRM Open Project WHEN: Starting today, August 15th, 11am-1pm – September 11, 2011 WHERE: Point...
By Crystal Melville -
Spacing Atlantic wants your photos!
Captivated by the landscape of Canada’s east coast cities? Obsessed with the beauty of a public space, the dirty grime of a back alley, a...
By Abad Khan -
Meet Me in the Middle / The Middle of the Town
SACKVILLE – Last weekend saw Sappy Fest Six energize the otherwise quiet summer streets of beautiful Sackville, New Brunswick. The festival features...
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Events Guide: Tracing the City – Interventions of Art in Public Space
HALIFAX – What happens when the public space of the city intervenes in the private experience of art? Find out when panelists Kim Morgan (Chair) â€...
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Events Guide: Official Unveiling of Public Art, Prospect Road Community Centre
HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY – Residents are invited to attend an official unveiling and artist talk for the Prospect Road Community Centre Public...
By Crystal Melville -
The Outside In of 6080
HALIFAX – Nothing could be more delicious than a chance to enter the beautiful Halifax homes we pass, as citizens moving through the city streets...
By Lauren Phillips