Artworks located in Halifax

Grand Parade, Halifax

William Johnson & Matt Robinson, Grand Parade, Halifax, 2009
A traffic control box is painted in muted, watery colours, like age-old slate, with faded images of ships and skylines. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Johnson, William; Robinson, Matt
Installation year: 
2009

Halifax Begs Your Pardon!

Tactical Art Coalition, Halifax Begs Your Pardons !, 2002Tactical Art Coalition, Halifax Begs Your Pardons !, 2002Tactical Art Coalition, Halifax Begs Your Pardons !, 2002
A series of friendly interventions designed to interact with the urban ladscape of Halifax in a manner that would elicit reflections, considerations, and ideas that would challenge or expand the usual [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Tactical Art Coalition
Installation year: 
2002

Number Painting

Garry Neill Kennedy, Number Painting, 2005
The installation consists of a number and text painted on the doors to the dock #22 warehouse. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kennedy, Garry Neill
Installation year: 
2005

Vytaieno

Dawn Mcnutt, Vytaieno, 1992Dawn Mcnutt, Vytaieno, 1992
The statue displays the 1891 and 1991 Canadian flags as a display of past, present and future. The bread and the salt placed on an embroidered towel is a traditional Ukrainian welcome representing lif [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Mcnutt, Dawn
Installation year: 
1992

Robert Burns

George A. Lawson, Robert Burns, 1919
A bronze statue representing the standing figure of Robert Burns with his arms folded. The figure is mounted on a Nova Scotia granite pedestal with bronze plaques embedded on each side. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lawson, George A.
Installation year: 
1919

North is Freedom

Stephen Bamford, North is Freedom, 2007Stephen Bamford, North is Freedom, 2007Stephen Bamford, North is Freedom, 2007Stephen Bamford, North is Freedom, 2007
A kid stands on the roof of the Halifax North Memorial Public Library, on Gottingen Street, and watches as a young woman helps a young man climb to the top of a 20-foot-high steel monolith, play out i [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bamford, Stephen
Installation year: 
2007

You Are Here

Peter G. Dykhuis, You Are Here, 2005Peter G. Dykhuis, You Are Here, 2005Peter G. Dykhuis, You Are Here, 2005Peter G. Dykhuis, You Are Here, 2005
Used envelopes are the foundation of a map of Halifax Harbor. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dykhuis, Peter G.
Installation year: 
2005

Intersections: Places, General Regulations, and Memories

Marlene Creates, Intersections : Places, General Regulations, and Memories, 199GMarlene Creates, Intersections : Places, General Regulations, and Memories, 1998Marlene Creates, Intersections : Places, General Regulations, and Memories, 1998
This is a series of eight markers installed on the campus of what is now Mount Saint Vincent University, formerly Mount Saint Vincent Academy, founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia by the Sisters of Charity [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Creates, Marlene
Installation year: 
1998

Table Talk

Ilan Sandler, Table Talk, 2005Ilan Sandler, Table Talk, 2005Ilan Sandler, Table Talk, 2005
Table Talk is a set of three circular copper table tops with text stamped around the circumference. The text is made up of excerpts from interviews with victims of or witnesses to violent crimes. The [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Sandler, Ilan
Installation year: 
2005

Chrondus Crispus

Susan Feindel, Chrondus Crispus, 2000Susan Feindel, Chrondus Crispus, 2000
Floor mosaic representing Earth. The text is on the edge. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Feindel, Susan
Installation year: 
2000

Artifact

Peter G. Dykhuis, Artifact, 1993
Eight small painted and framed panels, suspended from the branches of a cherry tree. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dykhuis, Peter G.
Installation year: 
1993