Re/collections is a free, community group installation that invites the public to experience an interactive exhibition that charts and catalogs Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s forty-eight years of cultural impact across Mi’kma’ki. Taking place at the Corridor Gallery, located within the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia (1113 Marginal Rd, Halifax, NS B3H 4P7), Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s installation, Re/collections, will showcase the rich cultural heritage of artists’ past and present practices across Mi’kma’ki.

Re/collections provides the public with an abbreviated timeline of the cultural and artistic contributions fostered by the organization. Featuring an array of media (artworks, articles, photographs, exhibition paraphernalia, and other haptic objects of interest) beginning with the inaugural Fall 1976 edition of the magazine, Visual Arts News. Coinciding with this year’s theme of Nocturne, MICROCOSM, Re/collections invites the public to examine the nuance and depth of Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s contributions within the broader framework of Art in Mi’kma’ki. Tactile and interactive by design, the installation will encapsulate the characteristic qualities and features of VANS’ ongoing impact on the arts.  Access Labels will provide viewers with legible descriptions of selected works.

The exhibition is open 6 pm to midnight on Saturday, October 19, 2024 as part of Nocturne Art at Night festival.

Re/collections is organized by Dan Edmonds, Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s Archiving and Documentation Intern.