Exhibition & Events

Greg Davies: Chronos
Oct. 30 - Dec. 7, 2024
In this oil painting series depicting endangered, threatened, and extinct animals, Greg Davies explores time and mortality. Using a dark tenebrist style inspired by Baroque art and early Romantic paintings of the 19th century, Davies brings artistic styles of the past to bear on present-day realities of climate crises. 

Greg Davies is an artist and curator currently based in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. His drawing and painting practice explore subjects from multiple perspectives. Davies draws on past styles and historical techniques, foregrounding his belief in the sustainability of old styles. The visual references in Davies' art are informed by his background and work in the field of disciplinary art history. 

To view the Digital Catalogue for this exhibition, please CLICK HERE

Zine Launch, Rat Tales by Sara avMaat
StFX Art Gallery
MULH 2002
Thurs. Nov. 28, 4:30 pm

Come to the StFX Art Gallery for the public launch of artist Sara avMaat’s zine, Rat Tales.

Justin Gregg will sit down and talk with Sara so that all can learn more about the creation and musings of Wesley, the philosophical mine clearing rat, and his friends.

Refreshments will be available at 4:30. Remarks and the artist interview will begin at 5 pm.

Copies of the zine will be available for purchase at the launch for $5 cash.

Sara avMaat grew up in New Brunswick. After settling into a career as a physiotherapist, she went on to earn a BFA from NSCAD University. Sara maintains an active art practice. Her work has been featured in exhibitions across Nova Scotia, and, in 2022, HARP Publishing published avMaat’s first comic book, Hope Unleashed. Sara lives with her partner, Beth, in Antigonish County. 

Justin Gregg is a Senior Research Associate with the Dolphin Communication Project and an Adjunct Professor at St. Francis Xavier University where he lectures on animal behavior and cognition.

This event has been organized in connection with the gallery’s current exhibition, Greg Davies: Chronos, on now till Dec. 7, 2024.
 

HOURS

Wed. 2:30 – 6:30 pm
Thrs. 2:30 – 6:30 pm
Fri.  12:00 – 4:00 pm
Sat. 12:00 – 4:00 pm 

The StFX Art Gallery acknowledges the generous support of its funders, St. Francis Xavier University and the Department of Canadian Heritage.