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Steven Holmes on Sol LeWitt and NSCAD

I left Halifax in 1997 and moved to the US where I now live. Eventually settling in Connecticut, I was introduced to Sol LeWitt who lived a short drive away in Chester. In conversations, Sol eventually learned I had been at NSCAD. And he lit up. He talked about how important NSCAD was for him and others at a critical moment in their careers (and art history).

Alan Syliboy talks about his artistic journey and breaking trails in the arts

The opening line of the official biography of Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy reads: “Alan Syliboy grew up believing native art was generic.” “In the sense that, you know, Indians on TV. We all have headdresses, and we all ride horses. Right?” says Syliboy from his eponymous art studio, which opened on the Millbrook reservation just outside Truro on June 1.

Steven Holmes on Sol LeWitt and NSCAD

I left Halifax in 1997 and moved to the US where I now live. Eventually settling in Connecticut, I was introduced to Sol LeWitt who lived a short drive away in Chester. In conversations, Sol eventually learned I had been at NSCAD. And he lit up. He talked about how important NSCAD was for him and others at a critical moment in their careers (and art history).

Alan Syliboy talks about his artistic journey and breaking trails in the arts

The opening line of the official biography of Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy reads: “Alan Syliboy grew up believing native art was generic.” “In the sense that, you know, Indians on TV. We all have headdresses, and we all ride horses. Right?” says Syliboy from his eponymous art studio, which opened on the Millbrook reservation just outside Truro on June 1.