Nocturne’s 18th annual Art-at-Night Festival (October 16-19) is back for another exciting year, with dozens of installations, performances, workshops, artist talks, and much more. This year, more than 30 artists with connections to NSCAD University will be featuring their works at Nocturne.
You can download the full listing to NSCAD-related Nocturne events to take with you. Here’s seven NSCAD artists to look out for at Nocturne:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 (7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)
Nocturne kicks off with an opening artist talk by artist Peter Morin and Media Arts Faculty, Leah Decter as they reflect on their collaborative project, X: where our paths cross, a performance of visiting, trust and otherwise possibilities.
Registration is highly encouraged.
Location: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Windsor Foundation Lecture Theatre – 1723 Hollis Street
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Join artist Daniel Rumbolt to learn the traditional art of net making, with an unconventional twist. During the workshop, you will learn the basics of hand-knitting a net using materials such as wool, yarn, and twine. This project is funded by Associate Professor of Art History, Carla Taunton, as part of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant.
Registration is highly encouraged: Call the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic at 902-424-7491 by October 14, to reserve your spot.
Location: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic – 1675 Lower Water St
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 (6:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.)
Real Estate Agent vs. the Angel of History by Emma Chapman-Lin (BFA 2024) and Charlie MacLean is a narrative installation that combines video and sculpture. It tells the story of two puppets, who serve as vehicles to explore our different, conflicting relationships with land and time.
Location: Bus Stop Theatre Parking Lot – 2248 Maitland Street
Wandering Ground by Lou Sheppard (BFA 2006) and Germaine Koh is a an (anti)monument to public space: a mobile and flexible structure that calls on the multiple histories, potentials and possibilities that public space can signify. Set on a small triangle of land left unmown and fallow for the summer of 2025, Wandering Ground serves as a site of observation and interpretation, a mediating structure to engage with the city’s soil and all that grows from it.
Location: Museum of Natural History / Wanderers Lawn – Summer St & Veterans Memorial Lane
Prismatic Trespassing by Éric-Olivier Thériault (BFA 2024) is a sculptural installation built with a variety of reclaimed chain-link fence—some rescued from a former DIY skatepark, some removed from areas where fences have been double layered, some abandoned, some found by chance in rough condition.
Location: Nathan Green Square – 5079 George Street
Tying to remember is a two-hour live performance by Daniel Rumbolt. He will be creating a fishing net just as his grandfather from Southern Labrador once did. These traditional techniques are transformed through unconventional materials, creating art objects that convey memories through generational gaps. This project is funded by Associate Professor of Art History, Carla Taunton, as part of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant.
Location: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic – 1675 Lower Water St
Freshwater Brook was an important water source that flowed across Kuowa’qamikt (the Halifax Peninsula) until the late Victorian era, when it was buried underground. Absent Currents by Kate Solar (BFA 2024) is an immersive video installation that reconstructs this phantom landmark by shaping archival text into experimental film.
Location: All Saints Cathedrral – 1340 Cathedral Lane
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 (12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Listening Ground by Roberto Santaguida (MFA 2011) is a sensory-friendly installation that invites visitors to slow down and reconnect with the ground through touch, sound, and stillness. Set in a quiet corner of the park, the work uses transducers beneath natural materials to transmit gentle vibrations.
Location: Cedar Walk Summer House, Point Pleasant Park