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Craig Leonard publication: The Halifax Conference

The Halifax Conference presents a transcript of a conference held at NSCAD on October 5–6, 1970, transcribed and adapted by artist Craig Leonard. Organized by Seth Siegelaub. Attendees included Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, Jan Dibbets, Robert Morris, Robert Murray, N.E.Thing Co. Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Lawrence Weiner and others.

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Craig Leonard 'Casting the Conference' feature in Canadian Art

Craig Leonard’s Casting the Conference, a five-part theatrical re-enactment of the 1970 Halifax Conference, was staged at Anna Leonowens Gallery in June 2016. The roster of participants of the conference included Joseph Beuys, Lawrence Weiner, Michael Snow, Carl Andre, Robert Morris and N.E. Thing Co., among others. Craig Leonard is an associate professor at NSCAD.

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Canadian Art Review of Gary Neill Kennedy by Craig Leonard

A small second-floor gallery, was recently the site of Kennedy’s exhibition “Remembering Names.” Here Gary Neill Kennedy (now 83 with dementia) has extended a project initially conceived in the early 1970s, in which he attempts to recall and record the names of people he has met since childhood. Review in Canadian Art by Craig Leonard, Najet Ghanai, and Ryan Witt.

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OTTAWA CITIZEN ART REVIEW: CRAIG LEONARD IS MESSING WITH YOUR MIND

Craig Leonard's Exhibition 'Shaken Antlers' at Central Art Garage, report by Peter Simpson for the Ottawa Citizen. Leonard’s piece is a low stage, covered with 24 cork mats, that stretches clear from one wall to the other. If you want to enter you cannot avoid the decision of whether to step on the art, and nobody is there to tell you right thing to do. Central Art Garage gallery news.

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