The Khyber Centre for the Arts

The Khyber Centre for the Arts A queer-led artist-run centre located in downtown Halifax NS, which is Kjipuktuk, unceded Mi’kmaq territory.

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And So We Dance 〰️ + Documentation by .emergingnow courtesy of 📸ID: A series of images and two short video clips docum...
06/04/2026

And So We Dance 〰️
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Documentation by .emergingnow courtesy of 📸

ID: A series of images and two short video clips documenting a dance performance between two artists. The room is glowing in blue light and projection and there is fabric draped in some parts of the gallery. The artists are in movement, various positions, together and touching the floor and the wall. They are wearing brown hoodies, sheer gloves, and layered skirts.

And So We Dance 〰️ + Documentation by .emergingnow courtesy of 📸ID: A series of images documenting a dance performance...
06/04/2026

And So We Dance 〰️
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Documentation by .emergingnow courtesy of 📸

ID: A series of images documenting a dance performance between two artists. The room is glowing in blue light and projection and there is fabric draped in some parts of the gallery. The artists are in movement, various positions, together and touching the floor and the wall. They are wearing brown hoodies, sheer gloves, and layered skirts.

05/27/2026

Artists-in-residence & will be sharing two public performances! Don’t miss! 🧡

2PM on Sunday, May 31st
6PM on Monday, June 1st

There will be limited seating and standing room so arrive on time! ⏰

We are encouraging masks at this event and will provide these at the door 😷

Khyber is also equipped with two HEPA filtered air purifiers and air conditioning.

More info about ‘and so we dance’, this residency, and the artists can be found in our bio 🔗

Any questions? Reach out to [email protected]

ID: Two artists wearing all black moving to music together in a room with white walls and light grey floors. Grey and orange text boxes read “Performances at the Khyber: 2PM on Sunday, May 31st” and “6PM on Monday, June 1st” as well as “I’thandi Munro & Kay Macdonald” and “AND SO WE DANCE”

Miya Turnbull’s () window gallery installation has been extended until May 13th ✨On view 24/7 at 1880 Hollis St.Photogr...
04/29/2026

Miya Turnbull’s () window gallery installation has been extended until May 13th ✨

On view 24/7 at 1880 Hollis St.

Photography by Mo Phùng (.emergingnow) 📸

Artist Statement:
In this installation, I stretch and pin ‘skin-suits’ derived from tracings of my body in different positions and gestures, alongside masks left in my place, to create a fragmented self-portrait. This work does not aim to document the body literally, but to hold its impression: movement, memory, shifting perspective and the residue of presence. Suspended between sculpture and drawing, they suggest bodies that have been inhabited, shed or transformed.

By incorporating self-portrait origami into the installation, I extend this exploration of repetition, transformation and multiplicity through folding, touch and spatial change. Combining origami forms with my own image allows the self-portrait to become reconfigurable, shifting through gesture and interaction rather than remaining fixed in a single representation. This element also connects to my Japanese Canadian heritage, bringing cultural memory into dialogue with play, ritual and making.

As with my masks, these forms explore the unstable threshold between concealment and revelation, presence and absence, surface and depth. What remains is not a singular self, but a dispersed and changing one, caught in fragments, echoes and impressions of becoming.

ID: Photos documenting an art installation in the Khyber’s street facing window gallery that has white walls and floors. Pinned beige fabric forms hang on the wall like draped skins, with a small face mask suspended among them; on the floor below, scattered origami pieces printed with facial features.

Come by between 12-5pm to visit and pop-up member exhibition + zine launch. Painting, drawing, and artist books here j...
04/25/2026

Come by between 12-5pm to visit and pop-up member exhibition + zine launch. Painting, drawing, and artist books here just for one special day👙✨

“Love Machine” zines are $20 and AC World is also set up with their many other book works and printed matter 🌎📚

Artist Bio:
Jennifer Wilson is a painter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a focus in painting and drawing. Her work captures a sense of childish naivety, the way memories turn to fantasy, and the feeling of being slightly out of place. Her work considers a woman’s place in the modern world, where comparison is endless, and nostalgia is a reprieve from our suffering. She is inspired by family history, feminine identities, and the search for belonging.

From Jen:
This zine is a compilation of drawings l’ve made in the past year, which reflect my consumption of women portrayed in media, and my yearning to embody them.

I want to be eternally young in a plaid skirt, l want to apply thick coats of mascara, I want to simmer baked beans on the stove, wearing pigtails and a gingham apron. I want to eat ice cream on the beach until it drips down my front.

The title is borrowed from Jacqueline Susan’s novel “The Love Machine” (1969), the story of an irresistible TV anchor who seduces several young women with his wanton ways. It serves as a warning against the illusions of television, as well as the illusions of charismatic and powerful men.

ID: A gallery with white walls installed with many colourful and primarily figurative small-scale paintings and drawings. Two images include photos of an artist zine, one of the cover in neon yellow with title, and one open showing images of the artist’s drawings.

Documentation of March KREAM residency. Come see her installation in the Khyber’s window gallery, on view 24/7 until Ap...
04/07/2026

Documentation of March KREAM residency. Come see her installation in the Khyber’s window gallery, on view 24/7 until April 16th 💓🎭

📸 .emergingnow (Mo Phung) courtesy of

ID: A series of gallery installation photos, each showing a white-walled room with sculptures of masks and human-like figures made from stretched beige fabric. The figures are pinned and shaped directly onto the walls in varied poses, including standing, bending, and reaching, some with sculpted or mask-like faces.

It was such a pleasure to have in-residence over March. Come see her installation in the Khyber’s window gallery, on vi...
04/02/2026

It was such a pleasure to have in-residence over March. Come see her installation in the Khyber’s window gallery, on view 24/7 until April 16th 💓🎭

Miya Turnbull (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary visual artist based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, NS), originally from Alberta. Working across sculpture, photography, video, and performance, her practice is rooted in mask-making. She is best known for her ongoing series of Photo-Masks: life-like self-portraits that are altered and reconfigured to explore identity, persona, and cultural hybridity. Turnbull uses these “false faces” to examine the layered, shifting nature of selfhood. Her most recent solo exhibition was at Cape Breton University Art Gallery, and she currently has work on display at the Museum of Fine Art at Florida State University (FSU MoFA).

Her work has been featured in Visual Arts News, Art Reveal (Germany), and Vogue Thailand, and she has collaborated with dance artists, performing with her masks in Halifax, Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver. In 2025, Turnbull was long-listed for the Sobey Art Award. She has been fortunate to receive support from Arts Nova Scotia, Support4Culture, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society, which has been instrumental in the continued development of her work.

📸 .emergingnow (Mo Phung) courtesy of

ID: A series of gallery installation photos, some including the artist wearing all black, and each showing a white-walled room with sculptures of masks and human-like figures made from stretched beige fabric. The figures are pinned and shaped directly onto the walls in varied poses, including standing, bending, and reaching, some with sculpted or mask-like faces. The artist, dressed in dark clothing, holds a similar face covering to her own face.

KHYBER SHOP SALE 💥 Take Back the TurretFor the month of March 2026, 50% of shop revenue is going to be pledged toward th...
03/20/2026

KHYBER SHOP SALE 💥 Take Back the Turret

For the month of March 2026, 50% of shop revenue is going to be pledged toward the Take Back the Turret campaign ❤️

Support the creation of this space by grabbing:
📖OUT: Q***r Looking Q***r Acting Revisited catalogue (2014)
👚A “Ladies” baby tee (from the Turret Resurrection Project at the Khyber, 2013)
🖼️“Long Live the Khyber” risograph print by Chris Foster (2016)

🔗 Link in bio to shop + support

We’ve been busy co-organizing Turret events within the coalition and others! Be sure to come out this and next weekend to .space and .hfx ⭐



ID: Promotional graphic for a “Khyber Shop Sale” fundraiser. Large text reads “Take Back the Turret” with a note that it’s a fundraiser and to visit the link in bio. The design features a black-and-white illustration of a tall turret building inside a circular frame, with playful colorful shapes like stars, hearts, and flowers scattered around. Additional text highlights items for sale including prints, a “Ladies” baby tee, and catalogues, along with a speech bubble that says “can Khyber move back… someday?”

As artist-in-residence at the Khyber Centre for the Arts, Miya Turnbull plans to use the gallery walls to trace her body...
03/11/2026

As artist-in-residence at the Khyber Centre for the Arts, Miya Turnbull plans to use the gallery walls to trace her body, leaving skin-suits and masks in her place in various gestures as she prepares for an upcoming exhibit .arc opening in April. 🎭

During the week of March 16-22, she will have drop-in studio hours at the Khyber, offer a Self-Portrait Origami workshop on Saturday, March 21, and will install work in the window gallery viewable March 23-April 16, 2026.

Set aside time to drop by the Khyber next week during the studio hours + register for the free and family friendly workshop 🗓️

Details on + her residency project, event details, and more are linked in our bio 🔗

IDs: The first is a promotional poster for a residency and window installation. At the top left, the word “KREAM” appears in large mint-green letters. The central image shows a person facing forward while holding their face with both hands near the jaw. Over their face is a layered sculptural mask made of multiple stacked slices of the same face, creating a repeated profile effect that fans outward on both sides. The person’s real face is visible in the center, while the layered sections extend outward like sculpted contours. At the bottom of the poster, a translucent green panel containing promotional text. The next two slides in the carousel use the same colour palette, translucent tan and mint green backing for dark grey promotional text for drop-in studio hours and an origami workshop. A photo of a series of origami sculptures, printed with faces, is behind the text boxes in each of these slides.

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