Centre for Art Tapes

09/05/2026

Alt. Ctrl. Industry ⚡️

What if we got to make games more like we play them: with meaningful choices?

Presented by Esther Fraser, this presentation explores how worker co-operatives put game makers in the driver's seat and give worker-members the tools to respond in the ways that are best for them ✊

Learn how to form your own at the C4AG on September 19 @ The Bus Stop Theatre!

09/03/2026

Say hello to our official title sponsor, Max Inferno ❤️‍🔥

A tiny dev studio in a seaside town making curious games that surprise and delight - their financial support has been integral in helping C4AG stay rooted in community, connecting game makers from near and far.

Catch them live with an official title talk on September 19 at the Conference for Art Games, hosted at the Bus Stop Theatre! Visit the link in our bio to register.

08/20/2026

Wow, excellent goblin energy. Take a walk through the 's freaky Goblin Market takeover of CFAT 🫧🧌✨

Videography by and
Edited by
Music by .cloud
gueray .cloud

Presented in partnership with with support from .council and Nova Scotia Gaming Support 4 Culture

08/04/2026

As CFAT embarks on our journey in acquiring our own building we are looking for two board members to help us on this major step toward securing a permanent, sustainable home for our organization. To help guide this transition and set CFAT up for long-term success, we're looking to fill the board roles of Treasurer and Building Acquisition Director. Learn more about the roles here: https://www.cfat.ca/calls-for-submission

If you have relevant experience and want to help shape CFAT's future, we'd love to hear from you. Reach out to [email protected] with a bit about your background and why this opportunity interests you.

Opportunities Join the CFAT Board! It's Fun :) 〰️ It's Fun :) 〰️ As CFAT embarks on our journey in acquiring our own building we are looking for two board members to help us on this major step toward securing a permanent, sustainable home for our organization. To help guide this transition a...

07/29/2026

The Centre for Art Tapes is hiring a Festival Coordinator for an 8-week contract. This role works closely with the Lead Festival Coordinator and the Programming Coordinator to ensure the smooth running of the Conference for Art Games Festival. Prior experience with artist-run centres is an asset.

Candidates should have strong writing, reading comprehension, and communication skills, along with solid computer skills, including word processing, cloud storage and shared files, and social media. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively are required. Candidates should be self-starters who can set their own goals and deadlines, and know when to ask for feedback and support.

Application deadline: Aug 10, 2026

Learn more and apply here: https://www.cfat.ca/calls-for-submission

Photography by William Dicks, 2026

07/27/2026

This is you running to get your Conference for Art Games (C4AG) tickets for Sept. 18-19, 2026! Early bird tickets on sale until Aug. 10 (link in bio)

C4AG is a space to showcase and support the growing games and interactive art community in Atlantic Canada. C4AG looks at how games can be used as an expressive art medium and critical cultural objects. Hosted by the Centre for Arts Tapes (CFAT), an inclusive artist-run centre that supports artists who use video, audio, and electronic media to express ideas and stories that are under-represented in mainstream culture.

The conference will be a single day, single stream conference programmed to make sure there is plenty of time to meet fellow participants, speakers and artists. The event will include lunch, a day full of speakers as well as a zine library for perusing at you leisure if you want some quiet time. We will be hosting a group exhibition of art games concurrently!

See you there

07/24/2026

The 2025/26 Media Art Scholarship's Showcase was a blast! Take a look at some of the special moments captured by our Production and Membership Coordinator Luckas, edited and scored by our Co-op Student Joaquin

07/16/2026

It’s time for summer vacation 😎 ☀️ 📹️ !!! If you want to rent CFAT gear or production space between July 21-Aug 19 email our Production and Membership Coordinator at [email protected] BY TUESDAY, JULY 21 to schedule your pickup and returns.

07/10/2026

What happens when your host a Goblin Market? Some good laughs, great artists, and a whole lot of magic ✨️ Thank you to all the goblins who made this experimental market come to life 🫧🧌✨

Photography by William Dicks | Photographer

07/10/2026

We are pleased to be partnering with The Centre for Art Tapes to welcome Allyson Mitchell to Halifax next week!
In conjunction with the presentation of Mitchell's large-scale mixed media installation 'Brain Child' at MSVU Art Gallery from June 13 to August 9, CFAT and MSVU Art Gallery are co-presenting 'Secret Caves, Blanket Forts and Dream Scores,' an artist talk and curated screening by Allyson Michell, at CFAT, on Saturday, June 13, from 1:00-3:00 pm.

The screening and talk look will address how artists use installation/sculpture, drawing, music, and animation to build strange worlds, emotional landscapes, and intimate visual languages.

Featuring short films and videos by Mitchell alongside Daniel Barrow, Karma Clarke-Davis, Theo Cuthand, Andrea Dorfman, Jesi Jordan, Annapurna Kumar, Christine Latham, Anita Lebeau, Amy Lockhart, James MacSwain, Amanda Strong, Leslie Supnet, and Theoretical Puppets, the program wanders through dreamscapes, private caves, hand-drawn rhythms, and animated forms of graphic narration and tale spinning that move between feeling, memory, and imagination.

Allyson Mitchell’s individual and collaborative practice spans sculpture, performance, installation, film, and comics engaging feminist and q***r politics through humour, excess, and critique. Her work has generated projects such as the fat activist collective Pretty Porky and Pi**ed Off, a coven of le***an feminist Sasquatch monsters, a room-sized Va**na Dentata, and Killjoy’s Kastle: A Le***an Feminist Haunted House, presented internationally with collaborator Deirdre Logue. Together, Mitchell and Logue run FAR Feminist Artist Residency in rural Ontario. Mitchell is a Professor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at York University and publishes graphic memoir comics you can find on Substack @ I May Never Answer Your Email and This Is Why.

Follow Allyson Mitchell at:
allysonmitchell.com
killjoyskastle.com
substack.com/

and on Instagram