ERI 6 selection installed in the Eyelevel Members Gallery 2014 

Michael Eddy's DJ Curtains from ERI 6, 2014

ERI 7 installed at Dalhousie University Art Gallery in 2016 (photo: Wes Johnston)

Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative 6 :Labour & Leisure installed at Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, 2014

Meghan Ross' Permission to Burn from ERI 6, 2014

Photo of the Eyelevel Bookstore, taken in July 2024. Three types of tote bags with different designs on them, in yellow, blue, and white. Various pieces of art are organized on the tabletop (an envelope to the left, picture frames to the left and right, and various pamphlets and zines). 

Photo of the Eyelevel bookstore shelves, taken in July of 2024. A wide assortment of various are pieces occupy light wood, cube-shaped shelves. A pile of rolled up t-shirts occupy the top shelf, with the rest occupied by books, zines, prints, and other items.

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Bookstore

The Eyelevel Bookstore is unique in Atlantic Canada for its dedication to showcasing artists' books, multiples, sound works, and publications from national and international artists and organizations.

As a member of the publishing consortium, Halifax INK, the Eyelevel Bookstore regularly attends book fairs such as the New York Art Book Fair and the Vancouver Art Book Fair. Selections for our inventory are made through the Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative (ERI), a biennial exhibition of artist's books and multiples.

In addition to these biennial exhibitionsthe Eyelevel's Printed Matter Program presents lectures, publications, and residencies. Through this aspect of our program, Eyelevel has partnered with organizations such as Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (Dawson City, Yukon), Struts Gallery (Sackville, NB), the Dawson Printshop, Letterpress Gang and the Roberts Street Social Centre (Halifax, NS) to create opportunities for local and visiting artists to develop their practice in the medium of printed matter. 

Visit our bookstore website for Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative 8's online catalogue and bookstore, and for more information on ERI 8.