Off the pedestrian area on Granville St, this gallery shows work by students and faculty of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. The gallery is named for the founder of the college, who was immortalized in The King and I, the story of her relationship with the king of Siam.
Anna Leonowens Gallery
Halifax
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