November 14, 1974: Sandra Meigs’ Dogwatch Works
Sandra’s installation at the Miller Brothers Piano Room, 1889 Granvile Street was a two-night installation where Sandra waited for a dog to appear. The door to the space the future Anna Leonowens Gallery was open. The space was derelect and had been empty for many months and was about to be renovated.
NSCAD has just taken posession of this and a number of other buildings and renovations were about to start sometime in the next few months. I remember how cold it was as there was no heat in the builing. Sandra had a coat on, she was waiting on a chair on top of a table talking to people as they came into the space.
I helped John Hutcheson print Sandra’s book: Dogwatch Works on a grey stock, it was a small book with lots of reproductions and short texts. I had a couple of copies that I kept for many years, but now I’m not sure what I did with them. Sandra probably still has some.