Third-year Professional Photography students’ exhibit opens Dec. 5
December 4th, 2024
星空传媒视频鈥檚 Department of Professional Photography presents聽Continuum, an exhibition featuring the work of students approaching the end of their three-year program.
Continuum celebrates their transition into the professional world, offering a glimpse into the diverse ways they鈥檝e explored and expressed contemporary culture. Through a blend of technical expertise and creative vision, these students showcase the transformative journey they've undertaken, illustrating not only their growth but also the ever-evolving nature of the program that has helped shape their progress.
Exhibition is on from Dec. 5 - 13 in Dawson's Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery.聽
November 20th, 2024
Re-Assembly:聽 Emboldening the Temporal exhibits work from past students of Dawson’s Visual Arts program over the last 20 years, brought together by their teacher Giuseppe (Joe) Di Leo (Retired Faculty, Fine Arts). The exhibition, on view at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery at Dawson until Nov. 27, focuses on sharing ideas through different and…
Indigenous student art on display until Oct. 6
September 26th, 2024
This year the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery invited indigenous students Julia Clement (curator), and three artist/creators鈥擲hayla Chloe oroho:te Etienne, Angela Ottereyes, and Tapisa Tulugak鈥攖o present works in the Upper Atrium display case for Truth and Reconciliation Week.
They shared acrylic paintings (Etienne), a linocut work on paper with a poem (Tulugak), handsewn regalia鈥攁 jingle dress, and a ribbon skirt with a poem (Ottereyes).聽 Together, their works honour residential school survivors and their families, and create hope and beauty for the generations to come.
The showcase is located just outside the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery in the Upper Atrium and the works will be on display until Sunday, Oct. 6.
鈹�Submitted by Rhonda L Meier聽
September 26th, 2024
O.M.: This exhibition explores queer art history through gossip. Why was it important for you to show queer art history through gossip, especially since you could argue that gossip has negatively impacted young queer folk. (For example: rumors about a person鈥檚 sexuality). C.P.: This is a good question, and it did come up for me…
Cassia Powell talk and vernissage today
August 28th, 2024
The Warren G. Flowers Gallery is delighted to welcome Vancouver artist Cassia Powell, whose exhibition, in between you and me, opens today (Thursday, Aug. 29) with an Artist Talk in the gallery at 4 PM., followed by the opening reception at 5 PM.
This body of work explores what Gavin Butt refers to as a 鈥渟ocial activity which produces and maintains the filiations of the artistic community,鈥� namely 鈥� gossip.聽 Using soft-sculptures and oil paintings, Powell explores intimacy, vulnerability, storytelling, and worldbuilding.聽Gossip is framed as a form of unconventional art history, an inescapable feature of urban artistic life, and聽a way of building queer and artistic communities.
-Submitted by Rhonda Meier
Indigenous students鈥� work showcased in Living Perspectives exhibit May 10-18
May 9th, 2024
The Journeys Program proudly presents Living Perspectives, an exhibition curated by Amanda Lickers. It features a selection of works from 20 Indigenous students highlighting their research-creation findings through photography, painting, digital illustration, leather making and other art forms.聽It will be on display at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery at Dawson from May 10-18, 2024.
From photo-documenting the urban moose hide tanning process, to building narrative sovereignty through visual storytelling, and completing the hands-on practice of making fish skin leather, these emerging Indigenous creatives are cracking open the colonial pavement.
Featuring Works by: Phylicia Benjamin, Megan Bosum, Julia Clement, Natasha Doolan, Shayla Etienne, Destinee Hester, Shevaun Jacobs, Phoenix Lahache, Shaylene Louttit-Rupert, Wes Masty Roussel, Melissa Matoush, Stacey Matoush, Zye Mayo-McComber, Demma Montour-Diabo, Lauri Mulucto,聽 Mark Neacappo, Shirleyann Rabbitskin, Faith Shecapio, Tapisa Tulugak, Kiva Williams, and Jade Whitebean.
Vernissage: Friday, May 10 at 4 PM.
Images by Jade Whitebean (above) and Shayla Etienne (below).
May 9th, 2024
Cassie Paine is a sculpture/installation artist and printmaker whose work reflects on the authoritative role of tools and infrastructure within our society.聽 Based in Windsor, Ontario and Montreal, her work unveils the economic precarity of post-industrial cities; investigating urban planning strategies, systems in place to control automotive and pedestrian traffic, and distinctions between public and…
Students interview multidisciplinary artist Craig Commanda
March 1st, 2024
Craig Commanda is a multidisciplinary artist from the Algonquin nation at Kitigan Zibi. His current exhibition, W脤DJIDEYAMAWOWIN / INTERCONNECTION, features prints, videos, and complex sculptural beadwork at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery until March 16. On a recent Friday afternoon, two visual arts students, Katya Kieran & Lisseth Llorente Ruiz, had the chance to ask Craig a few questions about his artistic practice and this exhibition.
Visit the link for the homepage interview feature.
Artist Craig Commanda interviewed on CBC
February 22nd, 2024
In early February,聽Anishinaabe multi-disciplinary artist Craig Commanda, whose work is being exhibited at Dawson's Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery until March 16,聽 was interviewed by Sabrina Marandola on CBC Radio's Homerun.
The exhibit, entitled W矛djideyamawowin, brings together Craig's work in film, video, beadwork, and other media. Also known as a poet and musician, this artist from Kitigan Zibi territory (near Maniwaki, Quebec) presents work which is a meditation on being, identity, and culture. The exhibit was curated by Rhonda Meier.
Visit the link to listen to the interview.
Interview with Bahar Taheri 鈥� Oneness
November 29th, 2023
Bahar Taheri is an Iranian-Canadian visual artist and a faculty member of the Fine Arts Department here at 星空传媒视频. Her current exhibition,聽Oneness, features paintings, a video projection with a musical composition, and complex digital prints at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery until Dec. 2. On a recent Thursday evening, a visual arts student, Katya Kieran had the chance to ask Bahar a few questions.
Please visit the link to read the interview.
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