Visa Professor Emeritus Merijean Morrissey is part of a group exhibition titled Fragments, Metaphors, Smithereens mounted at the Graphic Studio Gallery in Dublin, Ireland. For more information on this event please click HERE.
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Radio Brock 103.7 FM (www.cfbu.ca) celebrates Women’s International Day
8 mars, Journ_e internationale de la femme sur Radio Brock
Radio Brock 103.7 FM (www.cfbu.ca) celebrates Women’s International Day on Tuesday 8 March 2016: women will be on the air and behind the controls for 12 hours.
Interviews in French with francophone women will be aired at 10am.A l’_coute !
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Become a STAGE NINJA – register for this Spring’s 2F04 Physical theatre intensive!
Become a STAGE NINJA – register for this Spring’s 2F04 Physical theatre intensive!
Robin Patterson (Theatre Beyond Words) and Trevor Copp (Tottering Biped Theatre) are teaming up to offer an intensive on Physical Theatre. It’s 3 weeks in May 2-20th, Mon – Fri all day – for a full credit. The course will immerse you Physical Theatre techniques to prepare you for the next level in your stagecraft.
for more information see:
http://brocku.ca/springs…/courses/intro-to-physical-theatre/To receive permission to register please contact dramatic.arts@brocku.ca
Registration begins Monday March 07!
for more information contact: dramatic.arts@brocku.ca
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Register for this Spring’s DART 1F01 Acting for Non-Majors: It doesn’t get more intensive than this!
Beginning May 02 DART will be offering an intensive introduction to the basics of performance for Stage And Screen.
The content of DART 1F01 is designed specifically to be challenging but achievable for non-majors or for people working in a variety of professions. Class time is spent doing rigorous but enjoyable studio exercises that help participants develop their acting, creative, presentational, and interpersonal skills. Evaluation for the course involves daily short written assignments, in-studio evaluations of progress, and collaborative presentations. There is no final exam for this course.
The course takes place at the beautiful downtown campus of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.
for more information see:
http://brocku.ca/springsummer/courses/acting-for-non-majors/Registration begins Monday March 07!
for more information contact: dramatic.arts@brocku.ca
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The Department of Dramatic Arts presents: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) video teaser from Marie Balsom on Vimeo.
Ann-Marie MacDonald’s award-winning Canadian classic, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), on stage at the Dramatic Arts Theatre in downtown St. Catharines
The Department of Dramatic Arts (DART) is proud to present Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), a clever, lively comedic tale of self-discovery, to be held in the Dramatic Arts Theatre at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, 15 Artists’ Common, from February 26 – March 5, 2016.
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) was first performed in Toronto in 1988, and went on to be performed nationally and internationally. It has become one of Ann-Marie MacDonald’s most popular plays. Winner of the Governor General’s Award for Drama, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is a feminist re-envisioning of Othello and Romeo and Juliet. Set at Queen’s University in Kingston, overlooked and under-appreciated academic Constance Ledbelly has spent the last ten years ghost writing for a professor while trying to prove her theory that Othello and Romeo and Juliet were originally comedies written by an unknown author that Shakespeare plundered and made into tragedies. When she deciphers the ancient ‘Gustav Manuscript,’ Constance is propelled smack dab into the tragic turning points of each play, saving both Desdemona and Juliet from their tragic fates. The result is a topsy-turvy ride through the recesses of her own mind as Constance learns to appreciate her own self-worth, find confidence and discover who she really is.
Heading up the creative team is Director Danielle Wilson who is also an actor and voice coach. In 2006, she moved to St. Catharines to take up her current position at Brock University where she teaches voice and performance. She is also active in the local theatre scene as a vocal coach and director, and is the co-artistic director of Stolen Theatre Collective. This is Professor Wilson’s fourth mainstage direction for Brock University’s Department of Dramatic Arts and her first production for the new DART theatre opened in September 2015.
Assistant Director Mark Harrigan is a fourth year BA (Honours) Dramatic Arts student. Lighting design is by Professor Yasmine Kandil with sound design by Gavin Fearon (assisted by student Kelsey Burcher). DART is delighted to engage guest artists to complete their creative team: set design by Nigel Scott (assisted by student Charlotte Nazari), costume design by Kelly Wolf, and fight direction by Jamie Treschak. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) showcases the talents of students in the Department of Dramatic Arts undergraduate program, including the performers: Raylene Turner; Katelyn Lander; Elizabeth Amos; Alexandra Li Tomulescu; Michael Fusillo; Robert Herr; Josh Sanger; and Jeremy Knapton. The student Stage Manager is Oriana Marrone, assisted by Kaitlyn Seguin and Elena Milenkowski. Second year students in Stagecraft build and operate the show under the direction of the Production Manager Brian Cumberland, Technical Director Gavin Fearon (assisted by student Jennifer Dewan) and Head of Wardrobe Roberta Doylend assisted by students Dana Morin (Properties Co-ordinator) and Paige Patterson (Wardrobe Assistant).
Danielle Wilson states, “I wanted to do a play with strong female characters, which is surprisingly difficult to find in 2016. Ann-Marie MacDonald brilliantly revises Shakespeare’s Juliet and Desdemona by exploring the role of gender in romantic alliances and questioning their boundaries.”
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) runs February 26 and 27 at 7:30 pm; February 28 at 2 pm; March 4 at 11:30 am and 7:30 pm; and March 5 at 7:30 pm, and will be held in the Dramatic Arts Theatre, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, 15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines. Tickets are $18 Adults; $15 Students/Seniors; $12 Groups (10+); $5 eyeGo high school program, and are available through the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Box Office at 905.688.0722, online: http://firstontariopac.ca; or e-mail: boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca
Such programs from the Department of Dramatic Arts (http://www.brocku.ca/dramaticarts) are an integral part of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts’ mandate in building connections between the community and the breadth of talent and creativity at Brock University.
Limited paid parking is available on-site, however, there are more than 1,000 spots available in nearby parking garages, surface lots and on city streets within a five-minute walk to our address at 15 Artists’ Common. Visit http://www.stcatharines.ca/en/livein/ParkingLotsGarages.asp for a list of parking locations.
Media Day: Thursday, February 18 at 5 pm, held at the Dramatic Arts Theatre, 15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines, ON.
For interviews please contact:
Marie Balsom, Communications Coordinator, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
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Visa instructor announces upcoming exhibition.
Visa instructor Judy Graham has work featured in the upcoming exhibition:
Raw & Re-imagined: Photo Exhibition
Opening reception: February 27, 6 > 9 pm
February 29 > March 5For more information on this exhibition please click HERE.
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STLHE 2016 |Empowering Learners, Effecting Change | June 21- 24 | London, ON
Expand your teaching practice and dialogue with other passionate educators and leaders at the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2016 Conference!
Call for Proposals Closes January 6, 2016.
For information: #STLHE16 STLHE2016SAPES.CA STLHE2016@UWO.CA
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3MT contest profile Mikel Ghelfi
Mikel Ghelfi, who is a doctoral student in Brock’s Chemistry program, was a finalist in last year’s Three Minute Thesis® (3MT®) contest at Brock
Ghelfi, who is from Trimbach, Switzerland, says he participated in the contest last year to test himself in the “art of explaining your own research topic to a stranger.”
“The contest asks you to wisely choose key words and sentences that create a metaphor of your research that will grasp and inspire the audience,” he says. “Explaining your research to others is a key fragment of an academic education and 3MT® gives you the perfect platform to flourish in this skill.”
The 2016 Call for 3MT® Proposals is now open to Brock graduate students who want to have a fun and challenging way to talk about their research and, in the process, expand their research communications skills. The contest is held each year in conjunction with Brock’s annual Mapping the New Knowledges (MNK) Graduate Student Research Conference that is presented in partnership by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Students’ Association.
Graduate students who are interested in competing this year are invited to a workshop, on Satuday, Jan. 16, to help prepare their presentations. Brock’s 3MT® preliminary round will be held on Feb. 23 and the top finishers will advance to the contest finals that will be held at the MNK conference on Thursday, April 7.
Complete contest details and the online submission form for proposals (due by Jan. 25) can be found online — CLICK HERE to go to Brock’s 3MT® website.
Read more about Ghelfi’s 3MT® presentation in Brock News — Three minute thesis explores the delivery of Vitamin E
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Brock instructor’s art makes Time’s list of Top 10 magazine covers for 2015
Time Magazine has recognized the photographic work of Brock University visual arts instructor Amy Friend.
A photograph created by Friend for the cover of The California Sunday Magazine’s April 5 edition is one of Time’s Top 10 covers of the year.
“Our selection of the top 10 covers of 2015 displays an exquisite use of photography,” writes Kira Pollack in Time’s online article <http://time.com/4131125/time-picks-the-top-magazine-covers-of-2015/?xid=fbshare> announcing the best covers. “With this unranked selection, we’ve witnessed that the cover still holds the power to be iconic and, at the very least, move and delight us.”
Other covers on the list include the Vanity Fair image of Caitlyn Jenner shot by famous photographer Annie Leibovitz, New York Magazine’s issue featuring black and white images of 35 women who claim to be victims of Bill Cosby and a Harper’s Bazaar photo of singer Rihanna in the mouth of a shark.
Friend said she is thrilled her work is included in a collection of so many amazing images.
“It gives a boost to the aspects I really believe in regarding photography and its ability to reach a certain and specific sentiment with people,” she said. “When you are struck by an image, it remains with you.”
As a fine arts photographer, Friend works with light. In her photographic series Dare alla Luce, she uses light to re-make vintage photographs.
“We loved the work of Canadian artist Amy Friend, specifically her series Dare alla Luce, in which she manipulates archival photographs with a needle and then projects light through the images,” said California Sunday Magazine’s creative director Leo Jung.
The cover was inspired by that series and shows the silhouette of a woman with spots of light shining through, giving it a poignant quality. John von Pamer took the picture of the woman and Friend applied her technique on it and then re-photographed it. It goes with the story Death, Re-Designed <https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-04-05/death-redesigned> .
“The resulting image has an otherworldly, ethereal quality – a perfect metaphor for this story,” said Jacqueline Bates, photography director.
Friend said it’s not unusual for artists to work in editorial realms.
“More and more, artists are being approached to work with mainstream media,” she said, noting that’s opening even more doors for her students at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. “There’s fertile ground between the fine arts stream and with editorial-based work.”
Friend said Brock visual arts students are exposed to both digital and analogue photography thanks to the MIWSFPA’s brand new darkroom.
“It’s what really sets us apart from many other universities, which are mainly concentrating on digital,” she said. “Every time a student develops a photo in the darkroom, it’s a completely magical experience.”
In much of her work, Friend uses found images and vintage pictures. Dare Alla Luce has been published in book form by photolucida.org <http://photolucida.org/> and one of the images featured hangs in the new FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines.
Friend’s recent work will be on display at Rodman Hall Art Centre from Jan. 29-May 1 in a show called Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life, curated by Marcie Bronson.
An opening reception will be held Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.
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SPAN 3F80 Outreach course connects with migrant workers
Outreach course connects with migrant workers
"The outreach course stands as a bridge to the community, and it has demonstrated that sustained university outreach in the Niagara community and beyond can have a real impact in widening student community learning in educational or non-educational settings,” said Prof. Irene Blayer.
The course’s other professor Cristina Santos said the course has opened many opportunities for students and the University.
“It has built a trusting and mutually beneficial relationship with a wide-range of community-based partners,” she said.”
Cowen said outreach courses help educate students about the community.