Articles by author: dvivian

• We are hiring!

  Thursday, August 15, 2019 | By dvivian

  Two positions available:

  Marketing and Communications Officer

  full-time, this position includes full comprehensive benefits coverage, including tuition waiver.
  closing on August 24. see https://brocku.ca/careers/
  direct link: https://brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/brocku_careers/job/St-Catharines-Downtown-Campus/Marketing—Communications-Officer_JR-1004102

  Communications Assistant (Coop student position)

  full-time, 9 months, beginning September 2019
  tailored for Brock students in Marketing and Communications but other disciplines should apply
  closing on August 17 or until filled. see https://careerzone.brocku.ca

  Tags: communications, coop, employment, jobs, marketing
  Categories: Announcements, News, Uncategorised

• Moulding a masterpiece

  Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | By dvivian

  

  (From The Brock News, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 | by Alison Innes)

  Brock Visual Arts students have been busy pouring, carving and cutting in preparation for their sculpture exhibition taking place Wednesday, July 4. Angelina Turner, a third-year Concurrent Education student, checks the silicone mould she made for her poured plaster bottle sculpture. Students have been working with cardboard, plaster, soapstone and styrofoam over the course of the semester as they explore the fundamentals of 3D work. They meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. twice a week to design, construct and analyze sculptures in VISA2F05 Introduction to Sculpture. Students will be completing a final project in their chosen medium for the class exhibition at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts gallery.

  GLEANERS

  Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts (MIWSFPA)
  VISA GALLERY and Student Exhibition Space

  OPENING RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, JULY 4: 3PM TO 6PM

  JULY 5 TO 21, THURSDAYS TO SATURDAY: 1-5 PM

  Upcoming exhibition takes a closer look at trash

  What if a cardboard box wasn’t just a box? Or a discarded bottle not a bottle?

  Students at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (MIWSFPA) hope to challenge our relationship with everyday objects in their upcoming exhibition Gleaners.

  The sculpture class has been gleaning materials from dumpsters and garbage cans to create new works of art with materials that are often used, misused, and taken for granted.

  “We are running out of landfills for our trash, and because of our carelessness, items are wasting in the ground,” says student Angeline Turner.

  “By using mostly found and recycled materials, the artists are making an effort to not only the help the environment but also to show that by thinking outside the box, we can reduce waste.”

  The exhibition opens with a free public reception on July 4, 3-6 p.m. in the VISA Gallery at MIWSFPA and will be available during normal gallery hours July  21.

  Tags: donna akrey, Introduction to Sculpture, Sculpture, VISA 2F05
  Categories: Current Students, Events, Exhibitions, Faculty & Instructors, News

• Brock prof honoured at St. Catharines Arts Awards

  Tuesday, June 12, 2018 | By dvivian

  

  Visual Arts Associate Professor Derek Knight.

  (from The Brock News,  Tuesday, June 12, 2018 | by Alison Innes)

  A Brock professor known for his contributions to arts education was honoured for his longstanding efforts at last week’s 2018 St. Catharines Arts Awards.

  Visual Arts Associate Professor Derek Knight was presented the Arts in Education Award at the June 4 celebration.

  “I am thrilled and humbled by this recognition, and thankful to those dear colleagues who took the initiative to nominate me,” says Knight.

  “My various roles at Brock over my 30-year tenure as a teacher, art historian, curator and administrator have provided me with many opportunities to interact with the community in both profound and lasting ways.”

  Knight served on the Rodman Hall Art Centre Advisory Board from 2003 to 2015, and on the User Committee in support of the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

  He currently teaches courses in 20th century European and North American art history and contemporary art and theory, and works with MA students in the Studies in Comparative Literatures and Arts program.

  Knight is also a past director of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

  “When I assumed the directorship, our objective then was to plan and build a state of the art facility in support of innovative studio or performance degree programs and history or cultural theory degrees,” says Knight.

  “The impact of this transformative project on the University and community at large has been profound. It remains a testament to our collective efforts and to the legacy of Mrs. Walker, our remarkable benefactor.”

  Knight nurtured a legacy of productive relationships among the departments making up the arts school, says current MIWSFPA Director David Vivian.

  “Through all aspects of the development and building of our school and leading to the opening of the facility in 2015, Derek has been a generous, indefatigable mentor to us.”

  Also presented during last week’s celebration was the Emerging Artist Award, sponsored by Brock’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

  The honour’s two recipients included Markino Jareb, a multidisciplinary visual artist and DJ whose work has been described as an “intersection of street culture, the dance floor and the gallery walls,” and Jessica Wilson, a multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter who has performed in theatre, as a soloist with various Canadian symphony orchestras and at various acoustic shows across Niagara.

  Also recognized during the event was Shauna MacLeod, founder and director of the Willow Community, who received the Jury’s Pick Award for her exceptional commitment to the arts in St. Catharines. The non-profit arts organization, based at Rodman Hall, provides free artistic training and exhibition opportunities to community members with lived experience of mental health and addiction.

  The Arts Awards have promoted St. Catharines artists and cultural industries and honoured cultural leader since 2005. Recipients receive $500 to support their work and a certificate or a hand-crafted award.

  Tags: Department of Visual Arts, derek knight, marilyn i. walker school of fine and performing arts, Rodman Hall Art Centre, St. Catharines Arts Awards
  Categories: Faculty & Instructors, In the Media, News

• NCDSB’s Young Artists Gallery on view until June 23

  Thursday, June 07, 2018 | By dvivian

  

  The Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts proudly hosted the opening evening of the Niagara Catholic District School Board’s Young Artists Gallery on June 6th. 80 student artists were chosen to display their work in an exhibit at the school and celebrate their accomplishments with their families, teachers and friends. Mayor Walter Sendzik and NCDSB Director Jon Crocco addressed the crowd before awards were distributed to recognized students.

  The exhibit will be on display at the MIWSFPA until June 23rd. The gallery will be open to the public Wednesdays-Saturdays from 1pm-5pm for viewing.

  Tags: NCDSB, Niagara Catholic District School Board, Young Artists Gallery
  Categories: Announcements, Events, Exhibitions, Future Students, Media Releases, News

• New book explores the art of animal advocacy

  Tuesday, May 22, 2018 | By dvivian

  

  Associate Professor of Visual Arts Keri Cronin examines the role of visual images, such as Edward Landseer’s A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society (exhibited 1838), in animal activism in her new book,  Art for Animals: Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870-1914.

  (Source: The Brock News, Tuesday, May 22, 2018 | by Alison Innes)

  It was while searching for a set of lantern slides many years ago that Keri Cronin inadvertently found inspiration for her latest book.

  The slides never materialized but what Cronin, an associate professor in Brock’s Department of Visual Arts, did find was an abundance of material on animal advocacy.

  That material has helped to form her latest publication, Art for Animals: Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870-1914, which explores the use of visual art material in campaigns for animal advocacy.

  

  Art for Animals: Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870-1914 is the latest book by by Associate Professor Keri Cronin.

  Influenced in part by authors who looked at visual culture in other social justice movements, such as suffrage and civil rights, Cronin’s book explores how animal advocacy images were created, circulated and consumed, and the impact that had on ideas about the humane treatment of animals.

  “Visual culture played an important role in defining campaign goals, recruiting membership, raising funds, and, ultimately, sustaining and challenging dominant ideas about nonhuman animals,” writes Cronin.

  Her biggest challenge has been locating archival material to piece together the stories of animal advocacy.

  “For so long, the history of human-animal relationships was not a particularly valued area of research, and archival collections often reflect this,” says Cronin, who hopes the book will lead people to recognize relevant print material they might have in their own collections.

  The cheap, mass-produced pamphlets created and distributed by animal advocacy groups in the late 19th and early 20th century often weren’t considered valuable enough to save.

  The field of animal-human relations, however, has recently seen an explosion of interest both within the University and the broader public. Cronin notes that although her book deals with historical material, many of the key points have relevance for how images are used in animal advocacy today.

  “It is high time we turn our attention to how animals have always been part of our stories, histories, labour and societies,” she says.

  “Art for Animals asks us to think about the ways in which visual images can both shape and challenge dominant narratives about non-human animals.”

  A public book launch will be held for Art for Animals on Wednesday, May 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Mahtay Café, 241 St. Paul St. in St. Catharines.

  Tags: Department of Visual Arts, History of Art and Visual Culture, humanities, Keri Cronin
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, Media Releases, News

• Students exhibit at Die Bäckerei in Innsbruck, Austria UPDATED

  Wednesday, May 09, 2018 | By dvivian

  

  We are very excited to announce an exhibition by the students of the MIWSFPA in Innsbruck, Austria!

  see photographs from the exhibition, below.

  Geographies of Process

  presented at …

  Die Baeckerei

  13 June – 6 July 2018 (Opening 13 June 2018, 19:00)

  Learning is process. Students in Visual Arts at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University, Canada put together a series of paintings to illustrate the process of abstraction at work in referencing urban, industrial, domestic, and natural landscapes. Students in Arts and Culture and French Studies continue the process of abstraction through the creation of written texts responding to their peers’ paintings.

  Curators: Catherine Parayre and Shawn Serfas

  With the generous support of the Canadian Studies Centre, University of Innsbruck
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  Geographien als Prozess

  Lernen ist ein Prozess. Studierende der bildenden Kunst der Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts an der Brock University (Kanada) haben eine Reihe von Bildern zusammengestellt, um den Prozess des Abstrahierens zu illustrieren, der abläuft, wenn auf städtische, industrielle, häusliche und natürliche Landschaften Bezug genommen wird. Studierende der Fächer Kunst, Kultur und Französisch setzen diesen Prozess fort, indem sie Texte verfassen, die auf die Bilder ihrer KollegInnen
  reagieren.

  KuratorIn: Catherine Parayre und Shawn Serfas (Brock University)

  Eröffnung: 13. Juni 2018, 19:00 Uhr

  13. Juni – 6. Juli 2018
  Bäckerei Innsbruck, Dreiheiligenstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck

  

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  Geographien als Prozess / Geographies of Process / Géographies en formation

  Lernen ist ein Prozess. Studierende der bildenden Kunst der Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts an der Brock University (Kanada) haben ein Reihe von Bildern zusammengestellt, um den Prozess des Abstrahierens zu illustrieren, der abläuft, wenn auf städtische, industrielle, häusliche und natürliche Landschaften Bezug genommen wird. Studierende der Fächer Kunst, Kultur und Französisch setzen diesen Prozess fort, indem sie Texte verfassen, die auf die Bilder ihrer KollegInnen reagieren.

  Learning is process. Students in Visual Arts at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University, Canada put together a series of paintings to illustrate the process of abstraction at work in referencing urban, industrial, domestic, and natural landscapes. Students in Arts and Culture and French Studies continue the process of abstraction through the creation of written texts responding to their peers’ paintings.

  Tout apprentissage est un processus. Des étudiant.e.s en Arts visuels de l’Ecole des beaux-arts et arts du spectacle Marilyn I. Walker à l’Université Brock au Canada assemblent une série de peintures illustrant un processus d’abstraction faisant référence à des paysages urbains, industriels, domestiques et naturels. Poursuivant cet enchainement vers l’abstraction, des étudiant.e.s d’Arts et Culture et d’Etudes en français répondent aux œuvres de leurs collègues par la création de textes.

  KuratorIn / Curators / Commissaires: Catherine Parayre / Shawn Serfas

  Mit der Unterstützung des Zentrums für Kanadastudien der Universität Innsbruck
  With the generous support of the Canadian Studies Centre, University of Innsbruck
  Avec le généreux appui du Centre d’Etudes canadiennes de l’Université d’Innsbruck

  KünstlerIn / Artists / Artistes

  Gianna Aceto
  Jessica Angelevski
  Elizabeth Angotti
  Denise Apostolatos
  Teresa Badgley
  Renz Baluyot
  Chris Belanger
  Marilyn Blanchette
  Brandon Boudreau
  Hannah Brown
  Andrea Caruso
  Maddy Cugini
  Thomas Denton
  Chelsea Dietrich
  Amy Doan
  Hannah Dobbie
  Isabella Domaradski
  Mariah Dubeau
  Amandine Faivre
  Alex Finlayson
  Dailia Frigault
  Jill Greer
  Stefanie Gugliucciello
  Kylie Haveron
  Gail Higenell
  Samantha Hilton
  Aimee Hu
  Syerra Jasmin
  Gabriella Jones
  Phuong Le
  Laura Levesque
  Brendan Long
  Craig Maltais
  Sarah Martin
  Jim Maunder
  Katie McGinness
  Kaitlyn Michie
  Avery Mikolic-O’Rourke
  Andrey Mintchev
  Jennie Montes
  Victoria Morinello
  Jaclyn Morse
  Lauren Mucciarone
  Michelle Nazari
  Alona Nyforovska
  Joseph Opara
  Lillianna Pagliaro
  Connor Playfair
  Anna Podvalni
  Jacob Primeau
  Brittany Reitzel
  Curt Richard
  Jessie Richard
  Cynthia Richards
  Keira Robertson-Worden
  Abby Rollo
  Kourtney Spadoni
  Samantha Stein
  Sophia Strachan
  Charlotte Tarr
  Evan Weins
  Zachary White
  Amber Lee Williams

  LISTEN to an interview (in German) by Sarah von Karger with Co-Curator Catherine Parayre for “KulturTon”, Freirad Radio, Innsbruck, Austria, 2 Juli 2018

  Tags: arts and culture, Austria, Catherine Parayre, Die Baeckerei, Exhibition, French studies, Geographien als Prozess, Geographies of Process, Innsbruck, Shawn Serfas, Visual Arts
  Categories: Current Students, Events, Exhibitions, Faculty & Instructors, News

• Brock prof unveils civic art

  Wednesday, May 09, 2018 | By dvivian

  

  (Source: Brock News, Monday, May 07, 2018 | by Alison Innes)

  Visual Arts Professor Amy Friend’s piece “Vestiges” was unveiled at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre on Wednesday, May 2. The work, a photograph on fabric, was commissioned by the City of St. Catharines for its civic art collection and hangs in the lobby of the PAC. Friend is flanked by Kathleen Powell, Acting Supervisor of Cultural Services, left, and Olivia Hope, Culture Co-ordinator, right.

  Below, Vestiges, 2018, by Amy Friend, in the Algoma Central Lobby of the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

  

  Tags: Amy Friend, civic art, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, FOPAC, unveiling
  Categories: Faculty & Instructors, Media Releases, News

• New for 2018: the Marilyn I. Walker Textile Art Award

  Monday, May 07, 2018 | By dvivian

  

  Beginning in 2018 the Executive of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts will be awarding the Marilyn I. Walker Textile Art Award.

  This award will be made to an undergraduate student who is graduating from the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (MIWSFPA), Brock University; who is awarded, by vote of the Executive Committee of the MIWSPFA, the top prize for a piece of textile art produced and submitted by said student.

  As the award must be granted to a student for the purposes of his or her continuing education and or development, students must also submit an expression of their intention to continue this education and or development.

  For the purposes of this award, textile art is defined as a work of art that utilizes any and all forms of textiles, either natural or man-made, and in any form of original artistic expression.

  For the purposes of this award, continuing education or development is defined as any form of post graduate education and development which the student may wish to pursue whether at a college, university, by way of apprenticeship at a technical institute or at a research facility.

  For more information about Marilyn I. Walker see: brocku.ca/miwsfpa/marilyn-i-walker

  We thank Marilyn I. Walker and her estate for the legacy of her generosity.

  See the article about the first recipient of the new award, Victoria Reid (Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Studio Art, with First-Class Standing, 2018).

  Tags: award, marilyn i. walker, Marilyn I. Walker Textile Art Award, textile art
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, News

• MEMORIES KNOWN AND UNKNOWN: exhibition opens Jan 9, 2018 / lecture on Jan 31

  Monday, January 29, 2018 | By dvivian

  

  William Bell and Grandma, from the Bell-Sloman Collection of the James Gibson Library, Brock University

  A Walker Cultural Leader Series and Canada 150 Exhibition and Public Lecture:

  MEMORIES KNOWN AND UNKNOWN

  Visual Arts faculty have selected photographs and ephemera from the Bell-Sloman Collection of the James Gibson Library, part of a remarkable collection donated to Brock University by Rick Bell in 2010. The collection features more than 300 photos and various papers spanning more than a century that document the Bell and Sloman families, who descended from former slaves in the American south. The exhibition at the Visual Arts gallery will showcase some of the material presented at the Walker Cultural Leader series lecture on January 31, when we are pleased to welcome Dr. Julie Crooks from the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her research situates the Bell-Sloman Collection as a “fugitive archive,’ built with defiance and resistance, in order to preserve, salvage and recover the histories of African Canadian communities whose stories and material artefacts are often left untold or subject to erasure.

  Exhibition: Monday, January 9, 2018 to Friday, February 9, 2018
  Regular visiting hours are Tuesday through Saturday 1 to 5 pm.
  To check viewing times of the exhibition please see the webpage.
  Location of Exhibition: Visa Gallery and Exhibition Space, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University

  Note: The date of the exhibition reception is Wednesday, January 31 at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
  The lecture follows at 7:00 p.m. A free community event. Please see below for more details.

  THE BELL-SLOMAN COLLECTION AT BROCK UNIVERSITY: A FUGITIVE ARCHIVE

  

  Dr. Julie Crooks of the Art Gallery of Ontario

  Dr. Julie Crooks is our second Walker Cultural Leader in Visual Arts for 2017-18. Her public lecture will draw on current research that examines the ways in which black communities, by the mid to late 19th century, in settlements throughout Southern Ontario, used photography as a critical and powerful tool for self-representation. Crooks’ research situates the Bell-Sloman Collection as a “fugitive archive,” built with defiance and resistance, in order to preserve, salvage and recover the histories of black communities whose stories and material artefacts are often left untold or subject to erasure. The exhibition at the VISA Gallery and Exhibition Space (above) will showcase some of the material presented in the lecture.

  Wednesday, January 31, 2018
  Time: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Preceded by a reception for the exhibition at the VISA Gallery and Exhibition Space.
  Location: Marilyn I. Walker Theatre, Brock University (second floor, above the VISA Gallery)
  This is a free community event, but tickets are required and are available at wcl-bell-sloman-crooks.eventbrite.com

  Tags: A Fugitve Archive, Bell-Sloman Collection, Dr. Julie Crooks, Memories Known and Unknown, Visual Arts, Visual Arts Gallery, walker cultural leader series, WCL
  Categories: Announcements, Events, Exhibitions, News

• Exhibition: ART BLOCK: BAC on the Block opens Dec .6

  Thursday, November 30, 2017 | By dvivian

  

  Work exhibited in last year’s edition of  ARTBlock: BAC on the Block exhibition.

  Members of the Brock Art Collective will host their third annual ARTBlock: BAC on the Block exhibition beginning Wednesday, Dec. 6 at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

  The group, comprised of MIWSFPA students, will showcase works completed on 6-inch by 6-inch panels and made with a variety of mediums. Most works will be for sale starting at $40.

  

  The opening reception will be held Wednesday, Dec. 6 from 6 to 9 p.m.
  The exhibition, held in the Visual Arts Exhibition Space, runs until Friday, Dec. 22.

  Regular visiting hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

  More information is available on ExperienceBU or Facebook

  Tags: ART BLOCK, BAC, Brock Art Collective
  Categories: Current Students, Events, Exhibitions, News