Announcements

• Exhibition: La Magaria

  Tuesday, September 26, 2017 | By dtemprile

  

  La Magaria #1

  Brock Visual Arts student Lisette Costanzo presents an exhibition consisting of paintings, drawings, and installations that were inspired by La Magaria (Italian for witchcraft), metaphysics, and the divine. This is the first student art exhibition in the Visual Arts Exhibition Space for the 2017-18 season at the MIWSFPA.

  Exhibition: Wednesday October 11, 2017 to Tuesday October 31, 2017

  Regular visiting hours for the Exhibition Space are Tuesday through Saturday from 1-5 pm
  For additional times see: the Gallery webpage or the Gallery Facebook page

  Closing Reception: Tuesday October 31, 2017
  Time: 5:00 – 10:00 pm

  Location: Visual Arts Exhibition Space, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University

  A free community event.

  Tags: Arts, drawing, Exhibition, Free, La Magaria, Lisette Costanzo, MIWSFPA, painting, Student exhibition, Visual Arts, Visual Arts Exhibition Space
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Events, Exhibitions, News

• Visa Alumni mounting local exhibition.

  Thursday, September 21, 2017 | By amcbay

  

  Recent Brock Alumni, Katie Mazi & Jenn Judson are mounting an exhibition of their new collaborative photo series, ‘Cooler Than Cool.’ Join the artists at their opening reception this upcoming Saturday Sept. 23 from 7-10PM at the Niagara Artists Centre. There will be good food, drinks, prizes, surprises and prints for sale.

  Reception is September 23rd and the show is on from Sept. 23 – Oct. 13th at NAC.

  Categories: Alumni, Announcements, Current Students, Faculty & Instructors, News

• Inaugural exhibit in the VISA Exhibition Space for 2017-18: AWAKENING HER SPIRIT

  Sunday, September 03, 2017 | By dvivian

  

  Daphne Odjig (Odawa – Potawatomi) “In touch with her spirit”

  AWAKENING HER SPIRIT: Select works from the Suzanne Rochon-Burnett Collection

  Opening Reception – Thursday 7 September at 7pm

  An exhibition of one women’s journey to empower and support Indigenous arts in Canada and globally through a collection of paintings, mixed media, sculpture, and personal objects.

  Never before exhibited original works including: Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Carl Beam, Roy Thomas, Vince Bomberry, Simon Brascoupe, Bruce King, and more. Curator’s Talk with Samuel Thomas on Sunday 10 September at 1pm.

  Awakening Her Spirit is part of Celebration of Nations, a gathering of indigenous arts, culture and tradition set for Sept. 8-10. The gathering features ticketed performances by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, DJ Shub as well as free workshops, performances and teachings all weekend long. The full schedule is available at www.celebrationofnations.ca

  The exhibit continues through Sept. 30 at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts located at 15 Artists’ Common in downtown St. Catharines. Situated on the lower level of the MIWSFPA, regular hours of the Art Gallery are Tuesday through Friday from 1-5 p.m. Additional open hours for Celebration of Nations include:

  Thursday, Sept. 7 from 6-9 p.m.
  Friday, Sept. 8 from 1-8 p.m.
  Saturday, Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
  Sunday, Sept. 10 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  Saturday, Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:
  * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University [email protected], 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

  About Samuel Thomas (Curator)

  Samuel Thomas is a member of the Lower Cayuga Band of the Iroquois Nation. He lives in Niagara Falls, Ontario. For nearly 40 years, Sam has worked to resurrect beadwork styles from the 18th and 19th centuries. He has recovered several “lost” techniques, and in the process, has garnered international respect for Iroquois beadwork.

  Sam’s meticulous style is self-taught, based on his extensive study of museum/collector pieces, books and illustrations. He further developed his technique by training with tanner Juliette Meness-Ferguson, beadworker Faith DuBuc, and Royal Ontario Museum curator Dr. Trudy Nicks.

  Sam endeavours to bring people together and break down cultural divisions through sharing knowledge and the arts. He has led collaborative beading workshops involving over 800 people across two continents, as well as cross-cultural initiatives with East African beadwork artists.

  Sam’s current projects include Opening the Doors to Dialogue, a reconciliation-focused series of collaborative sessions. Residential school survivors, their descendants and members of the public learn beadwork techniques, which they then apply to doors salvaged from former residential schools. The creative process of these sessions provides a forum for open dialogue, in turn facilitating the healing process for participants.

  Sam is deeply dedicated not only to his art, but also to its endurance beyond his own time. As president of the arts service organization Neto Hatinakwe Onkwehowe Native Arts, he works to ensure Aboriginal artists in the Niagara region have access to training, mentorship and professional services.

  Sam’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the British Museum, the Canadian Museum of History, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, along with museum, gallery and private collections in the Netherlands, Germany and Australia.

  Tags: art exhibition, Awakening Her Spirit, Celebration of Nations, indigenous, Kakekalanicks Indigenous Arts Consultancy, Suzanne Rochon-Burnett
  Categories: Announcements, Events, Exhibitions, News

• Assistant Professor Amy Friend exhibits in Provence, France.

  Sunday, August 20, 2017 | By amcbay

  

  Récits Photographiques
  August 24 > September 30, 2017
  Abbaye De Silvacane, La Roque D’Antheron
  Les Terrasses Du Chateau, Lauris
  Provence, France

  https://www.facebook.com/recitsphotographiques/

   

  Categories: Alumni, Announcements, Current Students, Faculty & Instructors, News

• MIWSFPA participates in Culture Days 2017: Special exhibit AWAKENING THE SPIRIT

  Wednesday, August 16, 2017 | By dvivian

  

  On Saturday, September 30th the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts will be opening its doors to the public in celebration of Culture Days! We welcome you to stop by every hour on the hour from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. for a guided tour of our new, state of the art facility. Not looking for a guided tour? Feel free to pick up a campus map and explore the spaces on your own! Representatives will be waiting for you at the David S. Howes entrance, adjacent to the Performing Arts Centre! Continue to check brocku.ca/miwsfpa for an updated list of events!

  Be sure to stop by our VISA art gallery to view this exhibit:

  Awakening the Spirit

  Select works from the Suzanne Rochon-Burnett Collection
  VISA GALLERY – Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts

  Opening Reception September 7th, 2017

  An exhibition of one women’s journey to empower and support Indigenous arts in Canada and Globally through a collection of paintings, mixed media, sculpture, and personal objects. Never before exhibited original works including: Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Carl Beam, Roy Thomas, Vince Bomberry, Simon Brascoupe, Bruce King, and more

  Samuel Thomas is the guest Curator for this very special exhibit.

  For more information about the exhibit and the Curator please see:
  www.celebrationofnations.ca/awakening-the-spirit

  Check-in closer to the date for programming updates for CultureDays 2017!

  Categories: Alumni, Announcements, Current Students, Events, Exhibitions, Future Students, News

• New Visual Arts Department student award announced.

  Friday, May 26, 2017 | By amcbay

  

  The “Regent Student Living Award” is selected by the VISA Faculty and presented to the Visual Arts Major with the highest overall standing in 1st or 2nd year with at least 5 full credits completed. The award is graciously donated by Regent Student Living (an all-inclusive student residence located downtown St. Catharines) and presented in May or June after the completion of the academic year.

  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Faculty & Instructors, News

• Visual Arts Department Monitor positions for FW 2017/2018

  Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | By amcbay

  

  Positions: Visual Arts Student Monitors for Fall/Winter terms 2017/2018
  Qualifications: Positions available for third and fourth-year VISA majors only.

  Duties include: Monitoring and cleanup duties of the area you are assigned, perform other related duties as assigned by your supervisor (No work during Fall term and Winter term reading weeks).
  Compensation: $12.00/hour

  Deadline for applications: Wednesday, May 31, 2017

  To apply for any of these positions please communicate only from your Brock student email account and send a resume and cover letter indicating your major, year of study, relevant qualifications and any related volunteer or paid positions along with a detailed schedule of the days/times you are available to work to: [email protected]
  Please note that all communication must be through your Brock student email accounts and that only the applicants selected will be contacted. If you are successful, you will be assigned monitor duties to an area that the monitor hiring committee feels you are best suited for.

  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Faculty & Instructors, News

• Brock, SUNY art show set to open in Buffalo’s Silo City

  Thursday, April 20, 2017 | By Nikki Prudden

  

  (Source: The Brock News, Thursday, April 20, 2017 | by Maryanne Firth. Photo caption: “Buffalo’s Silo City will play host to a joint art exhibition including the work of students and faculty from Brock University and the State University of New York at Buffalo. (Photo: Derek Knight)”)

  Brock University and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo have joined forces to showcase artists on both sides of the border while also highlighting a landmark area on the Buffalo River.

  After two years of planning, Post-Industrial Ephemera: Soundings, Gestures, and Poetics will open Saturday, April 22 at Buffalo’s Silo City — an industrial space filled with repurposed grain elevators and other structures built in the first half of the 20th century.

  Several silos will play host to the free art exhibition until Saturday, April 29.

  The exhibition’s opening reception will run from 2 to 5 p.m. and includes, in addition to the artwork of both Brock and SUNY students and faculty, performances by the Harmonia Chamber Singers, Reinhard Reitzenstein, Lauren Regier, Continuous Monument, Catherine Parayre and Jim Watkins.

  Parayre, event co-curator and an associate professor in Brock’s Studies in Arts and Culture as well as Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, said the event developed from like minds coming together through networking opportunities at Brock’s Rodman Hall Art Centre.

  It was co-curator Reinhard Reitzenstein, an associate professor of sculpture at SUNY-Buffalo, that introduced Parayre to Silo City, the inspiration for the showcase.

  “Everyone is mesmerized because the structures there are stunning,” Parayre said of the area that is filled with buildings worn by weather and time.

  The event, she said, is to encourage people to “reflect on the notion of dispersal.”

  “Silos are built to maintain large networks of commodity exchange for human and animal sustenance. Here, however, the workers are gone; the buildings are exposed to inclement weather; the projects we bring with us will disappear, be dispersed or displaced.”

  Silo City, she said, invites visitors to “become more perceptive to the transience of human endeavours.”

  The exhibition is an opportunity to reflect on the aging structures, their history and nature’s efforts to reclaim the partially vacant space, she said.

  Participating artists come from various disciplines including sculpture, arts, comparative literature, English studies, visual arts, studies in arts and culture, and French studies.

  The showcase features an array of installations, neon signs, readings, paintings, prints, videos and sculptures.

  Brock provided funding for the project through a longstanding research agreement in place between the two institutions, in addition to funding provided through Brock’s Dean of Humanities office.

  “We’re very grateful for Brock’s support,” Parayre said.

  Parking for the event is available onsite and guests are advised to dress warmly as temperatures within the silos remain brisk.

  More information on participating artists and performance schedules for the opening reception is available online.

  A one-day symposium held to relive the exhibition is scheduled to take place in September at Rodman Hall Art Centre in St. Catharines.

  Tags: Brock University, Buffalo, Buffalo  River, Catherine Parayre, derek knight, Exhibition, Lauren Regier, Post-Industrial Ephemera: Soundings Gestures and Poetics, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Silo-City, St. Catharines, State University of New York, SUNY
  Categories: Announcements, Faculty & Instructors, In the Media, News

• VISA alumna to co-host session at the SHIFT Professional Development Conference

  Tuesday, April 18, 2017 | By Nikki Prudden

  ARTS AND CULTURE: CAREER CONVERSATIONS

  Date/Time: April 28, 2017, 3 pm – 4:15 pm
  Location: Plaza Rm. 410, Brock University

  VISA alumna Shauna Daley will feature at the SHIFT Professional Development Conference for graduate students alongside DART alumna Victoria Mountain with their session, “ARTS AND CULTURE: CAREER CONVERSATIONS”. From the conference website: “A modern cultural worker can thrive in variety of careers in education, media and the arts. The reach and satisfaction of creative practice can be the cusp of personal freedom and a condition for seeking satisfying work. How do we negotiate and harness creative energies within professions that embrace those creative forces? Join our conversation!”

   

  Shauna is an artist, teacher and business woman.  She graduated with an Honours degree in Visual Arts, a B.Ed and a Master’s Degree in Art Education from Brock University, and is also Upper Elementary Montessori certified. Shauna owns and operates her own art studio in Grimsby Ontario, as well as a worldly gift shop that supports local and international artists and their work. She exhibits her artwork throughout the region, and her art studio sees approximately three hundred students from the Niagara community cycling through her visual art programs yearly.

  Tags: alumni, arts and culture: career conversations, Shauna Daley, SHIFT Professional Development Conference
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• VISA graduate Lauren Regier & Rodman Hall’s Marcie Bronson nominated for St. Catharines Arts Awards!

  Tuesday, April 18, 2017 | By Nikki Prudden

  

  The Department of Visual Arts is proud to announce that VISA graduate Lauren Regier has been nominated for an Emerging Artist Award at the 2017 St. Catharines Arts Awards! Lauren’s work explores the relationships between plants and machines through her photography. (Brock University Humanities featured her on their blog and in Brock News earlier this year.)

  Marcie Bronson, acting director and curator of Rodman Hall Art Centre, has also been nominated for the “Making a Difference” award for “playing a central role in the transformation of Rodman Hall into a nationally recognized institution of excellence that promotes local artists.”

  More information can be found at this news entry on the main MIWSFPA website. Congratulations to both of you, and good luck!

  Tags: alumni, Emerging Artist award, Lauren Regier, Making a Difference award, Marcie Bronson, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines Arts Awards
  Categories: Alumni, Announcements, News