Articles tagged with: Honours Exhibition

• Rodman Hall hosts Visual Arts honours exhibitions

  Thursday, April 05, 2018 | By dtemprile

  

  The opening reception for the first instalment of the honours exhibitions on Friday, March 23 drew a large crowd to Rodman Hall Art Centre. Photo: Danny Custodio.

  Graduating students from the Honours Studio course (VISA 4F06) have been busy all semester creating their pieces for the two-part Brock University Department of Visual Arts Honours Exhibition. Students were mentored by Rodman Hall Art Centre gallery staff and Visual Arts Professors Donna Szoke, Shawn Serfas, Derek Knight, and Donna Akrey.

  The first instalment of the honours exhibition: Just Resting My Eyes is currently on display at the Rodman Hall Art Centre (109 St. Paul Crescent). The current exhibition features work from students: Denise Apostolatos, Victoria Morinello, Jill Newman, Jacob Primeau, and Aaron Thompson.

  These honours exhibitions are vital to students’ education in the Brock Visual Arts program because “the nature, purpose and intended outcome of Honours Studio is that once the students graduate from the art program, they become practicing artists. Art making, as a practice of research-creation, is inherently experiential learning” says Szoke.

  The collaboration with the professional team of the Rodman Hall Art Centre is a essential learning experience for Brock Visual Arts students. Akrey says the Rodman Hall staff’s “consultation with each student teaches them the importance of the entire process of art making and exhibiting, and the importance of their individual work in a collaborative event.” Serfas adds that the importance of having Rodman Hall embedded into the Bachelor of Arts program is that “it gives our students a distinctive experiential learning opportunity.”

  Knight says that the audience can expect to see “broad cultural themes with emphasis on the impact of mass media, environmental or social issues” throughout the work created by these honours students in this two-part exhibit.

  The second instalment, Turnin’ This Car Around, is set to be exhibited from Saturday, April 14 to Sunday, April 29, with the opening reception on Friday, April 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. This upcoming exhibit will feature pieces by Rachel Dove, Lauren Mucciarone, Victoria Reid, Brittany Thomas-Clapp, and Lorraine Zandvliet.

  Photographs from the exhibition have been posted to an online gallery.

  For more information about Rodman Hall Art Centre and their programs see brocku.ca/rodman-hall

  ---

  see the article by John Law in the St.Catharines Standard: Brock’s top art students gather for one last show

  see the video report by Stephen Parr for YourTV Niagara

  Tags: Department of Visual Arts, derek knight, donna akrey, Donna Szőke, Exhibit, Exhibition, Honours Exhibition, just resting my eyes, Shawn Serfas, students, turnin' this car around, visa, VISA 4F06, VISA 4F06 Honours Exhibition, Visual Arts
  Categories: 4F06 Honours Exhibition, Current Students, Events, In the Media, News

• Three exhibits this week for Visual Arts

  Wednesday, April 04, 2018 | By dtemprile

  

  This is a busy week for exhibitions under Brock’s Department of Visual Arts (VISA).

  From April 2 to 6, students in the VISA department are presenting three exhibitions: CORE, SITE-SEER, and (un)hidden.

  Now open in the Rodman Hall Art Centre is the exhibit CORE. VISA students will have their smaller works in Rodman Hall’s Flex Space, which will be imagined as a larger site and a centre from where the work branches out to the other destinations in the show. CORE is open to view at Rodman Hall from now until April 13. Gallery hours can be found on their website and admission is by donation, but free for members and students.

  When visiting Rodman Hall, be sure to see the Brock University Department of Visual Arts Honours Exhibition: just resting my eyes, on display until April 8.

  The second exhibit, SITE-SEER, is an extension of the first. SITE-SEER is a one-night exhibition being held Wednesday, April 4 from 4 to 9 p.m., where the downtown area of St. Catharines will serve as gallery space. Students from Donna Akrey’s Advanced Art Practices course are taking their creations from the CORE exhibit and dispersing them throughout downtown St. Catharines in hopes that their pieces will lure locals into seeing sites in a new way.

  Participating artists for both CORE and SITE-SEER include: Hani Ahmed, Jess Angelevski, Teresa Badgley, Jessica Bradley, Tom Denton, Isabella Domaradzki, Kylie Haveron, Emma Hutchison-Hounsell, Laura Levesque, Avery Mikolic-O’Rourke, Amanda Misale, Anna Podvalni, Victoria Reid, Kourtney Spadoni and Desiree Veino.

  Maps with more information about the artworks, their locations and times will be available at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts on Wednesday night when SITE-SEER is held.

  

  Change, a contemporary exploration of Hidden Mother photography. One of many polaroid emulsion lifts featured in the upcoming show (un)hidden by Amber Lee Williams.

  A third show, (un)hidden by Brock Visual Arts student Amber Lee Williams, opens in the Visual Arts Exhibition Space ofthe MIWSFPA on Thursday, April 5 with a reception from 5 to 9 p.m. Williams is both a student and a mother of two, who gave birth to her second child while preparing for this exhibit. She is now in the process of installing her show while carrying her two-month-old baby in a sling.

  In the (un)hidden exhibit, Williams presents photographs, sculptures and installations investigating motherhood, relationships within the family and loss. (un)hidden will be open at the MIWSFPA until Saturday, April 28. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

  Tags: (un)hidden, 15 Artists’ Common, Amber Lee Williams, Amy Friend, Arts, Brock University, CORE, donna akrey, Exhibit, Exhibition, Free, Honours Exhibition, marilyn i. walker school of fine and performing arts, Rodman Hall, Rodman Hall Art Centre, SITE-SEER, students, visa, VISA 3M90, Visual Arts
  Categories: 4F06 Honours Exhibition, Current Students, Events, Exhibitions, Faculty & Instructors, In the Media, News

• TRACE Panel Discussion and Catalogue Launch: VISA Honours Exhibition

  Wednesday, March 12, 2014 | By Brock University

  

  Brock University Department of Visual Arts Honours Exhibition

  Panel Discussion and Catalogue Launch: Friday, April 11, 7 pm
  TRACE, the 2014 edition of the Brock University Visual Arts Honours Exhibition at Rodman Hall Art Centre, features artworks by seven graduating honours students from the Department of Visual Arts: Julia Chamberlain, Holley Corfield, Emma German, Amy Hansen, Stacey Kinder, Monique Mol, and Lauren Regier.

  This exhibition is the culmination of eight months of work during which students have pursued the creation of a sustained body of artwork. Under the mentorship of professors Donna Szőke and Jean Bridge, students have each evolved individual creative approaches to the delicate complexities of memory, touch, presence and evidence.

  The Department of Visual Arts partners with Rodman Hall to make it possible for graduating students to work in the studios at the gallery and engage directly with Curators Marcie Bronson and Stuart Reid and guest artists who exhibit at Rodman Hall throughout the year. In this stimulating environment, students are challenged to take their work from experimentation and making to professional-level production and exhibition. Students in the Honours Studio forge rigorous and impactful work within this unique context that enhances their future opportunities for graduate studies or professional creative practice with a strong portfolio.

  Such exhibits from the Department of Visual Arts are key to the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts’ mandate to connect the community with the breadth of talent and creativity at Brock University.

   

  Rodman Hall Art Centre / Brock University
  109 St. Paul Crescent, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 1M3
  TEL 905.684.2925
  FAX 905.682.4733
  www.brocku.ca/rodmanhall

  Gallery Hours:

  Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm
  Thursday: 10 am to 9 pm
  Closed Monday and statutory holidays
  Admission is by donation.
  Free community event

   

  Tags: Exhibition, Honours Exhibition, Trace, VISA 4F06, VISA 4F06 Honours Exhibition
  Categories: 4F06 Honours Exhibition, Events, Exhibitions

• TRACE: VISA Honours Exhibition

  Tuesday, February 04, 2014 | By Brock University

  

  Brock University Department of Visual Arts Honours Exhibition

  March 22 to April 27, 2014
  Opening Reception: Friday, March 21, 7 pm
  Panel Discussion and Catalogue Launch: Friday, April 11, 7 pm
  TRACE, the 2014 edition of the Brock University Visual Arts Honours Exhibition at Rodman Hall Art Centre, features artworks by seven graduating honours students from the Department of Visual Arts: Julia Chamberlain, Holley Corfield, Emma German, Amy Hansen, Stacey Kinder, Monique Mol, and Lauren Regier.

  This exhibition is the culmination of eight months of work during which students have pursued the creation of a sustained body of artwork. Under the mentorship of professors Donna Szőke and Jean Bridge, students have each evolved individual creative approaches to the delicate complexities of memory, touch, presence and evidence.

  The Department of Visual Arts partners with Rodman Hall to make it possible for graduating students to work in the studios at the gallery and engage directly with Curators Marcie Bronson and Stuart Reid and guest artists who exhibit at Rodman Hall throughout the year. In this stimulating environment, students are challenged to take their work from experimentation and making to professional-level production and exhibition. Students in the Honours Studio forge rigorous and impactful work within this unique context that enhances their future opportunities for graduate studies or professional creative practice with a strong portfolio.

  Such exhibits from the Department of Visual Arts are key to the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts’ mandate to connect the community with the breadth of talent and creativity at Brock University.

   

  Rodman Hall Art Centre / Brock University
  109 St. Paul Crescent, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 1M3
  TEL 905.684.2925
  FAX 905.682.4733
  www.brocku.ca/rodmanhall

  Gallery Hours:

  Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm
  Thursday: 10 am to 9 pm
  Closed Monday and statutory holidays
  Admission is by donation.
  Free community event

   

  Tags: Exhibition, Honours Exhibition, Trace, VISA 4F06, VISA 4F06 Honours Exhibition
  Categories: 4F06 Honours Exhibition, Events, Exhibitions

• VISA Honours Exhibit: PERCEPTIONISTS

  Tuesday, June 12, 2012 | By Brock University

  Rodman Hall Art Centre
  109 St. Paul Crescent St. Catharines,
  ON L2S 1M3 

  April 21 – May 6, 2012
  Opening reception: Friday, April 20, 2012 at 7 p.m. 

  PERCEPTIONISTS, the 2012 edition of the Brock University Visual Arts Honours Exhibit features artworks by three graduating honours students from the Department of Visual Arts: Sarah Beattie, Danny Fast, and Carrie Perreault.

  This exhibition is the culmination of eight months of work where students pursued the creation of a body of artwork. Under the mentorship of Visiting Artist Donna Szoke, and Assistant Professor Duncan MacDonald, students individually explored diverse mediums ranging from video, performance, painting, photography, and installation.

  Irene Loughlin, an interdisciplinary artist and instructor at Brock University writes, “The works in this exhibition engage both the artist and the viewer, underscoring the complex relationships between illusion and representation, obsolescence and contemporaneity, technology and biology, difference and normativity. These three artists give concrete form to some of the outstanding contradictions inherent in our contemporary lives, challenging established perceptions while opening a space that might allow for the emergence of new subjectivities.”

  The Department of Visual Arts has a long tradition of presenting work of graduating students mentored in its Honours Studio program. Students accepted into this course develop a cohesive body of work that will support their entry into graduate school MFA programs and act as a strong portfolio for future artistic endeavours.

  Such exhibits from the Department of Visual Arts are key to the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts’ mandate to connect the community with the breadth of talent and creativity at Brock University.

  Join us for the opening reception of PERCEPTIONISTS on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 7 p.m., held at Rodman Hall Art Centre. Gallery hours: Tuesday – Friday: 1 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; closed Mondays and statutory holidays.

  Promotional Video:

   

  PERCEPTIONISTS on Facebook
  PERCEPTIONISTS on Cogeco

  Media day: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 2 p.m., held at Rodman Hall Art Centre, 109 St. Paul Crescent, St. Catharines, ON.

  Media inquiries:

  Marie Balsom, Communications,
  Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts,
  Brock University
  T: 905-688-5550. x4765 | E: mbalsom@brocku.ca | W: brocku.ca/visualarts

  Tags: Carrie Perreault, Danny Fast, Exhibition, Honours Exhibition, PERCEPTIONISTS, Rodman Hall, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Sarah Beattie, VISA 4F06, VISA 4F06 Honours Exhibition
  Categories: 4F06 Honours Exhibition, Events, Exhibitions