Welcome to #ACADCreates, external email newsletter of Alberta College of Art + Design for May, 2016.
#ACADCreates is your monthly source for public events and happenings on campus and THE spot to tap into the voice of art, craft and design education in Alberta. Enjoy, and see you on campus!
2016 CONVOCATION
Thursday, May 19, 1 p.m.
Alberta Minister of Culture and Tourism alumni Chad VanGaalen, and faculty speaker Katie Ohe to address students
The 2015/2016 school year has been a trailblazing one with one of the largest ever class of First Year students, the inaugural cohort of MFA students, strides in institutional sustainability planning and a long list of awards celebrating our alumni, students and staff. >>MORE
SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION + PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Summer Camps
Are you looking for a fun and meaningful summer 'staycation'? Come to summer camp at ACAD. We have art + design programs for the whole family!
One-week studio intensives for adults. Engaging full-day camps for children ages 9-12. Studio-based courses for teens ages 13-17. MORE>>
NEW AGREEMENT WITH GPRC INCREASES OPPORTUNITIES FOR FINE ARTS STUDENTS IN ALBERTA
Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) and ACAD are increasing options for Alberta students to continue to pursue their careers in the arts.
GPRC President and CEO President Don Gnatiuk and ACAD President and CEO Dr. Daniel Doz signed an agreement on April 27, 2016 that provides the opportunity for GPRC Fine Arts students to transfer directly into ACAD’s degree programs.MORE>>
SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING UPDATE
We are planning for the next 100 years – a process that is comprehensive and will set the stage for significant change at the College.
ACAD’s vision of art, craft, and design education is based on the principle that an immersive, inclusive studio-based art, craft and design education supports both professional pursuits and lifelong learning. ACAD has made a commitment to deliver a fully integrated business plan to the Government of Alberta, Ministry of Advanced Education in September of 2016.MORE>>
A BEER AND BRANDING COLLABORATION
A beer and branding collaboration with Village Brewery, ACAD and National on 8th celebrated a second year on April 21, 2016. The group partnered to provide ACAD communication design students a chance to test out their skills in a real-world environment and to inspire community partnerships.
ACAD students desiged branding materials for limited edition Village beers based on judging and feedback from the team at Village over the last semester in a Visual Communications Brand Design 101 course. The top four designs have been selected and the students collaborated with the Village brewers to create their cask of beer.MORE>>
SPRING + SUMMER HOURS
As of Monday May 2nd, the college will be move to summer hours.
Buliding access is daily 7 a.m - 11 p.m.
Summer business hours are Weekdays 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Find who you neet to talk with on our Contact us site.
GRAD SHOW 2016
May 19 until Saturday, May 28 ACAD's Illingworth Kerr Gallery
Gallery hours 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
Opening reception 4:00 p.m.,Thursday May 19
Our annual Grad Show is an exciting chance to meet and view the work of ACAD’s 2016 class of artists and designers. The exhibition is an exciting chance to view the work of graduating students from ACAD’s Ceramics, Drawing, Fibre, Glass, Jewellery + Metals, Media Arts + Digital Technologies, Painting, Photography, Print Media, Sculpture, and Visual Communication Design programs. MORE>>
STUDENT EXHIBITION:
Ainsley Dack - Urban Prophets
March 28 until Friday, May 27
Closing Reception: May 19 at 6 p.m.
Given that spirituality was a priority for our prehistoric ancestors, it deserves further investigation. The human tendency to explain our existence in the universe through art transcends era and geography. These cross-cultural means of expression are used to communicate publically in a way that resonates with the viewer on an intuitive level.MORE>>
The President’s Convocation Shawl is an annual competition undertaken by Fibre majors in their graduating year to produce the shawl worn by the President during Convocation on Thursday, May 19.
Previous shawls are then worn by academics in order of seniority. These shawls represent more than 11 years of this tradition at ACAD and demonstrate the superb talent, creativity and dedication of the students who have produced them. MORE>>
KALEB ROMANO, CERAMICIST 2016 PRESIDENT'S CUPS
In the Fall of 2011, ACAD President, Dr. Daniel Doz initiated an annual ceramics competition, “The President’s Cups”. Students are invited to submit their design entries to a jury and the winning student is given a monetary award and reimbursed the cost of materials.
The artist creates 15 cups and eight bowls based on their design submission.
Ceramics faculty, Juliana Rempel organized this year’s competition with the President’s Office and Kaleb Romano’s cup design was selected. MORE>>
ALUMNI KUDOS
Alumna Shona Rae wins Best in Show in Metal Arts Guild of Canada Exhibition
Shona was selected as Best in Show in the upcoming Metal Arts Guild of Canada's Innovation Exhibition from Thursday, May 5 until Thursday, June 2.
Shona Rae was also a recipient of a 2016 ACAD Alumni Legacy Award.
FOUR ACAD ALUMNI RECEIVE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR EMERGING ARTIST AWARDS
The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation awarded a total of $40,000 to four ACAD Alumni that were named as recipients of their 2016 Emerging Artist Award.
Mia Riley’s autobiographical ceramic pieces are embedded with the geology and history of her life in Western Canada.MORE>>
ALUMNI VIEWING
Ryan Sluggett available for Viewing at TrepanierBaer
Ryan Sluggett, BFA (Painting) 2003, will also be awarded the ACAD Board of Governors’ Alumni Award of Excellence at the 2016 Convocation ceremony. The Award recognizes the truly outstanding accomplishments of an ACAD alumnus who has earned national or international prominence as a result of their outstanding professional/ artistic achievements and/or service to society.
ALUMNI IN REMEMBRANCE:
Alumni Brett Kilroe (1993 Visual Communications Design)
Calgary Sun, April 24, 2016
Considered one of Canada’s most notable contemporary artists, Alberta’s Chris Cran is renowned for his humorous and inventive takes on traditional genres such as still life, portraiture, landscape and abstraction. Challenging perception and understanding of major movements such as Pop art, Op art, Modernist Abstraction and Photorealism, Cran playfully combines art history with imagery borrowed from popular culture. Surveying Cran’s artistic production over the past forty years, the exhibition features over 100 paintings and drawings from the national collection, other institutions and private lenders, and is the most comprehensive exhibition on Cran ever produced.MORE>>
FACULTY EMERITUSEXHIBITION: Walter May - Object Lessons
Lecturer Emeritus: sculpture, Walter May, is featured in a solo exhibition entitled “Walter May: Object Lessons”. This exhibition is the first part of the One New Work series of three small focused exhibitions, curated by Nancy Tousley and mounted at Glenbow Museum throughout 2016. MORE>>
FACULTY KUDOS
W. Mark Giles Nominated for $40,000 Amazon.ca’s First Novel Award
Congratulations to Mark Giles, Sessional Instructor for English and Humanities in the School of Critical + Creative Students, for being shortlisted for the $40,000 Amazon.ca First Novel Award Co-Presented with The Walrus> for his novel Seep (Anvil Press). MORE>>
FACULTY IN THE NEWS:
Blacksmither Radio featuring Charles Lewton Brain
Charles Lewton Brain talks about his first ABANA conference demo back in 1987 and how had Tom Joyce assisting him with fold forming steel under the power hammer....listen in this week! MORE>>>
More ACAD Alumni Exhibitions + News
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