More about the ACAD students’ graffiti stairwell where they go for decompression time. At the bottom of the stairwell you go through a heavy door and pop outside… . …to see this – another place for the students to decompress… and make art.
Read More...Here are some more views of the ACAD graffiti stairwell. I am fascinated by the place. The atmosphere is so palatable. It isn’t sinister, just loud/noisy. It feels like a place where the students let off steam. A place where they can say and do things to see what it feels like, without being committed […]
Read More...On the last day of our residency in The Banff Centre, we all drove back to Calgary in the morning. Ingrid & ReBecca weren’t flying home until the next day so once we had unpacked the cars, we walked over to the Alberta College of Art + Design campus. Fortunately we caught the Fibre Department’s […]
Read More...I found all of the students’ work so thought provoking so I am sharing with you some more images of this year’s performance.A big part of my Opus studies is sketchbooks. I am learning to develop my ideas visually and to record the process on paper which acts as steps towards realising them in textiles. […]
Read More...Kris Hold, a 4th year sculpture student, crocheted “authentic smelling twine & translucent fishing line to build structural pieces that cover human bodies.” In this image I love the way the backs of the heads of those in the audience mimic the textures in the structural pieces. She is exploring “human form & sculpture”, a […]
Read More...The Opus BA module I am doing this semester is Visual Studies where the whole focus is on drawing the human form. We are advised to take a figure drawing class which I did for an intensive week at Red Deer Collage during Series. It is also recommended we study a real human skeleton. I […]
Read More...This Is Kyle Nylund, a gifted fibre arts graduate from Alberta College of Art + Design here. His costumes, makeup & hair design & choreography all came together to delight the audience. Kyle told me his entry this year was largely influenced by his experiences at Burning Man in the Nevada desert. Kyle said, ” […]
Read More...This is Taryn Mckay’s entry in the ACAD Artawearness IIX perfomance earlier this year. “The nest headpieces I have made represent fertility & the female. They symbolise a major role that women play in society as mothers & caretakers. Each piece speaks about an issue or decision that all women are faced with in their […]
Read More...In my Opus BA studies I am exploring the archetypes of the feminine and was reminded of Kimberly Johansen’s entry, Telling Stories Through the Body, in this year’s Alberta College of Art + Design here Artawearness performance. She made a costume for each archetype ‘from richly embellished, silk-screened & printed paper, exotic fabrics & found objects.’ […]
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