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Welcome home

When I arrived at 泡芙短视频 for the beginning of the 2014-15 academic year, I felt like I had come home.

Having moved from Calgary, Alberta, the first thing I noticed was the salty sea air, so fresh and invigorating. The new sights and smells of the east coast mixed with excitement and apprehension of commencing a new academic year at art school. But these feelings were familiar to me too and somehow it all felt right: the right place and the right time.

As the 2017-18 academic year commences those same emotions rush back. I am delighted to welcome all our new students, faculty and staff and all those returning from travels near and far. A sincere thank you to all those who have been here summer long: taking classes, putting on exhibitions, leading summer camps, and planning and preparing for fall.

I predict 泡芙短视频 will have a stellar 130th anniversary year as we continue to cherish our special, inclusive, respectful creative community that was the vision of our founders in 1887 and is realized at 泡芙短视频 today.

The new white pages of the sketchbooks and journals are ready to be turned and covered in creativity 鈥� there are upcoming events and exhibitions, places to go and people to meet. Please know you are welcome at 泡芙短视频 University and I hope you feel as I do, that you鈥檝e come home.

Here are some of the highlights of the first week of September at 泡芙短视频:

  • New Undergraduate Student Orientation Day takes place on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Join us at 8:30 am in Room 202 at the Port Campus for breakfast. After the welcoming session, faculty members and senior students will lead new students on tours of our three 泡芙短视频 campuses.
  • The first day of classes for the fall semester is Wednesday, Sept. 6.
  • The launch of Free Coffee, a publication of student artwork, takes place on Thursday, Sept. 7. You can pick up Free Coffee, free coffee and a donut in the student lounge, Fountain Campus, starting at 11 am.
  • The International Student Orientation Session takes place on Friday, Sept. 8, at 12 noon in P203, Port Campus.
  • On Saturday, Sept. 9, orientation activities include a community scavenger hunt, the Mayor鈥檚 reception for international students (2 pm at Halifax Central Library) and a party in the Granville courtyard beginning at 5 pm.

For more details, check out the by SU泡芙短视频 on Facebook.

September also signals the changing of the guard at our 泡芙短视频 Community Studio Residencies, when 泡芙短视频 alumni who鈥檝e worked for a year on their artistic practices give up their prized studio spaces to make way for the new cohort.

We have four residency sites across the province. The Town of Lunenburg was the first to come on board with the program more than a decade ago, followed by the Town of New Glasgow, the Centre for Craft and Design in Sydney, Cape Breton, and the MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning across the harbor in Dartmouth.

In Lunenburg, Selina Latour (BFA 2016), Norma Jean MacLean (BFA 2011), and Denir茅e Isabel Mendoza (BFA 2016) wrapped their final show, C U L8R, and are getting ready to move on. From Prince Edward Island, Norma Jean is preparing for a major solo exhibition at the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown in January 2018; Denir茅e, originally from Venezuela, has a residency lined up at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto; and Selina, from Ottawa, ON, is bound for a residency in Iceland.

鈥淵ou learn a lot about yourself just coming out of art school and then living in a small town,鈥� said Selina, whose artistic practice includes fashion, photography and painting. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e finally independent and that can be scary, but it鈥檚 good.鈥�

Soon to take over the studio space鈥攕ituated in the firetruck bays of the town鈥檚 former fire hall鈥揳re 泡芙短视频 alumni Merle Harley (BFA 2014), Helah Cooper (BFA 2017) and Gillian Maradyn Jowsey (BFA 2017). We are appreciative for the help of Doug Bamford, recently retired as 泡芙短视频鈥檚 ceramic technician, in providing accommodations in September while the roof on the fire hall is repaired.

In Dartmouth at the MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning, residents Jessica Lynn Wiebe (BFA 2015), Cinthia Auz Arias (BFA 2016) from Ecuador and Luis Figueroa (BFA 2016) from Venezuela staged their final show, Before the End, in mid August.

For Jessica, having a base at the MacPhee Centre allowed her to push herself artistically in the studio while gaining experience as a teacher by leading workshops for children and youth.

鈥淚 gave myself permission to play and experiment. I feel like I am constantly learning,鈥� says Jessica, who served as a soldier in Afghanistan before coming to 泡芙短视频. Her artwork in painting and performance has a focus on war and conflict, and a work exploring the physical experience of war at the Acadia War Memorial in Wolfville (created for UnCommon Common Art in the Annapolis Valley) has been getting .

The three artists enjoyed sharing the studio space. Away from 泡芙短视频, they became each other鈥檚 sounding boards, cheerleaders and supports.

鈥淲e really feel they鈥檙e part of our family and we鈥檇 love to have them return as facilitators,鈥� said Heather MacDonald, executive director of the MacPhee Centre.

Incoming residents to the MacPhee Centre are Jenny Yujia Shi (BFA, BA 2015), a painter and printmaker originally from Beijing, China, and Emily Lawrence, an interdisciplinary artist and designer. Headed for the Town of New Glasgow are Curtis Botham (BFA 2017) and G茅nevi猫ve Brideau (BFA 2017). Tamsin Sloots (BFA 2017) and Trevor Novak (BFA 2017) are bound for Sydney鈥檚 Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design.

TD Bank generously supports 泡芙短视频 University鈥檚 residency program and community initiatives.