AR final.indd - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

• MAGazine, a publication of the Metal Arts Guild of Canada, published images
of artwork by Anna Lindsay MacDonald, Sheen Purcell, Tiana Roebuck,
Mike Sharpe, Sarah Washbush and Sarah Alford in its Spring/Summer 2004 issue.
• Thirty-five students and 15 faculty participated in Nice To Meet You, a joint exhibition
in May with the University of Ulsan, Korea.
• The 14th annual Wearable Art show drew several hundred people to The Dome
on March 30, raising $2,500 for the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia, with a diverse
array of 60 runway-ready fashions designed by 30 students.
• Ceramics students hosted Hungry Bowls for the 10th year, raising about $8,000 for
the homeless and others at risk, with local chefs donating gourmet soup to fill
handmade bowls at the dinner.
• Students also showed entrepreneurial talent through a variety of artwork
sales through the year, by coordinating a booth at a regional trade show at
the World Trade and Convention Centre, and at the NSCAD Student Art Store
through the summer.
• In an annual painting contest, Jenna Mossip’s painting was chosen to
provide imagery for the Molly Appeal, a Dalhousie Medical School fundraiser.
• Christian Sparkes screened his film The Young Couple at the Aspirations
Film Festival in Toronto, an international student event held in September.
• Rachel de Conde, Tiana Roebuck, Bebhinn Jennings and Anna Lindsay MacDonald
were accepted as artists in residence at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.
• US Consul-General Leonard Hill and his wife Cathy Stevulak hosted a reception
for students and faculty, celebrating NSCAD artwork on display in their Halifax
residence through the year.
• Design projects included a new logo for TIANS (Tourism Industry Association
of Nova Scotia), and identity, poster and website design for such entities as ARISS
(Amateur Radio on the International Space Station); the Society for the History
of Authorship, Printing and Publishing 2005 Conference; and Dalhousie University’s
School of Occupational Therapy and School of Environmental Sciences.
• Deo Velasco won the Jalapeno Beer label design competition for
Garrison Brewery, Halifax.
• Stephanie Rozene (MFA 04) has accepted an adjunct position to teach Ceramics
and Foundation courses at Bowling Green University in Ohio.
• Brooke Allen (MFA 04) has been hired to teach in the Design division at the
Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia.
• Jenn Smith introduced her Pink Lemonade Project publicly to raise money for breast
cancer research.
• A group of NSCAD and Dalhousie theatre students revived the burlesque tradition
this year, staging hugely popular shows that have drawn hundreds of spectators
and raised money for a number of social causes such as Eating Disorders
Action Group and Stepping Stone.
• NSCAD hosted Peruvian weaver Haydee Huaman as a visiting student.
She attended classes and taught spinning and back strap weaving.
• Textiles student Frances Dickenson sold a piece to Governor General Adrienne
Clarkson while at NSCAD.
• Kelly Richardson, currently on leave from her MFA studies in Media Arts, has
been selected to represent Canada at the next Gwangju Biennale in Korea.
• Media Arts student Jeanne Ju recently returned from exchange studies at Cooper
Union in New York. During her semester, she partipated in four group shows
including Unframed First Look, a photography exhibition juried by Cindy Sherman,
Adam Fuss and Jack Pierson at the Sean Kelly Gallery in Chelsea.
• The Other Game, written and directed by Rob Calnen, was selected for screening at
the 24th Atlantic Film Festival in September 2004.
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