Category: Arts
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Students sing hearts out for 10th anniversary
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA The H Wing comes to life in the evening, after most students have gone home for the day, with music and singing echoing all along the hall. Here, the second-year students from the Musical Theatre program have been working hard at rehearsals for their annual end-of-year show. This year marks the…
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Furniture students’ work a perfect fit for Toronto YMCA
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MEHREEN SHAHID What is a way of gauging a student’s learning? Exams are one, but the bachelor of Craft and Design (Furniture) program at Sheridan tests students’ learning by putting them to work. For many years, the program has required a capstone project to be completed by all final-year students. Graduating…
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Seeing games through the eyes of women
STORY BY DYLAN PAISLEY She Got Game host Cailleah Scott-Grimes has turned to Kickstarter to raise money for an in-depth documentary about women and video games. She Got Game is a YouTube channel about women and gaming that Scott-Grimes started. “We’re also developing a full-scale documentary. The main idea behind the project is to see…
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Media Arts holds Hollywood fundraiser
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA For people attending the Movie Star pub night last Thursday, it was a chance to unwind before hitting the books for exams. For the Media Arts students, this was one of the many fundraising events they’ve organized to raise money for their awards show on May 13. “We wouldn’t be able…
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Makeup students blend bodies with blankets
Students in the Makeup for Media and Creative Arts program were asked to do something usual for a final project: paint some bodies. The program, which is rare in Ontario, prepares students for a career as a professional makeup artist. As part of their Studio Techniques class, students were asked to replicate a pattern on…
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The 905 Road Show rolls into Davis for creative cabaret
STORY BY DANA BOYINGTON Sheridan College is opening its doors to the public March 25 to The 905 Road Show: A Creativity Cabaret featuring the artistic performances by Sheridan students, faculty, community writers and artists. The Sheridan faculty is running the event at Davis Campus with the Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society, an organization who supports…
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One-of-a-kind Craft and Design degree mixes mediums
STORY BY JUNE SEO As Sheridan moves toward becoming a university, the college will offer a new Bachelor of Craft and Design program beginning in September. This four-year degree combines multiple programs to provide students with a better understanding of craft and design by exploring different media. “It was a very unique opportunity for us…
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Art students hope persistence will pay off in portfolio season
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Sheridan Art Fundamentals students are breathing a collective sigh of relief because one of the biggest crunches of their portfolio season has come to a close. The students rushed to complete their portfolios by the February 27 deadline. Hundreds of dollars were spent on art supplies, paint flowed and pencils dulled,…
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Forget fame and fortune, it’s all about the fans
STORY AND PHOTOS BY VANESSA GILLIS In the music industry, success is usually measured by fame and fortune. But, for Look Here Junior, it is about how many people come to the shows. “We have a really supportive fan base. If we could just have a base like that in Canada and most cities we go…
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The steel bikini is getting stale for women in video games
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA Video games have always stirred up some sort of issue, from being to violent to making players anti-social, but one of the biggest problems that seems to remain constant is the troubling way women are represented, or aren’t. Throughout the many years that video games have existed, games featuring female leads…
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Media Fundamentals student hopes to seduce with music video
STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR Sheridan students gain a lot of experience to add to their resumes, but not many can say that they have directed a music video while being a student. Media Fundamentals student Aref Mahabadi, 24, has done just that. The video is for a song by his good friend Del Hartley called…