Category: Arts
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Little fire, big trouble
STORY BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS, KAHFEEL BUCHANAN, KEVIN GALLANT, KEITH CORKUM Last night a small fire broke out in Macdonald Heaslip Hall in B Wing at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus. Classes in HB08 and DB11 were briefly cancelled, but have now returned to their regular schedules. Students were working on a class activity when the fire broke…
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Curtain goes up, student prices go down
STORY BY JASMINE ANTHONY If you’ve been having a hard time finding something fun to do in Oakville, you’re in luck. The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts has announced its 2015-16 season and the selection of performances will appeal to all tastes. For students on a budget there are $20 tickets for events like Evil…
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Art hijacks the downtown core
STORY BY STEFAN LEE Brute force winds and plummeting temperatures weren’t enough to stop the stream of pedestrian traffic that was Nuit Blanche 2015. In a night when Taylor Swift played a show, it’s hard to believe any other form of art took over Toronto; Nuit Blanche however, did just that. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche…
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Two ‘little men’ with a major musical goal
STORY BY RYAN SAGADORE Two former bandmates are working to revive the club scene in Oakville by giving local rock bands a platform to share their music. For the last three years, Chris Flynn, 23, and Chris Laurignano, 25, have been putting on rock shows for all ages in Oakville under the name Little Men…
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All night art festival takes over downtown Toronto
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DANIEL MALLETT Most nights you won’t find two large piles of logs blocking Queens Quay in Toronto. But at Nuit Blanche, you can expect the unexpected. Once a year, the all-night art festival takes over the downtown core from dusk until dawn. Harbourfront, the University of Toronto campus and city hall were…
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Blown away by Glass Gathering
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY: CAMILLE GUSHWAY Alyssa Getz isn’t afraid to play with fire. She and several glass artists gathered in the AA wing to show fiery displays at the third annual Glass Gathering on Saturday. “I’ve always sort of been a pyromaniac,” said Getz. “I love the intensity of working with the material because…
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2015 James Street Supercrawl
LIVE COVERAGE BY JAKE HRIBLJAN and BRITTANY PREOCANIN Follow the Sheridan Sun at the 2015 James Street Supercrawl. We will be there to cover the Hamilton urban festival.
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Visual Merchandising students break out the flip-flops
BY COURTNEY BLOK PHOTOS BY COURTNEY BLOK Life is better in flip-flops. When first-year Visual Merchandising students Chelsea Kumar and Laura Katergos were partnered to create a window display in the B-Wing, they knew they wanted to do something that would stand out. Budding flowers and bright skies inspired them. “We wanted to do something…
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Disconnecting at the dinner table
STORY BY KELSEY LYONS PHOTOS BY KELSEY LYONS Here’s some food for thought: The world today revolves around technology and it’s creating a disconnect between people. This was the main idea of an exhibit last week at the Trafalgar Campus. Last Thursday, The Gallery in the AA Wing presented the Food for Thought exhibit featuring…
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Bird is the word
PHOTOGRAPHY AND CUTLINES BY REBEKAH OLIVEIRA Sheridan students welcomed some special guests last Monday. Canadian Peregrine Foundation (CPF) volunteer Tracey Simpson brought along three of her winged friends to the third year illustration drawing class. The Canadian Peregrine Foundation focuses on informing and educating about population recovery and nesting sites for peregrines and other endangered…
