Category: Arts

  • Art hijacks the downtown core

    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…

  • Two ‘little men’ with a major musical goal

    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…

  • All night art festival takes over downtown Toronto

    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…

  • LIVE: Nuit Blanche 2015
  • Animation student lands Lion King dream job

    Animation student lands Lion King dream job

    STORY BY COURTNEY BLOK It’s the circle of life. The generation that grew up with The Lion King movie will get to experience the television reboot as adults. Although the TV show is meant for kids, it’s more than likely that adults will be interested in the show, if only just to see what everyone…

  • Blown away by Glass Gathering

    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…

  • 2015 James Street Supercrawl

    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.

  • Visual Merchandising students break out the flip-flops

    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…

  • Disconnecting at the dinner table

    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…

  • Bird is the word

    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…

  • Sheridan films hit the big screen

    Sheridan films hit the big screen

    STORY BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN What’s normally a dream come true for film and television students is now a real possibility for any aspiring Sheridan filmmaker. On Monday, March 23, dozens of three-minute shorts will be screened as a fundraiser for the Media Arts program’s year-end award ceremony at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.     The…

  • In the Heights, in the making

    In the Heights, in the making

    STORY BY OLIVIA LITTLE Lead actors, Alex Kelly and JJ Gerber, along with the rest of the cast, are working hard in preparation for next week’s opening night of the musical In the Heights. The cast is at rehearsals six days a week, sometimes for 12 hours at a time. “Yesterday we rehearsed from 10…