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  • Sheridan films hit the big screen

    Sheridan films hit the big screen

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    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…

  • An art fair to remember

    An art fair to remember

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    STORY BY MOLLY MUSSELWHITE Artwork from around the world can be seen and bought at what is known as Toronto’s favourite art fair. From Feb. 19 to 22, the Better Living Centre will host the eighth annual Artists Project Contemporary Art fair. Roughly 250 artists, many of whom are Canadians, will be exhibiting their work.…

  • Wavelength Music Festival to host Lowell and The Acorn

    Wavelength Music Festival to host Lowell and The Acorn

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    STORY BY MOLLY MUSSELWHITE What do Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and Tokyo Police Club have in common? They have all played at Toronto’s Wavelength Music Festival. From Feb. 13 to 15, there will be 21 independent bands and artists taking the stage at various venues downtown Toronto. Wavelength is a Toronto-based arts organization run…

  • Art Exhibit reminds us the importance of Canadian landscape

    Art Exhibit reminds us the importance of Canadian landscape

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    STORY BY MOLLY MUSSELWHITE Artist Gwen MacGregor depicted the contradiction between power plants stationed next to forestry in her video installation at the Deep Woods Visual Arts Exhibit. “It’s probably not a surprise that I’m not a supporter of nuclear power. The legacy of the toxic waste and the danger are costs we can’t afford.…

  • Artist of the week: Kelsey Merkle

    Artist of the week: Kelsey Merkle

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    Name: Kelsey Merkle Program: Illustration Year: Third year Hometown: Clarence Center, New York How did you start drawing? As a child I grew up admiring my grandmother’s paintings. I always dreamed that one day I could be just as skilled as her. Around the age of seven I started taking art lessens outside the traditional…

  • Artist of the week: Linda Yan

    Artist of the week: Linda Yan

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    1. When did you start drawing? My earliest memory of picking up a pencil was when I was scribbling all over my grandparent’s walls and my mom’s nice wool jacket. My grandpa would also give me calendars to deface and draw on the back of. 2. How would you describe the art you create? Colourful and…

  • From simple page to digital age

    From simple page to digital age

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    STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY From typewriters to desktops and sign-out cards to swipe passes, Sheridan’s library has changed a lot in the past 25 years and Irene Sillius has seen it all. Sillius, in charge of print cataloguing at the Trafalgar Campus library, has been connected to Sheridan for more than a quarter…

  • Project Project exhibition brings the best student forward

    Project Project exhibition brings the best student forward

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    VIDEO BY KIRAN R. KHAN The Arts and Arts History program at Sheridan College is hosting an exhibition called Project Project for first- and second-year students until Dec. 5. The opening speech was held on Nov. 25 in the Gallery at the Trafalgar Campus, which was led by program coordinator John Armstrong. The display showcased the six sub-disciplines…

  • Encouraging forward-thinking around the clock

    Encouraging forward-thinking around the clock

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    STORY BY VANESSA GILLIS The intent of the giant digital clock above Trafalgar Campus’ B-Wing is for you to ask yourself: Where will you be in 24 hours? “The clock points to the idea of tomorrow in a hopeful and optimistic way,” said Jon Sasaki, the artist behind the installation A Clock Set 24 Hours…

  • The clock is ticking!

    The clock is ticking!

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    Time is flying by! Take a look at Jeremy Fernie’s time-lapse video on the sheridan sun’s website showing the installation of the clock of the future at the entrance of trafalgar campus b-wing What is the clock? Who made it? What does it represent? Why should we care? Read all about it in The Sheridan…

  • Changing minds one umbrella at a time

    Changing minds one umbrella at a time

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    STORY BY VANESSA GILLIS Many Canadian students take democracy for granted. Phebe Leung is trying to change that and make students more aware of the struggles for political freedom in Hong Kong. Leung, a second-year Crafts and Design (Glass) student, has started the Awareness Project for the Umbrella Revolution in the form of an art…

  • Intertwining artists

    Intertwining artists

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    STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH A red and black themed gallery room was filled with creative realistic and abstract artwork that sprang from the walls and the floor. Portraits and colourful abstract canvas designs made from thread decorated the corridors of the Oakville community centre, which were filled with many guests and artists at the World…