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  • 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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    Vanessa Gillis
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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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    Mehreen Shahid
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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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    Vanessa Gillis
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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…

  • Artist of the week: Ryan Little

    Artist of the week: Ryan Little

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    Jeanylyn
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    How would you describe the art that you create? I like to make colourful pieces that are easy to look at, but I also like to make black and white or just very dull art that kind of hurts your brain to look at. I have been trying to find a gentle balance between the…

  • Nuit Blanche 2014

    Nuit Blanche 2014

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    VIDEO BY PALWASHA TEMOR PHOTOS BY BRITTANY MCAULEY & JEANYLYN LOPEZ & CHRIS COUTTS On Oct. 4, thousands of artists, art admirers, suburbanites and partygoers flooded in to Toronto’s downtown core to take part in the all-night public art exhibit known as Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Artists from all over Canada and the world over displayed their work in…

  • LIVE – Toronto Transformed

    LIVE – Toronto Transformed

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    COVERAGE BY BRITTANY MCAULEY, CHRIS COUTTS AND JEANYLYN LOPEZ On Saturday Toronto will shut down its streets and open up our eyes when Scotiabank Nuit Blanch lights up the night from dusk until dawn with art installations and projects. Join the Sheridan Sun team who will be there to cover the event live and bring Scotiabank…

  • Preparing for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

    Preparing for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

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    STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY If you’re going to miss Scotiabank Nuit Blanche this year in Toronto don’t fret. You still have ten projects from the all night street level art show that will be on exhibit throughout Toronto for the remainder of the week. “We did six projects last year and that was very successful…

  • Betts Engell and her journey through Alzheimer’s

    Betts Engell and her journey through Alzheimer’s

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    Mehreen Shahid
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    VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPH BY MEHREEN SHAHID Prof. Emeritus Betts Engell taught at Sheridan College in the Social Service Worker program for more than two decades. She was known as a kind, generous, active and hands-on person. She was involved in many community projects and had the power to rally people behind her for all social…