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L L O C STEWARD Message from the President Professor Dianne Taylor-Gearing

What an extraordinary year this has been! The class of 2015 has now graduated and this Annual Report is about to go to print…

During our memorable graduation ceremony, it was an honour to stand in front of the graduating class, the family members who supported them through their journey; the faculty who inspired them with their passion; and the staff who nurtured them beyond the studio.

Seated beside me, I could feel the positive vibes emanating from our distinguished honorary degree recipients: Robert Frank, Gerhard Steidl, Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge and Tanya Tagaq Gillis—each one having a special and long lasting bond with the NSCAD community past and present. Moments later, an electrifying performance by Tanya took everyone’s breath away.

It was both joyful and humbling to share this day as my installation as NSCAD’s 21st President. I felt such pride in the accomplishments of NSCAD and met and spoke with so many parents, friends and supporters.

This Annual Report presents so many accomplishments and reflects the incredible progress that has been made this year. NSCAD is well positioned to move forward as an independent institution with a new strategic framework that is the result of many hours of consultation and discussions with many stakeholders. I believe wholeheartedly in the core values and pillars that will enable NSCAD to continue to be a place where creative thinking, problem solving and risk taking are fundamental to everything we do.

NSCAD’s mighty influence is everywhere. I have been made to feel so welcome in this community and, although there are many challenges ahead, now is the time for NSCAD to lead the creative and cultural sector in . I know we can achieve that by working together.

In closing, I would like to thank everyone— Board Chair Grant Machum, governors, students, faculty, staff and alumni—who has supported me through this first year. I am grateful.

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 1 I am NSCAD, We are NSCAD. NSCAD’s 2015 Graduation weekend was jam packed. record crowds when it was on display for two weeks at The Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, May 16th NSCAD’s Gallery last September. The was bookended by Family Night and Catalogue line-up for the opening curled around the block. Launch at the Anna Leonowens Gallery the night Steidl, whose dedication and passion to book publishing puts before, and by the Grad Dance afterwards. him in a league of his own, said he was “proud and honored” The ceremony itself included the Installation of Professor to be invited back to NSCAD. “NSCAD may be a small Dianne Taylor-Gearing as NSCAD’s 21st President; the university but through the quality of its education, it has a awarding of five honorary degrees; a Valedictorian strong influence and excellent reputation within the fine art address by Kyle Martens; and an official welcome world,” said Steidl, who spoke to students the evening before. to the NSCAD Alumni family by NSCAD Alumni Like Frank, Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge’s association Association President Peter Wünsch. Not to mention to NSCAD stretches back to the 1970s, when the art and the graduation of more than 200 NSCAD students. ideas coming out of the small art college were making heads In a funny and wise speech, Kyle Martens addressed his fellow turn in the direction of Halifax. At the time, Condé and students, soon to be alumni. “Here in this room is a group Beveridge could feel the reverberations all the way in New of object makers, designers, thinkers, and writers. We are York City, where they were shaking up the establishment observers, we are listeners, and we are speakers,” he said. “We by asking pointed questions about the art market, the came to NSCAD University to develop artistic skills deeper; lack of recognition for women artists and the role of art to think harder, to push harder and to ultimately become and culture in society. Partners in life and art, they’ve artists or better artists. This institution has instilled in us to been back and forth to the school numerous times since continually learn, to problem solve, and try again and again.” then: making prints with NSCAD’s famed Lithography Workshop in 1973; teaching a summer sculpture course in The attributes he spoke of were exemplified by the 1975; and publishing a book, Condé and Beveridge: Class honorary degree recipients: artist-activists Carole Condé Works, with the NSCAD Press in 2008. Most recently, they and Karl Beveridge; photographer and filmmaker were in Halifax for the exhibition Scene Otherwise: Recent Robert Frank; perfectionist art book publisher Gerhard work by Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge, organized by Steidl; and Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis. the Anna Leonowens Gallery and on display at the Khyber Tagaq Gillis, who graduated with a BFA from NSCAD in Centre for the Arts from April 24 to May 11, 2014. 1998, gave a riveting performance during the ceremony. The Presidential Installation ceremony was a first for NSCAD, “NSCAD didn’t give me musical training but NSCAD serving as an official welcome for the new president. Wearing gave me the door to walk through,” said the avant garde vibrant academic regalia made especially for her, Prof. artist, a Polaris Prize and multiple Juno Award winner. Taylor-Gearing was presented with the university’s seal. Best known for his 1958 masterwork The Americans, “I am NSCAD, We are NSCAD and together we legendary artist Robert Frank taught a filmmaking class can achieve extraordinary results,” she said. at NSCAD in the 1970s. His work This Film is About…, was filmed at NSCAD in 1972 and 1973, and was recently screened at NSCAD, coinciding with the exhibition, Robert Frank: Books, Films, 1947-2014. That exhibition, organized by Frank’s German publisher Gerhard Steidl, attracted

2 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 Message from the Chair Grant Machum, Chair of NSCAD Board of Governors Partner, Stewart McKelvey Law

In writing this report, I think back to a bone-chilling night in February when the Board of Governors and donors to the university gathered at the Anna Leonowens Gallery for a reception. After some opening remarks by yours truly, we split up into small groups and visited various studios on the Fountain Campus. We talked to students and faculty and got caught up in their passion as they explained what they were working on, where their ideas originate, and how they execute their artistic vision.

So often when we governors are at NSCAD, it’s for university- related business—a board meeting or a committee meeting. We examine policies, amend bylaws and pour over rows of numbers. But this event was a wonderful reminder of why we are such committed volunteers, and I felt my connection to the university grow stronger. What an inspiring evening.

The business of running a university is a challenging one, but NSCAD University is approaching its future strategically and from a student-centered perspective. During my tenure as Chair, we have made many important decisions that will hold the university in good stead for the future, even as the educational and financial landscape continues to change. Chief among them was affirming the independence of the university, approving the Strategic Framework and the philosophy that will guide the university for the next five years, and hiring Dianne Taylor-Gearing as President, the kind of leader that NSCAD needs right now.

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 3 “NSCAD changed my life. It’s where I learned to express myself.” Tanya Tagaq Gillis (BFA 1988), 2015 NSCAD Honorary Degree Recipient

Tanya Tagaq Gillis performs at the 2015 NSCAD Graduation Ceremony. photo: eliot wright

4 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 5 The Starfish Student Art Awards finalists with Louis Reznick and President Dianne Taylor-Gearing. photo: morgan orcutt

The Starfish Student Art Awards. photo: morgan orcutt

Board of Governors Chair Grant Machum at the Donor Reception. photo: eliot wright

Pop-Up at the Christmas Shop. photo: eliot wright

Artist for a Day. photo: katherine nakaska

CONNECT6 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 University Relations Report Linda Hutchison, Assistant Vice-President, University Relations

The Office of University Relations works closely with the Alumni president Peter Wünsch (BFA 1989) has been working President’s Office and Advancement Committee of the with the city to establish a site for the sculpture, favoring a Board of Governors. This office manages the portfolios location in proximity with the Anna Leonowens Gallery. of fund development and stewardship, communications, Sculpture Nova Scotia will take place on the Halifax alumni relations, special events, and community outreach waterfront from September 19 to October 17, 2015. on behalf of the university. The highlight of the year was the 2015 Graduation Ceremony, which included the President’s Also taking place this fall is I AM NSCAD, an alumni Installation and the conferral of honorary degrees on group exhibition to be held Sept. 29 to Oct. 9 at the Anna influential photographer Robert Frank, art-book publisher Leonowens Gallery with reception and sale on October Gerhard Steidl, activist artists Carole Condé and Karl 9th. The curator is Kelly Markovich (MFA 2011). Beveridge, and avante garde performer and Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis. Truly a wonderful day for NSCAD! ARTIST FOR A DAY The fourth annual Artist for a Day was a wonderful success, NSCAD ANNUAL FUND attracting approximately 1,000 people of all ages to the NSCAD’s 2014-2015 Annual Fund program was boosted Port Campus for a full day of hands-on activities. The entire by the generous and transformative gift of Margaret and second floor of the Port was activated with events including David Fountain in July 2014. The gift sparked a consultative indigo dyeing, screen printing, weaving, string making, tote process at the university on how best to use the gift to bag making, letterpress, Ukrainian egg decorating, bead enhance the student experience on the Fountain campus. making, animation, virtual reality and more. On the third floor, the ceramics department had several activities as well, In addition to the Fountain gift, other significant including the chance to throw a pot on the potter’s wheel. gifts to the university were received from Scotiabank, Some highlights include the wall of kisses, in reference to the Robert Pope Foundation, RBC Emerging Artist Joyce Wieland’s O Canada print of the 1970s, Japanese Fund and the Estates of Marion Peters (BFA 2003) fish printing with Rose Adams, and the starch paste mural, and Allan C. Fleming (BA 1988/BFA 1990). coordinated by printmaking students. Approximately 80 volunteers wearing bright pink T-shirts assisted. NSCAD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Like last year, NSCAD’s Port neighbours ran Artist The NSCAD Alumni Association had a busy year, for a Day activities. The Nova Scotia Centre for Craft participating in events such as ROAR: An Art Auction and Design, the Canadian Immigration Museum for NSCAD and Artist for a Day. A new initiative—the at , Halifax Seaport Farmers Market, the “scarfing in” of new NSCAD alumni with a purple scarf Halifax Art Boat, and Bob Campbell (BFA 1987) at the screen printed with the I AM NSCAD logo—took place Artists Annex were all busy executing art projects. at the 2015 Graduation Ceremony, which was followed by an alumni-organized dance at the Port Campus. Sponsorship for the day totalled $10,500 in cash (Gordon Stirrett Wealth Management, TD Insurance Meloche The alumni association is joining with Sculpture Nova Monnex, Halifax Seaport, Jack & Joan Craig) and $8,500 Scotia and its inaugural sculpture symposium to create a in gifts-in-kind (The Coast, DEMCO EnCouleurs, Heinz sculpture in honor of NSCAD founder Anna Leonowens. The Jordan & Company, Atlantic Superstore, Michael’s). The association has recruited stone artist Vasilis Vasili and NSCAD presenting sponsor for the next five years is Scotiabank. MFA student Angela Henderson to execute the project.

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 7 Attica Furnishings’ dining room installation at Dine by Design East was designed and created by NSCAD alumni Suzanne Saul (BFA 1987) and Chris Joyce (BFA 1989).

A painting by Hangama Amiri (BFA 2012) is viewed at 8 NSCADNSCAD University University Annual Annual Report Report 2013–2014 2014–2015 ROAR: An Art Auction for NSCAD. photo: eliot wright THE STARFISH STUDENT ART AWARDS The pop-up did booming business on the Friday evening and steady business all day on Saturday, resulting in The Starfish Gala took place on Wednesday, April 29th proceeds of $20,000 going directly to students. They also at NSCAD’s Port Campus. It was well attended, with received exposure to the public and feedback on their work. 236 guests. The jury (Robin Metcalfe, Charlotte Wilson Hammond, Melanie Colosimo, Linda Hutchison) carefully considered the works of the finalists the day before the gala, DINE BY DESIGN EAST and decided to award the top prize to Raghed Charabaty, a Presented by East Coast Living magazine, the second third-year film student from Lebanon for his film,Alia . The annual Dine By Design East was held Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2014 exhibition of artworks by the finalists was set up by Melanie at Olympic Community Centre. The event, which raised Colosimo and Kate Walchuk with the Anna Leonowens Gallery. $20,000 for the Amber Harkins Memorial Scholarship at NSCAD, showcases interior décor and local cuisine in a four- Presented by Starfish Properties, the awards attracted day “feast for the senses.” The centrepiece of this event is the 36 sponsors. The total value of cash sponsorship gala evening, which provides the first glance at 10 incredible was $36,200, and in-kind sponsorship was valued dining spaces presented in 10' by 10' plywood boxes. at $12,283. Individual ticket sales raised $2,200. NSCAD’s support for this event included the design work A popular feature of last year’s sale, the Starfish Student of NSCAD student Julie O’Kruk as part of an independent Art Sale had 26 student participants. Nine artworks sold, for study class; the participation of NSCAD student designers a total value of $2,600. Another returning feature was the Madie LaRoux, Donn Sabean and Maggie MacCormack in Walking Jewellery Exhibition. More than 25 pieces of jewellery the lunch-time fashion show; and an exhibition of paintings were loaned by NSCAD jewellery and metalworking students, by NSCAD student Cat Blanchet throughout the four days. in consultation with Professor Pam Ritchie. Board members, faculty and staff enjoyed the chance to show off student- Design student Ksenia Azanova was the first recipient of made jewellery and, in some cases, to meet the makers. the Amber Harkins Memorial Scholarship, named for a long-time editor and creative director of East Coast Living. New to this year’s gala was the performance by the “Sciencetists” – Anna Sprague, Emily Lawrence and Kylie Dyment – who measured patrons’ change of ROAR: AN ART AUCTION FOR NSCAD temperatures in relation to their response to artworks. The second annual ROAR: An Art Auction for NSCAD took place Friday, Sept. 26th at the Port Campus. The second DONOR RECEPTION floor of the Port was the venue for the auction, with the silent auction and art demonstrations in the Foundation Another first-time event organized by University Presentation Area and the live auction on the water-side Relations was the Donor Reception, held Thursday, studios. Approx. 180 people attended and enjoyed wine Feb. 26, 7-9 p.m. at the Anna Leonowens Gallery. tastings arranged by Bishop’s Cellar, beer tastings by Conceived as a “friend raiser” and thank you for donors, the Garrison Brewing and hors d’oeuvres by The Auction House event opened with light food offerings from Jane’s Next Door/ and Five Fishermen Restaurant (Grafton Connor Group.) Gateaux Rose and wines from Bishop’s Cellar. Following Eleanor King and Mark Bovey served as advisors in the welcome remarks by Board chair Grant Machum and assembling the art collection and approaching artists. President Dianne Taylor-Gearing, guests were taken on tours More than 40 artists contributed, including foremost to various departments located at the Fountain Campus ceramic artist Walter Ostrom, Sobey Art Award finalist to talk with students and faculty members in the studios. Graeme Patterson and NSCAD student Laura Jean The event was appreciated not only by our guests, but Forrester, winner of the RBC art commission. also by the students and faculty who hosted them in Halifax galleries have proven to be wonderful supporters their studios. University Relations plans on holding this of ROAR. Deborah Carver from Studio 21 Fine Art event again, but moving it to the fall in conjunction handled absentee bids, Ian Muncaster of Zwicker’s Gallery with the Student Awards Reception and using it to appraised the artworks, and Phil Secord from Secord kick off the 2015-16 Annual Fund campaign. Gallery provided framing free of charge. The event was also supported by approximately 50 student and alumni POP-UP AT THE CHRISTMAS SHOP volunteers: students did demonstrations of portrait painting, Pop-Up at the Christmas Shop was a successful first-time printing and pottery and volunteers did the décor, took event, organized to showcase and sell student art. It was tickets, greeted and assisted during the live auction. held December 5th and 6th at the former Christmas by the Proceeds from the auction totalled $28,000 and the total Sea, with spillover in the hallway behind and at the Granville financial benefit to NSCAD after expenses was $13,000. Mall entrance. More than 70 students participated.

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 9 “We’re always pushing each other to try something different, to learn something else. We love the vibe of the studio and learning together ... we practically live there. We see each other all day, every day. It has such a neat energy.” NSCAD student Violeta Izquierdo

Artist for a Day. photo: katherine nakaska

10 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 11 Heath Simpson (BFA 2013), working with Gerhard Steidl’s Press in Gottingen, Germany, makes remarks at the 2015 Graduation Catalogue Launch. photo: d’arcy way.

Honorary degree recipient, Gerhard Steidl. photo: d’arcy way.

Scotiabank’s Gordon Brost announces a major gift to fund scholarships at NSCAD. photo: eliot wright

Janelle Brown (BFA 2014), right, is named the winner of the Emerging Design Competition at Western Canada fashion Week.

NURTURE12 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 Academic Report Dr. Ann-Barbara Graff, Vice-President, Academic and Research

The academic year 2014-15 presented a time of exciting and are working to identify opportunities to bolster change and challenges. In August 2014, NSCAD University quality, programs and enrollment throughout welcomed both a new president, Dianne Taylor-Gearing, and the academic offerings of the institution. me. In the winter, two long-serving members of the NSCAD University academic community retired: Dr. Kenneth ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Honeychurch, Provost and Vice-President Academic & The Board of Governors approved the Research, and Dr. Nick Webb, Art History and Critical following recommendations: Studies. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their long service. NSCAD University also had a Regular Full Time Faculty Third Appointment with Tenure: resignation in 2014-15: Congratulations to Eleanor King, Marlene Ivey, Division of Design Director of the Anna Leonowens Gallery, who is now engaged Promotion to Full Professor: full-time with her successful artistic practice in New York. We , Vice-President, Academic and Research are sorry to lose her, but thrilled by her international success. Dr. Ann-Barbara Graff Regular Part-Time Faculty Appointments: New to NSCAD in 2014-15 were the provincially-funded , Division of Foundation Studies Sandboxes, an initiative designed to encourage student Jane Affleck , Division of Craft entrepreneurship and participation in a burgeoning creative Chantel Gushue economy over the next three years. NSCAD is an integral partner in three sandboxes: SparkZone with Saint Mary’s RESEARCH AND CREATIVE PRACTICE University, Nova Scotia Community College, and Mount Research and creative practice are integral to NSCAD’s Saint Vincent University—the focus is on innovation for mission, culture and success. NSCAD is committed community; ShiftKey Labs with Dalhousie, SMU, NSCC to creating and fostering opportunities that advance and Volta Labs—the focus is on ICT; and IDEASandbox with the visual arts and related disciplines as well as further Dalhousie Engineering and Business—the focus is on making. NSCAD’s reputation as a leader in research and creative practice pertinent to the university’s mandate. See ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE Faculty Highlights on pages 36-44 for a snapshot of the impact NSCAD faculty members made in 2014-15, with Academic Council continued to act throughout the year, a focus on international research and artistic practice. as it updated and refined changes to existing individual courses and programs, adopted new programs or modified them, dealt with specific issues, and received reports from : INTERACTIVE MEDIA previously established committees, both standing and ad With feedback from the CRC Secretariat, hoc. Significantly, as passed by a motion of the Board of NSCAD will be resubmitting an application for Governors, Academic Council will henceforth be Academic a Tier II CRC chair in interactive media. Senate. With the new moniker will come new processes that Senate executive will be working through in the Fall of 2015.

In the Office of Academic Affairs and Research, we will be commencing development of a new Strategic Research Plan (the cycle of the current plan is coming due);

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 13 NSCAD student Catherine Laroche with the public art installation Barrington Blocks. photo: marilyn smulders

Gaelic milling frolic organized by Jennifer Green 14 NSCAD University Annual Report 2013–20142014–2015 (BFA 2009) photo: eliot wright for our outreach on campus, across Canada and around the world. Applicants are able to get accurate information, register for info sessions and events and apply online immediately. This has resulted in a 20 per cent increase in school visits over the previous year; the most visits we have ever conducted in a single year. We have also diversified our visits to include international portfolio day events in Asia and colleges with which we have or are establishing articulation agreements that allow students to transfer credits earned at another institution and gain advanced standing at NSCAD.

OFFICE OF STUDENT AND ACADEMIC SERVICES Terry Bailey, Acting Registrar and Director of Student Services

The Office of Student and Academic Services (OSAS) is committed to supporting students at NSCAD in the best way possible. This year, Student Services has been working closely with the student union (SUNSCAD) to provide new and innovative supports to our student population. Through our collaborative work we were able to launch two significant programs during the university’s Mental Health Week in February. During the height of exams, therapy dogs from Saint John’s Ambulance were brought in to allow students take a few minutes out of their busy schedules to relax and decompress. Dozens of students (along with faculty and staff) visited the dogs over the lunch hour and the feedback received is that the students loved having this opportunity brought to campus. LIBRARY Rebecca Young, Director, Library Services We are quite proud to have launched our Peer Mentors Program. Peer Mentors are fellow students who have Rebecca Young, Director of the Library, gave many in-class lived experience dealing with the stress of university life “one-shot” information sessions to Writing for the Arts and managing mental illness. NSCAD Peer Mentors courses. The course is a requirement for all foundation have received training in the peer support model from year students, and the Library aims to reach out to as many representatives of Laing House. Our five dedicated students as possible early on, so they can get a head start and mentors each provide support one evening per week familiarity with the Library’s print and online resources. (Monday – Friday) after regular office hours. The program The Library was a satellite site of the Art + Feminism has been helpful for both new and current students and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for the second year running. The the response to this program has been incredibly positive. event was a lot of fun and quite challenging as students and OSAS continues to build its suite of workshops offered other participants launched themselves into the practices of during the academic year. This past year workshops Wikipedia editors. The event began as an effort to improve were offered on Disability Accommodations, Scholarship gender balance among Wikipedia editors, as well as the Applications, Culture Shock, Taking Care of Your Mental amount and content of articles about women in the arts. Health, Immigrating to Nova Scotia and Life after NSCAD. The NSCAD Library, along with MSVU, Saint Mary’s Increased availability of scholarships and bursaries has University and Dalhousie co-sponsored the performance contributed significantly to student success and the recent of Warren Lehrer’s “A Life in Books: The Rise and Fall upgrade to our assistive technology loan bank helps to ensure of Bleu Mobley,” held at the Halifax Central Public that students who experience disability will have access to Library on March 13. The Library held a launch for Carol the supports that they need to flourish in their studies. Bruneau’s latest novel, These Good Hands, on June 19.

The Office of Admissions continues to streamline its Through discussions regarding the Fountain online application and recruitment resources available to Gift, progress has been made on the Learning prospective students, parents and guidance counsellors Commons and how the concept may be integrated through my.nscad.ca. This portal provides event calendars at NSCAD to connect the student experience.

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 15 NSCAD student Jenny Shi draws a portrait of the president. photo: eliot wright

Members of the Van Go-Go’s, including Christine Warren, Chris McFarlane, Marilyn Smulders, Joann Reynolds-Farmer and Chris Nielsen participate in DHBC’s Clean Sweep. photo: eliot wright

NSCAD students decompress with the help of St. John Ambulance’s therapy dogs. photo: eliot wright

Student Ken Burke wears the metal cage he created for NSCAD’s Wearable and Performance Art Show at the Pacifico. photo: eliot wright

NURTURE16 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 Winter 2015 The Anna Leonowens Gallery scheduled 45 exhibitions mainly comprising of undergraduate solo exhibitions and seven MFA thesis shows.

The 2015 Graduation Exhibition was masterfully curated by curatorial intern Katherine Nakaska. A beautiful, 120- page catalogue accompanied the exhibition, designed and produced by design intern Ksenia Azanova. This annual event is always the highlight of the exhibition schedule, bringing more than 1,200 visitors to the gallery in just two ANNA LEONOWENS GALLERY weeks. The Friends and Family Night Reception, on the eve Melanie Colosimo, Acting Director of graduation on Friday, May 15, served as the launch for the Attracting 20,000 visitors annually, the Anna catalogue and the online version. NSCAD was thrilled to be Leonowens Gallery represents the heart and soul able to share this event with this year’s five honorary degree of the university to the broader community, and recipients, four of whom had exhibitions with us in 2014-15. provides the only national dedicated gallery space for For the sixth year in a row, gallery staff mounted and student, faculty and visiting artists in conjunction with co-coordinated the annual Starfish Student Art Awards. university programming. Anna Leonowens Gallery Third-year film student Raghed Charabaty was awarded has hosted 4,137 exhibitions in its 47-year history. the $5,000 purchase prize for his short film, Alia, which is now a part of NSCAD’s permanent collection.. Fall 2014 The academic year kicked off with five professional shows Summer 2015 including the very popular Robert Frank exhibition Gallery staff wrote two successful grant applications for presented by publisher Gerhard Steidl. More than 400 the summer’s artist-in-residence series, receiving $25,000 visitors were lined up around the block to attend the opening between Arts Nova Scotia and The Canada Council for the reception and hear Robert Frank do a rare interview. Other Arts. With this funding, the gallery hosted the Visiting Artist professional exhibitions included Meisen, the kimono Exhibition Series, featuring mid-career and established collection of Haruko Watanabe from Japan; the Nova Scotia artists from across Canada and around the world including: Art Bank 2014 Purchase; and (official denial) trade value in Erika Adam (US), Sarah Cale (ON), Adrian Gollner(ON) progress by visiting artists Leah Decter and Jaimie Isaac. Hadley+Maxwell (UK), Nam Nguyen (DE), Sebastian Stumpf Participating in both the biannual citywide photography (DE), Nicole Pietrantoni (US), and Dara Birnbaum (NY). festival Photopolis and the annual art-at-night festival Other shows include: Scene Otherwise, an exhibition Nocturne, the gallery mounted solo exhibitions by photo of recent work by Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge at faculty Lorraine Field and Adrian Fish. Additionally the Khyber Centre for the Arts; a memorial exhibition the gallery was successful in receiving funding to bring for Wallace Brannen, an Alex Livingston-organized multimedia artist Jeff Whetstone from North Carolina show by visiting artist and writer Gary Michael Dault specifically for this occasion. Decter, Isaac and Whetstone’s and faculty exhibitions by Dr. Christine Holzer- exhibitions were made possible by grants received Hunt, Renee Forrestall and Barbara Lounder. from the Canada Council and Arts Nova Scotia. Notables In November, the annual MFA Group Exhibition took place, coinciding with the annual Bill and Isabel Pope Painting Improvements: In December 2014, the Adopt-a-Plinth Residency exhibition by Colin Dorward from Ottawa, ON. campaign raised $2,000 for new display equipment for gallery exhibitions. With assistance from the Sixteen one-week solo undergraduate exhibitions were generous Fountain gift, the Anna Leonowens Gallery scattered amongst all this activity, as well as the annual group received a much-deserved facelift over the summer, shows for the Feminist Collective and Queer Collective. including a long-awaited heating and cooling system, The Port Loggia had four exhibitions including the electrical upgrades and other improvements. sold-out Hungry Bowls event, two class exhibitions, Research and Archives: In collaboration with the Visual and the exhibition 4066 and counting, chronicling 46 Resources Collection and the Director of NSCAD Library, the years of exhibitions at the Anna Leonowens Gallery. gallery’s most requested archival materials were re-housed

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 17 Meisen, an exhibition of kimonos from the collection of Haruko Watanabe, was one of the biggest shows of fall 2014 at the Anna Leonowens Gallery. photo: eliot wright

Questions of survival were pondered in the exhibition Alternative Means: An Aesthetic Field Guide to Kejimkujik National Park at the Anna Leonowens Gallery. This photo of a protective head covering by 18 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 Anna Whalen was taken by Ali Giffen-Johnson. in the Visual Resources Collection of NSCAD Library. This September 2015 marks the start of 10 years of operation joint initiative (under the umbrella of NSCAD’s Strategic of the NSCAD Community Studio Residency program. Research Plan) aims to make the valuable archives of the Welcome to our newest residents for 2015-2016: gallery more accessible to researchers. A Young Canada Works assistant worked full-time through the summer on Lunenburg: the ongoing archives projects: rehousing the files with proper Lux Habrich (BFA, Interdisciplinary, 2015) is from Montréal, archival methods and creating an inventory of holdings. who employs the healing qualities in craft processes (ceramics and textiles) to record a personal history. Touring exhibitions: Work has begun on The Last Art College exhibition, circulated by the Art Gallery of Nova Marley Johnson (BFA, Painting, 2015) has Scotia. Many objects of NSCAD’s archival ephemera and assisted the painting technician at NSCAD Lithography Workshop prints are to be included in this and mediated figure drawing classes. 2016 exhibition, a joint initiative between NSCAD and the AGNS under the guidance of Garry Neill Kennedy, Julie Wagner (BFA, Ceramics, 2014) is from Halifax. Julie’s AGNS curator David Diviney and ALG gallery staff. The wall piece, “Home”, was selected for the 30 Under 30 exhibition of Traffic: in Canada has exhibition at the Gardiner Museum in November 2014. recently concluded its showings in Germany and France Sydney: and is returning home after five years on the road. Sarah MacLeod (BFA, Interdisciplinary, 2015) focuses on using video projection and installation in conjunction EXTENDED STUDIES with experimental textile work and soft sculpture. Over the past year Extended Studies has continued to increase enrolment in both its Youth and Dartmouth, MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning: Adult programming. Caitlin McGuire (BFA, Interdisciplinary, 2015) During Nocturne 2014 we held our annual from Halifax is an emerging painter whose most Nightshift exhibition highlighting the work of our recent paintings examine urban landscapes. Adult programming. Approximately 75 pieces were Kelsey Pearson’s (BFA, Printmaking, 2015) submitted from students and instructors. We had work reflects her upbringing in rural Ontario more than 4,500 attendees, at least 500 of which and the communities she has experienced. actively participated in making art and left with their own custom screen-printed poster. Internships and practicum placements continue to grow at NSCAD University; for fall 2015, there are nine Through our Make Art Road Show we have courses in Design, Film, Art History and Interdisciplinary been able to expand our connection to schools Arts designed to give students professional experience and the broader community. This past year, we while they earn credits towards their degree. Seventy- had approximately 1,100 individuals create a eight organizations have participated and this summer customized screen-printed poster to take home. has seen the highest number of placement students. The summer 2015 term was our busiest yet. We ran Several students have acquired part-time or full-time 35 summer camps over eight weeks with 359 students. employment at their placement organization. Highlights included continued expansion of our community connections by taking the students on field trips to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and local businesses such as DHX Media as well as working with the Common Roots Urban Farm creating dyes from plants grown on-site. We also expanded our Summer Camp Lunch Menu to include button making, screen- printing a communal art project, face painting, found object musical instrument making and tie dying. We ended the summer with the ARTrageous exhibition of work created over the eight weeks.

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 19 Scholarship Recipients – Fall 2014 and Winter 2015

125TH ANNIVERSARY SCHOLARSHIP FILM & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES NOVA JEAN E. HISELER MEMORIAL FOR PHOTOGRAPHY SCOTIA PRODUCTION SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP Katherine A. Nakaska Sam E. DeCoste Shelbey L. Dodds Haley E. Durkee A. MURRAY MACKAY FUND Geoffrey G. E.A. Vincent JOSEPH ARMAND BOMBARDIER CANADA Harold A. Klee Megin A. Peake GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS Isabella R. Rowan-Weetaluktuk Couzyn G. VanHeuvelen ALEXANDER J. MCDONALD MEMORIAL Keith A. Whyte Michael D. McCormack AWARD Kathleen V. Lefevre FIRST IMPRESSIONS TRANSFER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Cameron I. Roberts ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Harold A. Klee Kimberly M. Watson Habiba-Tala N. El-Sayed Kyle A. Martens Liz Toohey-Wiese AMBER HARKINS MEMORIAL AWARD FORMER STUDENT BURSARY Jack Wong Ksenia Azanova Connie Littlefield KELLY FRANKLIN MEMORIAL BURSARY BARBARA NEWMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION FACULTY BURSARY Devin J. Connell Bill J. Macgregor Julian M. Covey Brina R. Frenette Kayla R. Robb Cortney L. Foster Tamara N. Oake LOU CABLE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP BEACON SECURITIES SCHOLARSHIP Ksenia Azanova Mollie Cronin FUNSCAD ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Katherine A. Nakaska Samantha Lynn LYELL COOK SCHOLARSHIP IN SCULPTURE Miranda Fay BERNADETTE MACDONALD BURSARY FUNSCAD GRADUATE ENTRANCE Cinthia I. Arias SCHOLARSHIP MARGÓ AND ROWLAND MARSHALL Amy J. Halliday Angela M. Henderson AWARD FOR PAINTING Lindsay E. Jacquard BMO FINANCIAL GROUP ENTRANCE FUNSCAD HOMER LORD MEMORIAL FUND SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP MARGÓ AND ROWLAND MARSHALL Blair Cain Lux Habrich AWARD FOR PRINTMAKING Christi-Anne C. Ogilvie Kaylea E. Reeve FUNSCAD SCHOLARSHIP CHRISTINE LYNDS MEMORIAL BURSARY Jayme Spinks MARGÓ AND ROWLAND MARSHALL Evan D. Meisner AWARD FOR PRODUCT DESIGN GERALD FERGUSON MEMORIAL BURSARY Devin J. Connell COLIN ALLIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Patricia Hondzel Devin J. Connell MARGÓ AND ROWLAND MARSHALL Luke Mohan GLENN RODGERSON MEMORIAL BURSARY AWARD FOR SCULPTURE Amber M. O’Callaghan Emily T. Guidry Catherine LaRoche Lucy M. Pauker Camila Salcedo Guevara GORDON PARSONS SCHOLARSHIP MARGÓ MARSHALL AWARD FOR TEXTILES Beatrice Shilton Julie A. Hall Connie L. Higgs

CREATIVE INNOVATORS OF TOMORROW HARRISON MCCAIN SCHOLARSHIP IN MARGÓ TAKACS MARSHALL BURSARY Maya Jain MEMORY OF MARION MCCAIN Monique F. Anderson Megan Kyak-Monteith Meaghan E. Bissett Luke Mohan Elsa J. Brittin MARGUERITE AND LEROY ZWICKER Amber M. O’Callaghan Freyja Caskie FELLOWSHIP Lucy M. Pauker Lauren B. Dial Devin J. Connell Graham D. Ross Miranda Fay Camila Salcedo Guevara Genevieve L. Flavelle MARIE PEACOCKE BURSARY Beatrice Shilton Anne-Marie Hansel-Harrington Jennifer S. Bradley Zoe Trommer Amelia Hartin Nathan C. Wilkinson-Zan Anna L. Heywood-Jones MARION CLARE MACBURNIE MEMORIAL Lydia K. Hunsberger SCHOLARSHIP DARTMOUTH VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY Samantha Lusher Julie A. Hall ENTRANCE AWARD Couzyn G. VanHeuvelen Alexandra V. Harwood Clara J. Watson MCINNES COOPER SCHOLARSHIP Natalia M. Kalafut DAVID LANIER “BIG HAT, NO CATTLE” HISTORIC PROPERTIES LIMITED FUND SCULPTURE SCHOLARSHIP Haven Havok NEW YORK STUDIO PROGRAM Jolee B. Smith SCHOLARSHIP HORST DEPPE ALUMNI AWARD Kyle A. Martens DR. ELIZABETH CONNOR FUND Ksenia Azanova Selina R. Latour IAN MCLACHLAN MEMORIAL BURSARY NOVA SCOTIA POWER SCHOLARSHIP Jacob R. Irish Taylor A. Hickling DR. S.T. AND MRS. IRMGARD LAUFER Ceilidh M. Higgins FUND J. DUKELOW BURSARY Dylan J. Pemberton Connie L. Higgs Maeghan Banks Cameron I. Roberts Myfanwy R. Gover DUNES STUDIO SCHOLARSHIP Emily J. MacNaughton NOVA WOODTURNERS’ GUILD Natalia M. Kalafut Haley A. MacPhee SCHOLARSHIP Mar Molano Julie A. Hall EFFIE MAY ROSS MEMORIAL Kate R. Ward SCHOLARSHIP FUND NSCAD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Molly MacLellan JAN FERGUSON MEMORIAL AWARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Kyle A. Martens Becky J. Gartner Grace M. Laemmler

20 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 NSCAD ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP SHAWN JACKSON BURSARY Tess Collens Julia R. Wry Rebecca E. Crofts Anna E. Dawso Graves SIMON CHANG AND PHYLLIS LEVINE FOUNDATION PRINCE EDWARD SCHOLARSHIP Kimberly M. Watson Elyse D. Moir STARFISH AWARD BURSARY PROF DAVID B. SMITH CREATIVE Hunter Lewis Lake INNOVATORS OF TOMORROW AWARD Elizabeth Girard Annabel Biro Kathleen S. Lesser Kathleen Flynn Ashley T. Greer STUDIO 21 FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP Teska N. Manning Lux Habrich Megan Schofield SULLIVAN AWARD IN MEMORY OF PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA AWARD MERVYN D. SULLIVAN Jayme Spinks Evan D. Meisner

RAYMOND AND WILLIAM PETERS SUNSCAD BURSARY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Cinthia I. Arias Miranda Fay Jordan A. Blackburn Ray Charabaty REGINALD D. EVANS FUND SCHOLARSHIP Cortney L. Foster Sophie A. Wonfor Alexander P. Liston Stefanie Loukes REZNICK FAMILY FUND FOR STUDENT Chloe E. Squance CREATIVITY Morgan V. Walker Sam E. DeCoste SUNSCAD SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENT ROBERT G. MERRITT MEMORIAL INVOLVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP Lux Habrich Jordan A. Blackburn Gabriel F. Soligo TAKAO TANABE PAINTING SCHOLARSHIP Bree Hyland ROBERT POPE FOUNDATION BURSARY Cinthia I. Arias TED BROWN PHOTOGRAPHY Hunter Lewis Lake SCHOLARSHIP Cortney L. Foster Frankie Macaulay Cailin M. Jones Alexander P. Liston THE JOYCE CHOWN FUND Chloe E. Squance Becky J. Gartner

ROBERT POPE FOUNDATION GRADUATE THOMAS GEORGE AND ETHEL PEARSON SCHOLARSHIP MACKENZIE SCHOLARS Sophie-Madeleine Jaillet Connie L. Higgs Patricia Hondzel ROBERT POPE FOUNDATION PAINTING SCHOLARSHIP WALKER WOOD FOUNDATION AWARD - BA Catherine H. Blanchet IN ART HISTORY John J. Fairfull Willo Downie Selina R. Latour Jenny Shi WALKER WOOD FOUNDATION Kimberly M. Watson UNDERGRADUATE AWARD Kathleen M. Roberts ROBERT POPE FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE AWARD WILLIAM E. HAVERSTOCK BURSARY Cinthia I. Arias Aiden A. Holmans Sophia R. Fong Morgan S. Orcutt WILLIAM J. SMITH MEMORIAL Chloe E. Squance SCHOLARSHIP Sebastian Tory-Pratt ROLOFF BENY PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOLARSHIP WINDFALL BURSARY Brandon R. Brookbank Jordan A. Blackburn Katherine A. Nakaska Catherine H. Blanchet Shelbey L. Dodds RONALD J. MACADAM TRUST Merle Harley SCHOLARSHIP Patricia Hondzel XEROX CANADA SCHOLARSHIP Jenny Shi Kyle A. Martens

SCOTIABANK SCHOLARSHIP Lux Habrich Julie A. Hall

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 21 “My focus—the focus of all of us at NSCAD—is our students and their experience. We must continually strive to enhance the student experience at NSCAD, to inspire and motivate, to teach and to learn. This is the unique essence of everything we do at NSCAD looking through a wide lens.” Dianne Taylor-Gearing, NSCAD President

Legendary photographer and honorary degree recipient, Robert Frank, talks with NSCAD students Lee Yuen-Rapati, Jenny Shi and Noah Lichtblau at the 2015 Graduation Catalogue Launch. photo: d’arcy way

22 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 23 Vice-Chair of the NSCAD Board of Governors, Julia Rivard-Dexter, and Life Governor Bob Geraghty speak to a textiles student at the Donor Reception. photo: eliot wright

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil announces the IDEA Sandbox, a collaboration between NSCAD University, and the Nova Scotia government. photo: danny abriel

RBC Royal Bank’s Jerome Maingot and Michele Trider flank NSCAD President Dianne Taylor-Gearing. RBC has been the sponsor of the Graduation Catalogue and Exhibition for the past seven years. photo: eliot wright

Student Jess Naish Lingley in the painting studios, Fountain Campus. photo: eliot wright

STEWARD24 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 Financial Highlights Sharon Johnson-Legere, Vice-President, Finance and Administration

Finance and Administration at NSCAD University had productive year in 2014-15 with many notable accomplishments. Finance and Administration includes the collective work of Computer Services, Financial Services, Facilities Management, Risk Management and Human Resources.

Our team was heavily involved in information gathering and financial reporting and hosted nine consultation sessions to help shape the 2015-16 budget. In addition, internal financial reporting was enhanced to include a full, activity-based program costing dashboard report which reports tuition, direct and indirect costs as well as enrolment trends for each NSCAD program. Similar to past years, we updated five-year forecasts for the university using various scenario assumptions.

We led several policy updates including the Acceptable Use Policy, Crisis Management Policy and Social Media Policy and finalized the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest and Safe Disclosure Policies.

In Human Resources, employee training sessions on effective communication, workplace safety, and pension and retirement planning were held. Union exempt compensation bands were finalized and published and new sections for the Union Exempt Employee Handbook on compensation and professional development were launched. We led the recruitment process for a number of positions across the university.

In Financial Services, a new corporate credit card program was initiated, saving the university money as well as enhancing internal controls and efficiencies. Financial Services negotiated and launched a new credit facility which will improve the university’s short-term investment processes and will result in higher levels of interest income for the university. We continue to make headway in gaining efficiencies by digitizing reports and processes while producing robust quarterly financial reporting for the Board of Governors and the various board sub committees. Finally, Financial Services led a two-phase HST review process, with stage one completed which involved a review of the HST for buildings and tenant use.

NSCAD University Annual Report 2013–20142014–2015 25 Honorary degree recipients Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge with NSCAD President Dianne Taylor-Gearing and Grant Machum, Chair of NSCAD Board of Governors. photo: eliot wright

Hundreds of tiny paintings by NSCAD alumnus (BFA 1982) were commissioned for the 26 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 new . photo: marilyn smulders In Facilities Management, spaces were renovated and tenants in the classroom were positive and we expect to find were secured: Indian Maple at the Fountain Campus and new ways to use Lync throughout the university in Sailor Bup’s, Red Balloon and King’s View Academy at upcoming years. the Academy Building. The Facilities team led the update In 2013 NSCAD became one of the first universities in of the equipment safety signage in the NSCAD shops and Canada to transfer and run its ERP system on a series of studios. In addition, Facilities was involved in establishing virtual machines. Building on that success, Computer and providing signage for gender neutral washrooms at Services continued moving key services to virtual machines all three campuses. At the Port Campus, the Institute for and this past year removed the last piece of aged hardware Applied Creativity space was subleased and its associated from NSCAD’s data centre. Virtual machines are faster, operations moved to the Port Campus, where a state- more energy efficient, easier to backup and, when managed of-the-art telepresence and meeting room was created. effectively, cost a fraction of their physical counterparts. Some of the Institute for Applied Creativity operations were also relocated to the Academy campus, including a We worked with other Nova Scotia universities new 3D wall. Furthermore, as part of the safety upgrade on a number of collaborations including benefits at the Fountain Campus, card access and camera security plans, a spend analysis review, and the development systems were enhanced to support 24/7 access at the of a shared information technology initiative. three campuses. Finally, all will appreciate the Fountain Campus exterior refresh with the newly painted facades. FINANCIAL RESULTS 2014-15

In terms of NSCAD facility planning, a multitude The financial results in this section are reported on a of consultation sessions were held with the NSCAD cash basis and include principal payments on debt as community throughout the fall, winter and spring months well as operating cash spent on capital expenditures. regarding upgrades to the Fountain Campus. From these Overall NSCAD had a positive year with an accounting sessions, Breakhouse was secured for a signage upgrade surplus after amortization of $1,458,098. and Lydon Lynch for architectural design services. In fiscal 2015, NSCAD’s operating grant revenue Through this process we have gathered data to assist with from the provincial government was increased by one making long-term facility decisions for the university. per cent or $80,650. Student tuition income was lower In the area of risk management, a new annual Board of than the previous year due to a reduction in domestic Governors compliance certificate was launched and the enrolments of two per cent. This reduction was partially process of rolling out a full enterprise risk management offset by a three per cent tuition increase and an system at NSCAD began. This process began in the fall of increase in the number of international students. 2014 and involved consultation with many members of Expenditures were lower than last fiscal year due to the NSCAD community as well as several presentations cost efficiencies gained in the areas of office supplies, to the Board of Governors and subcommittees to identify travel, courier, and photocopier leases. There were and prioritize key risks. The enterprise risk management also reductions in full-time staffing costs due to natural system is expected to be fully implemented fall 2015. attrition and unpaid leaves. In addition, there were In Computer Services, further enhancements were made positive expense variances because of the timing of to the NSCAD dashboard tool which provides real-time expenses for professional services, in particular the reporting on enrolments, course capacity levels, contact Provost and Vice President Academic search costs. hours and recruitment data. Several improvements were The fiscal 2014-15 audited financial statements were made to both the wired and wireless internet which will approved by the Audit Committee and the Board of enhance both access and speed. The new Room Booking Governors in June 2015. The university had a successful System (MRBS) was developed and launched and is audit with no new management letter points noted. The impressing users. The classroom schedule from Colleague auditors noted that NSCAD had strong financial controls. is fed into the system daily and then ad hoc room bookings are entered and displayed. This puts our room usage and availability in one place for anyone to browse. System users can “tentatively” book rooms online and then room administrators confirm the booking in a similar fashion.

From our Office 365 implementation, Lync (now Skype for Business) was rolled out for general use by faculty and staff. The product provides easy-to-use video and audio conferencing as well as presentation tools and desktop sharing. Initial reports from faculty who used Lync sessions

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 27 Financial Highlights Based on the audited financial statements for the period ending March 31, 2015 and also including principal payments on debt and operating cash expended on capital projects.

NSCAD INCOME 2015 2014 2013 1 Operating Grant $ 8,505,793 45.6% $ 8,425,142 44.9% $ 8,717,000 43.4% 2 Student Fees 6,103,816 32.7% 5,951,138 31.7% 6,061,360 30.2% 3 Other Grants 2,513,781 13.5% 2,733,899 14.6% 2,986,622 14.9% 4 Ancillary Enterprises 749,233 4.0% 780,445 4.2% 889,521 4.4% 5 Rental 525,602 2.8% 552,270 2.9% 513,300 2.6% 6 Other 244,374 1.3% 322,360 1.7% 916,660 4.6%

TOTAL $18,642,599 100.0% $18,765,254 100.0% $20,084,463 100.0%

NSCAD EXPENDITURES 2015 2014 2013 1 Academic Salaries $ 8,773,586 47.1% $ 8,721,725 46.5% $ 8,370,079 41.7% 2 Academic Operating 462,717 2.5% 484,748 2.6% 583,580 2.9% 3 Service Departments 1,498,850 8.0% 1,437,937 7.7% 1,507,539 7.5% 4 Administration 2,183,719 11.7% 2,167,752 11.6% 2,685,838 13.4% 5 Rent 214,734 1.2% 217,427 1.2% 305,823 1.5% 6 Facilities 2,422,238 13.0% 2,512,058 13.4% 2,490,457 12.4% 7 Ancillary Enterprises 843,862 4.5% 921,009 4.9% 922,390 4.6% 8 Long Term Debt Interest 594,915 3.2% 775,958 4.1% 807,894 4.0% 9 Capital Expenditures Funded By Operating 266,395 1.4% 217,267 1.2% 310,094 1.5% 10 Long Term Debt Principal Repayments 1,381,583 7.4% 1,309,373 7.0% 2,100,768 10.5%

TOTAL $ 1 8 , 6 4 2 , 5 9 9 100.0% $18,765,254 100.0% $20,084,462 100.0%

NSCAD INCOME NSCAD EXPENDITURES 3% 1% 7% 4% 3% 1% 5% 13% 46% 13% 47%

1%

12% 33% 8% 3%

28 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 NSCAD Development Program Results Report on Behalf of the Advancement Committee to Board of Governors Secretariat

BYAlumni CONSTITUENCY 2015 $40,790.14 GIFTS OUTSTANDING PLEDGES $1,826.00 Individual Friends $112,927.35 $16,965.00

Governance $3,094,776.00 $23,200.00

Faculty & Staff $15,394.97 $2,020.00

Bequests & Planned Giving $23,000.00 $200,000.00

Foundations, Associations & Societies $158,663.29 $279,000.00

Corporate $264,412.57 $205,190.00

PRIVATE SUBTOTAL $3,709,964.32 $728,201.00

Government - Municipal $3,000.00 -

Government - Provincial $29,587.50 -

Government - Federal $1,350.00 $2,250.00

GOVERNMENT SUBTOTAL $33,937.50 $2,250.00 GRAND TOTAL $3,743,901.82 $730,451.00

BY APPLICATION 2015 GIFTS OUTSTANDING PLEDGES

General Endowment $1,600.00 -

Scholarship: Endowment $69,155.00 $401,825.00

Scholarship: Annual $222,926.76 $176,606.00

Programs and Equipment $122,680.23 $67,500.00

Facilities $3,059,410.50 $1,300.00

Undesignated $94,855.73 $2,080.00

Other $173,273.60 $81,140.00 GRAND TOTAL $3,743,901.82 $730,451.00

“Supporting the arts is something that is very important to us at Scotiabank and we truly believe we get more from the arts than we could ever give.” Gordon Brost, Scotiabank’s District Vice President

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 29 Roloff Beny Foundation Estate of Effie May Ross Donor Report Estate of Joan Catherine DeWolfe Estate of Marguerite I. Vernon The 2014-2015 Annual Fund touches Estate of Alexander J. McDonald Estate of Marguerite & LeRoy Zwicker every area of the university by providing Estate of Robert G. Merritt essential, unrestricted resources that can The Robert Pope Foundation PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE $5,000 TO $99,999 be allocated wherever they are needed Anonymous Donors Power Corporation of Canada most. In addition, broad participation in Nadine & Doug Allen RBC Financial Group the Annual Fund helps to leverage major Nicolaas J. Bakker gifts, corporate and foundation support Paul Roy & Margaret McCain Roy Heritage International Scholarship Trust for special initiatives that keep NSCAD Scotiabank Foundation academic programs on the cutting edge. Donald R. Sobey Foundation Metro Publishing Guide Sun Life Financial NSCAD University’s Board of Nova Scotia Power Governors, faculty, staff, and students TD Bank Financial Group Raymond James Canada Foundation are heartily grateful for our donors Windsor Foundation TIC Travel Insurance Coordinators Ltd. and their contributions during the period April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. ANNA LEONOWENS LEGACY SOCIETY BENEFACTOR $1,000 TO $4,999 The progress of NSCAD’s specialized The Anna Leonowens Legacy Society Anonymous Donors teaching and research programs would recognizes and honors friends and Arts Nova Scotia be impossible without such interest and members of the NSCAD community Terrence Bailey & Christopher McFarlane encouragement. who have thoughtfully provided for Tim Brennan & Emily Falencki the university’s future in their estate Simon Chang and Phyllis Levine 1887 SOCIETY plans. To become a member of the Foundation The 1887 Society honors those who, Anna Leonowens Legacy Society, you Elizabeth Currie & Robert G. Grant need to notify us that your will, trust or over the course of their giving to NSCAD, Dartmouth Visual Arts Society life income arrangement provides for have donated $1 million or more.The FUNSCAD 1887 Society celebrates the philanthropic NSCAD University. Fall River Productions Inc. spirit that perpetuates the university. Estate of Irene C. Allin Kim Knoll & Phillip R. Knoll Anonymous Donors Estate of Dora Baker in memory of E.M. Murray Jianing Lin Margaret & David Fountain Professor David Burke Patricia & Peter Loucks The Harrison McCain Foundation Donald Carstens Janet & Tom MacLaren Professor Joyce Chown Matthew MacLellan FOUNDERS SOCIETY Estate of Marie Eileen Curry Donovan Rowland C. Marshall In 1887, the “lady directors” behind Estate of Joan Catherine DeWolfe Jim Mills & Leilany Garron-Mills the Victoria School of Art and Design Estate of Professor Gerald Ferguson David Murphy & Sonia Salisbury Murphy sought to create an institution that would have a lasting effect on their Estate of Janet Ferguson Office Interiors city’s cultural life and, at the same Estate of Allan C. Fleming J. William Ritchie time, pay tribute to Queen Victoria in Estate of Stephen M. Fleury Jeff & Angela Somerville th honor of her 50 year on the throne. Estate of Gertrude Fox in memory SUNSCAD of William Ernest Haverstock Civic-minded women such as Anna TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Group Estate of Anne F.L. Hammerling Leonowens, Mrs. Jeremiah (née Mary Vancouver Foundation Helen Furniss) Kenny, and sisters Ella Estate of Ronald J. MacAdam and Eliza Ritchie believed passionately Estate of Bernadette Macdonald PATRON $500 TO $999 in the value of an education in art and Estate of A. Murray MacKay Anonymous Donors design. Named in honour of NSCAD’s Estate of Thomas & Ethel Pearson Bon Productions (NS) Ltd. visionary founders, The Founders MacKenzie Margaret Brown Society recognizes those who, over the Estate of Marjorie Marie Matthews Louise Anne Comeau course of their giving to NSCAD, have Estate of Alexander J. McDonald donated $100,000 to $999,999. Business Commission Estate of Ian L. McLachlan EduNova Anonymous Donors Estate of Robert G. Merritt Louise Franklin Alliance Atlantis Communications Estate of Dorothy B. Meisner Terry Franklin Bell Aliant Estate of Marian E. Peters Martin & Florence Haase

30 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 House of Cool Inc. Association of Atlantic Universities Lee Hartner M.E. Luka & Brian Downey Valerie Bachynsky Sylvia M. Harvey John MacLatchy Bruce & Pauline Barber Bryan Hofbauer David Merritt Hunter Lewis Lake Mei Hu Wilfred P. Moore & Jane Ritcey Moore Nicoletta B. P. Baumeister Mark & Navarana Igloliorte Robin Muller & Paul Dunphy Michelle Belliveau Brian Ivanovick George Murphy Bonnie Best Fleming Jean B. Jenkins Daniel & Valerie O’Brien Nancy P. Blanchard MacDonald Ingrid Jenkner & George Steeves Sheila Provazza & Neil Forrest Joyann K. Borman Sharon Johnson Legere Marilyn Smulders Katherine R. Brown Brian G. Johnston Kye Yeon Son Carol Bruneau & Bruce Erskine John B. Keating Stewart McKelvey Ira Buhot Perry Amy Kennedy Rebecca Young Paul Burke John Kennedy Rose Zgodzinski Catherine Cable Janice Kleiner Charlene Cable & Ross Lloy Sandra Klynstra SUPPORTER $250 TO $499 Ann Campbell Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette Frank E. Anderson John Carruthers Lori L. Litvack Stephen Archibald and Sheila Stevenson Karen Coates & Carlo Picano Alex Livingston & Heather MacLeod Jordis Asbell & David Clarke Catherine Constable Bill Lord June & Blair Buchanan Brian Crabbe Barbara Lounder & Robert Bean Debra & Robert Campbell John Cummings Joan Luiken Aidan Chopra Alan B. Cutcliffe Maureen Lynch Ian Christie & Nancy Clark Diane Daniels Mona Lynch Joan Dawson Keith M. Daniels Clarke MacDonald Renata Deppe Leighton & Arlene Davis Lindsay MacDonald Robert E. Geraghty Julia M. Dexter Suzanne MacDonald Paul & Mary Goodman DHX Media Marie A. MacInnes Susan Gowan Eric M. Dymond Trish MacInnis Linda Hutchison & Robert Mullan Mary E. Eaton Patricia & John MacKenzie Marlene Ivey Rachel Echenberg Claudia Mann Kevin Jager Egg Films Bryan Maycock David LaPalombara Joan Elman Amy McKay Grant & Jane Machum Kylee Evans Marie P. McKeough Bruce MacKinnon Amanda Farion & Shalon L. Perry Patricia D. McNeill Lynne Rennie & Brian Beck Charley Farrero Jane Milton & Geoffrey Saunders David Silcox & Linda Intaschi Norman & Isabel Fergusson Lara Minja & Matthias Reinicke Adrian Fish Kim Morgan Dianne Taylor Gearing & Colin Gearing Angie Folker Carol Morrison Brian Trowbridge Sandy Forsyth M S D S Studio Susanna Fuller & Shawn Selfridge Chris Mullington FRIEND GIFTS TO $249 Linda Garber John Naugler Anonymous Donors Nancy Greenlaw & Terry MacMillan Rachel Neyland Adriane L. Abbott William B. Greenwood Kevin Nielsen Mark Ackland Robert & Tracy Hain Nancy P. O’Brien Marielle Albert Lisa Hallsworth Nancy Oldershaw Nancy Anningson Rebecca Hannon & Anton Christiansen Frances Ornstein & Frederik Wendt Mary Ann Archibald Cameron Harding Walter & Elaine Ostrom Cheryl Ashman Bryan C. Hartlin Diane Palmeter Robert Aske

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 31 Derek Parker Anne M. Hillis Christine Holzer Hunt Jan Peacock & Steve Higgins Christine Holzer Hunt Mathew Karas Lindsey Peacocke Elizabeth MacCarthy Karen E. Konzuk Marilyn R. Penley Victoria Manzer Debra Kuzyk & Ray Mackie Belinda Peres Robin E. Muller Ken Lamb Holly Peterson Suzanne Swannie Sara MacCulloch Andrea Rahal William F. White International Inc. K. Claire MacDonald Karen Ramsland Rory MacDonald Ann & Jim Read ARTIST FOR A DAY MacDonnell Group Bernard & Lillian Riordon First presented by the NSCAD Elly MacKay Kenneth Rockwood & Susan Howlett Alumni Association as a special event Sarah E. Maloney for NSCAD’s 125th year, Artist for a Day Carla Roth Robert & Jane Merchant is an important part of the university’s Petre Rykers Jane Milton community outreach, providing the Aynsley Sasaki public a glimpse of what NSCAD is Wilfred Moore & Jane Ritcey Moore Jocelyne Saulnier about with dozens of hands-on art- Ian Muncaster Taya Shields making activities. Ivan Murphy Brian & Colleen Sloan Joan & Jack Craig Walter Ostrom Erica Smalley DEMCO EnCouleurs Inc. Graeme Patterson Constance & Erik Spek Downtown Halifax Business Commission Lee Ranaldo Jennifer Stewart Electronic Products Recycling Association Patrick F. Rapati Heather & Chris Strickley Gordon Stirrett Wealth Management Mathew Reichertz Annette Strug Halifax Port Authority Pamela J. Ritchie Diane E. Sullivan Heinz Jordan and Co. Phil Secord Margaret R. Sylvester Michaels Stores, Inc. Leah Singer Lou Ann Thomson Samba Nova Ben Skinner Martha Townsend Scotiabank Kimberly Waldron Ken M. Vaughan TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Group D’Arcy A. Wilson Jayne Wark & Peter Dykhuis Viewpoint Realty Eliot E. Wright Bruce Wells Charley L. Young Francis & Brenda White ROAR: AN ART AUCTION FOR NSCAD Patrycja Zwierzynska Jackie & Terry White NSCAD’s art auction conceived as Paul White much as a celebration of NSCAD STARFISH STUDENT ART AWARDS Gordon Whittaker University as it is a fundraiser. All Established by property developer Pamela J. Whynott money raised went towards the and art collector Louis Reznick and Annual Fund. NSCAD University to recognize and Susan Willmott promote exceptional students, the Claire E. Worthington Hangama Amiri award celebrates top talent across 10 Jack F. Bishop Brian Wright visual arts disciplines at the university. Susan Zurawski Bishop’s Cellar Attica Furnishings Ltd. Sarah L. Burwash GIFTS-IN-KIND Belfor Colin P. Canary Bell Aliant A gift-in-kind is a gift of tangible David A. Clark property, including books, equipment, Blue Ocean Contact Centers Kristy Depper and services. Gifts-in-kind made to Breakhouse Inc. Jason R. Desnoyers NSCAD help to augment the academic Bryant Realty Atlantic and research activities of the university. Teto Elsiddique Cameron Corporation Ltd. Duncan M. Ferguson Mary Baycroft Collins Barrow Nova Scotia Inc. Adrian Fish Sonia Chow Compass Commercial Realty Laura J. Forrester Neil Forrest Deloitte Emily Gill Michael J. Greer Floors Plus The Grafton Connor Group Shirley Haugen

32 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 Gordon Stirrett Wealth Management Gifts in memory of Marie Peacocke Joan Luiken Grant Thornton LLP Anonymous Donor Trish MacInnis Greenwood Lane Inc. Judy, David & Paul Burke and families Mary McKay Helmco Capital Ann Campbell Jessica Nakanishi & M-S-D-S Studio House of Moda Joan Elman Chris Mullington Install A Flor Ltd. Isabel Fergusson John Naugler Kisserup International Trade Roots Inc. Rob, Lisa, Laura & Ian Hallsworth Rachel Neyland Lindsay Construction Jean B. Jenkins Derek Parker Lydon Lynch Architects Ltd. Maureen Lynch Holly Peterson & Bruce McKeowan Zimmer Colin MacDonald & Carol M. Hansen Mona Lynch MacDonald Petre Rykers Patricia MacKenzie Joanne & Mark MacDonald Aynsley Sasaki Claudia Mann New Century Signs Taya Shields Marie P. McKeough Norex Jennifer Stewart Barbara, Sean (Lindsey), Ian & Neil Office Interiors Peacocke Heather & Chris Strickley Optimum Talent Atlantic Lou Ann Thomson Brian Wright PCL Construction Ltd. Francis White PARTNERS PowerVac Services Jackie & Terry White and Family Progress Magazine Paul White NSCAD University also gratefully Sales Career Canada Inc. acknowledges the generous support of federal, provincial and municipal Sunrise Window Cleaners Gifts in memory of Jennifer Zimmer public partners. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Group Anonymous Donors Telefilm Canada Government of Canada: Canada Council Mark Ackland for the Arts; Canada Research Chairs; The Municipal Group of Companies Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Marielle Albert Canadian Museum Association; Heritage Wagners: A Serious Injury Law Firm Canada; Human Resources Development Nancy Anningson Canada, Service Canada, Canada Summer Jobs Division; Parks Canada, TRIBUTE GIFTS Cheryl Ashman Kejimkujik National Park; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Robert Aske This year many gifts to NSCAD (SSHRC). were made in celebration of, and in Valerie Bachynsky Province of Nova Scotia: Arts Nova Scotia; Terrence Bailey Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design; memory of, the following individuals. Department of Labour and Advanced Nicolaas J. Bakker Education; Department of Education Cameron Harding and Early Childhood Development; in honour of Jan Peacock Michelle Belliveau Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage; Department of Business; John B. Keating Bonnie & Brian Best-Fleming Film and Creative Industries Nova Scotia; in honour of John Martell & Janice Ptak Halifax Regional School Board; MacPhee DHX Media Patricia D. McNeill Centre for Creative Learning; Nova Scotia in honour of John Martell & Janice Ptak Highland Village; Nova Scotia Office of Kylee Evans Gaelic Affairs. George Murphy Fall River Productions Inc. in honour of Margaret Fountain’s birthday Nova Scotia Municipalities: Halifax; Town Charley Farrero of Lunenburg; Town of New Glasgow. Jocelyne Saulnier in honour of Horst Deppe & Tony Mann Angie Folker Susan Zurawski Sandy Forsyth Have we represented your name in honour of John Martell & Janice Ptak Lee Hartner accurately? Please inform Chris Amanda Farion in memory of Professor David York Bryan Hofbauer McFarlane at [email protected] or Sandra Klynstra House of Cool Inc. 902-494-8175 if correction is required in memory of Peter Klynstra for subsequent donor recognition. Mei Hu Frances Ornstein in memory of Hans & Karl Wendt D. Linda Hutchison Jan Peacock & Steve Higgins Brian Ivanovick in memory of Heather McKean & Kenny Doren Kevin Jager Dianne Taylor-Gearing Amy Kennedy in memory of Clifford Taylor John Kennedy Bruce Wells in memory of Robert Williams Janice Kleiner

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 33 “Here in this room is a group of object makers, designers, thinkers, and writers. We are observers, we are listeners, and we are speakers. We came to NSCAD University to develop artistic skills deeper; to think harder, to push harder and to ultimately become artists or better artists. This institution has instilled in us to continually learn, to problem solve, and try again and again.” NSCAD Alumnus Kyle Martens (BFA 2015) addressing the 2015 Graduating Class

In the Fashion Studios with Associate Professor Gary Markle, students and Leesa Hamilton, technician. photo: eliot wright

34 NSCAD University Annual Report 2013–20142014–2015 NSCAD University Annual Report 2013–20142014–2015 35 Spectres of Marx by Professor Bruce Barber was on display at Structures: Crossing Faculty member Sarah Maloney’s Collapse, an antique fainting Borders at the Palazzo Mora, a collateral exhibition at the Venice Biennial. couch from which tulips sprout.

Associate Professor Frances Dorsey’s textile works were on display at Pavia Gallery in Herring Cove.

Associate Professor Rose Adams had a mid-career retrospective, Birds, Bones & Brains, at Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery.

CURIOSITY3636 NSCADNSCAD UniversityUniversity AnnualAnnual ReportReport 2014–20152013–2014 Faculty and Staff Highlights

Rose Adams, regular part-time faculty, Robert Bean, professor, Media Arts, Suzanne Caines, regular part time Foundation, participated in six group had a solo exhibition, Schl@gfertige faculty, is a London-based media/text exhibitions including the Royal Canadian Typen: Schreibgerate und Obsoleszenz, artist. In June 2015, she presented a Academy of Arts’ group show Hibernus at at ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany (Nov. lecture, “The Last Art College: Nova the John Baird Gallery, , ON, and 2014 - Jan. 2015) and participated in a Scotia College of Art and Design and New Halifax Art Off the Map at Teichert Gallery, group exhibition, Zero – Two Fifty Five, at Art School Pedagogy,” at Goodenough Halifax, NS. In May 2015, she was the the Anna Leonowens Gallery in Halifax. College, London. She participated artist-in-residence with the Art and Health Collaborative work with Narratives in Orbits and Occults, a group show Collective in Antigonish, NS. As a poet, in Space and Time Society (NiS+TS) at Gerald Moore Gallery, London. she had poems published in Open Heart included three psycho-geographic Farming Magazine and Each Book A Drum, research/creation projects titled Walking Christie Chaplin, ICA, received the Halifax Humanities 101 Anthology. the Debris Field: Public Geographies of the Steele Family Scholarship for the . His essay “Moving Entrepreneurship as an MBA student Faten Alshazly, regular part-time Landscapes: The Photographs of Scott at Saint Mary’s University. faculty, Design, was named as one Conarroe” was included in By Rail and By David Clark, professor, Media Arts, of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Sea: Scott Conarroe (Black Dog Publishing, Women in Arts and Communications recently completed a net art project London, UK). He is a founding member called The End: Death in Seven Colours by WXN and as a Woman of Inspiration of the HERMES Art Gallery Collective; by Canadian Immigrant Magazine. (www.theend7.net ) which premiered at an invited juror for the Scotiabank the Currents 2015 New Media Festival Faten was recently invited to inspire Photography Award; and a collaborator graduates at the Savannah College of in Santa Fe, New Mexico in June. This on the Vocalypse Productions project, work was also included in FILE2015 in Art and Design’s 2015 Commencement Miss Fortune’s Portmanteau. Ceremony alongside Disney Chief Sao Paulo, Brazil, and an exhibition Creative Officer John Lasseter. She Photography by Tim Brennan, called The End(s) of Literature at the helms the creative arm at her agency regular part-time faculty, Media Arts, Electronic Literature Organization’s WeUsThem Inc. as Chief Creative Officer, is included in the Art Gallery of Nova Conference in Bergen, Norway in August working with an impressive cadre Scotia’s exhibition Terrior: A Nova Scotia 2015. In May, he collaborated with 2b of local, national and international Retrospective (April 2015-April 2016). theatre, a local theatre company, in clients, including those in the arts. a month-long research workshop on Carol Bruneau, instructor, published projection mapping and theatre design. Bruce Barber, professor, Media Arts, her sixth book, the novel These Good packed a lot into a sabbatical year, with Hands, with Cormorant Books in Toronto. Hooked rugs by Joanna Close, regular a solo exhibition Mount Eden Crater Based on the life of French sculptor part-time faculty, Craft, were showcased Performance (1973) at the Michael Lett Camille Claudel, who spent the last 30 in Prospect 17 at Mount Saint Vincent Gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, and years of her life in an asylum, the novel University Art Gallery (Dec. 13, 2014 a group show Imaginary Audience Scale is a story of misogyny and mental illness - March 8, 2015). The Prospect series at ARTSPACE in New Zealand. He also and the power of compassion and art. of exhibitions showcase the works of participated in a collateral exhibition selected Nova Scotian artists during with the Venice Biennale 2015 Personal, The short film trilogy KFU: The Trilogy by the early stages of their careers. Ruby Boutilier, Coordinator, Admissions, Structures: Crossing Borders, in Italy, Melanie Colosimo, acting director, and an international exhibition of 40 was given its own screening at the Halifax Independent film festival where it played Anna Leonowens Gallery, has been artists from 14 countries, Silence, at invited to participate in various juries Galeria Działań in Warsaw, . to a packed audience. The trilogy also screened last fall at the Atlantic Film and panels over the last year. She Becka Barker, regular part-time faculty, Festival. Ruby serves on the Board of organized a panel for the inaugural Media Arts, was awarded a Canada Directors at the Atlantic Filmmakers’ Feature Contemporary Art Fair in Toronto Council Media Arts Research/Creation Cooperative. She has become active titled School of Thought: The impact of grant for The Evolution of Max (fall as an advocate for art and culture in universities in artistic practices; she will 2014); was commissioned to produce an Nova Scotia, including speaking before participate in the Atlantic Provinces Art Independent Project for 2014 Nocturne the Law Amendments Committee. Gallery Association Conference panel on Art at Night, The Hundred-Eyed Satellite Making friends, Making Money; and is (fall 2014); saw her film Assembled Mark Bovey, associate professor, Fine currently the Atlantic representative on Arts, exhibited his work internationally the 2015 RBC Painting Competition jury. screened at The Festival du Nouveau th Cinema (Montreal), the Atlantic Film this year, in Tokyo, Japan at the 59 Melanie’s most recent body of work about Festival, and the Halifax Independent Annual College Women’s Art Association liminality and structures was curated Filmmakers Festival; exhibited a new of Japan’s National Printmaking into a two-person exhibition called film installation, Wander with Care, at Competition and Exhibition, SMTG Beautiful Illusions at Mount Saint Vincent 2015 Halifax Independent Filmmakers Triennial Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, University Gallery with an accompanying Festival and Struts Gallery in summer and Printed in Canada and Taiwan, on the catalogue that will be published later 2015; received commissioning funding exhibition’s final leg in Taiwan. His work this year. She is the recipient of an (Atlantic Filmmakers’ Cooperative/ was included three separate exhibitions Arts Nova Scotia project grant and her Canada Council for the Arts) to create at the Sphere Southern Graphic Council seventh Nova Scotia Art Bank purchase. Conference in Knoxville Tennessee: a new short film-based work, Place Thierry Delva, associate professor, Holder (summer-fall 2015); and is SGCI Traveling Exhibition selected by Ruth Weisburg, Mining the Museum Fine Arts, was on sabbatical in the fall collaborating with artist Gerard Choy of 2014 in Bruges, Belgium. His project, (BFA 1999) on a studio-based research Portfolio and exhibition at the McClung Historical Museum, and Time After Time Drawings from the Heart, involved six project, Pronounced, which concerns consecutive days of performance at Oud language and transnational identity. in honor of Emeritus professor Walter Jule of the University of . He also St. Jan’s Hospitaal and Hans Memling presented “The Reincarnation of NSCAD Museum. The project will culminate in a Printmaking” at the Sphere Conference. solo exhibited at Dalhousie University Art CURIOSITY NSCAD University Annual Report 2013–20142014–2015 37 Associate Professor Craig Leonard’s Shaken Antlers at Central Art Garage, Ottawa, ON.

Enamel brooch by Professor Kye-Yeon Son

Necklace by Associate Professor Rebecca Hannon.

Garbage, a series of large-scale comic book panels, by Associate Professor Matthew Reichertz was on display at Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery.

CURIOSITY3838 NSCADNSCAD UniversityUniversity AnnualAnnual ReportReport 2014–20152013–2014 Gallery this fall and at Memling Museum Design, San Francisco; and Chameleon, School of Art and participated in a in 2016. The work will also be featured in the inaugural Virginia McClure Ceramics residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts the upcoming edition of . Biennale, at Galerie McClure, Centre supported by a Society of North American des arts visuels Montreal. An ongoing Jewelers mid-career artist grant. The textile works of Frances Dorsey, project awarded and administered associate professor, Craft, have been by Program for the Arts in Bergen, Travelers, a public art commission for paired with the bronze sculptures of Norway, has been Porøs, an installation Metro Transit by Sara Hartland-Rowe, Nistal Prem De Boer in an exhibition of cisterns and circulatory elements regular part-time faculty, Fine Arts, at Pavia Gallery, Herring Cove, NS. as topography of ceramic vessels and was installed permanently at the new She participated in the group shows, porous media. The installation is both Dartmouth Bridge Terminus. In January Peacework at the Mary E. Black Gallery an archeological and climatic event with 2015, she made a wall-drawing, Sparrow and BIG at Mount Saint Vincent University each ceramic mass designed to mediate in Midwinter, for an exhibition curated Art Gallery. Her work was included water in specific ways. His work has been by John Armstrong at the University in the book, War Imagery in Women’s featured in Glazes (Quarto Publishing) by of Toronto’s Blackwood Gallery. For Textiles (McFarland & Co., 2014) by Brian Taylor and Kate Doody, DataClay, Travelers, she has been nominated Deborah A. Deacon and Paula E. Calvin. the online journal of technology of for the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia’s Masterworks Arts Award. Michael Fernandes, regular part-time ceramics; and the CRCNT catalogue. faculty, Fine Arts, saw his work as part Jennifer Green, ICA, Craft, Glen Hougan, associate professor, of the Oh, Canada exhibition travel to organized a Gaelic milling frolic Design, was the co- lead in setting up the galleries in New Brunswick, Quebec, at NSCAD on Nov. 3, 2014. Innovative Design and Entrepreneurship Prince Edward Island and Alberta. The Academy (IDEA) with Dalhousie sculpture and publication, Structure From Anke Fox, technician, Craft, received a Engineering and Business. This inter- Which To Make a Book, was produced Nova Scotia Arts Council Creation Grant university funded collaboration created with the support of the Confederation to create textiles that would focus on the Waterfront Design Studio in NSCAD’s Centre for the Arts in Charlottetown, the integration of open and dense woven former IAC space adjacent to the Port PE. Michael performed Boredom in the structures, inspired by pre-Columbian Campus. IDEA ran a product development windows of the Roy Building on Barrington textiles. She created a series of eight boot camp in this space where six design, Street, Halifax (Fall 2014). His audio work, pieces that incorporate leno and tapestry six engineering, and six business students want to buy a monkey, was included in weaving techniques with photography. collaborated on developing product and an exhibition at the artist-run centre The work was displayed in the Textiles business models. Glen also presented Kunstchlager for the Reykjavik Art Department’s showcase in January research at the Design management Museum, Harbour house. (Winter 2015). 2015 and the Nova Scotia Art Bank 19th DMI: Academic Design Management purchased the entire series in April 2015. Conference in London, UK, and at the Adrian Fish, associate professor, Media High Performance Computing Symposium Arts, had a solo exhibition, The Aquaphilia Max Haiven, assistant professor, Art conference in Halifax. He was the keynote Project, at the Anna Leonowens Gallery History and Critical Studies, published speaker at the AUCHRA Conference as part of the Photopolis festival, and three books with international publishers and at two Alzheimer Society of Nova at the Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON, as about the current global economic crisis Scotia Research breakfasts. He was part of the Scotiabank Contact 2015 and the response by social movements. the guest speaker at two grand rounds Festival. His photographic works were The publications were followed by (Department of Emergency Medicine included in the group show, Flash a tour of venues in Canada, the US, and the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Forward 10: Uncanny Worlds at Onsite England, Germany, Greece, Turkey and Centre) at Capital Health and Dalhousie Gallery in Toronto, ON, and in a book, Japan. In the winter 2015 semester, University. His research into design for Flash Forward Top 100 Photographers: he opened up his third-year course an aging population was covered in the Canada, US, UK (Magenta Publications) Art and Money to the public through a textbook Seeing Sociology (Cengage which accompanied the exhibition. new partnership with the new Halifax Learning, 2014) by Joan Ferente. He Central Library. He also organized Sam Fisher, associate professor, was interviewed by Conrad Black on a series of Friday talks to explore the topic of universal design on the Media Arts, participated in the Telefilm faculty members’ research projects. Microbudget Production Program, Vision Television show The Zoomer. providing support, story editing and Leesa Hamilton, technician, Craft, Marlene Ivey, associate professor, critical feedback for Cast No Shadow, designed the costumes for What a Young Design, presented her research, Nàisean winner of six awards at the Atlantic Film Wife Ought to Know (produced by 2b nan Gàidheal: Ath-chrùthachadh Tìr- Festival and nominated for best film at theatre at Neptune Theatre Jan. 27-Feb. dhùchasaich an Albainn Nuadh: Gaelic the Canadian Screen Awards, and North 8, 2015) and Let’s Not Beat Each Other to Cultural Nation: Restoring Nova Scotia’s Mountain, the debut feature by Bretten Death, presented by Eastern Front, Stages Gaelic Homeland (Watson & Ivey, visual Hannan. He continues research on his Festival (Halifax, NS) and touring to research assistant Lee Yuen Rapati Andra Motion Focus System, which Intrepid Theatre, OutStage (Victoria, BC) NSCAD 2015), at the Rannsachadh na was showcased at Amsterdam’s IBC and Summerworks Festival (Toronto, ON). Gàidhlig (Gaelic Research) Conference, Conference, and the NAB tradeshow Edinburgh University, Scotland in in Las Vegas. Sam also finished the Rebecca Hannon, associate professor, Foundation, continues to investigate June, 2014. She was invited as a second book in his Scare Scape series, keynote speaker to the International Scare Scape – The Midnight Door. His first digital forms of making at NSCAD and through her studio work. Using a precision Congress of Design, Universidad book, Scare Scape, won the Hackmatack Autónoma del Estado de México from Award for for best Canadian English laser cutter, Rebecca created a new series of direct interlock neckpieces based August 25-29, 2014, presenting the Fiction and has been re-printed in new paper, Designing for Cultural Renewal: hardback and paperback editions. on a traditional folk art pattern. These pieces, among others were shown in Revitalizing Gaelic Nova Scotia. Neil Forrest, professor, Craft, Zurich, , Art Basel/Miami, Christopher Kaltenbach, associate participated in two exhibitions, Data Clay: and Boston. Her work was added to professor, Design, along with his design Digital Strategies For Parsing The Earth the permanent collection of the Racine practice actionfindcopypaste (www. at San Francisco Museum of Craft + Museum of Art, in Wisconsin. She is actionfcv.com) completed the design involved in the fledgling Lunenburg for a website, Tokyo Portraits and CURIOSITY NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 39 Rocky Mountain Panorama (detail) by Charley Young, was on display at Mount Saint Vincent University Art gallery as part of the exhibition Beautiful Illusions.

Associate Professor Thierry Delva creates Paintings from the Heart in Bruges, Belgium.

Carol Bruneau unpacks her new novel These Good Hands, about sculptor Camille Claudel.

Melanie Colosimo’s work, 8 sheets of 38”x 50” paper cut to a chain link fence – 2014, was included in Beautiful Illusions at Mount Saint Vincent University Gallery. photo: steve farmer

CURIOSITY40 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 Fictions, based on a book on the spatial storytelling and talking in explorations of in Toronto, ON, and continued research and urban analysis of Tokyo, Japan. He urban space. This year, NiS+TS launched for her Blood Works project, involving contributed an essay, “Echo Mirror”, a three-year project entitled Walking the a month-long BAIR (Banff Artist-in- on the Japanese photographer Hiroshi Debris Field: Public Geographies of the Residence) Residency and a five-week Sugimoto and his photograph #301, Halifax Explosion. This work will culminate residency in Berlin Germany. Two of the Caribbean Sea Jamaica, 1980 for the book in December 2017, the centenary of the works created at the BAIR residency Stories from the Camera: Reflections on the disaster. NiS+TS has received funding were exhibited at the Convergence Photograph. He is also completing a book from Arts Nova Scotia, and from the Summit in Banff in Nov. 2014, where Insectum that catalogues the speculative HRM Community History program. See: they remain for public viewing. Also in design work completed by 17 NSCAD www.narrativesinspaceandtime.ca November, she was awarded a one-year students who took part in the course, HEALS Residency with the Dalhousie INSECTUM: Design Studio 3 (DSGN3021). Chris Lowe, ICA, Design, left a five year Medical School, where she will continue career with a Halifax-based web design working on the Blood Works Project in Eleanor King, on leave, director, Anna and development agency and founded collaboration with students, doctors, Leonowens Gallery, has had a number his own business, alltimelowe.com. Chris and other medical professionals. Her of group and solo exhibitions in 2014- offers web design and development monumental work, Range Light Borden- 15 including Plug-In Contemporary along with full service graphic design. Carleton, is featured in the group (MB), Diaz Contemporary (ON) but exhibition Oh Canada and has travelled most noticeably is her solo exhibition, Toshiko MacAdam, regular part-time faculty, Craft, and Charles MacAdam to the Owens Gallery in Sackville, NB, Dark Utopia, at the Art Gallery of Nova and the Nickel Gallery in Calgary, AB. Scotia. She was long-listed for the Sobey (BFA 1979) were finalists for the Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor Masterworks It will also be shown in the upcoming Art Award in 2015 and was featured exhibitions This Must be the Place at on the cover of Canadian Art’s 30th Arts Award for their interactive textile installation, Harmonic Motion. The the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Anniversary issue in September 2014. Sheboygan, WI, and the Marion McCain Eleanor received a fully funded position crocheted playground structure was on exhibit through 2014 at Rome’s Museum Exhibition of Contemporary Atlantic Art at and Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a the Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, NB. Master’s Degree at Purchase College of Contemporary Art and has since moved of the State University of New York. to the Toledo Museum of Art where it will Robin Muller, professor, Craft, along be on exhibit from May 22 to Sept. 6, 2015. with Andrea Saint-Pierre (BFA 2010) Craig Leonard, assistant professor, teamed for the exhibition, Imagery: Not Foundation, participated in several The Collapse suite by Sarah Maloney, regular part-time faculty, Foundation, to Scale, at the Mary E. Black Gallery, exhibitions including Shaken Antlers at Halifax, NS, in spring 2014. The pair Central Art Garage, Ottawa, ON, in Feb. was on view at the MSVU Art Gallery in fall 2014 as part of Making Otherwise: showed modern Jacquard-woven 2015; Flutes and Trophies at Silke Puu, textiles, apparel and upholstery. Vancouver, BC in Aug. 2015; Oh Canada at Craft and Material Fluency in Contemporary the Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB; and Art, an exhibition organized by Carleton Solomon Nagler, associate professor, the project sfz in Artinfest, Halifax, NS. An University Art Gallery that also toured Media Arts, and his collaborators won essay, “Aesthetics after Marcuse: What’s to Idea/Exchange in Cambridge, ON in the top prize at the 16th International Left of Anti-art?” was published in the May. Several of her knitted anatomical Conference on Mobile Human-Computer June 2015 issue of Artefilosfia: Brazilian works from the collections of the Interaction in Toronto, ON, for Narratives, Journal of Philosophy, Music and Theater. Beaverbrook Art Gallery and the Art a geo-locative interactive cinema Gallery of Nova Scotia were included application for iOS and Android devices. Alex Livingston, professor, Fine Arts, in the group exhibition Anatomica at Research in this area has also garnered was on a six-month sabbatical leave, Dalhousie Art Gallery this past winter. Solomon and his collaborators an from July to December 2014, during First Flowers, new bronze work opened at Innovacorp ESCF fund grant. He is working which time he focused on developing Studio 21, Halifax, in February. Maloney with the Pleasure Dome, a programming new paintings in his Halifax studio and received a Canada Council for the Arts collective in Toronto, to present the during a two-month artist residency in project grant for research, including fourth iteration of the Situated Cinema Berlin. His large-scale digital paintings travel to Amsterdam and London as Project, a mobile 16mm cinema. As part were exhibited in November at the she begins a new body of work. of the project, Solomon completed a Toronto International Art Fair, where the commissioned, 16mm film, Pilgrimage, catalogue Alex Livingston: New Work with Gary Markle, assistant professor, Craft, was the faculty coordinator for in collaboration with Alex Larose. an essay by Gary Michael Dault was also th launched. In June 2015, his new paintings the 25 anniversary Wearable Art and Dan O’Neill, regular part-time were shown as part of a group exhibition Performance Night on March 5, 2015, faculty, Fine Arts, participated in with Cora Cluett, Emily Schaefer and Thaw, the NSCAD Fashion Show a group exhibition Print-by-Colours and Max Wright at Renaan Isaacs on April 18, 2015. He talked about his at Open Studio, Toronto, ON. Contemporary Art Gallery in Guelph, ON. research into clothing for seniors, Well Worn, at one of NSCAD’s Research Lukas Pearse, regular part-time Barbara Lounder, professor, Hangouts and at the Alzheimer Society faculty, Media Arts, has been involved in Foundation, has focused her professional of Nova Scotia’s Research Breakfasts. the following projects: music and sound activities on the research creation design for Alex Balkin’s short film The work she has done as a member of Chris McFarlane, acting manager, Canoe (May 2015); cross-country tour the collaborative group Narratives University Relations, participated with percussionist Gerry Hemingway, in Space and Time Society (NiS+TS), in the Canadian Association of Gift cellist Norman Adams and pianist Tim an incorporated cultural society. Planners national conference. Crofts (April 2015); electro-acoustic Collaborators include board member Kim Morgan, associate professor, Fine performances at the Open Waters festival Mary Elizabeth Luka (BFA 1997), Arts, enjoyed her first sabbatical leave of new and improvised music (Jan. NSCADprofessor Robert Bean, Dalhousie during the 2014-2015 academic year. 2015); projection design and projection University Architecture Professor During this time, she finished up her mapping for Boardmore Theatre Cape Brian Lilley and other creative partners work on the SSHRC-funded Tracing the Breton’s production of The Pillowman (Jan. who produce public art projects that City Project, including presenting the 2015); composition and sound design for use mobile media, walking, and other work at the Culture of Cities Conference Vocalypse Productions’ Miss Fortune’s modes such as sculpture, performance, Portmanteau (Nov. 2014): composition, CURIOSITY NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 41 Necklace by Professor Pam Ritchie. photo: pam ritchie

Eleanor King’s, Dark Utopia, at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

Micah Lexier (MFA 1984), Professor Jan Peacock, AVP Linda Hutchison and faculty member Steve Higgins at the National Gallery of Canada’s opening of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. NSCAD alumni Micah Lexier, Paul McClure (BFA 1989) and (BFA 1975) all received this prestigious award in 2015.

Associate Professor Solomon Nagler and fellow researcher Andrew Hunt (BFA 2002) won the top prize at the 16 th International Conference On Mobile Human-Computer Interaction. photo: eliot wright

CURIOSITY42 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 performance and sound design for Heather Sayeau, regular part-time and participatory event entitled Official Trial and Eros’ dance show Le Delire faculty, Fine Arts, was in France for a Denial: Trade Value in Progress at the Domestique (Oct. 2014); composition and month this summer painting en plein Anna Leonowens Gallery last fall. sound design for Chris Spencer-Lowe’s air. She is represented by galleries short film Transfer (Sept. 2014); and including Secord Gallery, Halifax, Darrrell Varga, associate professor, sound design, installation and sound NS, Trinity Gallery in Saint John, Art History and Critical Studies, has a editing for Alan Syliboy’s animation NB, Art Interiors in Toronto, ON. book forthcoming from McGill-Queen’s The Thundermaker (June 2015). University Press. Shooting From the East: David B. Smith, professor, Fine Arts, Filmmaking on the Canadian Atlantic is a Nancy Price, regular part-time faculty, concluded work on the first phase of major work of scholarship on the history Craft, was the co-curator with Naoke his research project, the Art in Schools of filmmaking in the region, from the early Furue for Meisen, an exhibition of initiative at Modderdam High School days of art cinema, including the presence kimonos from the collection of Haruko in Bonteheuwel Township, Western of Robert Frank at NSCAD, through to Watanabe, at the Anna Leonowens Cape, South Africa, and began work on the establishment of a commercial Gallery from Sept. 16-27, 2014. She the second phase. In November 2014, feature film and television industry. was one of 10 artists, designers and he presented preliminary findings craftspeople to receive a grant from the at the International Conference on Eliot Wright, special events coordinator, Craft Alliance to attend the Surtex Trade the Relevance of Critical Citizenship University Relations, presented What Show in New York City in May 2015. Education in an African Context held at Remains with Liz Wright (BFA 2012) at Stellenbosch University. Two NSCAD the Museum of Industry, Stellarton, Annalise Prodor, coordinator, students continue to be involved as (Oct. 2014 - Jan. 2015) with creation and Admissions, did a summer residency with research assistants, working directly presentation funding from Arts Nova White Rabbit Arts in Upper Economy, with the students at Modderdam Scotia. The exhibition of photographs NS. She serves on the NSCAD Alumni High School in South Africa. and jewellery offered a contemporary Association Board and the programming look at Nova Scotia’s industrial history, committee at the Centre for Art Tapes. Kye-Yeon Son, professor, Craft, recently investigating its effects on communities Her work is represented by Pavia Gallery. returned from Korea where she had and the environment. He exhibited a solo exhibition. Other exhibitions photographs from Observations from an Dream Log, an animated short by include Nature’s Breath, at Galerie Odyssey and lectured during PHOTOPOLIS: Sheila Provazza, regular part-time Guyomarch in Montreal (March 20-April The Halifax Festival of Photography, faculty, Fine Arts, was screened at the 12, 2015) and Enchanting Resilience October 2014, a festival he played a key Atlantic Film Festival in September at Gallery Vogoze, Seoul, Korea. role in organizing. Eliot heads to Toronto 2014. Lil’s Meatballs was screened to begin his MFA in Documentary Media at at the Flatirons Food Film Festival in Melinda Spooner, ICA, Foundation, in September 2015. Boulder, Colorado in October, 2014. and Ariella Pahlke, designed and facilitated the community- Charley Young, sessional faculty, The exhibition Garbage by Mathew engaged hybrid art project titled Foundation, participated in a two- Reichertz, associate professor, Fine Shorelines - Community Connections person show, Beautiful Illusions, with Arts, opened at St. Mary’s University Through Art (Jan. – June 2015). Melanie Colosimo at Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax, NS in Jan.2015. University Art Gallery (Jan-March 2015). The exhibition transformed the gallery Kate Walchuk, exhibitions coordinator, into a comic book with 18 “pages” Anna Leonowens Gallery, was artist- NSCAD and the GGs: Congratulations of architectural-scale comic-book in-residence at the 2014 White Rabbit to NSCAD alumni Micah Lexier (MFA paintings. A catalogue was published in festival and is one of the three selected 1984), Paul McClure (BFA 1989) and conjunction with the exhibition, which apprentices for this year’s Visual Arts Sandra Meigs (BFA 1975) on winning a will open in September at Carleton Nova Scotia mentorship program. She 2015 Governor General’s Award. “Micah University Art Gallery in Ottawa, ON. is an active member of the board of the Lexier’s intellectual rigour, conceptual Mathew continues his SSHRC-supported Khyber Centre for the Arts and recently ability, generosity, compassion, limitless research collaboration, The Drawing wrote the catalogue essay for Michael energy and work ethic are unparalleled Lab, with Professors Bryan Maycock, McCormack’s exhibition STATION. and widely recognized. [He] is an Raymond Klein and John Christie. A indefatigable instigator, and his infectious paper on the effects of lighting on Ericka Walker, assistant professor, Fine enthusiasm has served as a catalyst for the drawing process and the role of Arts, spent part of her year as a visiting countless significant events in recent para-fovial and peripheral vision in the artist at the University of Colorado, Canadian art history,” wrote NSCAD Prof. drawing process is slated for publication Boulder, and Syracuse University in New Jan Peacock in nominating Micah Lexier, in the journal Visual Art Research. York. She participated in her second a visual artist based in Toronto. On Paul group exhibition of print media in Berlin, McClure, this year’s Saidye Bronfman Pamela Ritchie, professor, Craft, has Germany, and contributed work to Award winner: “A sublime metalsmith… had solo shows Worlds You Can Wear exhibitions in Slovakia, France, and the he is dedicated to concept research and at the Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, United States. Her intaglio work was experimentation in order to expand NS and From Time and Matter at Craft chosen for an international exhibition the boundaries of his own practice and Council Gallery, St. John’s, NF. Group traveling through 2018, and a solo contemporary jewellery in Canada.” shows include Intricate Matters at exhibition of her work, You Are Needed, (Melanie Egan, nominator, Head, Craft Page & Strange Gallery, Halifax, NS; was shown at the newly remodeled & Design, Harbourfront Centre). On Attachments at Circle Craft, Vancouver, Artist/Proof Gallery in Calgary, AB, painter Sandra Meigs: “She is an astute BC; KCDA, and international exhibitions where she delivered a public lecture. risk taker, whose work is led by a feral at KM Art Gallery, Annadale, VA, and The research group Art + Activism @ imagination, resolutely following the Gallery Lang, Seoul, Korea; Designing NSCAD, including collaborators Max barest whiff of imaginative trails into for Social Change at Hanyang University, Haiven, Carla Taunton, and Karin Cope, uncharted intimacies.” (Helen Marzolf, Ansan, Korea. She was a visiting artist continued their programming efforts, nominator). For more info, please see: at Devon House, Craft Council of most recently hosting artist Leah Decter http://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca/ Newfoundland and Labrador (Fall 2014). and curator Jaimie Isaac for an exhibition CURIOSITY NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 43 Eliot Wright’s exhibition What Remains was on display at the Museum of Industry in Stellarton, N.S.

Acadia Sugar Refinery model built by Anton Christiansen commissioned by Narratives in Time and Space, a research creation group comprised of Robert Bean, Renée Gruszecki, Brian Lilley, Barbara Lounder and Mary Elizabeth Luka.

Shooting from the e a S t Filmmaking on the Canadian

Associate Professor Sam Fisher acted as advisor and mentor for Christian Sparkes’ (BFA 2004) film Cast No Shadow with cinematography by Scott McClellan (BFA 2003). Cast No Shadow was a big hit and multiple award winner at the Atlantic Film Festival. atlantiC Darrell Varga

Shooting From the East: Filmmaking on the Canadian Atlantic by Darrell Varga will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in the fall of 2015.

CURIOSITY44 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 Visitors to NSCAD 2013-14 Angel Abreu Huang Fei Valerie LeBlanc George Rodriguez Artist, Kids of Survival Ceramic artist Interdisciplinary artist Ceramic artist New York, NY Jingdezhen, China Moncton, NB Seattle, WA Catherine Allen Patrick Foster Laurence Liss Tim Rollins Jeweler Designer Web developer Artist, Kids of Survival Halifax, NS Vancouver, BC Philadelphia, PA New York, NY Terry Angus Robert Frank Chunyan Luo Lois Rowe Puppeteer, designer, Photographer Scholar Sculptor builder New York, NY Foshan University, China London, UK Halifax, NS Noel Guyomarc’h Anne MacMillan Anthony K. Schaller Angela Arsenault Gallery director Intermedia Gallery director Entrepreneur, jeweler Montreal, QC Boston, MA / Halifax, NS St. Joseph, MI Halifax, NS David Harper Paul Mathieu Betsy Schneider Leanne Aucoin Sculptor Ceramic artist Photographer Musician, teacher Chicago, IL Vancouver, BC Tempe, AZ Halifax, NS Janet Hawkwood Amanda McCavour Jill Stanton Scott Baker Filmmaker Artist Printmaker Actor Halifax, NS Toronto, ON , AB Halifax, NS Leslie Hauck Rod McDonald Gerhard Steidl Cory Bowles Textile artist Type designer, Publisher Filmmaker, actor Head of Jeddore, NS typographer Gottingen, Germany Halifax, NS Dartmouth, NS Johanna Heldebro Beth Stuart Owen Brush Photographer Andrew McLaren Painter Textile artist Halifax, NS Intermedia Toronto, ON Halifax, NS Halifax, NS Stephen Hutchings Kamila Swiatek Ben Carter Painter Divya Mehra Actor Ceramic artist, writer Ottawa, ON Filmmaker Halifax, NS Santa Cruz, CA Winnipeg, MB Ursula Johnson Lei Tang John deWolf Sculptor, installation Dylan Miner Scholar Designer artist Associate Professor, University of Halifax, NS Halifax, NS Michigan State Finance and University Economics Andrea Dorfman Alex Kinsley Lansing, MI China Filmmaker Jeweler Halifax, NS Toronto, ON Chantal Molleur Katherine Taylor Installation artist Bookbinder, Kim Dorland John Kissick Basel, Switzerland textile artist Painter Painter Halifax, NS Toronto, ON Guelph, ON Gordon Monahan Sound artist David Urban Colin Dorward Harold Klee Meaford, ON Painter Painter Photographer Toronto, ON Whitehorse, YT Halifax, NS Aaron Nelson Ceramic artist Nikki van Dusen Stan Douglas Germaine Koh Director, Medalta Digital Photographer Sculptor Medicine Hat, AB communications Vancouver, BC Vancouver, BC consultant Petra O’Toole Edmonton, AB Daniel Dumas Andrew Kunard Actor Intermedia Curator of Photography Halifax, NS Daryl Vocat Moncton, NB Ottawa, ON Printmaker Lukas Pearse Toronto, ON Michael Eddy Michael-Andreas Sound artist Intermedia Kuttner Halifax, NS Kate Walchuk Halifax, NS Designer Painter Halifax, NS Barbara Pesce Starr Halifax, NS Candace Ellicott Owner, operator, Designer Mark Laing Terra Cotta Clothing Jeff Whetstone Bridgewater, NS Filmmaker, Design Photographer set designer Toronto, ON Durham, NC Cliff Eyland Halifax, NS Painter Endi Poskovic Winnipeg, MB Joe Landry Printmaker Bookbinder, Ann Arbor, MI Henri Fabergé conservator Performance Artist Halifax, NS Paulette Phillips Toronto, ON Film, video artist Alexandre LaRose Toronto, ON Amanda Fauteux Filmmaker Curator, performance Montreal, QC Meredith Robb artist Jeweler Sackville, NB Halifax, NS CURIOSITY NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 45 NSCAD Staff and Faculty as of July 31, 2015

OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS ART SUPPLY STORE DIVISION OF CRAFT DIVISION OF ART HISTORY THE PRESIDENT AND CRITICAL STUDIES Terry Bailey Neil Thompson Frances Dorsey Dianne Taylor-Gearing director manager associate professor, chair Darrell Varga president associate professor, chair Ruby Boutilier Blythe Church Doug Bamford Stephanie Willan technician Sandra Alfoldy Kaley Doleman Diane Crockard professor Neil Forrest Annalise Prodor Jeremy Hansen professor Karin Cope OFFICE OF associate professor GOVERNANCE Anke Fox technician Max Haiven Kathy Connor FACILITIES DIVISION OF MEDIA ARTS MANAGEMENT assistant professor Bruce Barber Chantal Gushue Randall Turple professor, chair technician David Howard director associate professor OFFICE OF Leesa Hamilton ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Robert Bean Kevin Cordeau professor technician Marylin McKay professor Ann-Barbara Graff Rory MacDonald vp academic and research Brian Crabbe David Clark associate professor associate professor Jane Milton Eric MacDonald Lee Petter associate professor Alvin Comiter Gary Markle Ann Masterson Gerry Simmonds professor associate professor Carla Taunton assistant professor Patty O’Toole Adrian Fish Robin Muller LIBRARY associate professor professor Jayne Wark professor Sam Fisher Pamela Ritchie FINANCE AND Rebecca Young director associate professor professor ADMINISTRATION Kit Clarke Solomon Nagler Kye-Yeon Son SCHOOL OF GRADUATE Sharon Johnson-Legere associate professor professor STUDIES vp finance and administration Janice Fralic Brown Jan Peacock Jan Peacock Sheila Doherty Detta Morrison-Phillips professor professor DIVISION OF DESIGN Maureen Halstead Rudi Meyer Nathan Ryan Michael LeBlanc technician associate professor Chris Hattie ANNA LEONOWENS associate professor, chair GALLERY Steve Houle May Chung Jo-Anne Melanson Melanie Colosimo PHOTOGRAPHIC associate professor director SERVICES Theresa Pottie Glen Hougan Kate Walchuk Chris Nielsen associate professor Irene Tower director Marlene Ivey COMPUTER SERVICES Alex Chisholm associate professor UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Tim MacInnes Jacob Mailman Christopher Kaltenbach associate professor Linda Hutchison director associate vp, university Tori Brine Rudi Meyer relations DIVISION OF FINE ARTS associate professor Chris McFarlane Mathew Reichertz Jeff Wry associate professor, chair Marilyn Smulders MULTIMEDIA technician Kathleen Tetlock Mark Bovey director associate professor STUDENT AND FOUNDATION Monika Kulesza Thierry Delva ACADEMIC SERVICES associate professor Craig Leonard Anne MacMillan associate professor, chair Terry Bailey Suzanne Funnell acting registrar/director Renia Stappas associate professor Gene Daniels (on leave) of student services associate professor Donnie Thompson Jill Graham Debra Campbell technician Rebecca Hannon Joann Reynolds-Farmer associate professor SERVICE CENTRE John Kennedy Dirk Staatsen technician Christine Holzer-Hunt Sonya Diamond associate professor Bill Travis Alex Livingston professor Barbara Lounder Theresa Wade professor SCHOOL OF Kim Morgan Christina Warren EXTENDED STUDIES associate professor Catherine Allen David B. Smith SHOPS professor Ria MacGillivrary Sandy Graham Jeremy Vaughan technician, metalshop Stephanie Mason technician Ken Lamb Ericka Walker technician, woodshop assistant professor Donnie Thompson technician, plastic fabrication

46 NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 REGULAR PART-TIME Kimberley Dunn Monika Kulesza Janet Robertson FACULTY Alexandra Emberley Clarke MacDonald Heather Sayeau Tarek Abouamin Emily Falencki Adam MacKenzie Greg Sims Rose Adams Steve Farmer Veronique MacKenzie Scott Sinclair Sara Affleck Michael Fernandes Adam MacKinnon Aud Inger Solberg Sara Alford Tom Ferrero Mary MacLachlan Anna Sprague David Armstrong Lorraine Field Paul Maher Melinda Spooner Leslie Armstrong Rene Forrestall Sarah Maloney Ryan Suter Rebecca Barker Eryn Foster Marily McAvoy Kathleen Tetlock Barbara Berry Sandy Graham Ian McKinnon Peter Walker Jeffrey Domm Chantal Gushue David Middleton Kristine Webster Tim Brennan Sara Hartland-Rowe Susan Mills Chris Woods Sandra Brownlee Steve Higgins Dan O’Neill Lillian Yuen Carol Bruneau Toshiko Hourichi- Frank Orlando Joan Bruneau MacAdam Lukas Pearse Suzanne Caines Ken Lamb Beaty Popesqu Jeff Chown Joe Landry Nancy Price Joanna Close Donna Livingston Sheila Provazza Rob Currie Adam Kelly Patrick Rapati Rachel DeCondé Eleanor King

Board of Governors as of March 31, 2015

EX OFFICIO MEMBER GOVERNORS AT LARGE Prof. Dianne Taylor-Gearing Grant Machum president bog chair partner, stewart-mckelvey John Carruthers APPOINTED, bog treasurer GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL chartered accountant, Ian Austen grant thornton llp retired Margaret Fountain Kim Knoll bog secretary retired philanthropist Gordon Whittaker Robert Cameron president, oakport limited vp, camcon precast Ross Cantwell STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES real estate consultant Caleb Hung Louise-Anne Comeau co-founder, managing director, Yalista Riden cm advisory Elizabeth Currie ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVES retired Matthew MacLellan Mary Elizabeth Luka president eastlink wireless post-doctoral fellow , Alan MacPherson Julia Rivard-Dexter general manager killam properties bog vice chair , partner, creative director, norex.ca Jeff Somerville partner, venor search group FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES Mathew Reichertz associate professor, fine arts Jane Milton associate professor, art history & critical studies

NSCAD University Annual Report 2014–2015 47 In Memoriam In 2014-15, we said farewell to these NSCAD alumni Some remembrances: and friends of the university who enriched our “Ward introduced me to the work of textile historian and communities with their creativity and commitment anthropologist Dr. Elizabeth Barber. He found her book to the arts and art and design education. Woman’s Work, the First 7000 Years on his book club list and ordered it for me. We brought Dr. Barber to NSCAD ALUMNI as a Public Lecture Series speaker the next year. Ward was Colleen M. Abdullah, d. May 10, 2015, age 74 (BDes 1982) working as a night cleaner that term. When I invited him to the lecture he was unable to come as he was working, or Lucas Austin, creative soul, d. Nov. 15, 2014, age 29 as he told me, “busy doing men’s work!” – Robin Muller Wallace Brannen, d. Dec. 1, 2014 age 62 “David was a wonderful man and we will all miss him very (ANSCAD 1974, BFA 2003, BA 2009) much. As a personal note I will especially miss our regular usually morning discussions about our pets, his cats and Leo Cormier, d. Feb. 17, 2015, age 92 (ANSCAD 1951) my dog. The discussions were always full of humour and Allan C. Fleming, teacher, d. Nov. 26, 2014, I was very impressed by his deep knowledge of animal age 73 (BA 1988, BFA 1990) psychology and how to best provide for pets.” – Bruce Barber Dorothy H. Gillis, d. Jan. 12, 2015, age 97 “Sadie was one of my favourite classmates—always excited about learning or doing something new and wanting Anne M. Hillis, d. Oct. 22, 2014, age 80 to be challenged. Really enjoyed talking to her and loved a cast aluminum remote she made in a summer David K. Ingraham, teacher, deliverer of glad tidings at class we took together. My thoughts are with everyone NSCAD, d. April 27, 2015 (ANSCAD 1969, BFA 1970) who will miss this terrific person.” – Ken Burke Rosemary Wallace McDonald, artist, d. July 21, 2015, “Ward is memorable to me for his extensive vocabulary, age 90 (BFA 1976) calling me a ‘scofflaw’ one time I had my dog in to Brian M. O’Grady, fine arts teacher, artist, d. April 20, 2015, pose for my drawing students. What a treat, to be age 65 (BFA 1973, MA 1990) scolded and at the same time marvel at his use of language. A gentle bear.” – Suzanne Gauthier Marian E. Peters, teacher, artist, writer, d. Aug. 20, 2015, age 95 (BFA 2003) “David was very proud of the fact that he was and is the only one to ever receive ‘the Third Degree’ from Gladys M. Urquhart, d. March 23, 2015, NSCAD. And in fact, David was the recipient of NSCAD’s age 97 (ANSCAD 1955) third BFA degree (ever) awarded.” – Thierry Delva Jennifer R. Zimmer, artist, adventurer, d. Sept. 21, 2014, “I had the pleasure of teaching Sadie from 2012-2014 for all age 39 (BFA 2009) four semesters of my graduate studies at NSCAD. Over that Sadie J. Galsworthy, NSCAD student, d. May 1, 2015, age 23. time I got to know her as a dedicated print student and a positive fixture in the studio. She was very astute, always looking to absorb new information and quick to help out FRIENDS her fellow students. I was always endeared with her quirky Ross W. Christie, former Board Chair and Life sense of humour, and I have fond memories of late night Governor, d. March 1, 2015, age 70 studio chats about philosophy and music.” – Cate Francis Ward Blum, former Facilities staff (1985-2015), d. May 1, 2015 “Ward, I have a really good joke. I’ll tell you later.” – Jan Peacock Ernest H. Ossinger, former Facilities staff (1956-1996), “David was my main news source, my main pen lender for d. Dec. 31, 2014, age 84 (Honourary Diploma 1996) signatures and my chief box opener for all over-packaged shipments. I’ll be lost without him! Mostly though, he was ONE WEEK AT NSCAD the provider of my morning smile. Here’s to you, David. You’ll be missed but never forgotten.” – Tori Brine David Ingraham, Ward Blum and Sadie Galsworthy“We’re died always pushing each other to try something within a week of each other this spring; all three were “In September 2012, I had the pleasure of meeting Sadie. I strongly connected to NSCAD’s daily life, David anddifferent, Ward to waslearn a teaching something assistant else. in her We Foundation love the Intro vibe to Visual as employees, and Sadie as a student. NSCAD faculty,of staffthe studioCulture and learning class. I had together the privilege ... we of reading practically her writing and students gathered in a drawing studio on May 8live to share there. Wefor see that each class. other She was all opinionated, day, every intelligent, day. It has and memories, laughter and tears. Later, on May 17, a separatesuch a neat energy.”articulate. When we spoke, she was always thoughtful, gathering was held in the lithography studio for Sadie. and so sincere. I didn’t get to know Sadie well, but will NSCADalways student remember Violeta sharing Izquierdo in her delight two summers ago, when I ran into her in the Port metal shop after she had finished casting a TV remote control in aluminum. I’m glad I saw her that day.” – Annie Onyi Cheung

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