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Spring Issue 1 SPRING 2004 A Publication for the Alumni, Students, Faculty SKETCH and Staff of Ontario College of Art & Design OCAD: ALIVE WITH CREATIVE AMBITION PROFESSOR BARBARA ASTMAN IN THE SPIRITUAL ROOM OF THE WOLFOND CENTRE FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, WITH HER RECENTLY INSTALLED GLASS WORK. SKETCH PHOTO BY GEORGE WHITESIDE Ontario College of Art & Design is Canada’s oldest Produced by Communications Department and largest university for art and design. Its mission Designed by Hambly & Woolley Inc. is to: challenge each student to find a unique voice Contributors this issue Maria Casas, within a vibrant and creative environment, prepare Rosemary Donegan, Jessica Goldman, graduates to excel as cultural contributors in Laura Matthews, Keith J. Rushton, David Wright Canada and beyond, and champion the vital role of art and design in society. Copy editing Maggie Keith Date of issue April 2004 Sketch magazine is published twice a year by the Ontario College of Art & Design for alumni, friends, The views expressed by contributors faculty, staff and students. are not necessarily those of the Ontario College of Art & Design. President Ron Shuebrook Charitable Registration # 10779-7250 RR0001 Executive Vice-President Peter Caldwell Canada Post Publications Vice-President Academic Sarah McKinnon Agreement # 40019392 Associate Dean, Faculty of Art Wendy Coburn Printed on recycled paper Associate Dean, Faculty of Art Peter Sramek Dean, Faculty of Design Lenore Richards Return undeliverable copies to: Dean, Faculty of Foundation Studies Ontario College of Art & Design Catherine Wild 100 McCaul Street Dean, Faculty of Liberal Studies Kathryn Shailer Toronto, Canada M5T 1W1 Chair, Board of Governors Colin Graham Telephone 416.977.6000 Chair, OCAD Foundation James McMyn Facsimile 416.977.6006 President, Alumni Association David Berg www.ocad.ca CONTENTS SPRING 2004 A Publication for the Alumni, Students, Faculty and Staff of Ontario College of Art & Design FEATURES On Sabbatical, by David Wright Page 6 Transforming Words: The Written Dubs of Lillian Allen, by Maria Casas Page 12 COLUMNS On Campus Page 2 Creativity: Must you lose it, by Keith J. Rushton Page 10 IDEAS NEED SPACE: Buy a Spot Page 15 Alumni Notes Page 16 Profile of a Recent Graduate: Joanna Notkin, by Jessica Goldman Page 20 FROM THE PRESIDENT publication aims to represent the and Peter Sramek, who assisted us I returned from a recent ceremony substance of OCAD as a leading through a period of transition in the at Rideau Hall with a renewed university for art and design inquiry Faculty of Art, and, for their years sense of gratitude, not only for the and practice. of leadership in the Faculty of thriving visual culture that remains Foundation Studies, to Dean a source of Canadian pride, but Within these pages, you’ll learn Catherine Wild and Assistant Dean also for the unyielding life commit- more about the work of our faculty Judith Tinkl, who will be returning to ment that so many have made to and the important milestones faculty positions following the amal- their practice. In this publication, we’ve achieved. A new curriculum gation of first-year studies into the you will read about OCAD alumni for the Faculty of Design will greatly Faculties of Art and Design. Garry Neill Kennedy and Tom Hill, enhance the learning environment two of this year’s winners of the at OCAD. We will soon occupy Will As the winter term concludes, Governor General’s Awards in the Alsop’s inspiring new facility, the OCAD is alive with creative ambi- Visual and Media Arts, and many Sharp Centre for Design. The capi- tion and a sense of innovation. I others who have, through their tal campaign, IDEAS NEED SPACE, look forward to such spring events dedication, enriched our lives with continues to progress toward its as Go West (April 23-25) and the their engaged contributions. goal of $42.5 million. annual Graduate Show (May 7-9). These are opportunities to celebrate Sketch magazine now features I am also pleased to announce that the many wonderful examples of Alumni Notes, which offers a recent executive searches have student accomplishment made glimpse at the achievements of completed our decanal team. As possible by four rigorous years of OCAD graduates, both senior and Dean, Faculty of Art, Dr. Blake study. I invite you to join us on both emerging. This issue is also one of Fitzpatrick joins Lenore Richards, of these occasions and, perhaps, to our first publications to present the Dean, Faculty of Design, who has consider how many among the new visual look for OCAD, based on accepted a renewed term, and graduating class will one day the graphic standards program Dr. Kathryn Shailer, who became receive an invitation to Rideau Hall. designed by Hambly & Woolley Inc. Dean, Faculty of Liberal Studies in —RON SHUEBROOK (led by alumna Barb Woolley). As the fall of 2003. My thanks to with the Cornerstone mark, this Associate Deans Wendy Coburn ABOVE BELOW PRESIDENT ALUMNA ROSALIE SHARP RON SHUEBROOK PHOTO BY ON CAMPUS PHOTO BY ANDREW STAWICKI, GEORGE WHITESIDE TORONTO STAR PRINTED COURTESY OF THE TORONTO STAR ALUMNA ROSALIE SHARP DECANAL APPOINTMENT of the Foundations of Art and NAMED OCAD’S In March, President Ron Shuebrook Design Program at Durham. His FIRST CHANCELLOR was pleased to announce that teaching experience is primarily in In fall 2004, alumna Rosalie Sharp Dr. Blake Fitzpatrick had accepted the history and theory of photogra- begins a three-year term as OCAD’s the position of Dean, Faculty of Art, phy, as well as visual studies, first-ever Chancellor, the ceremonial for a five-year appointment to begin and includes appointments at Trent head of the institution. on August 1, 2004. Fitzpatrick will University, Ryerson University, join the decanal team of Professor NSCAD University, and, more A long-time supporter of OCAD, Lenore Richards, who has recently recently, at OCAD. Besides an MA Sharp has chaired the OCAD been renewed as Dean, Faculty of from Ohio State University and a Foundation, organized gala benefits, Design, and Dr. Kathryn Shailer, BAA from Ryerson University, made possible the acquisition of Dean, Faculty of Liberal Studies, Dr. Fitzpatrick holds a PhD from the Rosalie Sharp Pavilion, and who joined OCAD in August 2003, Ontario Institute for Studies in become a special patron of the from the University of Winnipeg Education (OISE), where his IDEAS NEED SPACE campaign. where she was Dean of Continuing dissertation topic was Making She and her husband, Isadore, Education. Visible: Photography, Witnessing contributed the $5-million lead gift and the Nuclear Era. for the Sharp Centre for Design. Dr. Fitzpatrick, an artist, educator and administrator, is currently Fitzpatrick’s active photography Graduating in 1968 with the Dean of the School of Design and practice is informed by his intensive Lieutenant Governor’s Medal, Communication Arts at Durham writing and curating initiatives. Sharp founded Rosalie Wise College, where he has taught for His most recent curatorial Design Inc.. The distinctive style 18 years. Prior to taking on that and published project is The Atomic of Four Seasons Hotels’ interiors role, he was Program Coordinator Photographers Guild: Visibility owes everything to her feeling for and Invisibility in the Nuclear Era. the decorative arts. Her love of Dr Fitzpatrick co-curated this ceramics inspired her to publish traveling exhibition and wrote the Ceramics: Ethics & Scandal, a his- catalogue essay. tory of the Sharps’ own collection. LIQUID VEIL In December 2003, Material Art & Design Professor Stuart Reid complet- ed a new installation, entitled Liquid Veil, a stunning new backdrop of light and colour for Azure restaurant, in the refurbished InterContinental Toronto Centre. The installation is a 2.75 m. x 5.50 m. screen, formed from layers of acid- etched sheets of mouth-blown coloured glass. The work evokes the changing hues of the land, sky and water of Lake Huron, demonstrating, yet again, his masterly melding of artistry and technical precision, in the difficult and complex process of acid-etching. This is the second work in glass that Reid has created for the hotel. Urban Ribbon, designed for the hotel’s reception area, is a curved wall of colour and light, creating a luminous painting that conveys the energy of Toronto and the luxurious relaxation of the immediate environment. One of Canada’s leading architectural glass artists, Reid has completed other fine pieces in the Toronto region, including a 9 m. x 45.75 m. glass mural, entitled Dance of Venus, in the foyer of the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga, and windows for St. James Cathedral in Toronto, which were dedicated by Queen Elizabeth in 1997. BELOW ABOVE WILL ALSOP STUART REID PHOTO BY LIQUID VEIL, 2003 GEORGE WHITESIDE 9' X 18' SCREEN INSTALLATION, PG3 COMPRISED OF SHEETS OF ACID-ETCHED COLOURED GLASS PHOTO BY MICHAEL HUDSON WILL ALSOP TO RECEIVE THE ANNUAL DOORS OPEN TORONTO HONORARY DOCTORATE GRADUATE SHOW AT OCAD OCAD’s graduation ceremony of It wouldn’t be spring without If you miss the opportunity to visit 2004 will see architect Will Alsop OCAD’s traditional graduating OCAD’s Graduate Show, you will receive an honorary doctorate for students’ exhibition. This year, from have another occasion to explore his contributions to art, architecture, May 7 to 9, at its 89th annual event, our new Sharp Centre for Design on education, and community-building. OCAD invites the Toronto public to May 29 and 30 (from 10 am to Alsop heads an international prac- visit and view the best creative work 4 pm). A highlight of the 2004 Doors tice known for designing buildings of its graduatingstudents, as dis- Open program, organized by the that bring “merit to their location played in the new campus facility.
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