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TED GODWIN: LAST OF THE REGINA FIVE FOLDFORMING: OF LIGHT AND LUSTRE Fall 2012 ANACHRONISMS IN CLAY BEES IN BERLIN ACAD IN ACTION FALL.2012 | ACAD Publisher External Relations Statements, opinions and Account Director Stephanie Hutchinson viewpoints expressed by the Managing Editor Miles Durrie writers of this publication do Creative Director Anders Knudsen not necessarily represent the (Diploma in Visual Communications, 1988) views of the publisher. Art Director Venessa Brewer (Bachelor of Design, 2002) Alberta College of Art + Design Contributors Kelley Abbey, Shelley Arnusch, in partnership with RedPoint Carol Beecher, Miles Durrie, Kim Alison Media & Marketing Solutions. Fraser, Mackenzie Frère, Kevin Kurytnik, Alison Miyauchi, Jared Sych, Lori Van Copyright 2012 by RedPoint Rooijen, Colin Way Media Group Inc. No part of this Project Manager Kelly Trinh publication may be reproduced Production Manager Mike Matovich without the express written consent of the publisher. Cover Illustration Karen Klassen BFA Print Media, 2005 To view more of Karen’s work go to www. karenklassen.com 100, 1900 – 11th Street SE Alberta College of Art + Design Calgary, Alberta T2G 3G2 1407 – 14th Avenue NW Phone: 403.240.9055 Calgary, Alberta T2N 4R3 Media & Marketing Solutions redpointmedia.ca Phone: 403.284.7600 TRAVEL TO THE ANCIENT STONE VILLAGE OF LARAOS, PERU AND ITS SPECTACULAR STONE TERRACES. 14 DAYS OF ESCORTED DAY TRIPS INTO THE SURROUNDING NATIONAL PARK WILL CONCLUDE OVERNIGHT AT A HISTORIC PLANTATION, NOW RENOWNED AS A FINE DINING DESTINATION. Attend an information session and get inspired by Gerald Forseth’s fascinating agenda for a maximum of ten travelers. Monday, October 22 at 7pm Tuesday, November 27 at 7pm Wednesday, January 30 at 7pm There is no cost or obligation for these informative FALL.2012 | evenings, but you must pre-register by calling 403.284.7640 ACAD TABLE OF CONTENTS 4–5 President’s Message: (Re)imagining the Future 6–7 VPRAA’s Message: OF LIGHT AND LUSTRE: Nurturing creative talent, wherever it’s found Foldforming brings new artistry to metal PROFILE: Andrea Strand 8–9 PROFILES: Luann Johnson | Kris Weinmann 18–19 melinda topilko | Carter Storozynski ALEX JANVIER: Retrospective show Christine Pedersen BEES IN BERLIN: Art Collective builds international brand NATIONAL DREAMS: MASS MoCA 10–11 focuses on Canadian art PROFILES: Xerxes Irani | Dick Averns LOOMING LARGE: Computerized loom opens fibre horizons EXPO EXCELLENCE: ACAD front and centre at Comic & Entertainment Expo ANACHRONISMS IN CLAY: Bridging the worlds of fine art and crafts ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP: ACAD conferences explore critical inquiry of clay and glass TED GODWIN: Last of the Regina Five SKIN FOR SKIN: Animated film brings history to life 22–23 Annual EVENTS: Show-off and convocation put focus 14–15 on student work DONATION: The Illingworth Kerr Gallery benefits from benefactor’s gift 24–27 THE BOW: Encana Emerging Artist program ACAD IN ACTION: ACAD alumni honoured NATURAL W0NDER: Peruvian village’s beauty an inspiration FALL.2012 | ACAD PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE As we actively pursue academic and facility growth, we have identified three attractors to organize our evolu- tion: ACAD as an Educational Leader, ACAD as an Aca- demic Leader and ACAD as a Commu- nity Builder. A MESSAGE OF WELCOME WELCOME to THE ALBerta COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN. CAD is in the midst of (re)imagining its future, The synergy of our programs and people with the and this inaugural magazine format for Catalyst dynamism of Calgary exemplifies the richness and A is part of our exciting evolution. As we enter diversity of our landscape. Nestled between the Rocky our 87th year, ACAD is a community dedicated to the Mountains and the Prairies, we have the freedom to pursuit of innovation and creativity. To be part of ACAD be intellectual, artistic or athletic. This sense of free is to become a member of a passionate, exception- will and entrepreneurialism grounds our institution. ally talented community of students, faculty and staff. It is in this same spirit that we are rolling out our strate- Catalyst is a portal into that world, sharing with you our gic plan for the next decade, “Inspiring Passionate Learn- hopes, dreams and passions, and the vision we have ing: ACAD’s Strategy for the Future.” The first step in this for our community. In these pages you will experience initiative is to restructure the college into four schools how we engage the world and create possibilities. and to develop a graduate program. We are in the final ACAD is a catalyst for creative inquiry and cultural stages of developing a Master of Fine Arts program in development in an academic art + design setting. Craft Media — the first of its kind in North America. As we actively pursue academic and facility growth, The study of art, craft and design is a search. It is an we have identified three attractors to organize our exploration of ideas, a celebration of creativity and inno- evolution: ACAD as an Educational Leader, ACAD as an vation and an understanding of what connects us to the Academic Leader and ACAD as a Community Builder. world. It is a way of seeing, a way of thinking about the tools and materials we use, our physical adornments OUR KEY GOALS ARE: and vestments and the environments we inhabit. • Realizing student potential in art, craft and design; It is to reflect on the extraordinary moments as • Delivering program excellence and pushing well as the ordinary ones. It is about understanding, boundaries of research and creativity; questioning, educating and enriching our environment • Inspiring creativity and innovation in the — ultimately enriching ourselves. We invite you to do communities we engage; this with us through these pages. FALL.2012 | • Ensuring sustainability and stewardship ACAD of our resources. Photo by Jennifer Wyma Jennifer by Photo Cynthia Moore, Board Member Kris Weinmann Sue Anne Valentine, Dr. Daniel Doz James Peacock, Roxanne McCaig, [BFA Painting, 2012] Board Member QC, Chairman of the Board Board Member WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY. ngaging our community is of prime importance at ACAD. From the Show + Sale to the gallery openings and Extended Studies, our doors are wide open Eto members of the arts community, industry stakeholders and the entire met- ropolitan community. We engage the world and create possibilities by maintaining a healthy community — both within ACAD and around the world. Dr. Doz and friends outside Art Central before the ACAD Jewellery & Metals Grad Exhibition opening on April 5, 2012. From left: Kim Alison Fraser, ACAD Director of Communica- tions; Dee Fontans, ACAD Jewel- lery + Metals Faculty; Emily Luce, Designer | Writer | Lethbridge College Faculty; Rod Sayers, Art- ist | BFA Jewellery + Metals, 1997 Wyma Jennifer by Photo | MFA at NSCAD in Sculpture; Dr. Daniel Doz, ACAD President Dr. Daniel Doz + CEO; Inaki Azpiazu, ACAD Ted Godwin Photo by Jared Sych Jared by Photo VCD Student Lacrampe Hannah by Photo FALL.2012 | ACAD Photo by Jennifer Wyma Jennifer by Photo Dr. Daniel Doz Kelley Abbey Denise Doz Adjusting a colourful scarf and black baubles carefully under white lapels, Dianne poses like a fashion model in ACAD’s notorious graffiti stairwell. “I wore this jacket and accessories to make sure the eated at a desk in a classroom, a blond woman in photos would work against the graffiti backdrop,” she a suit jacket with a warm smile listens attentively. says. The scene is a complex mixture of patterns, colour S At the desks that surround her in circular formation and fabric that speaks to her background in textiles and are seated ACAD students and members of the faculty and fashion. Dianne graduated with an honours bachelor leadership staff. The summer sun and mountains beckon of arts in Fashion and Textiles from Middlesex Univer- from the surrounding floor-to-ceiling windows, but this team sity, London during the 1970s punk rock era. She then is focused intently on planning a new graduate program. completed two years of post-graduate studies to earn It is Professor Dianne Taylor-Gearing’s first week in a Higher Diploma in Fine Art, Theatre Design from the Calgary, and her first on the job as ACAD’s Vice-President University of London, Slade School of Fine Art; and then of Research + Academic Affairs, and she is collaborating earned her post-graduate teaching certificate from Leeds with the dean, vice-presidents and students alike on what Metropolitan University. the shape of ACAD should be, and how the institution ACAD had been courting the professor for more than should approach developing an MFA in Craft Media. a year when plans for an academic restructuring initially Her work helping to develop cultural strategy for a partner- started to take shape. The restructuring is part of a 10-year ship between municipal government and community members strategic plan that will see ACAD move from having 11 in the U.K. — the Medway Cultural Partnership — comes in different programs to an institution with four schools, each handy here. led by a chair. As an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of An academic with impressive credentials, Dianne has more Arts (FRSA), and graduate of the Harvard Business School than 25 years of experience responding to shifting economic General Management Program (GMP11), Dianne has the and bureaucratic environments with bulletproof strategic education, qualifications and experience to help bring direction — whether delivering on some tough decisions the new academic structure to fruition. or leading the vision for a new post-secondary school. “I see the strategic plan as essential to the growth “I am committed to nurturing creative talent wherever of ACAD, and its role in preparing critical thinkers for it is found,” she says. Alberta’s rapidly expanding creative economy,” Dianne And she has done just that, on both sides of the Atlantic.