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W E 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. says. Interdisciplinarity, efficiency and flexibility to allow Setting academic standards, developing curricula and serv- growth are all driving principles in ACAD’s 10-year plan ing as a model for academic leadership, Dianne was Pro Vice- — which Dianne has already started to fulfill. At press time, Chancellor and Executive Dean at the University for Creative Dianne is reviewing candidates for the new school chairs, Arts in the U.K., Dean of Fashion Design and Technology at and is awaiting a response from the Campus Alberta the London Institute, and Vice-President of Admissions at Quality Council on the status of ACAD’s MFA program. F |

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SALE SHOW ACADACAD | FALL.2012FALL.2012 L drawing, jewellery, metalsand textiles. programs andresidencies inceramics, glass, painting, Lumel Studios(lumelstudios.com) willoffer educational and studiosinthe Yukon, where Luannwasraised. for future scholarshipsaswell. Ceramics CommunityScholarship. There are plans Scholarship andtheRondiLeeJohnson Memorial name: The RondiLeeJohnsonMemorialCeramics her BFA inGlass. She walkedacrossthatstageagainthisyeartoreceive the Jubilee Auditorium toreceive herBFA inCeramics. and decidedtochangehermajorCeramics. Luann foundherselfdrawing inthe Ceramics studio (to ACAD) toheal—create myself, aswellart.” at ACAD tostudyDrawing andPainting. “I camehere my struggle. That’s whoIbecameasagrievingmother.” ant girl. “Clay becamemycomfortandglass devastated bythelossofRondi—abeautiful, exuber- her daughterbecameillwithleukemia. The familywas double degree inanthropologyandpsychologywhen also taughtinprivateschools, andwasstudyingfora carpenter. “The toolbeltfitwellundermybelly.” Luann B A JOHNSON LUANN C Luann andMelare developinganartistretreat Two scholarshipshavebeenestablishedinRondi’s Four yearslater, Luannwalkedacrossthestageat On thesecondanniversaryofherdaughter’s death, When thefamilyreturned toCalgary, Luannenrolled AD EVANGELIST s tu

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hristine Pedersen is ceramics led her to ACAD for Extended one class away from Studies courses in 2003 and her first completing a non-de- Jewellery + Metals course in 2005. Her gree Jewellery + Metals practice is an interdisciplinary one that program. Christine fuses science, clay, jewellery, metals started her art career and environmental issues. Cas a teen, when selling pottery was Christine’s portfolio includes the Re- one of three jobs she Find Collection of cast plastic packag- did to cover the cost of ing waste made into jewellery; a still life owning a pony. with gin and oranges constructed from As one of ACAD’s patinated brass, sterling silver, bronze many mid-career students, and gold which deals with art vs. craft Christine returned to mak- debate; and hand-built chalice vessels ing art after earning a degree of southern ice porcelain that address and pursuing another vocation – for notions of modern ritual and making Christine, it was a science degree and the precious personal. successful career in public health. After “My artistic practice is the source taking a recreational pottery class in of opportunity to research and experi- 1997, Christine’s passion for creating ment, to use all of my education, and

Chalice 2 Just Another Vessel Another Chalice 2 Just art was rekindled. Her work in creative deepen my appreciation of the natural writing, photography, research and world,” she says. — KAF

BDES VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS CARTER [ 2012 ] STOROZYNSKI WINS CANNES LION PRIZE

reative director Carter Storozynski has been Carter’s portfolio also includes campaigns for Apple, working in New York City for the past decade Old Spice, Keith’s, Heineken, Burger King, Coke Zero, C after doing graduate studies at the School of Nike and Adidas. Visual Arts. He’s worked with several top agencies, and “I know a lot of great guys who come out of school was part of the team at Euro RSCG Worldwide that won in Calgary who are doing great things here in New FALL.2012 gold and silver at the Cannes Lions International Festi- York,” he says. “There are tons.” — KAF val of Creativity for a recent Dos Equis beer campaign. | ACAD ACAD | FALL.2012 s tu den t

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Photo by Jared Sych S LAST OF THE REGINAFIVE the tight-knitRegina artcommunity, and theyall He methisfellow ReginaFivemembersthrough gallery westof Toronto thatcouldshow Masters.” to moveReginabecause “they hadtheonly in2009. passed away he says, referring toartistRonBloore, who after atriptoEast Africa “looks likeaBloore,” died in2006, Ted acquired adraped cross. in2004.passed away After Kenneth Lochhead — whichhewearsforDouglasMorton, who mous program gavehimthebluecrossofHawaii the AlcoholicsAnony - monk Tedin sponsored represents Arthur McKay, whodiedin2000. A to Ted whenhebecameillin2007—thatone wooden SaintFrancis of Assisi crosswasgiven represent eachofhisdepartedcolleagues. The “Five Painters fromRegina.” National GalleryofCanada’s circulating exhibition Five —thenamegiventoartistsin1961 and theonlysurvivingmemberofRegina and formerinstructor. as helooksata1961photoofthe ACAD founder Alex Janvier’s photo, then “Gregg Arnold! Wow!” B After completinghisstudiesat ACAD, Ted chose “I carrythecoffinsforRegina Five.” And theKenyan crosshisdaughtergavehim The fourcrosses Ted wearsaroundhisneck Ted isoneoftheoldestliving ACAD alumni, Doz looksonfromanadjacentchair. of hisformercolleaguesasDr. Daniel through oldblack-and-whitephotos of hisbungalow, Ted Godwinsifts eated onthecouchinlivingroom y Ki “Moose!” Ted saysashefinds m A l i s on F raser

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“The professional way of life you have chosen professional way of life you have chosen “The Not bad at all.ACAD Godwin. Mr. Not bad at all, “As we use up our environment outside, we will up our environment outside, we use “As “We were the first time the National Gallery Gallery the first time the National “We were Arts of joined the Faculty Ted years later, Three he doesn’t see art school though, Surprisingly, wise But it’s don’t have to go to art school. “You and numer than 60 solo exhibitions Of his more with the help of a Although he now breathes Daniel the ACAD president eagerly shows Ted hasn’t painted in two years and says he Ted want to recapture in our interior the environment, in our interior the environment, want to recapture from the reads Ted the memory of what used to be,” The edition of his book epilogue of the most recent sentence is The Artists. Working Studio Handbook for American art critic Clem- to response a contemporary decades ago that Ted comment to ent Greenberg’s Canadian art history is being written in landscape. is noble, solitary and, for the most part, immensely immensely for the most part, solitary and, is noble, it has been an me, “For on. he reads rewarding,” rich journey of discovery that is ongo- inordinately “Not f- - - and exclaims, He closes the book, ing.” eh?!” ing bad, of will mount an alumni exhibition in the spring work will be featured. Godwin’s Ted 2013. rose to national prominence in the early 1960s. prominence in the rose to national he says. artists,” showed the work of living at the University of Regina. in art-making. for a career as a prerequisite the process.” “It short-circuits he says. if you do,” proud of his 1991 Lower is most Ted ous awards, which opened simultaneously in Bow exhibition, He attended Ted. four cities — another first for - Vancou and Toronto Regina, openings in Calgary, ver over one (very long) weekend. Ted’s oxygen tank, blue tube connected to an long, with expletives and eyebrow- banter is peppered and “Buddhist monks” commentary — raising - prepo volleyed about like articles and are “boobs” days before August afternoon sitions on this sunny his 79th birthday. - — waterco recently artwork he found in a drawer paintings and Japanese-style black lour reverse ink stamp. signed with a red ink on parchment from his earlier work of style is a departure The oil paint on canvas. light and water in landscape, doesn’t miss it. ACAD | FALL.2012 O E G Board students’ experience. clear — ACAD ismovingforward, andournumberonepriorityis nors, ourstudentpresident andRoxanneMcCaig. The messagewas jian Dr Dawn McDonaldandherhusband, Dr. Grant | C | A Board member RiverCafe’s SalHowell b heryl Gottselig, chair, Vertigo Theatre m . DanielDoz, ACAD president andCEO ringing ong | Atlas Developments’ Atlas vent th overnors o se

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A A Photo by Susan Thomas Susan by Photo ACAD | FALL.2012 I given outtothree entrants fromtheU.K. the firstLewton-Brain Foldform Awards were for Metal Arts inupstateNew York —where Annual Lewton-Brain Conference attheCenter emerges. This isfoldforming: aconceptual, to makepasta, anobjectresembling aleaf of copperthroughapress similartooneused tending hisone-weekintensiveworkshop. students, mostlyfromtheUnitedStates, at- square pieceofcopperinfrontaclass nature…,” Charlessays, asheworksasmall resistance… nature hasthecode…it’s all by kim alison fraser an CHARLES LEWTON-BRAIN As hefires, bendsand runs thesmallpiece “Molecules willfollowthepathofleast Media Arts, andjustwrapped uptheFifth a GovernorGeneral’s Award in Visual and Technology forthesecondtime, received Symposium onJewelleryManufacturing He wasinvitedtopresent attheSantaFe t’s beenabigyearforCharlesLewton-Brain.

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[ d Bag by Hoakon + Helga (hoakonhelga.com) + Helga Hoakon by Bag She began creating handbags as She began creating school projects, selling them at ACAD selling them at school projects, Andrea’s Today, Show and Sale events. talent and combination of creative drive has made her entrepreneurial Hoakon + Helga (named for company, a fashion her Norwegian grandparents) from known for handbags crafted icon, leather. reclaimed

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BEES INBERLIN W media coverage and of Calgary, facilitated moved tothe Art Gallery show, whicheventually sented thegroup’s first Council. The councilpre- from the Alberta Craft Fairweather —gothelp Tim BelliveauandRyan trio ofPhilipBandura, Bee Kingdom—thena Glass collectivein2007, of thedissolvedMecha by kim alison fraser group’s medium. the moltenglassthatis honey —whichresembles shoes are ametaphorfor son artgroup, thegolden footwear ofthefour-per collective.trademark The Bee Kingdomglass-blowing All Stars, agiftfromthe wearing yellowConverse budget lastyear, hewas sented theannualcivic Rising fromtheashes

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S ACAD | FALL.2012 G G by that bridgetheworlds offineartandcraft, utilitarian objects tohighartthroughworks Over his40-year career, Greg haselevated cient mediumonceusedoutofnecessity. ronistic nature ofworkinginclay—anan- very different typesofartiststogether. residency wasthefactthatitpulledfive since 1990. What wasuniqueaboutthis flung as Australia andMexico regularly Greg, whohasstayedinlocalesasfar- into astudiopractice,” Greg says. Mathieu), andhowthatgetsincorporated tion theyfindinaplacelikethis(Chateau ists takeresearch, materialandinforma- and acurator, astheycreated newworks. artist, apainter, a photographer, a sculptor Greg, alongwithamultimediainstallation colleagues. ChateauMathieuwashometo RE It alsopulledintosharpfocusthe anach- Residencies abroadare notnewto “My interest wastoseehowotherart- K im alison fraser G PAYC French chateauwithfive summer of2009inanold two weeksduringthe member since1988, spent ramicist and ACAD faculty reg Payce, renowned ce- E

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Photo by Justin Poulsen CELEBRATIN T led by African drummers. The eventhita tivities were kickedoffbyaprocessional graduating class, theconvocationfes- their footsteps. alumni andthestudentswhofollowin source ofprideforusall—faculty, staff, nity are. Graduates are anever-ending people whomakeupthe ACAD commu- about reminding ushowspecialthe milestones intheircareers. And it’s students whomarkoneofthemany for theannualGrad Show. work doneandbegintoassemble by This year, with ACAD’s largest-ever Convocation isaboutcelebrating K im Photos by Jennifer Wyma A Convocation lison fraser gy at ACAD shifts the lastoftheircourse r ating studentspr April eachyear into highgeararoundlate he ener eceive theirdegrees, get g st ud ents , asgradu- epare to

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Grad Show Grad Photo by Jennifer Wyma Jennifer by Photo ACAD | FALL.2012 C o L Chris Mill ACA collection ofthe Alberta Foundation for the Arts. as wellKyoto, Japan, andare foundwithinthe works havebeen exhibitedin Alberta andOntario Museum ofContemporary Art). Kristopher’s Canadian artatMASSMoCa(the Massachusetts National Dreams,” anexhibitionofcontemporary Girls. Hisworkisalsoincludedat “Oh Canada: work National GalleryofCanadarecently acquired his lips GalleryattheBanffCentre forthe Arts. The the Edmonton Art Galleryandthe Walter Phil- 2010 Alberta Biennialcollaboration between pushing technicalboundaries.” work: “Innovative, entirely original, assured work, three.” The adjudicators’response toKristopher’s whose response toseeinghisworkwas, “I’ll take — utterlyunique.” fertile imagination, pushingpaintingintosculpture lation.” The adjudicatorscredit himwitha “most and narrative possibilitieswithfanaticalaccumu- ture andcomicbooksbyweavingthehumourous “that expandsonthetraditions ofpainting, sculp- a $10,000cashprize. year. Award recipients each receive amedaland ie Chris’s workwasincludedinthe2005and Kristopher hassoldworktoSirEltonJohn, Chris aimstocreate anewformofstorytelling f A u Bejeweled DoubledFestooned PlusSkillfor D ACAD tenant

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