Two of our Visual Art Program former graduates, Costa Giannoussis and Petros Psillos, who subsequently studied at Concordia U., will guide current V.A. students through their exhibition at our College’s Warren D Flowers Gallery. They will then each present an illustrated lecture to two groups of first and second year V. A. program students. Of...

Students in the Interior Design Program are going to the Toronto Interior Design Show. Students will visit the trade show, including key note lectures and workshops. They will tour Toronto sites organized with Interior Designers of Canada. Students will also visit museums and manufacturer’s showrooms with Dawson instructors

The design and production of an exhibition flyer is a learning activity within the Studio Arts Integrating Activity course. The Comprehensive Assessment takes place in this course for the students registered in the Studio Arts Profile. The flyer will contain the works created in the Studio Arts Integrating Activity course, some comments from the students,...

Media Night is a public event at the Dawson Theatre that showcases films and other media-related projects made by students in the Cinema + Communications Profile and ALC program in a public event held at the end of term. Parents, teachers, colleagues and friends attend the event. The projects are judged by media experts and...

The Arts & Culture Gala is designed and coordinated by students completing their Integrative Activity course, inviting fellow students, faculty, parents and friends from outside the College to come share in their accomplishments. The theme for this year’s Gala is ISLAND. As described by one of the students (Maya Gasco-Gilmour): “Island; eye-land, I land —...

This project involves two separate groups of Visual Arts Program students (18 students per group) going on an excursion to one of the few hand-made paper mills in North America. Papeterie St-Armand is run by David Caruthers, who is a living legend in the paper-making milieu. Students will be presented with some history and processes...

The students from first year Illustration Fall 2018 semester will be visiting a serigraphy (silkscreen) printing studio (Atelier Gymnase). It will introduce them to the principles of serigraphy, printing techniques on different surfaces such as paper, material t-shirts, etc. They will apply the knowledge gained from this workshop given to them and then apply on ...

An interactive gallery presentation to showcase the career possibilities and competencies of students enrolled in the Dawson College 3D Animation and CGI program. It will take place in the Dawson College Art Gallery and will be open to visitors during the period of the Dawson Open House (October 11) and for a period of 3...

This event creates an opportunity for 1st + 2nd yr Visual Arts program students to meet and for potential mentoring friendships to develop in the future. The goal of this event is to improve group moral of the students and foster familiarity between the 1st and 2nd yr Visual Arts program students.

The Open Studio Life Drawing at Dawson College are weekly drawing sessions where students can avail themselves after class time to refine their handling of drawing materials, hone their observational skills, and enhance their drawing techniques as they observe from the human figure. Sessions will be offered September 10, 2018 to May 10, 2019 (11x...