In the Warren Flowers Gallery from October 12th until the 28th, 2017 there will be an exhibition of alumni work that will show the various components of the design process that led to a finished project. When only photographs of completed work are seen on-line and in design magazines, there is no evidence of all...

Effects Montreal has 70 speakers, 1200+ attendees, 266 participating companies; it is the largest international VFX and 3D Animation conference on the East Coast.  For students and professionals alike, it is an opportunity to learn and to grow, to be exposed to the latest trends in the industry, and to network with companies and with...

The design and production of an exhibition catalogue 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 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 the observe from the human figure. Sessions will be offered September 1, 2017 to May 10, 2018. The fall schedule...

The Deans` Choice Awards begun in 2013 is an allocation of $500 granted to a Visual Arts Sector Program on an annually rotating basis for final exhibition work of their graduating students judged by a jury of 3 Deans. There is a $300 first prize and two $100 honourable mentions. The student work is judged...

Dawson Media Night is the prime event for Dawson College’s Cinema-Communications department. Divided into four categories; animation, narrative, experimental and documentary, the screening features the work of students that, throughout the semester, have striven to create creative and professional material. Prizes are given, students host the event along with live performances, art installations in the lobby and food/beverages...

Cinema-Communications department The Dawson Game, Launching May 10, in the lower atrium of Dawson College. “Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself” – John Dewey In the Cinema and Communications Integrating Activity class, students are taking Dewy at his word by launching an educational augmented reality game. With a population of...

On May 4 and 5, a multimedia exhibit will be held. The Resist Violence 2017 event will feature works from all of the students involved in the paired Cinema/Communications and Humanities course, Imaging Violence and Nonviolence. The projects that will be showcased are related to the subject of resisting violence with the theme of “checkpoints”,...

“Power to the People” brings together two Arts + Culture graduating classes in the production of an innovative multi-disciplinary exhibition and poster campaign celebrating the power of collective action to advance social and political change. The exhibition will include theatrical, musical, media, inter-active, literary and visual artworks to be presented as a program of ‘performances’...

The Art, Literature and Communication (ALC) festival is a student-centered event that is designed to engage students from the planning stages to the presenting of all the some 30 events. This festival celebrates the work of our students beyond the classroom, giving them a greater arena to showcase their work. ALC 2017 Program