SSAP Projects

2015-2016

May 2 and May 9, 2016

Sync

SYNC – the final project for the two   Cinema Communication department Multimedia Production classes, is a modern take on television production. Modeled after TV shows like the Daily Show with John Stewart and Saturday Night Live, it focuses on the lives of generation Z (our students). SYNC was taped in front of a live audience in...
April 21st, 2016

Artists in Bloom 2016

Artists in Bloom is an annual event through which the Blue Ring Society, the honour society of Dawson students, raises funds for a charitable cause.This year, the Dawson Daycare was selected as the beneficiary. On April 21, 30 talented student-artists in Visual Arts and Illustration & Design departments created new works of art before a...
March 23rd, 2016

Illustration and Design guest speakers: Chris Dyer and Daniel Kvasznicza

Illustration and Design students had the privilege to attend presentations of two very experienced artist/illustrators and designers – Chris Dyer and Daniel Kvasznicza. Our third – years students, as well as some first and second-year students were present for what was an informative and eye-opening look at two very different artists. Chris Dyer took students on...
March 12th - 15th, 2016

Trip to New York 2016

Museum Mile NY
Illustration & Design, 3D animation, Photography, and Fine Art faculty and students went to NYC March 12 – 15/16, 2016. We visited many museums and also other venues specifically targeted for our students. Amongst some were, the MOMA, Metropolitan, American Museum of Natural History, The Frick, Guggenheim, Art and Design, Whitney, Museum of Brooklyn, and...
February 2016

IceVisions: A Physical Allegory

IceVisions was an artistic collaboration of students, teachers, staff, friends and other members of the Dawson community. IceVisions involved creating a large snow-ice sculpture to address the SPACE theme for 2015-16: Visions. The outdoor sculpture was on the grounds of the college, in the form of a human eye, looking toward the heavens. The sculpture had...
January 7th - February 6th, 2016

The Alexandre Masino – Yechel Gagnon Exhibition

The Alexandre Masino – Yechel Gagnon Exhibition was a great success with the culmination of a catalog and the engagement of the students involved in this project.  Many students helped out with the installation, assisting in the hanging of the works along with meeting the artists during the vemissage. Often simply meeting artists and discussing their ideas...
January 5th - 12th, 2016

Photography: Trip to Cuba

Cuba
On January 5, nine students, three faculty and one alumnae flew to Havana, Cuba. The idea was to give the students the experience of doing Documentary Street Photography in what was for most of them, their first foreign environment. They were confronted with the reality of logistics and communication issues in an environment where most...
Winter 2016

Studio Arts Catalogue (Winter 2016)

The catalogue promotes the works created by 22 students in two sections of the Studio Arts Integrating Activity course Two pages were allocated to each student. They contain a portrait, an artist’s statement and an image of their work. Each student worked on a self-directed project during the semester. The catalogue was the result of...
December 8th, 2015

#nofilter

#nofilter
#nofilter was a project initiated by the Fall 2015 Graduating class in Arts + Culture. Comprising a print-based and on-line publication as well as an exhibition of artworks, the project reflected on the limits and possibilities of creativity and expression in the Internet age. In addition to the publications and exhibitions, a PR campaign was launched;...

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