Mckenzie College gets Go-ahead on Visual Art program

McKenzie College is where creativity and technology meet.

Come fall of 2007 McKenzie College in Sydney will be offering a one year program in Design and Fine Arts.This will be the Cape Breton's first approved program in artistic study.

The Design, Craft and Fine Arts Diploma is designed to provide a balanced background in art history, visual design, drawing, and entrepreneurship along with a chosen studio specialty in which students explore the history of their chosen medium, and with its artistic and technical possibilities. The curriculum is designed to encourage students to develop their own creative styles and technical proficiencies through structured course work and self-directed studio work. Students will study contemporary and entrepreneurial issues and practices in fine craft and cultural production.

A student may choose a major from one of the following studio specialties:
Painting
Clay
Creative Graphics
Photography
Jewelry/Metal Arts

Subdivisions

Brian Geary: Subdivisions
Cape Breton University Gallery I
Sydney (In the Great Hall)
Friday, March 30 - April 27
Artist's walk and talk Monday, April 16 at 7:00
For more information please call 539-1342.

In the Collection

Eldon Garnet pieces from the CBU permanent collection
Cape Breton University Gallery I
Sydney (In the Great Hall)
Monday, January 22 - February 17, 2007
Curator's Walk & Talk takes place Monday, January 22 at 2:30
For more information please call 539-1342.

“50 for 50” Arts Challenge

Canada Council’s 50th anniversary celebration to promote public engagement in the arts

Canada’s national arts funding agency has challenged Canadians to help it celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2007. They have launched the “50 for 50” Arts Challenge, an initiative aimed at encouraging people to become more involved in the arts as both audience members and active participants.

The Council is asking people to participate in 50 arts activities during the anniversary year – ranging from reading a poem to singing in a choir to attending a film festival to looking at a painting – keep a record of their experiences and let the Council know about it by e-mailing them at 50@canadacouncil.ca.

Fifty arts activities in 2007 may sound like a lot, but when you consider it’s less than one a week, you realize how easy it is to meet the challenge

- Canada Council Director Robert Sirman

One purpose of the ‘50 for 50’ Arts Challenge is to show people how pervasive the arts are in their daily lives.

Sysco 1901 - 2001

Photographs by Lesley Hinton
Cape Breton University Gallery I
Sydney (In the Great Hall)
Friday, December 1 - January 12, 2007
Opening night takes place Friday, December 1 at 7:00
For more information please call 539-1342.