Cambrian College Art Fundamentals & Visual Arts

Well, as our semester draws to a close, and preparations for Grad Show kick into gear - (Creative Expo is Thursday April 23 - 6-9pm. We’re in 3190, and the other Creative programs in various locations.) we’re winding down this page, which we’ve not made much use of since the whole FB format went south. So, very soon, (when we can find the actual delete button) this page will disappear. If you’re an alumni interested in getting in touch - you know how to find us - drop us an email or stop by the studio - come see Grad Show!

So, since we’ve just returned from our annual trip to the AGO, this article seems relevant. If they hadn’t rescinded their part in the acquisition of the work, it’s quite possible we would have had the opportunity to see it on our trip. The politics of the matter aside, I find that the author’s description of the nature of Goldin’s work really resonates with me, and with how I see my art process working - for me…. Despite their stature and the large sums their work garners, Goldin’s work is a very personal documentation of arcane networks of lives and paths and images and influences crossed over time. It’s what’s going on every waking minute of an artist’s life, and our challenge remains to capture that lightening in a bottle. Give me some Everest! Rx

I Flew Across the Country to Look at the Most Controversial Work of Art in Canada Why did the Art Gallery of Ontario change its mind on acquiring Nan Goldin’s Stendhal Syndrome?

Yep - it’s paper pattern season in 3D class.

Nothing new in any of this rumination, but there you go. Our semester has wrapped up. Rest up and enjoy the holidaze everyone!

Selling Out: How Money Became The Art World's Latest Muse on Art Basel Miami, art making, and corporate investment

Frank Gehry, an award-winning architect whose designs for museums proved widely influential, died on Friday in Santa Monica, California, at 96.⁠
More so than perhaps any other architect of the past half-century, Gehry defined the field of museum architecture. His designs, often composed of sloping, incongruous forms, helped move art institutions in a new direction, showing that they need not only be set in Neoclassical pantheons or hard-edged modernist structures.⁠
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The most famous of his museum buildings was for the Guggenheim Bilbao, but he also designed skyscraper in New York, a bank in Berlin, and a concert hall in Los Angeles, and later oversaw museum buildings in locales ranging from Philadelphia to Paris. One of the great projects of his career—another Guggenheim museum, this one in Abu Dhabi—is currently being built.⁠
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Read more about Gehry and his career: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/frank-gehry-dead-guggenheim-bilbao-1234765549/

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/jean-baudrillard-photography-art-performance-1234758770/

How Jean Baudrillard Turned Philosophy into Performance Art A new biography, by Emmanuelle Fantin and Bran Nicol, teases out the philosopher's ideas about art—and connections to the art world.

Many of you may already be aware of the complex situation that the Art Gallery of Sudbury is in vis a vis the loss/sale of the Bell Mansion gallery, and the uncertain disposition of the art collection while they work towards development/construction of a new home. The attached document outlines it fully, and is also linked to a petition to have the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee to step in to assess the situation relative to protecting the interests of community relative to the disposition of the art collection and all the rest…. As artists with a connection to the community, I ask you to consider the information presented here, and whether you wish to sign the document, as well as perhaps pass it along to anyone you know who has an interest in the arts. The petition will be sent along to the aforementioned Office very soon, and the more signatories it has, the better the chance that they will address the matter.

Open Letter of Appeal By email August 12, 2025 Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee Office of the Public Guardian and Charitable Property Program Trustee, Northern Region 595 Bay Street, Suite 800 199 Larch Street, Suite 602 Toronto, Ontario Sudbury, Ontario M5G 2M6 P3E 5P9 Re: Art Gallery of ...

Ya. Looks like we’re going to have a good sized cohort this fall as well. Thanx Gen Z!

Fine-art programmes in New York City are enjoying a record surge in student applications, according to reporting from Hannah Frishberg at the local news outlet Gothamist. Despite staggering tuition costs and the relative precarity of creative vocations, young adults are flocking to the arts across the city and country.

As the ingress of artificial intelligence (AI) has sent shock waves through the working lives of Americans, young people have identified the arts as a human way to combat economic scarcity. The high-school class of 2025 is the largest in US history; while sheer numbers may translate to more applications, experts in the field say that the uptick represents more than just statistics.

"There are ways to make a life that is still rooted in creative work," Dahlia Elsayed, the fine-arts programme director of LaGuardia Community College in Queens, told Gothamist. "They're all still making art but they're also making money. Having a creative life exists beyond a studio practice."

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/new-york-city-art-schools-see-surge-in-gen-z-applications

Just the final touches left to go and we’ll be all set for the big exhibit tomorrow! (Wednesday Apr. 9).
Lots of things to see, and there is a full Creative Industries Expo going on about the place - see prior post for full details…. We’re in 3190, and for the first 30 people through the doors at 6pm, we’re giving away a limited edition screen print of the show poster - edition of 25 on white, and 10 on blue swirl, with 5 going towards some swag bags and such that there will be a draw for. So, come on out to the Design and Visual Art 2025 Graduate Exhibition and Creative Industries Expo. 6 - 9pm

Ooooh! Just over a week away! Our annual grad show runs as a part of the School of Creative Industries Expo - 6pm Wednesday, April 9 at Cambrian College. The Design & Visual Arts Exhibit will be in our RM3190 Studio/Gallery, and a host of other creative programs will be nearby - see the full info in the attached images, or at the event page here: https://cambriancollege.ca/events/creative-industries-expo
Come on out!

Tarun has an exhibit going on! The opening day has passed, but the show runs through April. Info below.

Speaking of exhibitions - we’ll be having our grad show as a part of Cambrian’s Creative Expo - April 9 at the college - stay tuned while I sort out all the attachments and info. We’re off to the AGO this weekend, so grad things kick into high gear starting next week.

TARUN - Art Gallery of Sudbury Artist's Statement Tarun is a q***r immigrant artist from India who has lived in Sudbury, Ontario, for the past eight years. Their journey is depicted through paintings and sculptures, a journey of pain, self-discovery, acceptance of their past, present and future. An intimate and intense cycle of c...