This is a hands-on project. It is the natural final stage in a project that consisted of Professional Photography taking 9 students to photograph in the streets of Havana last January, 2016. The Photography department is  currently mounting an exhibit. The catalogue will serve to help promote the exhibit but more importantly, after the exhibit 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 7, 2016 to May 10, 2017 (12x...

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 catalogue will contain the works created in the Studio Arts Integrating Activity course and the comments of each...

Thirty-five students were involved in this production of Down the Rabbit Hole, Up A Tree. This was an original script written by the students and their teacher, Laura Mitchell.  We began with Lewis Carroll’s two short novels, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.  Then using Dawson as the backdrop, we explored the ways students find themselves...

Media Night was held on May 6, 2016 and, as usual, was well attended. This is the event in which production-oriented students in the  Cinema Communication department present their end-of semester work. All the films are posted and can be seen @ DawsonMediaNight.com. Students produce films in four categories Narrative, Documentary, Experimental and Animation. The films are judged by three invited...

An immersive, interactive environment that represents nature being crudely represented by technology attempting to mimic it. Nature is corrupted and manipulated by technology. It aims to create a dark, brooding atmosphere that evokes thought about human interaction with nature. It aims to create a dark, brooding atmosphere that replaces interactions with the natural world with...

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...

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...

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...