The sword fighting component of the Movement course was successfully completed June 5 without incident, reported teacher Kimberley Barfuss. A total of 24 students, divided into two groups, participated in two intense three-hour days of sword fighting, plus a final day of rehearsals and performance. Why is sword fighting so important for Theatre students? “It is…
Dawson College was in the news last week:
June 2: CTV Montreal covered our innovative Vernissage Season , which continues this week
June 6: The Journal de Québec ran a story about our new pavilion
Please note there are inaccuracies in this story, especially about welcoming more students. Dawson will be getting more space to enhance pedagogical approaches and create a better learning environment.
The work of History teachers Stacey Zembrzycki and Nancy Rebelo (along with Anna Sheftel, Saint-Paul University; and Eszter Andor, Montreal Holocaust Museum) has been honoured with a 2020 Public History Group Prize awarded by the Canadian Historical Association. Their project Refugee Boulevard: Making Montreal Home after the Holocaust was created in close collaboration with Holocaust…
Next Tuesday, June 16 at 6 p.m., Andrew Katz (English Department) will be virtually launching his second picture book, I JUST WANT TO BE SUPER! / JE SUIS SUPER NINO! illustrated by Dawson Illustration graduate Tony Luzano (2014).The story is about a young kid with TONS of energy. Here is what Kirkus Reviews had to say about the book:…
The Dawson Blues Band has grown to 18 members, all employees of Dawson College, and they are working on their next release, set for next Tuesday, June 16. They want to lift us all up and raise support for our students through the Dawson College Foundation for the Dawson Financial Aid Program.
To send us all off on a happy note, their last video before the summer break will be With a Little Help from My Friends by The Beatles.
Did you see their first video? The Dawson Blues Band released Lean on Me on May 19. Link to the video is in the Read More link.
The Virtual Vernissage of the graduating students in our Illustration Program is tomorrow, Wednesday, June 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. Use this link to visit on Wednesday.
Come encourage the students and have fun trying this unique multiplayer platform created for Dawson College.
CTV News is running a report on their evening news today, June 2, and we will share the link next week.
To read all about the virtual experience, you can see last week's story in the Read More link.
The Professional Theatre Department welcomes you to attend Masques, performed by the graduating students this Friday. Director Jude Beny describes Masques as "a buffet of theatrical shenanigans, comic and contemplative, but always edgy."
The link to watch the performance is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAS1o-_NuCI&feature=youtu.be
Nick Ladd, a graduate of both Illustration and 3D Animation and Computer-Generated Imagery, came to the rescue of Vernissage Season with a customized platform that his company Studio Syro has built for Dawson College.
Six programs in the Creative and Applied Arts will be hosting vernissage events from June 3-18. First up is Illustration on June 3.
Read the homepage news story and get a link to a preview in the Read More link.
Ian MacKenzie’s work has “transformed the classrooms, programs, and even the academic culture” of Dawson College, according to his nomination for an award from SALTISE.
Read a feature about Ian's work with WID and the Learning Communities on the homepage by clicking the Read More link.
The Arts, Literature and Communication Festival presents the work of graduating ALC students from six profiles, along with interdisciplinary events. The Literature Profile will launch the Creations Journal on May 29, the same day Cinema-Communications presents student media works (beginning at 8 p.m.). The Arts and Culture Gala, Studio Arts’ No Lunch in Class and…
Last Modified: June 9, 2020
