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Mark your calendar!!! Starting Monday, September 16th, do your body some good by coming to our FREE drop-in yoga classes. Don’t forget to bring a yoga mat and water bottle.
CASTED
Artists: Kristen Elizabeth Donoghue-Stanford, Rebecca Garcia Echeverria, Allison Helen Garrity, and Esther Min-Ji Kim
Medium: Sculpture (Bronze)
Location: Eleanor Winters Art Gallery (129 Winters College)
Dates: January 20th – February 1st, 2020
Reception: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 6:00pm – 8:00pm
CASTED is a sculpture exhibition fully dedicated to works produced in bronze. The four artists, Kristen Elizabeth Donoghue-Stanford, Rebecca Garcia Echeverria, Allison Helen Garrity, and Esther Min-Ji Kim curated a collection of their separate works to create this group exhibition.
The four women artists have showcased in CASTED an exhibition in bronze; a historically male associated material. As four female artists, they navigate the conventions of this medium in order to wield it to their individual artistic practices and challenge the associations of materiality in relation to creation and process.
In an exploration of this materiality, themes are crossed, met, and distanced with one another. Between the works of the four artists, a conversation is opened on the significance of bronze and its impact upon object and permanence. In choosing to cast in bronze, the artists subject themselves to be represented in their work, calling into question immortalization and monumentality of self.
In representations of the body, of memory, of empowerment, and of self the artists invite viewers to cast opinions and inferences of their own upon the works.
ARTIST BIOS
Kristen Elizabeth Donoghue-Stanford is a sculpture artist currently in her final year of her Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Degree in Visual Arts (Studio) at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Her work focuses upon the themes of femininity, gender dichotomy, and on connections between the past and present as is expressed through the processes of bronze casting, metal fabrication, installation, textile and mixed media arts.
Rebecca Garcia Echeverria is in her final year of the BFA Honours Degree at York University. She is a First-Generation Canadian-Salvadoran exploring the reconstruction of her memories, identity, and self through means of process based art forms that include metal fabrication, bronze-casting, and film photography. She recently won a place in the 2019 Graduate showcase at Gallery 1313 along with the AGYU Best in Show Award for her work “Self-Portrait (Camera) which is currently on display in CASTED.
Allison Helen Garrity often considers herself to be a part of the art that she creates. The process of constructing her thoughts into the physical universe fuses together the tangible and intangible parts of her. She is a 21-year-old Canadian artist, currently in her 4th and final year in the Visual Arts program at York University. She is a prop maker, sculptor, artist and a seeker of exploration. Her work is focused around a variety of materials and processes of the Foundry, Metal working and patterning. As she explores her desire for playfulness, she invite ideas unbound by the adult self, Dissociating assumptions on gender, life and time.
Esther Min-Ji Kim is a Canadian born Korean artist currently in her 5th year at York University majoring in Visual Arts (Studio). She explores concepts of the body through sculptural forms, utilizing her practices of metal fabrication, foundry, mould making and the contrast in medium and scale to evoke ambiguity in a tangible form. Inspired by thoughtful investigation of philosophies of the mind and its relation to the body, her work challenges the viewer’s commonly held assumptions about the world. She opens possibilities for interpretation, instigating cognitive and bodily awareness of the viewer’s subjective self.
Photo of the 2017 Painting Group Show Photo by Helen Olcott
Group show featuring paintings by upper-level students in the Department of Visual Art & Art History.
Gallery Hours
Monday – Thursday, 9am-4:00pm
Free admission
Learning to Grow
Artist: Cassandra Tremblay (3rd Year)
Medium: Printmaking (monoprints, intaglio, screen)
Location: Special Projects Gallery (102 Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts)
Dates: January 20-30, 2020
Closing Reception: Wednesday, January 29th @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Artist’s Statement:
My work in this series explores the motif of individual growth and the mental challenges, doubt, and confusion that comes with it. Often, the idea of success is romanticized, and we believe that people are simply talented, or just plain lucky. In reality, success is years of hard work, dedication, discipline, and practice. When people see this series, I want them to be reminded that everyone goes through the struggles of learning and chasing their idea of success, but most importantly, that it takes a long time, and this time is just as important as when you finally are an expert. The medium of monoprinting comes into play when thinking about our ever changing perspective. It also highlights the elements of randomness, surprise, and serendipity that we encounter in our lives through the process of physically printing the piece. Each unique print not only represents the growth of learning, but my own artistic journey and the discovery of my passion.
Artist’s bio:
Cassandra Tremblay has been creating art since she could remember. Currently she is in her third year of study at York University and has taken an interest in printmaking, especially monoprinting as it combines painting and drawing with a larger, and more involved, process. Striving for perfection is something she has always struggled with, so this show is a way of working through that while also reminding others that there is beauty in struggling.
Hibiscus
Medium: Watercolour Monoprint
Year: 2018
Dimensions: 22×15″
The Experiential Education (EE) Symposium showcases experiential education at York University and celebrates the achievements of students and faculty who have participated in EE.
This multi-disciplinary, annual event will be held on Jan. 21, 2020 from 1 to 4 p.m. and Jan. 22, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building Room 1014.
WHEN: January 21, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and January 22, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Undergraduate students from all years and Faculties are invited to submit an idea for a poster that will highlight the positive impact of their Experiential Education experience, including their most meaningful insights or lessons and how the experience may have deepened or supported their classroom learning. Learn how to design and present a professional academic poster
. Learn how to showcase your EE experience to potential employers
. Network with the York Community
. Receive a signed certificate of participation from the Office of the Associate Vice-President Teaching and Learning
. A chance to win a $100 YU card
APPLICATION DEADLINE NOV 4,2019
LEARN MORE: https://eesymposium.yorku.ca/
WHEN: January 21, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and January 22, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Undergraduate students from all years and Faculties are invited to submit an idea for a poster that will highlight the positive impact of their Experiential Education experience, including their most meaningful insights or lessons and how the experience may have deepened or supported their classroom learning. Learn how to design and present a professional academic poster
. Learn how to showcase your EE experience to potential employers
. Network with the York Community
. Receive a signed certificate of participation from the Office of the Associate Vice-President Teaching and Learning
. A chance to win a $100 YU card
APPLICATION DEADLINE NOV 4,2019
LEARN MORE: https://eesymposium.yorku.ca/
Join the Global Peer Program on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for a Coffee Break in the Global Cafe! This is a great opportunity to meet new and old friends, ask senior students and York International staff questions about York or Toronto. Or drop by to relax and enjoy a treat and beverage.
The Global Cafe is the space for international and domestic students from across programs, Faculties, countries, and cultures to meet and get to know each other! All YorkU students and faculty are welcome to attend. There is no appointment required for these sessions, and you can stay for as long or as short as you please, we hope to see you soon!
Pop-in with a quick question or bring a career document to work on and stay awhile. No registration or time limit!
Our Career Peer Educators will be on hand to help with:
- Resume & Cover Letters
- Job Searching & Networking
- Interview Skills & Preparation
- LinkedIn: Building a Profile & Job Searching
- Exploring What You Can do With Your Degree
- Resources at the Career Centre and on Campus
- Navigating the Career Centre Website
- Any other career questions you have!