So last week, I was helping out with Orientation activities, putting away tables around the lawn behind the UTSU building and (I hate to admit this, but) struggling with one particularly cumbersome table. With gritted teeth, I dragged it up…
A Visit to Andy Warhol: Revisited
After writing my post on student discounts last week, a friend pointed out to me that there was an Andy Warhol exhibit taking place just north of campus, and that tickets were half price for students! I absolutely couldn't refuse…
Winter break may be Over, but that doesn’t mean a cold slog until Spring.
It is week four of term and I am already missing the chocolate-consuming, snuggled in comfy clothing, social function-filled days of the winter break. Not to mention that I am frozen to my core. Yes I know, it was way…
New Discoveries: U of T Art Centre
During Orientation week I participated in an ask-an-upper-year panel as part of Kickstart Orientation that was held in the University of Toronto Art Centre (UTAC). This was the first time I had been in UTAC and I was totally blown…
An Artsy Afternoon
Contemporary art and I have an interesting relationship. Sometimes we get along, like two dancers weaving to a rhythmic beat, and other times we tip-toe in each others’ spaces, like hesitant friends at an awkward dinner party. So it was…
The Art of Forgiving Yourself
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi We’ve all heard the expression “forgive and forget.” For most people, it seems, that expression only applies to other people. We’re supposed to give loved…
Let’s make something amazing! #joyatuoft
So, last Monday at around 10 a.m. after a very late night and a very early morning, my restless pursuit of coffee through the Bahen Centre was met with this: YES. It was like MY DREAMS HAD COME TRUE: my very own…
Dances of hope and healing
I'm surrounded by strangers and TV cameras and bright lights as far as the eye can see. Somewhat unlike a typical lecture, there’s a certain energy about the people in the rows and rows of wooden chairs. The excited buzz of…
Getting Your Fix of Art on Campus at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
Hello Blogosphere, I hope all of your lives are going splendidly and that your week was full of Pride events, Canada day celebrations and beaches. If you care to know, your poor, devoted blogger has been having a terrible week.…
Got Art???
The best discoveries occur accidentally. That statement rings true, considering how I came upon my "discovery". I was trying to locate a class tutorial, and ended up walking into the University of Toronto Art Centre. Located at University College (on…