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…
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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…
Mmmmm…books!
I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday! I did. The best thing about the break was that I finally had some spare time to read for pleasure. I love reading. I read all genres, whatever the book – as long as…
All Eyes on the Eyeball
“So what’s your major at U of T?” I get this question all the time, to which I quickly utter something along the likes of “fine arts”. Read my bio to find out why… Sometimes I cut out the “fine”…
Add some drama to your life
“What if life were like a musical?” I wondered while catching up on the latest episode of Glee. With the rise of shows and movies like Glee and High School Musical, U of T took note and hosted its very own…
Crumpled Paper Magazine: Looking for Submissions. Draw instead of Facebook!
Sometimes I want the professor to goad the pretentious commentators in my classes just so I can doodle. I can’t doodle at home. I can’t doodle when I concentrate. Then my brain goes “Hey. This looks pretty good. Let’s turn it into the…
Serendipitously Finding ‘Reflect 2009’
So, yesterday afternoon, as I was rushing to the UC Junior Common Room to buy some kind of lunch/dinner-for-later and worrying about what my soon-to-be-late blog post would be about… I wandered into an art show. Apparently, today was UC’s…
Arts Week, Next Week: uft haz artz o i didnt no
Have you been to 1 Spadina Crescent? I went once last year. On a random day. It looks ghostly from the outside, and I felt like an intruder (as it was particularly empty at the time). In first-year, part of…
Get your Beaver Tales at the Art Centre
Despite having lived for several years with a number of artists, I don’t feel at all like I’ve got a tangible grasp on the meaning behind much fine art. If spelled out for me, the conceptual foundations behind certain pieces…