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Much easier to get lost at NSCAD and sometimes that’s a good thing. The print room is made of brick and wood with big windows looking over snowy down- town Halifax. There’s no silkscreen area but the litho and etching rooms were very well equiped. Luckily the dart board proved to be more of a decoration than anything else. Bob Rogers and Ed Porter, the printmaking instructors, were... fabulous. Very help- ful, informative, and full of good humour all of the time?? Bob, my studio instructor, is one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met. If you’re working hard he’s gonna be very interested. He’s full of ideas and wants to hear about yours. Meeting people at NSCAD was no problem. I helped put AMATMAMOnACw 5 v -) % b 2 5 i a x ee eee ie ‘i 3 é ue t ax me te fy ye A f $ n' ? i" M Ai’ 2 r ie x hn PE Ac Hee rae cea ay AOA MOS ote ee > i tea 8 & 4 ys i ses at Se a set ep iar oh 3 ‘ ether Tats tyes Una | Each semester, ECIAD students venture to another part of the world through the school's Mobility Program. The following articles are some of the words and images from their journeys. There will be an information session in early February for second year students interested in going on Mobility next year. — NSCAD by Dawn Newton from someone who spent [8 years growing up on the rocky shores of the East coast.) I can’t say I was dying to get out of there - Yes I can. After those 4 months, I was dying to get out of there. Halifax is small, very small. The segregation between black people and white people was fright- ening. Finding a decent place to live in January is diffi- cult. Landlords take advantage of the fact that there are thousands of students in sucha small town. My place and; many others had little or no insulation and it’s -30 degrees Celsius. There’s way too many university frat boys out to get drunk and to get lucky. ICK. The bar scene is hard to avoid because bars are like that. There’s no Georgia Staight selection of things to do. Oh, and remember all that talk about Halifax’s music scene? Weil, media hype in all its glory! People there were looking over their shoulders wondering where the scene was?? I did see one of the Sloan guys across the street one day. Yep. There he was, the Sloan guy. Saw him. Yipee. In closing, I’ll say NSCAD is a good school. The ceramic department seemed to be thriving with Walter Ostem being raved about by any student ever fallen into his path. The graphic design area was very proud of their up to date com- puter equipment. Even Bob Rogers, litho extraordinaire is now producing com- pletely computer generated images. I saw some good performance art includ- CELINE RICH Mobility Student at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S A. I went on mobility to the Maryland Institute in Baltimore, Maryland for both semesters of my third year. I wanted to experience the differences between Americain / Canadian, East coast / West coast; differences we have many cultural myths about. Good things about M.I.C.A.: - the Internship Program: I worked for a blacksmith during the first semester and a public works artist during the second semester. - the Career Development Office: Provided lots of info. about career - opportunities and things to apply for. - ceramic shell casting - close to Washington and New York - | lived in the same neighbourhood as together “Rewire”, which is a publication of student work, “printed matter only.” No paintings or prints allowed??? Mostly text and photos. Being a staff of, I man- aged to slip in a collage. It is a great publication and can be found here at ECIAD in the library or the student union office where they have a few back issues so check it out! I made some very good friends through “Rewire” and we still keep in touch. I also met people through the women’s collective and found people to be generally very friendly. The maritimes are like that. There’s a charming intimacy that some- _ how, in minutes, can turn into a choking claustrophobic nightmare. (That’s coming the Institute. - I could talk to students in the graduate programs. - I got lots of work done and clarified my ideasby having to explain them to new people. Not so good things about M.I.C.A.: - lots of security paranoia, with some good reason, but very alienating - students very unpolitical - very departmentally specific I met some nice people and a few good teachers. I came back with a better understanding of the art world, the good ‘things about E.C.I.A.D., the interaction between E.C.I.A.D.’s departments and the voice of my fellow students. ing a fashion show I'll never forget. The only nastiness I found at the school was the anti-art trendy attitude. Comments like “I hate painters” or hearing an ex- change student from Dundee refuse to discuss one of the MFA student’s work because “they’re only paintings.” This attitude was more common than you’d expect. I came back to Vancouver just in time to see last year’s Grad show. It was good to be back! Any questions? Contact me through the mailbox. = opens & The NSCAD /Tlalifax experience by Dawn Newton This time last year I was a NSCAD student, on an exchange program from here to there for 4 months . Let me tell you about Halifax in January. I's cold. It was decided simultaneously by myself and another exchange stu- dent as “uninhabitable”. We thought everyone living there must be crazy. We thought we were crazy for being there. NSCAD itself was much warmer, the top floor of the library { remem- ber as being the warmest part in the school. The buildings are beautiful old warehouses that are a part of the historical properties. The stairways are wooden, narrow and twisting. Quite the contrast to our school. Much easier to get lost at NSCAD and sometimes that’s a good thing. The print room is made of brick and wood with big windows looking over snowy down: town Halifax. There’s no silkscreen area but the litho and etching rooms were very well equiped. Luckily the dart board proved to be more of a decoration than anything else. Bob Rogers and Ed Porter, the printmaking instructors, were... fabulous. Very help- ful, informative, and full of good humour all of the time? Bob, my studio instructor, is one of the most enthusiastic people Tve ever met. If you're working hard he’s gonna be very interested. He's full of ideas and wants to hear about yours. Meeting people at NSCAD was no problem. [helped put together “Rewire”, which is a publication of student work, “printed matter only.” No paintings or prints allowed??? Mostly text and photos. Being a staff of, I man- aged to slip in a collage. It is a great publication and can be found here at ECIAD in the library or the student union office where they have a few back issues so check it out! I made some very good friends through “Rewire” and we still keep in touch. 1 also met people through the women’s collective and found people to be generally very friendly. The maritimes are like that. There's a charming intimacy that some- how, in minutes, can turn into a choking claustrophobic nightmare. (That's coming from someone who spent 18 years growing up ‘on the rocky shores of the East coast.) can’t say I was dying to get out of there - Yes I can, After those 4 months, I was dying to get out of there. Halifax is small, very small. The segregation between black people and white People was fright- ening. Fin decent place to live in January is diffi- cuit, Landlords take advantage of the fact that ther are thousands of students in such a small town. My place and many others had little or no insulation and it’s -30 degr Celsius. There's way too many university frat boys out to get drunk and to get lucky. ICK. The bar scene is hard to avoid because bars are like that. There's no Georgia Staight selection of things to do. Oh, and remember all that talk about Halifax’s music scene? Weil, met hype in all its glory! People there were looking over their shoulders wondering where the scene was?? I did see one of the Sloan guys across the street one day. Yep. There he was, the Sloan guy. Saw him. Yipee. In closing, I'll say NSCAD is a good school. The ceramic department seemed to be thriving with Walter Ostem being raved about by any student ever fallen into his path. The graphic design area was very proud of their up to date com- puter equipment. Even Bob Rogers, litho extraordinaire is now producing com- pletely computer generated images. | saw some good performance art includ- ing a fashion show I'll never forget. The only nastiness I found at the school was the anti-art trendy attitude. Comments like “I hate painters” or hearing an ex- change student from Dundee refuse to discuss one of the MFA student's work because “they're only paintings.” This attitude was more common than you'd expect. [ came back to Vancouver just in time to see last year’s Grad show. It was good to be back! Any questions? Contact me through the mailbox. between E. voice of my fellow students. beech 11 Naw gran Each semester, ECIAD students venture to another part of the world through the school's Mobility Program. The following articles are some of the words and images from their journeys. There will be an information session in early February for second year students interested in going on Mobility next year. NSCAD by Dawn Newton CELINE RICH Mobility Student at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S A. Twent on mobility to the Maryland Institute in Baltimore, Maryland for both semesters of my third year. I wanted to experience the differences between Americain / Canadian, East coast / West coast; differences we have many cultural myths about. Good things about M.I.C - the Internship Program: Iworked for a blacksmith during th first semester and a public works ai during the second semester. - the Career Development Office: Provided lots of info. about career ‘opportunities and things to apply for. - ceramic shell casting - close to Washington and New York - [lived in the same neighbourhood as the Institute. - [could talk to students in the graduate programs. = I got lots of work done and clarified my ideasby having to explain them to new people. Not so good things about M.LC.A: = lots of security paranoia, with some good reason, but very alienating = students very unpolitical - very departmentally specific I met some nice people and a few good teachers. I came back with a better understanding of the art world, the good things about E.C.LA.D., the interaction CLA.D_’s departments and the