ampus hews EDITOR KENDRA WONG THE DAILY VOICE, FRIDAY, APRIL 4,2014 3 Grad gallery sparks creativity The second annual Cre- ative Arts Pop-Up grad gallery will be on display in main foyer until May 24 By CHRIS SLATER displayed in a space-age exhibit and full-size gowns made entirely from delicate paper are just a few things on display at one of the largest design formation art shows in Langa- ra’s history. The second annual Creative Arts Pop-up grad gallery displays works of art from the design formation program, including art history, fine arts, profes- sional photography, publishing and film arts students, in the main foyer of the A building until May 24. Collision, the first of six exhibitions, will be on display until April 11 and fea- tures work from 23 graduates of the program. For many students, the seven-week exhibition is a chance to showcase their work to professionals in the in- dustry. “We have portfolios and business cards. We have invited industry indi- viduals. It’s a way of getting us into the market, by getting [those people] to know us,” said Freeman Lam, a design formation student. “We have drafting, we have graphic design. We have 3D models and interi- or design. Tonight is for each student to show off their identity,” added Lam. This is the second year that the de- sign class will be displaying their work in the main foyer. The exhibition has grown in recent years, said design student Veronica DeVilla. “All we used to have was little booths set up in [the design class],” said DeV- illa. Design formation instructor Yvan Morissette said the name Collision is a representation of the two- and three- dimensional works that will be on dis- play. “This program is as much about 2D design as it is 3D design and it’s a colli- sion of the two worlds — basically the work coming off the page from 2D to 3D and how that kind of collides together,” said Morissette. A collection of the best work from design formation students will be on display from May 20 to 24 in the foyer. Aen Braun cigarette lighter Lynpa WYLDE CHRIS SLATER photo Design formation student Lynda Wylde stands in front of her work. GRAHAM McFIE photo Students in the foyer of the library admire the photographs that are the result of a collaboration between Langara art history students and the George Pearson Centre on Thursday. Exhibit features Student collabo Art history students’ collaboration with George Pearson Centre on display outside the library By GRAHAM McFIE angara art history students, in col- laboration with George Pearson Centre, have produced a collection of photographs for adults who can’t take photos for themselves. George Pearson Centre in Vancouver is a home for roughly 120 adults with severe disabilities. Eight students from the art history department volunteered to work with 10 residents from the centre. The collection of roughly 15 photos included stills of residents with things they liked, such as one resident with his plush animals and one resident by a hot tub. Anne Kristiansen, the acting depart- ment chair for the art history depart- ment and coordinator of the collabora- tion, said the logistics of students and residents participating were “perfect.” “The theme of it is things that are special and inspirational for the resi- dents,” Kristiansen said. “Many of them are quadriplegics, so many of them can’t hold a camera, so the students came and were the ones that took the pictures.” The collection was initially on display at the centre and has since been moved to Langara’s library. On April 2, Langara also hosted an opening for the collection in the foyer of the library. “That was so a lot more people could participate,” Kristiansen said. Kristiansen believed that the opening reception was a success because of a brief documentary put together on the experience of those involved. A documentary was also made fea- turing the collaboration and can be seen on YouTube. One resident, Joyce, whose last name is not given in the documentary, de- scribed the “Japanese Lantern Seed Pods” photo, which is shown on the posters, as significant because its seeds are fragile but will later grow and be- come strong. Ron Stedman, recreation manager at George Pearson Centre, said in the doc- umentary that student collaborations are always important. “Having young enthusiastic students in the building is always a good thing,” said Stedman. The photos will be on display outside the library until the end of April. At the end of the month, the collection will be moved to the George Pearson Centre as part of its permanent art collection. 66 Many of them are quadriple- gics, soma- ny of them can’t hold a camera, so the students came and took the pictures ANNA KRISTIANSEN, ACTING CHAIR OF THE ART HISTORY DEPARTMENT Oxfam club looks to the future Langara Oxfam club looks to increase membership and host more campaigns in the upcoming year By LESLIE KAM final meeting of the school year, and despite some early challeng- es, the club is looking forward to orga- nizing more campaigns and increasing membership next year. The club provides an avenue for stu- dents to do volunteer work under the non-profit organization to help fight against root causes of the issues, be- ginning with women’s rights. “We live in a place where we have so many opportunities, and when you look at all these people who don’t even have a quarter of what we have, I really think we should help them out,” said club member Syed Ahmed. According to Oxfam, 70 per cent of the world’s population living in ex- treme poverty are women and girls. As a branch of Oxfam Canada, the club does direct Te Langara Oxfam club hosted its campaigns with the non-profit or- ganization. “Oxfam Cana- da’s big focus is on gender issues and what we do as a campus club is look at education, advocacy and fun- draising so that Oxfam can provide resources to part- LEILANI REUM Founder of Lan- gara Oxfam club 66 ner organizations P eople re- working to help de- ally want- veloping coun- tries,” said club ed to g et founder Leilani involved Reum. Their most no- and a lot table project with of people Oxfam was the Be- have hind the Brands campaign that re- reached ceived enough sig- out to us natures for Pepsi- Co to agree to a zero-tolerance pol- icy on land grabs. Despite having only eight official members, Reum couldn’t believe the amount of support the club received. “People really wanted to get in- volved and a lot of people have reached out to us. We maybe haven’t done the best yet to provide an avenue for peo- ple to do that and we are developing that,” said Reum. “It surprised me that we had such a presence already, which is pretty cool after one year.” But their success didn’t come with- out a hitch. The club faced many challenges. With the amount of time dedicated to start up the club, and a busy school schedule, members were not always able to meet up and productivity occa- sionally suffered. But Reum is proud of her team and believes the club will only get better. - ae. Of LESLIE KAM photo Members of the Langara Oxfam club on Thursday.