VISA Student Work

Understanding Colour II (Instructor: Xane St Phillip)

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:44:59 +0000

For a video clip of last year’s Understanding Colour II

Open House December 2011

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:08:17 +0000

Some photos from our Open House on Saturday, December 17. We had a great time. Beautiful artwork. Over 300 people. Congratulations to everybody who helped put this together. And thanks for coming to visit. If you missed the event check out the Open House video courtesy of ExhibitV

Nature & the Sublime

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:28:20 +0000

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Nature & the Sublime exhibition opens Friday, August 12 at 7:30
The work in this exhibition is by students from the course of the same title. Although based on landscape and nature, this course examines the more abstract qualities of painting. Students experiment with the application of paint on a surface to create atmosphere, mood and emotion. Natural phenomena and weather are used for their metaphoric capacities. The act of painting becomes a way to connect the artist to the natural surrounding world. Exhibition continues to Wednesday, August 17 in the Slide Room Gallery located at the lower level of VISA.

Mostly Black

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:02:19 +0000

Here are images from Xane St Phillip’s Painting: Mostly Black course taught in the Spring 2011 semester.

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Presence of Mind

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:38:47 +0000

Sarah Houghton (detail)

The Diploma of Fine Arts 2011 exhibition took place in June 2011.
Sarah Houghton, Anne Marie McPartlin, Tanta Pennington and Marion Whalley were this year’s graduating students.
Presence of Mind Slideshow

Drawing: Making a Mark

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:43:08 +0000

This workshop is the first in a series of Drawing Today workshops offered over the summer at the Vancouver Island School of Art. This workshop uses forms such as a personal signature, scribbles and contour lines to explore approaches to drawing.
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Watercolour Play Workshop

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:51:34 +0000

A one-day watercolour workshop where students learn to approach watercolour painting in a fun and non-intimidating way. The workshop introduces the concept of the doodle as an entry point to artmaking. In one exercise students used numbers as a way to create marks and designs.
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Work from Open House April 2011

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:15:24 +0000

Check out some of the highlights of our Open House in April 2011.

VISA student gallery

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:10:12 +0000

This site will showcase a range of work done at the Vancouver Island School of Art. Images will get posted on a weekly basis. We look forward to sharing what goes on at VISA with the rest of the community and we welcome comments and questions.