1. CONGRATULATIONS to our student winners
in the 2014 Creative Excellence Awards
international competition sponsored by Applied
Arts! The professional jury recognized student
achievement with thirteen awards to projects from
Graphic Design, Independent Digital Photography
and Independent Illustration programs. For
the names of winners and details about the
competition visit our FCAD Facebook page.
Congratulations also to Professors Bob
Cooper and Nick Douloff, both of whom
retired this summer after successful teaching
careers in the Corporate Communications
program. Wishing you all the best!
And a warm welcome to Shaina Trapedo,
Ph.D. (University of California) who
brings her experience in teaching and her
love of research and scholarship to the
School of English and Liberal Studies.
Michael Maynard MFA, FGDC, RGD
fcad@senecacollege.ca
NEWS and EVENTS
03 AUGUST 2014
n A film production by Tom Evelyn, a 2006 graduate of the Broadcasting-
Television program has been recognized at Cannes Lions’ Branded Content
and Entertainment Awards, the world’s biggest celebration of creativity in
communications. Tom is an executive producer and partner at Untitled
Films in Toronto. The story of a VW ‘Beetle,’ Once More: The Story of VIN
903847, a car driven around the world three times (and is still on the road)
was awarded a Silver Lion in the “Non-Fiction: TV & Broadcast” category,
and a Bronze Lion in the “Film” category.
n Last month the film In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John
Fahey premiered on U.S. television on the Oregon Public Broadcasting
network. Produced by Professor James Cullingham from the School of
Media, the film documents the life and career of John Fahey (1939-2001),
the American guitarist, composer, author and iconoclast. It has previously
been broadcast by BBC and has now been screened on four continents.
n The rich learning experience in FCAD is the result of a mix of
traditional course delivery together with lectures, workshops and
webinars. This semester Professor Beth Agnew is hosting a weekly
webinar for Technical Communication students featuring an instructor
from India. Rajeev Jain is a prominent technical communicator with
extensive international experience. Steven Lin and John Gendi of
Information Technology Services and Chad Pilkey from the School of
Information and Communication Technology organized the webinar
using Big Blue Button, an open source conferencing system that Seneca’s
Centre for the Development of Open Technology helped develop.
And professional illustrator Matt James recently presented his
work to Independent Illustration students, and explained his creative
process illustrating children’s stories and working with book publishers.
Last year Matt won the Governor General’s Award for “Children’s
Illustration” for his work on the book Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers.
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ROBERTOVAZQUEZ
During the summer semester Independent Photography student Roberto Vazquez has been
visiting classes and documenting Seneca’s learning environment in his role as a work/study
student. Pictured here is his photograph of a life drawing class in the Independent Illustration
program. Life Drawing is a core subject in many FCAD programs, providing students with
an introduction to various media and an understanding of perspective, anatomy, figurative
movement, colour, shape and form.
Zoran Dobric and his Fall Collection were profiled in the
August edition of Fashion Magazine. Zoran has taught
in the School of Fashion since 2008. His designs feature
an interfaith and multicultural theme (above), reflecting
international experience in his native Yugoslavia as well as
Italy and England.
PETERBALINSKI
FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION,
ART AND DESIGN
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