Creative Arts Champlain

Below you will find the winning entries from our In Transition/En Transition Creative Arts Contest for high school students. We received a number of outstanding submissions and would like to thank everyone who participated. Emilie Parenteau took top honours with her mixed media book project. Second place prize was awarded to Claudel Routhier for her black and white photograph. Third place went to Caelen Costigan-Roberts for her painting. And an honourable mention went to Milyncia Létourneau Prud’homme.  All the award winners were presented with certificates  at our 38th annual year-end exhibition and film screening. Congratulations to everyone!

Marie Miclette (left) and Isabelle Caty (right) each won scholarships valued at $750, which were awarded during Champlain’s 2010 “Desjardins Scholarship Evening”.  Marie received an Entrance Scholarship as the Creative Arts student with the highest academic average based on high school results, and Isabelle won one of the Bourses d’Excellence-Desjardins as the Creative Arts student with the highest Cote R scores in her first two semesters.  Bravo!

Recently, Donna Noonan and Janis Lundman were guests in the Film/Video profile’s “Portfolio” class.  Donna spoke in detail about the job of production designer, overseeing locations and set design for feature films and TV series.  And Janis gave the class valuable insight into the process of producing films and television.  The two have worked on the TV series Bliss, St. Urbain’s Horseman, and Durham County, as well as many other productions.

The Film/Video/Communications profile recently had a visit from former students who were guests in the Portfolio class.  They shared their experiences with our current fourth-semester students, who are all busy thinking about life after Champlain!   The group of grads, who represented 10 different university programs, had plenty of practical advice about the university application process as well as first-hand knowledge about what things are like in the world of higher education.  Our thanks again to Scott Berwick, Annie-Kim Brais, Marianne Desfossés, Camille Gagnon-Chalifour, Amy Hêtu, Chris Jadah, Tyler Jadah, Mike Paolazzo, Paul Richard, and Alexanne Verville for generously giving their time.

One of our DISA teachers, Ashley Miller, was recently involved in the exhibition LAND ART –  which was sponsored by the city of St. Hilaire.  The website for the whole show is here.  The first image below is the work that was included in the exhibition. The second image, called Totem, is a piece from another of Ashley’s shows at the Vieux Prespetaire in Longueuil.

One of our Creative Arts teachers, Francesca Penserini, has had four of her art works selected by Loto Quebec’s Comité d’Acquisition. These works will enter a permanent collection that celebrated its 20th anniversary last fall.  We are happy that our teachers continue to work in their fields and proud when they receive recognition!

BE A CREATIVE ARTS STUDENT FOR A DAY!

Are you thinking about coming to Champlain Creative Arts next year?  Why not get a feel for the place by joining us for a day?  Call and let us know when you can be free and we’ll set you up.  You can sit in on some Creative Arts classes, meet students and teachers and see what they’re up to.

Call Dan Babineau at 450-672-7360, extension 269, or email dbabineau@champlaincollege.qc.ca

See how happy our students look. LOL!  Not sure how the little kid got into our program though. Must have had really, really good marks in kindergarten.

This post is for teachers. If you have ever been given the excuse “My dog ate my homework”, and you have rolled your eyes  with that can’t-you-think-of-something-more-original disbelief,  you may wish to reconsider.  Below is a photo of a genuine dog-chewed roll of film turned in by a slightly embarrassed, first semester intro photo student. She shall remain nameless. Her dog’s name, however, is Zeke. She was given an extension in case you are wondering.