{"id":3606,"date":"2019-10-17T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.porticomagazine.ca\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:40:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:40:07","slug":"new-chapters-fall-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2019\/10\/new-chapters-fall-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"New Chapters – Fall 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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For Thomas Craig Oliver, taking U\u00a0of\u00a0G\u2019s studio art program in the late \u201970s propelled him into a passionate and dynamic artistic life that spanned more than 30 years. A new book about the Ontario artist, who passed away in 2013, was published this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
One With Everything: The Art of Thomas Craig Oliver<\/em><\/a> was written by the artist\u2019s brother, Richard Oliver, and by well-known art conservator Anne Maheux. Oliver found his creative voice at U of G and acquired the technical skills and inspiration that fuelled his career, according to the authors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n Claude Cormier studied agronomy at U of G before he got the brilliant idea to create playful public spaces for people and animals. The renowned landscape architect, head of Claude Cormier\u00a0+ Associ\u00e9s Inc., was honoured in the 2019 CSLA Excellence Awards for his firm\u2019s Breakwater Park project, which the company describes as a \u201cmagically immersive encounter with Lake Ontario.\u201d It won in the medium-scale public landscapes category.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Among the company\u2019s ongoing projects is The Cats, a cat-themed park in Toronto\u2019s Wellington Street West neighbourhood.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n Carolyn Hickey, an MA grad in art history and visual culture, was named the new head of collections at the Woodstock Art Gallery in Woodstock, Ont. She graduated in 2018 and landed the job last spring.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Hickey said the training and internships during her U of G program prepared her for her new role.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cI get to work with art every day and it\u2019s great,\u201d said Hickey, who is passionate about community engagement and accessibility of arts in Canada.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Jael Richardson,\u00a0Freedom to Read Award<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n