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It\u2019s very clear that the Visual Arts students have devoted their entire lives to art.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here 24\/7. Teachers meet and give us the amount of work that will fill our time, sometimes too much, so we can concentrate on nothing else other than art,\u201d explains Rechwan.<\/p>\n
Art takes more than painting an idea onto a canvas, the club members say. It takes practice, patience, and knowledge.<\/p>\n
Learning which medium to use takes time, and according to Rechwan and Johnson-Dorman, the instructors at Camosun have taught their Visual Arts students how to do so effectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an artist, your concepts are the first thing you have. Then you decide which medium to express them through,\u201d says Rechwan.<\/p>\n
Johnson-Dorman adds that this multitude of media makes things more interesting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes for a richer experience than just using one medium,\u201d says Johnson-Dorman.<\/p>\n
Students can often end up being caught in an infinite spiral of retouching artwork before finally deciding to finish the piece, they say.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt a certain point you need to realize, it\u2019s just not going to get any better,\u201d says Johnson-Dorman. \u201cThe great thing about this program is that it grinds the perfectionism out of you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Visual Arts program is meant to be hands-on, enabling the students to grow with their talents. The students\u2019 energy is not only spent on creating the art, but also on planning and organizing their final show and fundraiser.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a ton of planning,\u201d says Johnson-Dorman, with an exhale.<\/p>\n
The Visual Arts students organized a pizza-box fundraiser to help offset the cost of the final art exhibition.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got these pizza boxes and we filled them with five pieces of art each,\u201d says Johnson-Dorman. \u201cBut you wouldn\u2019t be able to tell what you were getting before you got it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like a mystery box, like the lottery,\u201d adds Rechwan.<\/p>\n
According to Johnson-Dorman, the first fundraiser was a huge success and the students sold out. However, there are still pizza boxes that can be purchased, and the fundraising isn\u2019t over for the students yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still selling pizza boxes,\u201d says Johnson-Dorman. \u201cThe art show is free admission, and it\u2019s open to the public. Drinks and food are by donation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Camosun Visual Arts students have been working long days leading up to their year-end exhibit. The Visual Arts graduate exhibition, Within the Menagerie, will be taking place on April 24. The exhibition will showcase the students\u2019 exploration of artistic media and the hours of planning that took place leading up to the show. \u201cBecause […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-april-1-2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10502,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10500\/revisions\/10502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}