{"id":17517,"date":"2019-04-03T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=17517"},"modified":"2019-04-08T09:06:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T16:06:23","slug":"out-of-the-grey-exhibit-teaches-students-the-many-facets-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/04\/03\/out-of-the-grey-exhibit-teaches-students-the-many-facets-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of the Grey<\/em> exhibit teaches students the many facets of art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u2019s a lot of work to do around reconciliation, and sometimes that comes through in Camosun College students\u2019 artwork. First-year Visual Arts student Weezie Black is currently working on her submissions for Out of the Grey<\/em>, an exhibit of first-year students\u2019 work that will be on display at the Lansdowne campus. Black, who is from Tsawout First Nation\u2014one of five bands that make up the W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 nation\u2014hopes her work will challenge people\u2019s mindsets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo a degree, there are certain things in regard to my work that I\u2019ve wanted to do, but I\u2019ve been hesitant to\u2026 because it\u2019s difficult to manifest; it\u2019s kind of an emotional challenge in itself to bring those things into a literal, visual, tangible being,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black says that social-justice, human-rights, and cultural issues facing people today all have a strong influence over her work; her end goal is to make those hardships processable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can all see it, and think about it, and talk about it,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd they\u2019re not nice things to talk about, but sometimes it\u2019s important to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Camosun Visual Arts student Weezie Black and instructor John Boehme (photo by Adam Marsh\/Nexus<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Camosun Visual Arts instructor John Boehme says the show is an opportunity for students to experience the professional aspects of being an artist: dealing with rejections and transforming the space where the artwork is shown into a gallery. He says students learn technical aspects like what makes proper lighting for a show and how far apart the art should be hung. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 2,225 people that are employed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art aren\u2019t all people who make art,\u201d he says. \u201cSame with the 35 people who are full-time employees at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria… They write about work and they install work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, of course, there is the judicial process for Out of the Grey<\/em>; Boehme is judging student submissions alongside Visual Arts chair Brad Muir. Black says she feels the judging process\u2014which may result in rejection of a piece from the exhibit\u2014is fair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in a position where we need to be applying our thinking to that next level,\u201d she says. \u201cI find a challenge in it. I want my work to be accepted\u2014or maybe not accepted, but to be regarded as professional level\u2026 I want to reach that level.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Black acknowledges that reaching that objective level is \u201ca strange thought.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is professionalism?\u201d she asks. \u201cI definitely feel that it\u2019s beneficial to us as students to learn about, and to push ourselves to that point.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black says she is getting to that level but is not quite there yet. But, she says, that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not achievable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m aware of where I feel like I need improvements and that at other points I\u2019m like, \u2018No, I\u2019m being hard on myself.\u2019 We all have that tendency to do so in art. It\u2019s so important to be satisfied by it. It\u2019s hard to be satisfied with something that\u2019s subjective\u2014I think it\u2019s good, but is it good? I don\u2019t know,\u201d she says. \u201cLet them decide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of the Grey<\/em>
Opening reception 6 pm Friday, April 5
Continues Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7
Young 111, Young 117, Visual Arts Annex in pottery building
camosun.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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