International and collaborations office presents "Global Designs and ARTchives, Volume I"

International Programs and Collaborations Office presents "Global Designs and ARTchives, Volume I"

International Experiences 2023  Student Exhibition

Exhibitions Dates: Sept 5 - Sept 18, 2023

Opening Reception: Tues, Sept 12 from 3-5pm in Ada Slaight Gallery. Speeches, Live Performances, and Refreshments will be provided. 

Global Designs and ARTchives is a culminating exhibition of student's practices, responding to their course themes and linked to COIL+ courses which include short term international travel components.  

In Spring/Summer Terms 2023, students travelled to three countries, experiencing three different cultures. The first experience was led by Professor Michael Lee Poy, as a Special Topics Class focusing on Natural Building and Carnival Architectonics at Wa Samaki Ecosystems in Trinidad & Tobago. This was a land-based program situated at 35-acre permaculture farm in Freeport. The second experience was led by Faculty member Anda Kubis, rooted in an intensive cultural immersion looking at Oaxacan art, craft, design principals and techniques in Oaxaca, Mexico. The third experience was led by Professor Ian Keteku, in a Decolonized Field Study to Ghana, Africa. Students engaged in research and development of literary pieces in a variety of outputs and locations across Accra.  

This collaborative exhibition showcases the learnings, outcomes, and cultural immersion of the students' lived experiences. These projects were generously supported by Universities Canada, Mobility Funding through Global Skills Opportunity (GSO).