Years in the making pairing º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute (NMHI) and the university’s Faculty of Arts is the brain/mind exhibition, "Connections: Bringing Neuroscience and Art Together".
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Students spin old clothes into synthetic spider silk — and gold
º£½ÇÉçÇø undergrads from four faculties work together to win medal at the worldwide iGEM competition in Paris.
Tanya Klimp and Darcy Fraser Macdonald chatted with CKUA Radio's Grant Stovel about "This Show is Trash", their shared exhibition that runs in FAB Gallery until December 14.
Connections, a new exhibit at the Royal Alberta Museum, brings the scientific and artistic together. Developed by researchers at the º£½ÇÉçÇø's Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, the exhibit highlights the brain through scientific images and works created by artists drawing from their own experiences with mental health disorders and brain diseases.
Marilène Oliver (Art & Design) and Simonetta Sipione (Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences) discuss their involvement in "Connections", a new exhibition at the Royal Alberta Museum that brings the scientific and artistic together.
Industrial Design grad Josh Smith has developed a reputation for scents that fully express earthy elements.

Video Spotlight: Demystifying artificial intelligence by design
Pop-up exhibit gives visitors a hands-on introduction to the basics of technology that is reshaping the world.
Brandi Goddard's (Assistant Lecturer, HADVC) research into Irish folklore and traditional women’s craft finds that people often received warnings through oral folklore and storytelling. Just in time for Halloween, this article takes a look at this phenomenon in Irish folklore surrounding women’s craft.
Curators Chloë Lum and Yannick Desranleau have often wondered the same thing
The exhibition, featuring the work of Sean Caulfield (in collaboration with º£½ÇÉçÇø Department of Art & Design colleague Sue Colberg and Steven Hoffman from York University), fosters discussion on political action and environmental change.

Five leading º£½ÇÉçÇø researchers join the Royal Society of Canada
Art & Design research associate Narges Noori has been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada.

Academic exploration earns Arts grad top awards
Katie O’Connor, ‘24 BA (Hon) with a double major in English and HADVC, will convocate with a Governor General Silver Medal, Dr. John McDonald Medal in Arts, and Rutherford Medal in English

MDes graduate centres holistic wellness in healthcare product design
Stephanie Rossi sees industrial design as a way to enhance overall human health — not just pathology
A new art exhibition is opening in Edmonton. 'Listening to the Land' is debuting at the FAB Gallery on the º£½ÇÉçÇø campus. It's by Treaty 6-based artists Christina Battle and Lara Felsing.
How the versatile visual artist reinvigorated her career by bathing it in violet light: an interview with Department of Art & Design Galleries & Exhibitions Manager, April Dean.
"The True Cost of Oil" photography exhibit, presented by Environmental Defence and Keepers of the Water, took place from May 15th to June 1st. Here, Colleen Lynch shares her Impressions of the exhibit launch on May 16th.

Betsy Boone meets the Queen of Spain
Professor M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Boone met with Her Majesty Queen SofÃa of Spain after presenting her new book in Madrid on Friday, May 24.
Modern and relevant, 'metanoia' bridges together art and innovation through contemporary designs and inventive concepts.

Department Works on Display in Major International Printmaking Exhibition
The Department of Art & Design was well represented at ddd Gallery's recent "Mirror/Mirror" printmaking exhibition in Kyoto, Japan.

Congratulations to VCD grad student Helma Zarrin
Helma Zarrin has received an International Week 2024 Poster Competition Award.
Raneece Buddan speaks with CBC Radioactive about her current FAB Gallery show, "In this vessel I am..."