Former student Alex Rodway blogs his art

Former Visual Arts Brampton teen member Alex Rodway is now blogging his new works, on a fairly regular basis. Most of the works so far were created for his courses in Sheridan College's Illustration program, while others were done for a publishing company.

Alex was a student of Visual Arts Brampton's teen classes for a few years later last decade, easily earning golds, having progressed greatly from his first early year in the classes, back in 2000. About a year ago, he shared a show at the Rose Theatre Brampton's art gallery.

The Brampton Guardian: More VAB classes

More VAB classes

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Due to demand, Visual Arts Brampton will be adding a session for 6- and 7-year-olds to its Saturday youth classes.

It will run during the morning timeslot, but will be taught by a former VAB student Ilichna Morasky, who is now in her third year at Sheridan College, studying illustration.

Morasky will be teaching weekly from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m., while Keith Moreau will be holding his 8- to 12-year-old sessions from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays.

VAB is located at One Bartley Bull Parkway in the lower level of the Bartley Square Mall (corner of Hwy. 10 and Steeles Avenue). For information, call 905-453-9142 or visit visualartsbrampton.com.

The Portfolio Workroom

The Portfolio Workroom is a course for grade 12 students planning a career in the fine arts, animation, or illustration fields. Held at the Visual Arts Brampton Creative Studios, Sheridan third-year students Ilichna Morasky and Collin Chan will help students achieve a higher standard of work by enhancing their foundational skills for a portfolio.

The course includes watercolour, acrylic, life drawing/painting, object drawing, and basic anatomical studies. The objective is to help students develop skills in foundations for a basic portfolio, in time for an application towards either Sheridan College or OCAD.

The class starts Sunday, November 5, and runs for fourteen weeks, pausing for the holiday season.

Workroom costs $500, which includes studio usage and models, materials extra. Contact the instructors at portfolioworkroom@gmail.com for more information.

Ilichna and Colin will be speaking at both Mayfield S.S. and North Park S.S. on October 20, and at Notre Dame S.S. on October 26. On October 27, they will appear on daytime (Rogers ch. 10, 11 am to noon) promoting their classes.