Robert Truszkowski – Tenure & Promotion 2011
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    • New Canadian Painting
    • Okanagan Print Triennial 2009
    • Trois-Rivières 2009
    • PrintZero Exhibition 2010
    • Traditions and Transitions 2011
    • Class Portfolio 2009
    • Class Portfolio 2010
    • Class Portfolio 2011


Graduate Supervision

According to records of the Department of Visual Art, there have been no graduate students in Printmaking for more than a decade.  At present, there are two students pursuing graduate work in Print Media.  I believe that my re-invigoration of the Print Media area at the University of Regina, as well as my profile, and approach have aided in the ability of the institution to recruit and retain graduate students.  Graduate teaching is very different than undergraduate teaching, as any seasoned instructor will point out.  I have learned a great deal through exposure to my colleagues in the Department of Visual Art, particularly Professor Leesa Streifler, whose mentorship in co-supervising my first graduate student, has been absolutely invaluable.


 

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Amanda Damsma - MFA Print Media 2011
(co-supervisor with Professor Leesa Streifler)
Thesis successfully defended 25 November 2011!

Born into the Damsma-Manderson family, Amanda spent much of her early life shuttling between her families' separate households in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Portability was essential to her lifestyle and it was within colouring books and picture books that Amanda first found her creative passion. She carried this passion with her to Queen’s University were she studied Printmaking, completing her BFAH in 2009. She is currently finishing her MFA at the University of Regina, where her artistic practice of creating experimental print media and bookwork continues to draw inspiration from the picture books of her youth.

                The following is an excerpt from the artist’s exhibition statement:

“Here, There Be Monsters playfully illustrates the personal memories and realities of growing up between homes, as the child of divorced parents. The surreal drawings of suitcases — which appear to be part creature and part machine — are a metaphor for the mobile lifestyle that was a result of moving between the discreet households of my separated parents and two sets of grandparents.

The exhibition is a space to play, laugh and share. Please be warned that, like the mysterious beast and serpents created by early mapmakers, many creatures are waiting to be unpacked and discovered within the gallery… Here, There Be Monsters.”

For the entire statement, click here.

Thesis successfully defended 25 November 2011!
External examiner: Professor Mark Bovey, NSCAD

For pictures of the installation, click here.


 

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Rowan Pantel - MFA Candidate (programme entry September 2011)

In 2008 Rowan received her BFA from the University of Saskatchewan, majoring in Printmaking.  The work from her graduating exhibition represented Saskatchewan, at the BMO 1st! Art exhibition in Toronto.  Shortly thereafter, Rowan began apprenticing with Saskatoon ceramic artist Ken Wilkinson, taking part in the Saskatchewan CARFAC mentorship programme between 2008 and 2009.  She enjoys being involved with the surrounding art communities and currently works as a Facilitator with the Dunlop Art Gallery in Regina, and holds the position of Student Curator for the Presidents Art Collection on the University of Regina campus.  A member of the Saskatchewan Craft Council, she was recently invited as the student participant to the Emma International Collaboration which will take place in the summer of 2012.  Along with her MFA, she is currently working on publishing a children's book, and recently created a blog called "In Search of Alice", where she tracks artists, designers, and quotations from writers and theorists  as part of her artistic research.  For more information about Rowan please visit her website at www.rowanpantel.com.



Robert Truszkowski - Department of Visual Arts - Faculty of Fine Arts - University of Regina