Press Release

May 16, 2001 - Heritage College Art Students Celebrate at Annual Spring Art Show

The recent grand opening and vernissage of the Annual Spring Art Show at Heritage College in Hull was a huge success. The agora of the College was transformed into a gallery showcasing the talents of first-year Visual Arts and second-year Fine Arts students. The displays continued into the main art studio, providing plenty of room for the steady stream of appreciative guests, who included community members, current and prospective students, parents and staff.

The evening climaxed with the presentation of prizes in several categories, including the 2nd Annual Outaouais Alliance Art Award, which celebrates artistic talent combined with open-mindedness, enthusiasm, imagination, flexibility and leadership. Outaouais Alliance President Rick Henderson was on hand to present the award to graduating Fine Arts student Chrysanthe Lebel of Denholm for her set decoration work for the recent Heritage Drama Club production of "Departures and Arrivals."

The 2001 Fine Arts graduating class will be the final one for that program at Heritage and indeed in the province of Quebec. The new two-year Visual Arts program introduced at Heritage in Fall 2000 will continue the practice of cultivating the imagination and developing students' creativity and personal vision while going beyond the traditional fine arts courses to include technology-related features and learning activities related to fields such as graphic design, art conservation, photography, commercial art, and interior design.

This year's various media category prize winners were first-year Visual Arts students Ashley Dupras of Hull, Christine Larmour of Breckenridge, Andrea Kelley of Aylmer (who won in both the "Mixed Media"and "Black & White Photography" categories), Johnathan Routliffe of Aylmer, and graduating Fine Arts students Dan Stach and Marc Brigden (both from Aylmer), Emil Panayotov of Gatineau (who also won the Loomis and Toles "Painting" prize), and Rachelle Viau of Ottawa. Andrea Kelley also received the Wallack's prize in the "Painting" category and Marie McClelland of Cantley won The Focus Centre Prize in the "Digital" category.

Follow this link for a closer look at the winning artworks. For more information about the new Visual Arts program at Heritage, click here.