Pigment Explorations

Materializeis a series of weekly multi-disciplinary Fine Arts workshops at Concordia University that offer students hands-on opportunities for collaborative skill sharing.R﻿egistration:W﻿orkshop registration will open one week before the event date. If you would like to get on the waiting list for a workshop that is already full, or if you can no longer attend a workshop you have signed up for please emailmaterialize@concordia.cawith your request.Location:These workshops will take place in the Core Technical Centre Assembly Room, 1515 rue Sainte-Catherine (EV8.455) or in the CUCCR Grey Nuns location at 1200 Guy St (GN G-R01 G-R02). Each workshop location will be clearly indicated on the event page and on promotional material.W﻿ho Are These Workshops For?A﻿ll Materialize Workshops are open to Concordia University Fine Arts Undergraduate and Graduate students only. Please provide your student ID number when registering for events.S﻿tay Up To Date:1. Follow the Materialize Workshops Eventbrite page to get a notification when a new event is open for registration.2﻿. Look out for posters around the school announcing workshops open for registration4. Students can also sign up for the monthly newsletter by emailing materialize@concordia.ca with your name, email address and your wish to sign up.* P﻿lease note that these workshops will bedocumented. If you register for an event, please let us know if you do not want your photo taken *

Materialize Workshop Series

Participants will experiment with pigments and paint with host Sylvia Rack. This workshop is open to current Concordia Fine Arts students.

1515 Sainte-Catherine O

If this event is full and you would like to sign up for the waitlist, please email materialize@concordia.ca . If you would like to stay up to date about future events, please sign up for the Materialize newsletter by emailing your interest to materialize@concordia.ca. 
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About The Workshop:This workshop explores the sustainability of different types of paint and pigments from a holistic approach. We will examine the geopolitical history of different pigments (earth and mineral, synthetic and organic) while experimenting with grinding, mixing and preparing paint from raw pigment.We will then use the raw pigment to create oil, acrylic and watercolour paint, examining the different binders and fillers used for each and consider the relative sustainability of each taking into consideration their origin, production, toxicity and method of disposal. Finally we will explore the properties of pigments in a painting context, testing their opacity, transparency, and lightfastness. Materials will be provided. About The Host:Sylvia Rack studied and worked professionally as a digital character animator in video games until 2015 when she decided to move to Florence, Italy to study the techniques of old master painting. After returning to Canada in 2019 she began volunteering with several environmental organizations including For Our Kids, Mère au Fronts, Puppets for the Planet and the David Suzuki Butterfly Rangers, which began a lifelong fascination with ecosystem function and symbiotic relationships between plants, insects and soil. She is completing her second year at Concordia’s MFA Painting and Drawing Program. She currently interns at the David Suzuki Foundation organizing community engagement for the Rewilding Arts Prize, and volunteers with the MFA Studio Arts Student Association to fundraise and organize the annual MAUREEN exhibit for the MFA Studio Arts students. She has received several awards in the last few years including an Our Kids Climate Microgrant, the Lillian Vineberg Graduate Award, the Experimental Learning Grant and the Elspeth McConnell Fine Arts Internship Award. L ocation:This workshop will take place in the Assembly Room (EV.8.455) located on the 8th floor of the EV Building at 1515 Sainte-Catherine Street Ouest.* Please arrive on time to the event! *Note that this workshop will be documented, and if you are registered and would not like your photo taken, please let us know. If you have questions or if this event is full and you would like to get on the waitlist please email us at materialize@concordia.ca

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