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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, April 11, 2014 | 24 Transitions on display at local Trias Gallery Exhibit runs until April 19 An exhibit highlighting the transition of winter to spring is on display at Trias Gallery. The show, called Transitions, runs until April 19 and features a variety of paintings and sculptures by 17 artists. Indira Roy Choudhury, the director of Trias Gallery, describes how the gallery has been split down the middle to reflect the changing seasons. "Works on the southeast walls depict the warm tones of the seasons to come with a special emphasis on flora and growth," she said, noting how one piece depicts, "a moment in time where the wind softly moves across the rolling hills and the sun gently warms the skin," while another shows a bronze figure leaping and dancing. The northwest walls highlight a selection of images with a calmness and cool tone that have a quiet stillness, she continued. For more information on the exhibit, visit www.triasgallery.com. The Bronte Road gallery is open TuesdaySaturday between 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Artscene "Connected to your Community" Calling singers to the stage Those aspiring to be the next big singing sensation are being called to the stage for Tune Up Music Night. Auditions for a spot in the music showcase will take place next week at the Black Box Theatre at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) on April 17 from 7-10 p.m. Youths aged 13-19 are encouraged to showcase their talents. Call 905-582-3592 or email bronteyouth@oakville.ca to book an audition or send a demo MP3 or video by emailing bronteyouth@ oakville.ca. Youths can also post an MP3 or video on the Oakville Youth Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ oakvilleyouth) by April 17. Tune Up Music Night is part of the Town of Oakville's annual Youth Week celebrations from May 1-7. It takes place on May 3 at QEPCCC, 2302 Bridge Rd., from 7-10 p.m. and features "the best young talent Oakville has to offer." Admission is free with a Youth Week passport (pick one up at the Town's recreation facilities) or $6 per person. For more information, visit www. oakville.ca/culturerec/programsyouth.html. The Transitions exhibit runs until April 19 at Trias Gallery, 11 Bronte Rd. It features works by 17 artists, including Creemore Vista by Douglas Edwards.| photo courtesy of Trias Gallery Four-year bachelor degree in Film and Television will begin this fall by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff Sheridan's Media Arts program takes a bow dustry professionals and graduates who expressed the need to move to a degree level to meet the changing industry, McKean noted. He said it's one thing to teach practical skills and produce someone who can shoot a camera or have the foundation to write a screenplay and another to teach the "theoretical learnings" and professional practice standards. "You need to be multi-skilled, you need to understand where the money comes in order students with a successful platform to get into the industry." This fall, 100 students will begin the Film and Television degree, while Media Arts program students will finish up their second and third year. McKean said the program is "keeping pace ahead of the curve" by working with the industry and keeping tabs on how it changes. "The industry is evolving and it's critical we prepare students for that," he said, noting how stories are on demand across various platforms like social media, mobile applications and television. The Journalism programs remain unchanged. They are still diploma programs. Media Arts program screenings Sheridan College's Media Arts students will be screening their films on April 16 (first-year screenings), April 23 (second-year screenings) and April 24 (third-year screenings) at Encore Cinemas, 171 Speers Rd. The screenings will showcase the best productions from the whole Media Arts program. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the screenings begin at 7 p.m. Admission for the evening costs $5. Proceeds go towards fundraising for the Sheridan Film and Television Club. For more information, visit www.film.ca. Sheridan College's Media Arts program is being phased out to make way for a four-year bachelor's degree in Film and Television this fall. The program, which has been offered at the College's Trafalgar Campus for more than 40 years, has stopped enrolment with the final year expected to graduate in 2016. Sandy McKean, Sheridan College's Associate Dean of Film, Television and Journalism, told the Oakville Beaver the move is part of the institution's journey to becoming a university. "We've taken what we've considered to be a very strong Media Arts program and we've built on that to make it even stronger through a deSandy McKean gree offering," he said, noting how the hallmark three-year advanced diploma program will now become a four-year degree program. The decision was also made in consultation with the school's program advisory group, in- Tea with Opera at Library The Oakville Opera Guild is hosting Tea with Opera in the auditorium of the Oakville Library's Central Branch Tuesday, April 15. Learn all about the theatrical secrets of the Canadian Opera Company's props department beginning at 1:30 p.m., in the Navy Street library's auditorium. Admission is a donation of $10, which will go towards a scholarship for an opera student at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. The event will be followed by tea. For more information, visit www. coc.ca/AboutTheCOC/Affiliates/ OperaGuilds/OakvilleGuild.aspx. We've taken what we've considered to be a very strong Media Arts program and we've built on that to make it even stronger through a degree offering. Sheridan College associate dean of Film, Television and Journalism Sandy McKean to make a movie, how to work with people because it's a team sport, so to speak, and you have to have a good understanding of the world and the various components that make up the way we live to be a good story teller," he said. "We wanted to strengthen the Media Arts program to make it a degree and provide our For more entertainment news, visit www.oakvillebeaver.com