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TWU art students reimagine the stories that shape their identities

Their collection of works, Disrupted Narratives, pushes against the familiar.

Using paint as a primary medium, TWU art students reflect on and creatively retell the narratives that have helped form who they are.

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ART 221 students setting up their latest exhibition, Disrupted Narratives, at the Emerging Artist Gallery in Jacobson Hall. 

Artists redefine the familiar

Art students have taken on the challenge to confront and disrupt what is familiar through their latest exhibition, Disrupted Narratives. This collection of works by students in professor Alysha Creighton's ART 221 painting class is showing on the Langley campus at the Emerging Artist Gallery in Jacobson Hall now until Feb. 12, 2025. The exhibition Opening Talk is on

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Applying art theory and skills

ART 221 is a studio course that focuses on the acquisition of foundational painting skills. Students are invited to apply colour theory in intentional ways. Throughout the semester, students experiment with techniques such as picture plane, shape, volume, and brushstroke. 

Exploring artistic expression, students also learn to consider how personal voice and concerns translate into painting practices.

Students further participated in setting up the exhibition inside Jacobson Hall, taking part in the full experience of creating an exhibition from inception to public engagement. 

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Inviting viewer engagement

Disrupted Narratives invites viewers to reflect on the power and agency of rewriting their own stories, revealing the beauty in ambiguity, the freedom in transformation, and the potential for new perspectives to emerge.

Their show statement describes how each painting begins with a deeply held narrative, whether rooted in family, culture, personal experience, or societal norms, and introduces elements of disruption, pushing against what feels familiar.

Through unexpected combinations of form, subject, and material, the works unravel assumptions about who we are and how we see ourselves. Inner monologues, reinterpreted cultural myths, and reconfigured moments of personal or collective history intertwine in these pieces, offering a glimpse into the fluidity of storytelling.


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Founded in 1962, Trinity Western University is a global Christian liberal arts university. We are dedicated to equipping students to discover meaningful connections between career, life, and the needs of the world. Drawing upon the riches of the Christian tradition, seeking to unite faith and reason through teaching and scholarship, Trinity Western University is a degree-granting research institution offering liberal arts and sciences as well as professional schools in business, nursing, education, human kinetics, graduate studies, and arts, media, and culture. It has campuses in Canada in Langley, Richmond, and Ottawa. Learn more at www.twu.ca or follow us on Instagram @trinitywestern, Twitter @TrinityWestern, on Facebook and LinkedIn. For media inquiries, please contact: media@twu.ca.