Elemental Forces
Be Curious...explore video art and moving images!
Be Creative...express yourself, make some art!
Be Connected...meet friends for food and fun!
Art Thrive: Elemental Forces is a social and creative space where connection and creativity is paramount. Through video art, moving images, and a unique and fun artistic activity led by local artists, each event celebrates an elemental theme- earth, wind, fire and water.
Join us at one or all of the free drop-in events taking place at various locations across campus.
Moving Images curated by Imogen Clandenning. Artmaking activities facilitated by Tia Bates.
Water | Fluidity
September 11, 2025
McIntosh Gallery
1 - 4 pm
Moving Images: Canoeing the Black Creek (2023), by Dave Kemp (pictured above). Underwater Magic World (2025) by Cassie Packham.
Artmaking Activity: Silkscreening tote bags with Soft Flirt.
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Water | Remembering
September 24, 2025
Weldon Library Scholar's Lab
1 - 4 pm
Moving Images: Ozigwan (2023) and Into Water (2019), by Cole Forrest. On and On and On (2024), by Evelyn Pakinewatik (pictured above). How to Steal a Canoe (2016), by Amanda Strong.
Artmaking: Silkscreening t-shirts with Flourish and Grow, and watercolour painting.
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Earth | Threads
October 7, 2025
Western Student Recreation Centre
1 - 4 pm
Moving Images: solitary stitches: sand, snow, soil, Elham Fatapour, 2023. We Would be Freer, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, 2023. Kuenta, Jorge Lozano and Alexandra Gelis, 2012.
Artmaking Activity: Collaborative Weaving.
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Earth | Conjuring
October 29, 2025
Schmeichel Building
1 - 4 pm
Moving Images: Witch’s Work, Emily Pelstring, 2018. Sistership TV Episode 1: Gotta Crack a Few Eggs, The Powers featuring FASTWÜRMS and Blevin Blectum, 2019. Medicine and Magic, Theo J. Cuthand, 2020. Concrete Shape, Jesi Jordan, 2023 (pictured above). and H1BA – Curses, Hiba Ali, 2019.
Artmaking Activity: Seed paper zines.
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Wind | Flurry
November 12, 2025
Thames Hall Atrium
1 - 4 pm
More details soon!
Fire | Futures
December 4, 2025
Western Student Recreation Center
1 - 4 pm
Moving Images: The Golden Chain, Adebukola Bodunrin and Ezra Claytan Daniels, 2016. The Peacemaker Returns Skawennati, 2018 (pictured above). SuperNova, Rah Eleh, 2019. A Proposal for Anti-Drone Architecture: Shura City, Hiba Ali, 2013.
Art Activity: Stained glass tealight holders.
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Fire | Moving Light
December 10, 2025
McIntosh Gallery
5 - 7 pm
Moving Images: A Confluence of Legacies, performance by Michelle Wilson and the Coves Collective, 2025 (past performance pictured above). Small File Eco-media Films: Another Another World, Matthias Grotkopp, 2023. Liquid Snake Dance, Ioannis Karalis, 2024. Walking Through a Nile Codex, Mena El Shazly and Omnia Sabry, 2021. ici loin / here afar, Ghada Sayegh, 2024. Glints; a temple; a white wall; a ravine; a strong wind, Somayeh Khakshoor, 2021. Night Tender, Dag Davidge and Bernice Chau, 2023.
Art Activity: Stereoscope Reel.
