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50th Anniversary Slide Show

Colour and b/w images of Image Arts students and faculty from 1950 - 1990s. Slides created in 1998. Images in show are slide versions of images in other series incl. RG 55.19.

Academy Award For Technical Achievement certificate

"Technical Achievement Award" issued by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to Frieder Hochheim, Gary Swink, Dr. Joe Zhou and Don Northrup "for the development of the Kino Flo Portable, Flicker Free, High Output Fluorescent Lighting System for motion picture set illumnication." The Kino Flo system is described on the award as providing "high-output, flicker-free, color-corrected flurescent light to match 3200K or daylight" and as incorporating "remote ballasting" and making "available very flexible, compact, portable set lighting fixtures." The Award was presented on March 4, 1995 and is signed by Arthur Hiller, President of the Academy. Frieder Hochheim (Photo Arts '77) invented the system that "revolutionized lighting in the motion picture and imaging industry" and led the team that won the Academy Award

Advisory Committee (incl. Norman Jewison) photograph

File contains photographs of the members of the Film and Photography (now Image Arts) Advisory Committee in the mid-1980s, including famed film producer and director, Norman Jewison. Included are files on who is who and a brief description of Norman Jewison.

Anomie: the journal of dreadful malaise

File contains the journal created by the 1992 MAC033 class to provide a forum for critical writing, dialogue, and debate about issues of concern to the students in the Photo Arts Department.

Book of photographs

A series of black and white photographs taken by third year Photographic Arts students, arranged and published in a book printed by students from the Graphic Arts Program.

Canadian Space Agency Workshops

File contains photographs, agendas, correspondence and other materials relating to the week long workshops for the Canadian Space Agency.Workshops were subcontracted to RTA through T.V. Ontario - who were planning on making a documentary from space footage. Workshops took place from December 8 - 11, 1992.

Catalogue: Living Picture/them(selves)

File contains a catalogue of the video installation them(selves) by Sylvie Blocher. The residency of Sylvie Blocher and the exhibition was a collaboration with the School of Image Arts at Ryerson, the Art Gallery of York University, and the Association française d'action artistique.

Curriculum analysis

A comparative analysis of the curriculum of Ryerson Polytechnic University's Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Film and Photography, and the University of Guelph's Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art.

FUNCTION magazine

Published jointly with Graphic Communications Management until 2002/03. An issue was not published for 2001/02. Issues 1998/99 - 2000/01 co-arranged with GCM: RG 56.21.

Faculty and Staff photographs

File contains images of various faculty and staff from the Photographic Arts and Image Arts programs. Included are 2 framed portraits - one of Reginald Soame and the other of Geoffrey M. Bullock.

Film and Photography Department open house

File contains a framed poster advertising the Ryerson Film and Photography department's open house that took place on May 7-9, 1982. It also contains 3 copies of an oversize poster advertising another open house.

Filmbuilding.99 - video cassettes

This file contains 8 videocassettes: Filmbuilding - Contemporary Case Studies ; Design/Film Practice ; Technology as Technology ; Sunrise ; Deutelbaum/Broken Lance Excerpt ; Historical Case Studies ; End/Q&A Historical Cases - Stylistics in Cinema Design ; Stylistics in Film Design (contd.) - Planning for Next year.

Filmbuilding.99 textual records

This file contains textual records related to The International Academic Congress "Filmbuilding.99 - Devices and Delicacies of Film Design", which was hosted at Ryerson. Includes conference program, periodicals, posters, grant applications, organization committee meeting minutes, promotional materials, correspondence,

Gallery and Research Centre post cards

The oversized post cards are artist renderings of the completed renovations of the Image Arts Building and advertise the future opening of the new gallery and research centre, anticipated to open on September 29, 2012. Before the opening took place, the gallery's name was changed to the Ryerson Image Centre (RIC).

Image Arts students' handbooks

File contains various student handbooks from the School of Image Arts. File also contains promotion regulations, prerequisite schedules, manuals, and the technical operations handbook.

Imagearts.ca

File contains various volumes of the newsletter of the School of Image Arts, imagearts.ca.

Kodak Canada - the early years 1899-1939

"Kodak Canada - the early years (1899-1939) was an exhibit mounted by the students in the Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management program. Drawing from the Ryesron University Library Special Collections Kodak Canada Corporate Archives and Heritage Collection, the exhibit explored the development of the Kodak empire in Canada in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibit ran January 23 - February 24, 2019.

Kodak Class Image competition

File contains a certificate and a poster for the Kodak class image competition. The certificate was awarded for first prize achievement in the photo-journalism category. The poster is advertising the exhibition of the winner and honourable mention photographs in the black and white student print competition.

Mary Jane Gomes(?) photographs

File contains photographs of a woman who is possibly Mary Jane Gomes, a 1982 Image Arts grad and a former Image Arts faculty member. File also includes a short biography on Mary Jane Gomes and her debut feature.

Motion Picture Photography

File contains materials for the Motion Picture Photography course. Files include various texts, course syllabus, exams, and projects.

New Media Lecture Series

File contains emails promoting the New Media Lecture Series, the result of a partnership with the School of Image Arts and the Ryerson Gallery and Research Centre.

Newsletter

File contains newsletters emailed to mailing list. Newsletter contains information about events, exhibitions, and general gallery information. Initially called News and Events, it changed its name to Events and Exhibitions, and finally What's On - Events and Exhibitions.

PTZ 021 Theory of Photographic Systems

File contains textual records of class materials for PTZ 021 Theory of Photographic Systems when taught by H. Westerblom. File includes a photographs of students, exams, class lists, projects, reports, and lesson materials.

Photographic Arts Motion Picture Graduates booklet

This little booklet was produced by the graduating students in the Motion Picture Studies Option in Photographic Arts in 1972. This was the very first class to graduate in a film option at Ryerson. It was, at the time, a three-year Diploma Option. The Graphic Arts Department published the booklet.

Photography Collection postcards

An incomplete boxed set of photo postcards put together by Peter Higdon, Curatorial Manager, School of Image Arts, for Ryerson's fiftieth anniversary celebrations. The postcards are reproductions of original prints in the fine art photography print collection housed in the Mira Godard Study Centre in the School of Image Arts. A complete description of the collection and its role in Image Arts is provided on the first postcard in the box.

Posters

The file contains four posters of RIC exhibits.

The Image Centre

Program Review Process

File contains:
Program Evaluation Process c1980
Program Assessment Committee Report Sept. 1982
Proposal for Three Programs to replace Dept. of Film & Photography Oct. 17, 1983
PREP - Photographic Arts c1982
Academic Quality Element 1989-90
Societal Need Element 1989-90
Finanical Viability Element Jan. 31, 1992

Programmes

The file consists of programmes for exhibitions and events held at the Ryerson Image Centre including:

  • Ryerson Image Centre Grand Opening Exhibitions
  • Toronto Convention About Photographic Collections : Definitions, Descriptions, Access
  • Archival Dialogues : Reading the Black Star Collection
  • Berenice Abbott: Photographs
  • Human Rights Human Wrongs
  • The 'Public Life' of Photographs
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; May-August ; June-August 2013
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; June-August 2014
  • Phil Bergerson : Emblems and Remnants of the American Dream
  • Cue Depth
  • Exhibitions & Events, May-June ; Sept-December 2014
  • Curious Anarchy : The Photographic Collection of Maia-Mari Sutnik
  • Remembering The Real Winnie : The World's Most Famous Bear Turns 100
  • Exhibitions & Events, May-June 2015
  • Photography Historians: A New Generation?
  • All That Glitters : Carole Tanenbaum Vintage Collection Jewelry Benefit
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; May-August 2016
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; May-August 2017
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; May-August ; Sept-December 2019
  • Exhibitions & Events - January-April, 2020

Promotional Materials

Promotional material describing the different diploma and degree programs offered by the Film and Photography department, with information about the department and faculty members, removed from the documentation files.

Public Supply

File contains materials from Public Supply. "Public Supply" is a piece in which the audience, by telephone,supplies the sound material. The performace was broadcast on CJRT on March 7 and was organized by Max Neuhaus.

Publications

File contains copies of books authored/published by the Ryerson Image Centre.

Publications

File contains books published in conjunction with exhibitions held in the Ryerson Image Centre.The Image Centre.

Recommendations for Restructuring Committee

The 2 reports are recommendation reports on the proposal for restructuring the Image Arts staff and facility created for the restructuring committee. The first report contains recommendations given from the support staff and the second report contains recommendations from the committee itself.

Revised curriculum proposal

File contains materials related to the Revised curriculum proposal for the Film and Photography Department. File includes correspondence, reports, and the revised curriculum.

SPT 011 Still Photograph Studies

File contains textual records of class materials for SPT 011 Still Photograph Studies. File includes photographs of students, exams, readings, projects, reports, and lesson materials.

SightSoundSystems "Reunion"

Contents include a flyer and an article on the "Reunion" event celebrating 35 years since the electronic sight and sound chess game of 1968 between two artists Marcel Duchamp and John Cage.

Soon we were enroute again - The Margaret Corry Albums (1947-1963)

"Soon we were enroute again..." the Margaret Corry Albums (1947-1963) was an exhibit mounted by the students in the Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management program with the Margaret Corry photograph albums held by the Royal Ontario Museum, courtesy of the Family Camera Network. The exhibit ran January 24 - April 18, 2018.

Student Films: Ben Caza, Instructor

Ben Caza donated 15 cans of student film assignments to the Archives. A selection was made from these films based on the following criteria:

  • indoor/outdoor footage of Ryerson;
  • work of student who was former employee or has received recognition in their career;
  • work showed Ben Caza;
  • work was excellent example of narrative or technique.

    Can A. 5 films dealing with humour, the RPI library and longer narratives. The film "Johnny" deals with the First World War.
    Can B. 5 films dealing with Ryerson street scenes and the library. One humourous film has two "Frantic" members in it. The film, 'Alien' was done by a former RPI staff member, Chris Bell.
    Can C. 4 films dealing with Ryerson street scenes and the Library. One film stars Ben Caza. A longer documentary shows a maple syrup farm and the Kitchener-Waterloo market.

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