School of Creative Arts

University of Windsor exhibition reframes the Windsor–Detroit border through art, archives and student research 

Photo of Niku Koochak and Dr. Lee Rodney in the SoCA GalleryShifting Borders, an exhibition developed by guest curator Niku Koochak (left) in collaboration with Dr. Rodney to examine how borders are shaped by access, power and lived experience through contemporary art, archival materials and student-led research. (PETER MARVAL/University of Windsor)

 

By Victor Romao

An exhibition that ran March 12 to 20 at the University of Windsor’s School of Creative Arts (SoCA) Gallery invited visitors to reconsider the border not as a fixed line on a map, but as a shifting experience shaped by politics, access and personal history.

Shifting Borders examined how the international boundary between Windsor and Detroit — often perceived as close and easily crossed — can carry very different meanings depending on an individual’s circumstances.

Neuroscience research and voice-controlled drums: Rock drummer Satoshi Yamaguchi to deliver public lecture

Satoshi Yamaguchi at his VXD drum kitDrummer and researcher Satoshi Yamaguchi will present a public lecture at SoCA Feb. 23 (PROVIDED BY S. YAMAGUCHI/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves

For any musician, losing the ability to play their instrument sounds like a nightmare.

For Satoshi Yamaguchi, drummer for the Japanese rock band RADWIMPS, this became a reality while on a national concert tour in 2009.

Having developed musician’s dystonia, a rare neurological condition impacting his motor control, Yamaguchi continued to perform until 2015 when he made the decision to step away from drumming due to progressing symptoms.

SoCA faculty take the stage for annual jazz concert

4th annual jazz faculty concertFaculty from the School of Creative Arts will step out of the classroom and onto the stage Saturday, Feb. 7 for their fourth annual Faculty Jazz Concert at the Capitol Theatre in Windsor, Ont. (Trevor Pittman/ UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR)

Windsor’s Capitol Theatre will hum with the rhythm of jazz this Saturday as faculty from the School of Creative Arts step out of the classroom and onto the stage for their fourth annual Faculty Jazz Concert.

The concert features a varied program of instrumental and vocal jazz numbers, selected by Mike Karloff, Shahida Nurullah, Bob Fazecas, Steve Wood, Mike Palazzolo, Miles Finlayson and Vanessa Harnish.