Powsey set to speak February 8 as part of the 2018 Artist Talk Series
A landscape drawing by Artist Talk Series speaker Clive Powsey, who speaks at NIC’s Comox Valley campus Feb. 8. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
NIC’s School of Fine Arts and Design will host respected artist and teacher Clive Powsey at NIC’s Comox Valley campus on Feb. 8.
Date: Feb 8, 2018Time: 6 pm - 7 pm Location: Stan Hagen Theatre, Comox Valley campusCost: Admission is freePowsey is the second speaker in NIC’s 2018 Artist Talk Series, a five‐part event bringing
distinguished local and international artists to the college.
Series coordinator and NIC instructor Sara Vipond said the series aims to give students
and the local arts community a chance to meet successful artists and learn about their
art practice.
“Clive is a wonderful addition to this series,” said Vipond. “His breadth of experience
in the world of painting, drawing and animation is a valuable resource not only for
students, but anyone interested in art.”
Powsey was born in Ashford, Kent, in the U.K. He studied drawing, painting and printmaking
at the Ontario College of Art, spending his last year of studies in Florence, Italy.
Powsey has exhibited in solo and group shows since 1981. His acclaimed watercolour
paintings have been seen around the world and have won multiple awards.
Powsey also worked in animated film and television from 1985 to 2016 as an art director
and background artist for companies like Walt Disney Animation Canada and the award-winning
animation studio Nelvana Ltd.
His credits include various television series and specials, theatrical releases, direct-to-video
movies, commercials, animated shorts and special projects like painted backgrounds
for the IMAX/OMIMAX animated short Journey to The Planets and The Dark Years, a National
Film Board documentary co-production.
As an instructor, Powsey taught courses on drawing and painting at the Ontario College
of Art (1988-92) and in background painting and design at Max the Mutt Animation School
(1999-2003) in Toronto. He currently teaches a course in drawing and rendering and
a course in design fundamentals in the Metal Jewelry Design program at NIC.
Powsey has focused on printmaking and has had three solo exhibitions on Vancouver
Island during the last five years. He is currently working on a new exhibition for
later in 2018.
Powsey will deliver his talk at the Stan Hagen Theatre from 6 to 7 pm, with doors
opening at 5:30 pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
The NIC Artist Talk series previously featured Rick Leong on January 18. Upcoming
talks include Rande Cook (Feb. 22), Nadine Bariteau (March 8) and Brendan Tang (March
22) at the Stan Hagen Theatre.
For more information, visit https://www.nic.bc.ca/finearts.