Bumper year for QMU’s
Film & Media Degree Show
Art Psychotherapy Exhibition –
not all glitter and Freud
P
OSTGRADUATE ART PSYCHOTHERAPY students from
QMU showed off their creative flair as part of an annual
graduate exhibition which took place at Edinburgh’s
Gayfield Creative Spaces.
The MSc Art Psychotherapy Graduate Exhibition celebrated
the work of more than 15 talented graduates and showcased an
array of expressive, interactive and insightful artwork.
The exhibition ‘Not all glitter and Freud’ aimed to raise
awareness and encourage a broader understanding of the
benefits of art therapy.
Lindsey Edghill, MSc Art Psychotherapy graduate and
exhibition committee member, said: “Our exhibition provided
space for the students and tutors to celebrate themselves as
artists. It also helped to challenge preconceptions of what art
therapy is and is not.
“Art therapy provides a creative alternative for people to
communicate thoughts and feelings, which may have otherwise
been difficult to express verbally. It creates a safe space
enabling play and supports self-exploration through creative
communication. As the title suggests - art therapy is not all glitter
and Freud.”
The event was sponsored by QMU, the
QMU Student Development Fund and
Harviestoun Brewery. ❒
A
RECORD NUMBER
OF
film
buffs
packed Edinburgh’s
Filmhouse the night before
graduation to see QMU’s
annual Film and Media
Degree Show.
An audience of over 200
people, including Fiona
Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for
Culture, enjoyed a wonderfully
varied selection of short
promotional films, dramas and
documentaries from QMU’s
2nd, 3rd and 4th year Film and
Media students.
The ten shorts made by
QMU’s students were this
year’s cream of the crop,
covering a diverse range of
subjects and genres. The
documentaries profiled an
award winning artist, took the
audience on a musical journey
to the streets of Morocco and
showed people how to build
an earthship. The dramas
featured characters dealing
with the effects of grief,
poverty, illness and… junk
mail.
Film and Media student,
Jordan Phillips, won the
Bruce Thomson College
Access Award (Bruce
Thomson Memorial Fund),
and fellow student, Linzi
Wilson, won the University's
Media, Communication and
Performing Arts (MCPA)
Photography Prize on the
night.
The audience also got their
chance to cast their votes
for best film, which was won
by Graham Wallace. Graham
also won the Bruce Thomson
Production Dissertation Prize
(Bruce Thomson Memorial
Fund) for his film - 'Float'.
The Bruce Thomso n prizes
were awarded in memory of
Bruce Thomson, a lecturer at
QMU for many years, who died
in 2001. Bruce was passionate
in his support of students,
especially those from a
non-traditional educational
background. He also had
a great love of the visual
arts. The two prizes from his
memorial fund reflect these
areas.
Graham Drysdale, Lecturer
in Screenwriting & Digital
Filmmaking at QMU, said:
“We think this was one of our
strongest ever screenings,
with record numbers turning
out to see our students’ work.
“This event is always a
highlight in the QMU calendar
as it provides a platform for us
to celebrate creativity, as well
as allowing students to unveil
films they have worked on over
the last year. It’s important to
our students to see their work
on the big screen. There’s
nothing like hearing and
seeing an audience respond to
your film in the way you hoped
when you first conceived of
the idea.”
The 2015 Queen Margaret
University Film & Media
Degree Show was organised
by Film and Media student,
Michelle Hanzelova. ❒
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