Alumni association awards new grad its fine arts prize
Thanks to her inventive mix of traditional storytelling and creative animation, new graduate Alisi Telengut recently took home the 2013 Concordia University Alumni Association (CUAA) Prize for her short film, Tears of Inge.
The $1,000 CUAA Prize is awarded to a graduating student whose work is showcased at the Graduating Students Exhibition. This year’s winner was announced during the show’s vernissage at Concordia’s FOFA Gallery on June 10, also convocation day for the Faculty of Fine Arts.
Tears of Inge is “a remarkable project of under-the-camera work,” said jake moore, FOFA Gallery director, referring to the painted frame-by-frame technique used in Telengut’s piece.
The film tells a traditional Mongolian nomadic story about human animal interdependency, narrated by the Telengut’s grandmother.
Winning the CUAA prize caps off a few noteworthy years for the young filmmaker, who graduated with a BFA in film animation. In 2012, her short film, Tengri, won best animated film at the Montreal World Film Festival in the student film category and both Honourable Mention and Best Canadian Student Animation Award at the Ottawa International Film Festival. She also won the Rising Star Award in the animation competition at the 2013 Canada International Film Festival.
CUAA prize-committee and board members Eli Chalupovitsch, BComm 75, Anca Ivanov, BComm 02, and Jeff Lawy, BSc 01, MBA 08, praised all the exhibitors for their tremendous work. Chalupovitsch said it was difficult to name a winner but the Tears of Inge was the committee’s unanimous choice.
Joyce Zemans, recently minted Concordia honorary doctorate recipient and renowned art historian, was also at the vernissage. She marvelled at the creativity and quality of the work of the fine arts students. “Over the years, I’ve watched with interest and amazement the success of graduating students.”
Divided between Concordia’s VAV and FOFA galleries, the Graduating Students Exhibition is a juried opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students from diverse disciplines to have their work exhibited publicly to commemorate the completion of their studies.
The 11th annual Graduating Students Exhibition is open to the public and runs until June 28, 2013.
Related links:
• Graduating Students Exhibition
• Concordia University Alumni Association
• Alisi Telengut on Vimeo
• FOFA Gallery
• VAV Gallery
• Film Animation program
• Faculty of Fine Arts