R E T H I N K
A Creator's Showcase & Gathering: 2019

RETHINK was our first ever gallery that was hosted last March, 2019. Our mission was to give GBDA & MDEI students an opportunity to communicate their personal challenges and victories with this new era of creativity. Hosted at the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business, RETHINK was steaming with unconventional collaborations and authentic expression.
Event Highlights
RETHINK brought in a crowd of over 150 people for an evening of expression and collaboration. Covering the first floor of the School of Interaction Design & Business, RETHINK had three diverse components to the evening:
Lightning Talks
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Listened to a variety of individuals who had a lot to say and learn from.
Displayed digital masterpieces, illustrations, paintings,
UX work & much more.
Creative Work
Market
Gave students with businesses & freelance services the opportunity for exposure.
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Evening Itinerary
05:00 Buses Depart Waterloo
Buses come to Hagey Hall at the University of Waterloo's main campus.
06:15 Opening Ceremonies
Some quick opening notes from our organizing team to welcome you to RETHINK!
06:00 Gallery Opens & Dinner
As you sign in to the event, we will be serving pizza to all attendees.
06:25 Market Opens
- Avneet Sandhu
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Daniel Brenneman -
Justin Seto -
Lauren Dagworthy -
Daniel McNeil -
BuChau -
Stratford Resource Bins -
GBDA Society
09:00 Buses Depart Stratford
All visitors who arrived by bus, load and leave from Stratford for Waterloo.
06:45 RETHINKING Culture - Lightning Talks
RETHINKING Culture is a time for us to reflect on our relationship to our campus and
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6:45 - York Lane Art Collective: York Lane Art Collective is a volunteer-run, creative art space for artists to express themselves, collaborate with others, and fuel inspiration. Sometimes a gallery, sometimes a concert, YLAC is an ever-evolving space where disciplines are practiced, experienced and expressed.This place thrives on sustaining an artistic community. We emphasize on collaboration, where individual skill sets are exchanged to expand horizons and grow artistic visions.We respect and encourage all forms of art and creativity.Located in the alley of York Lane behind Ontario street, you will be intrigued to discover Stratford’s vibrant, inspirational, local art scene. After our first full year open, we have curated 12 gallery exhibitions, screened local artists’ films, hosted local theatre productions, play-readings, book readings, poetry nights, a ton of live music and concerts, held classes and given opportunities to artists to sell work.
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7:00 - La'Osa - La Osa, heading into it's second year as a brick and mortar shop, WASN'T born overnight. La Osa has evolved into a dreamy place filled with carefully curated vintage goods, hand-picked treasures and beautifully crafted jewellery, including Pamela's own jewelry line, created on site. She believes in and supports the slow-fashion movement, encourages the appreciation of vintage and handcrafted items and promotes the environmental benefits of wearing and buying second-hand clothing. Hear about her creative journey from hobby to side hustle to full-time business, developing a business plan, making the most of the resources available to you and building community around your brand. Community involvement is a big part of her business - she is the co-founder of Perth Pop-Up market series, on the organizing committee for Stratford Trashion Week and the board of directors for Stratford's City Centre BIA.
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7:15 - BRIDGE from the University of Waterloo's School of Architecture: BRIDGE Centre for Architecture and Design is an independent, student-run initiative at the University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture that supports student art and design initiatives and connects the school to the community. Our talk is broken down into three parts that explain the digital and physical platforms of BRIDGE Centre for Architecture and Design: the website, the storefront and special events. Our website is a hub for students at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture to share their opinions, travels, academic work and extra-curricular projects. The storefront, which has a very public presence in downtown Galt hosts a variety of community events, such as exhibitions, talks and performances. Our special events sections include the Future School workshops, where BRIDGE collaborated with local public schools on a design project, as well as "Common Waters", an upcoming community initiative that consists of art exhibitions, walks, lectures and other mixed-media events centred around the large topic of water. Common Waters is being curated in collaboration with Cambridge Art Galleries.
06:30 The Edition Publication - Launch
This term, a part of our Collective Team worked to create our campus' first publication. In lightning speed they put together an artifact that will remind us of the creativity that each student holds and how we can continue to experiment moving forwards.
07:30 Creator Insights - Lightning Talks
7:30 Seyitan
06:40 Theatre 1: Phoneless Vlogumentary by Vince Harttrup
*There will be 4 showings of Phoneless between 6:40 - 8:00 PM
Don't get stuck in the glue.
08:00 Theatre 1: The Hamurgi Project by Mohammed Irfan
a documentary series where different people were asked ‘why they loved themselves?’. An initiative to bring this generation in the spectrum of self-compassion.
Last Years Creators
illustrators
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Brendan Wong
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Emily Lilek
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Buuchau Chau
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Kyera Mapp
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Tracy McAllister
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Mohammed Irfan
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Susan Sun
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Avneet Sandhu
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Razan Qaoud
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Halina Brookson
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Rusiru Polwatta
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Cindy Le
musicians
podcasters
videographers
painters
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Tiana Eghdam
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Carly Phillips
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Anjelica Maglinao
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Alexandria Won
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Andrew Ing
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Katie Jones
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Alex Mills
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Mary Allysa Misola
photographers
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JiaJia Kong
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Jessica Phelps
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Saphera Peters
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Mathieu Legault
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Le Anh Dang
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Viran Kohli
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Reid Valaitis
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Sam Foss
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Felix Weber
wall designers
Sponsors
Arts Endowment Fund

The Accelerator Centre
Balsamiq

Arts Student Union

GBDA StudentSociety