VSDAA Students' Club
1925 - ?
The art school Students' Club was formed in the first year of the art school. They
published the school's annual, called The Paint Box. In 1927 they hosted the
Bal Masque noted in a newspaper review.
The Spring 1936 issue of The Smock Pocket noted that
"the Student's Club held a Barn Dance in the Old Design Attic - (Hey: Hey: Did the hicks
have a good time?) Accordian music, square dances, meller-drammer, doughnuts and coffee."
The party was held the previous Hallowe'en in conjunction with the
Graduates' Association of the art school.
Exhibitions
Clippings
"Against a striking background of vivid posters, guests at the Bal Masque given last
evening by the Art Students' Club at the Ambassador,
whirled in a colorful mass, like so much animated confetti. The syncopated vagaries of
modern jazz came from the mouth of an enormous green Ogopogo which looked down with
fiery eyes upon the festive scene, while jazz demons in the proverbial red could be
seen within the depths of the monster. Unique life sized figures disported themselves
along the balcony rail, holding clusters of balloons and between grotesque heads with
yawning mouths held garlands of multi-colored streamers. ... "
From "Ogopogo Yawns On Gay Crowd At Bal Masque"
unknown newspaper, October 20 1927
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