Brittany

Kennedy

Fine Arts, Education
Newfoundland

"When I first came to Lakehead I was pretty scared, I didn’t know anyone. My entire family lived in another province so leaving home was pretty overwhelming. But it wasn’t until I was walking to class one afternoon during early September that I realized Lakehead was the school for me. There was something about walking along Lake Tamblyn and saying hi to all my new friends I walked passed made me feel important. It made the feeling of being alone turn into the feeling of independence.

I’ve been working on a butcher-paper dress accompanied by photos a fellow student helped me take. During this project my professor Roly Martin helped me get outside my comfort zone. He taught me to take my art to a new level; showing me how to step back and look at my art as a whole was a huge eye opener. Roly did not only teach me how important craftsmanship is but more importantly how to see myself as an artist.

A pivotal experience for me at Lakehead was when I was walking across campus in my second year and saw a few friends. I decided to stop and chat with them and ask how their semester was going, one particular girl I didn’t know said she knew me because someone showed her my artwork. She said she was pretty impressed; we began to chat about my work and my program. It was then I realized I was doing something important with my education.