Research - Dr. Darren Millington
Dr. Darren Millington
Department of Fine Arts and School of Education
Dr. Millington's Ph.D. work sought to examine how students come to understand their art making processes in the studio. The resulting doctoral dissertation looked at a means of linking both modes of knowing employed in studio classroom, the visual and the verbal, chiefly through the encouragement and understanding of metaphorical thought processes. This approach allowed for meaningful connections between the student's visual explorations and other fields of study, other areas of personal import. Dr. Millington's present work continues to focus on pedagogical strategies which enhance the studio art learning environment.
Dr. Millington also continues to conduct ongoing visual research and to actively exhibit his work in galleries and museums throughout Quebec and farther afield. His most recent work, at times politically minded and at times deeply personal, draws stimulus from the Dada artists: Marcel Duchamp, Kurt Schwitters, Max Ernst and Francis Picabia. True to his teaching approach, Dr. Millington encourages an open ended metaphorical readings of his assemblage/ paintings. Currently Dr. Millington is curating an exhibition of the Quebec artist Lorraine Benic. He also currently sits on the Conseil des Arts Visuels for the City of Sherbrooke.
