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ART
A
n offer to help
the artists set up
their displays for
the IIOFF Art and
Wine Exhibition
brought me back to Bishops
campus for the first time in years
– and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the
nostalgia it evoked was intense.
Every building, every room, every
detail brought back a flood of
(mostly) fond memories. Even the
places that had been thoroughly
renovated and rebuilt, such as the
impressive new Ubuntu Learning
Centre, had me contemplating
what kind of memories the new
generations of Bishops boys would
be forming around them. In brief,
Michael Beckurts (2018S).
ABOVE The exhibition was held in the new Ubuntu Learning Centre, with food
by Salt Catering, a regular ODU events supplier, and wine by 12 OD-run estates
(see list on p62). Past and current art masters Peter Hyslop and Husain Essop
and the ODU’s Dedry Weich were instrumental in making it all happen.
RIGHT Simon Jones (1968O) in front of Tree of Life and Siren of the Squirrels,
among others. TOP RIGHT Leon Glanvill (staff) with Day 2, which he painted
during Covid lockdown. OPPOSITE Toronto by Thomas Cartwright (1988K).
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I was directly confronted with how
thoroughly the Bishops campus
had shaped me as a person.
In a presentation at the Owl
Club around the same time, Justin
Fox, author of the excellent book
Place, spoke of how landscapes,
particularly those that form the
backdrop of our early years, shape
our personalities and are essential
to our sense of wholeness as a
person. The Bishops campus, I’m
sure, is one such formative place
for any OD; but each of us has our
own unique landscapes that have
shaped us. And perhaps more
relevantly, all of us have perceived
these landscapes in our own
unique way. As Justin phrased it,
