If you’ve ever wondered what the University of Lethbridge’s new media program students get up to, then discover the answer, Nov. 25 at the Dr. 
Foster Penny Building ( 324 5 Street South).
That’s when Collectively Independent opens — a showcase of works from The university’s digital illustration program, interactive web design program and fourth year portfolio class.
“ It will be a really exciting experience to see all of these works,” noted Matt Valgardson, who has several pieces in the show, which features the works of approximately 70 different artists.
The show will include a variety of works including short films, interactive content, 3-D pieces, graphic design and a lot more.
“ There will be a lot of different pieces. And we’ll have computer terminals set up to show some of them,” Valgardson said.
He noted there are some very innovative pieces including a piece inspired by the works of New York City performance artist Miriam Simun.
“It’s a form of illustration made out of Twitter hash tags,” he described.
“It makes it interesting when you’re limited to 140 characters.
As a special bonus, each of the artists will be speaking about their works, Nov. 28-29 again at the Dr. Foster Penny building downtown.
There was a similar show at the Dr. Foster Penny Building earlier this year, though on a much smaller scale.
Valgaardson noted the show is a great opportunity for the artists themselves to socialize.
“New media is one of the nerdiest fields you can get into. It’s full of gamers and fontheads,” he said adding they aren’t the most social people in the world, so an event like this helps bring them out into the open.
Valgaardson has several pieces in the exhibition.
“ One of mine is based on the Ghost in the Shell anime, another is based on domestic abuse posters from the United States, called apostrophe abuse,” he described.
Doors open at 6 p.m., Nov. 25 for the opening reception. Artists talks run from 6 p.m., Nov. 28-29.
The Exhibition runs until Dec. 6 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays and 11-5 p.m. on Saturdays.
