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May 17, 2013

York photography student wins Nikon Magnum Workshop Scholarship

Qendrim Hoti is capping his final year of studies in the Studio Art BFA program with an exceptional professional development opportunity for his artistic practice. Read more

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May 10, 2013

Louis Odette Sculptor-in-Residence Peter von Tiesenhausen explores sustainability and community through art

Internationally recognized environmental artist Peter von Tiesenhausen is the 2013 Louis Odette Sculptor-in-Residence in the Faculty of Fine Arts at York University. He will give a public talk about his... Read more

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April 15, 2013

York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts launches Sensorium: Digital Arts and Technology Research

York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts launches Sensorium, an ambitious new research cluster focusing on digital arts and technology, as a catalyst for new ideas, experimentation, collaborative and... Read more

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April 15, 2013

York University’s Joan & Martin Goldfarb Summer Institute in Visual Arts considers “Unexpected Encounters: Sexual Difference and Art Now”

Internationally renowned feminist scholar, cultural analyst and art historian Griselda Pollock, art historian Richard Meyer, and curator and critic Helena Reckitt are the featured guests of the 2013 Joan... Read more

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April 15, 2013

Explore new creative outlets with Fine Arts Summer Intensive at York U

Are you looking for a creative learning experience this summer? Want to hone your existing skills, extend your professional knowledge, or simply explore an exciting new art form for personal interest and... Read more

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March 26, 2013

Kunst-o-Rama Visual Arts Open House showcases rising young talent

This year’s edition of the Department of Visual Art & Art History annual open house exhibition featured hundreds of works, from print media, drawing, painting to photography, sculpture and time-based... Read more

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March 21, 2013

Curating as a way of thinking: Faculty of Fine Arts Research Day considers how we engage with objects

The Faculty of Fine Arts presents “The Object Considered”, an interactive session exploring curating as an interdisciplinary creative research activity aimed at understanding our relationship to... Read more

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February 13, 2013

Visual Arts profs on the gallery scene

Faculty members in the studio program in the Department of Visual Art & Art History are showing their work at a number of public and private galleries this season. Read more

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November 15, 2012

Faculty of Fine Arts students and grads connect and reconnect

More than 35 graduates in dance, design, digital media, film, music, theatre and visual art/art history returned to campus Oct. 20 for Connect/Reconnect, the Faculty of Fine Arts’ fourth annual... Read more

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November 06, 2012

Painting Canada: York University art historians co-curate unprecedented Tom Thomson and Group of Seven exhibition

The iconic landscape paintings of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven are a national treasure that defined a new visual language in Canadian art in the early decades of the 20th century. These exuberant... Read more