Nancy Petry Foundation and the Joe Plaskett Foundation announced AMPD alum Michelle Peraza (MFA 2022) as the recipient of the 2022 Petry Award. The award recognizes Peraza as an outstanding emerging Canadian artist in the field of painting. Peraza is a second-generation Latin American Canadian of Cuban and Costa Rican descent. In her work as …
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Emerging artists and designers have an exceptional opportunity to meet experts from institutions around the world and receive feedback On October 1, representatives from some of the world’s leading post-secondary arts and design institutions converged on York University’s Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts to participate in National Portfolio Day 2022. Hosted by the University’s School …
Marissa Largo is creating space for emerging artists and change-making conversations about identity and equity with X Marks the Spot at Filipinx and the 2022 Ontario Galleries (GOG) award-winning exhibition Elusive Desires. Largo won the Best Exhibition Design and Installation at the 2022 Ontario Galleries (GOG) Awards for her exhibition at the Varley Art Gallery …
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The 14th annual Goldfarb Summer Institute took place from May 3 to 17, and was presented by the Department of Visual Art and Art History at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD).
AMPD’s Top 10 Moments of 2021 2021 had its challenges. From adapting to online learning to navigating being back on campus for the first time in our new normal. Still, it was a year of excitement, progress and resilience. As we enter 2022, let’s reflect on just some of the many moments that made 2021 …
