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AMPD unveils an exciting 2024-25 season of Theatre and Dance
The Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design has unveiled an exciting lineup of theatre...
AMPD alumni and students shine at TIFF
AMPD’s York U Motion Media Studio Partners with OYA Black Arts Coalition for Industry Talks 2.0
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AMPD unveils an exciting 2024-25 season of Theatre and Dance
The Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design has unveiled an exciting lineup of theatre and dance performances for the 2024-25 season.
AMPD alumni and students shine at TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has long been a stage for cinematic innovation, creativity and cultural conversation. This year, it also serves as a spotlight for the exceptional talent fostered within the School of the Arts, Media, Perf ...
AMPD’s York U Motion Media Studio Partners with OYA Black Arts Coalition for Industry Talks 2.0
The York U Motion Media Studio (YUMMS) at York Univeristy’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) is partnering with the OYA Black Arts Coalition (OBAC) to launch the Industry Talks 2.0 series at Cinespace Film Studios.
Global Eco-Arts Residency: A Transformative Summer Course at York’s Costa Rica Campus
This summer, York University’s Las Nubes EcoCampus in Costa Rica hosted its first-ever Global Eco-Arts Residency, a 10-day intensive course offered by the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD). Led by Professors Brandon Vickerd and ...
Beads of change
York U curator champions Inuit food sovereignty through international collaboration
York-Queen’s art project combines VR with Anishinaabe philosophy to explore water’s hidden depths
A collaborative research-creation project between a pair of York University and Queen’s University artists that asks audiences to rethink their relationship to water is making a splash at exhibitions around the world.
Incoming AMPD faculty member named 2024 Higher Education Video Game Alliance Fellow
Anne Sullivan, who will be joining the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) as an assistant professor in January 2025, has been named a 2024 Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA) Fellow. Established in 2017, the HEVGA Fello ...
AMPD Professor Janine Marchessault builds international alliances among community-led media archives
Janine Marchessault, a York University professor and York Research Chair in Media Arts and Community Engagement who recently received a prestigious Killam Prize, is building alliances between institutional and community-led media archives from around t ...
Prestigious Ella Fitzgerald Scholarship Renewed at AMPD with $20,000 Top-Up
The Ella Fitzgerald Foundation has generously renewed its endowment to the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) with an additional $20,000 for the prestigious Ella Fitzgerald Scholarship. This scholarship is open to AMPD students ...