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A student-led project brings works from York University’s Inuit sculpture collection to broader audiences through an innovative pairing of physical and virtual exhibitions.

As the 2025 year comes to a close, we’re highlighting alumni from York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) who continue to make an impact across creative industries.

This Nuit Blanche, artist and scholar Nina Jeffares-Levitt invites attendees into an encounter with Toronto’s vibrant, vanishing past through a multi-screen video installation and dance party commemorating the city’s once-thriving lesbian and gay nightlife scene.

This fall, AMPD welcomes five new faculty members. These accomplished artists, performers and educators bring a wealth of experience and fresh perspectives that will help shape the future of innovation and creativity at AMPD.

York University AMPD researchers will explore new questions, methods and ideas in the social sciences and humanities with more than $1.7 million in federal funding to support early-stage projects over the next two years. 

Several AMPD faculty and alumni contributed to the exhibition catalogue, including Professors Anna Hudson, Sarah Parsons, and Professor Emeritus Joyce Zemans. 

Professor Jennifer Fisher is an inaugural recipient of the Art Basel Award in the Media & Storytellers category. Presented for the first time this year, the Art Basel Awards celebrate individuals and organizations who are shaping the future of contemporary art.

Janet Jones, a long-serving faculty member in York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) and internationally recognized and exhibited artist, has passed away.

Professor and sculptor Brandon Vickerd has turned heads in Boston with his latest public art installation, which depicts a full-scale replica of the 1962 Canadian satellite Alouette as if it crash-landed into a parked sedan.