AMPD dancers star in Toronto premiere of acclaimed show ‘Colossus’
Twenty graduating BFA students from the Department of Dance in York’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) will perform in Colossus at the Meridian Arts Centre, alongside dancers from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), from March 22 to 26.
The Final Mile Club: Brendan Fernandes on Getting Started
Brendan Fernandes shares practical tips on securing funding as an artist. Grounded in lived experience as a York University alumnus of AMPD’s Visual Arts BFA program, Fernandes talks about the importance of maximizing available resources, documenting the creative process, articulating the meaning of art in various forms, and creating opportunities for community, visibility, and recognition.
45+ AMPD alums nominated for Canadian Screen Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television nominated over 45 York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) alumni for Canadian Screen Awards across more than 30 different categories.
Alum Lenka Lichtenberg wins 2023 JUNO Award for global music album “Thieves of Dreams”
AMPD music alum Lenka Lichtenberg (MA '93) took home the 2023 Juno Awards for Global Music Album Of The Year with her latest album, Thieves of Dreams, at the ceremony in Edmonton, Alberta.
AMPD’s Creative Technologies hosts Indigenous ways of knowing lectures with Indigenous artist educators at the Royal Ontario Museum
On Friday, March 3, the York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) 's newest program, Creative Technologies, will co-host Jackson 2bears+Dustin Brass: Art, Tech, Education and Listening to the Land at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) with Carleton University.
Professor Emeritus Tim Whiten wins AGO’s 2022 Gershon Iskowitz Prize
Whiten, 81, is a Toronto artist with a 50-year career. His drawings, sculptures, installations and performances draw on his knowledge of spiritual practices from around the world, including Zen Buddhism and Jewish mysticism. This February, the AMPD professor emeritus was recognized as an outstanding contribution to Canada's visual arts with an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO).
AMPD hosts Women in the Arts Roundtable for International Women’s Day
On March 7, the Final Mile Club celebrates International Women’s Day with its first in-person talk, Women in the Arts Roundtable.
The Government of Canada invests nearly $4 million to support mental health of creative arts and design students
On February 21, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced the Government of Canada's nearly $4 million investment in support of post-secondary student mental health through The Mindful Campus Initiative. The funding will enhance students' coping and resilience skills and create a supportive environment where emerging creative artists and designers, including those from marginalized communities, flourish. AMPD to receive $200,000 over three years to adapt and implement mindfulness practices for students, faculty and staff.
