October 27, 2023

AMPD hosted National Portfolio Day for second year in a row

For the second year in a row, the York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) has been chosen to host the only Ontario event for National Portfolio Day (NPD), which provides artistic high-school students the chance to meet with art and design schools from around the world, receive feedback on their portfolios and get tips on preparing a successful university application.


Collage of a woman surrounded by plant leaves and textiles
September 21, 2023

AMPD Championed Creativity at Nuit Blanche 2023

York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) champions creativity and positive change at Nuit Blanche Toronto this Saturday, September 23 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. With the theme of ‘Breaking ground’, Nuit Blanche Toronto invites local, national, and international artists to explore ideas centered around the natural world, change, and innovation.


July 11, 2023

Goldfarb Summer Institute explores contemporary painting, curatorial practices  

Organized by Professors  Janet Jones and Michel Daigneault, the annual Joan & Martin Goldfarb Summer Institute in Visual Arts offers University graduate students and the wider community the opportunity to engage with prominent international theorists, artists, curators and critics through seminars, workshops and public lectures. 


June 13, 2023

AMPD alum named new imagineNATIVE festival director

Kahstarohkwanoron Lindsay Monture, who graduated York with a bachelor of arts in film and media studies, has been named the new festival director of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the world’s largest showcase for film, video, audio, digital and interactive media made by Indigenous creators.


June 7, 2023

Project champions audiovisual heritage of minoritized communities

Archive/Counter-Archive (A/CA): Activating Canada’s Moving Image Heritage is a seven-year research-creation project focusing on preserving the audiovisual cultural heritage of Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), Black communities and people of colour, women, LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities. Two events at Congress 2023 will demonstrate its ongoing objectives.