Toronto Musicians’ Association names Ph.D. student Levon Ichkhanian 2022 Musician of the Year Ph.D. student Levon Ichkhanian is the Toronto Musicians’ Association‘s 2022 Musician of the Year. The award recognized Ichkhanian’s dedication to excellence in all aspects of music and the high standard of professionalism and artistry he set for the Association. Past winners include …
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AMPD alums create magic at the8fest Led by interim co-chair and AMPD research officer Aimée Mitchell (MA 2007), the8fest has been creating a unique space for small-gauge filmmakers to display raw gems for the past 15 years. Celebrating 50+ years of small-gauge film history, the festival is a vital preservation forum for filmmakers and viewers …
AMPD grooves with summer jazz intensive The Department of Music’s annual Summer Jazz and Goorve Lab had a triumphant in-person return this summer, welcoming over 50 high school students to the York Campus for a week-long intensive with industry-defining talents. Professors Noam Lemish and Mike Cado initiated, organized and directed this lab on behalf of …
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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Ph.D. Graduate Signy Lynch was awarded the York University Barbara Godard Prize for Best Dissertation in Canadian studies for her thesis “Intercultural Relations: Direct Audience Address in Contemporary Theatre in Canada”. The honour is awarded yearly to the doctoral dissertation on a Canadian topic defended at York University that best advances the knowledge of Canada. …
Professor Caitlin Fisher named president of Electronic Literature Organization Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) named AMPD Professor Caitlin Fisher its new Board President. Fisher assumed office July 1 after serving in various roles, including tenures as Treasurer and Vice President since 2001, and will steward the international scholarly association’s move outside the United States for the …
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AMPD students build community with Play On The Runway On Sunday, June 26, AMPD students Hazel Chia, Farisya Khairul. Armani Araujo and Siddarth Koya supported Northcrest Developments and Canada Lands Company’s Play On The Runway, where a 2 km runway at Downsview Airport opened to the community for an afternoon of free play in celebration …
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Last year, an NFT made international headlines after selling for nearly US$70 million at an online Christie’s auction, digital art suddenly became the least-understood thing everyone wanted to talk about.
As we begin another exciting academic year, welcoming back our continuing students and greeting our brand new ones, it is also a perfect opportunity to express our continued gratitude and appreciation to all of our AMPD supporters, certainly among them our Dean’s Circle members! The Dean’s Circle is the name given to our group of monthly donors, which has …
