Facing Backlash: Performance in the Age of Reactionary Politics

Is DEDI dead? What does this mean for Canadian theatre? The multidimensionality of the international backlash against Decolonization, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (DEDI) initiatives has a direct bearing on the lives and careers of theatre artists across Canada, especially racialized and minoritized artists. Although meaningful changes have occurred in many professional and educational contexts since […]

Solarium X Lunarium

Interdisciplinary Arts Capstone Studio (PANF 4990) is the culminating course for students in the Integrative Arts program. In its inaugural year, the course brings together students from Integrative Arts and across AMPD, including Theatre, Dance & Performance and Cinema & Media Arts. In collaboration with the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, students have developed projects […]

Synthetic Horizons: A showcase of student creative works made with generative AI

First year students at York University’s new Markham Campus are exploring the creative potential and ethical implications of working with artificial intelligence tools. The public showcase of their semester’s work is entitled “Synthetic Horizons”. Class explorations have produces generated text, image, videos, music and game soundtracks, podcasts, essays, animation, AI voice and video clones, coding […]

DM@YORKU 2025

Join us for a celebration of work created by Digital Media Undergraduate and Graduate students. A week of open classes: March 31 – April 4, 2025 Collaborative Project Development: Third year team projects Digital Media Project: Graduating student capstone projects Biomedia: Hybrid Art, Science and Computation: Stir the art/science pot Creative Data Visualization: How DM sees data Collaborative Project Development […]

Industry Talks 2.0 with Motion and Ingrid Veninger

York University Motion Media Studio (YUMMS) is proud to present the final INDUSTRY TALKS event of the year, featuring award-winning writer, producer, poet, and emcee MOTION in conversation with filmmaker and YUMMS Director INGRID VENINGER. This special event offers students and emerging creatives the opportunity to engage with industry professionals, gain valuable insights into film and television, and network over […]

DREAM DATA: Artistic Workshop

Dream engineering and the future of the unconscious. Connected Minds Artist-in-Residence Gala Hernandez Lopez will be leading a 3-day workshop from March 21-23, during which participants will collectively explore the topic of dream engineering and have an opportunity to develop their own creative responses to artistic prompts. Participants are welcome to attend one, two or […]

York University Game Jam

A game jam is typically a weekend-long event in which participants try to make a game from scratch. The goal of a jam is to come together and make a videogame, or a traditional game like a board game or card game. A jam asks participants to create a game from beginning to end in […]

Mentor Circles | Finding a Career in the Arts, Media, Performance and Entertainment Industries

Join us for in-person and informal mentoring session at the Alumni & Career Lounge, York Lanes (opposite the Bookstore). This session will allow students to gain valuable insights into Law School applications, strategies on acing LSAT, legal careers beyond courtrooms, innovation and societal impact. Focus: Behind-the-scenes careers, creative production and networking strategies to land a job in […]

Sculpture Talk with Kim Adams

Please join us on Thursday, March 20 at 6:00pm for a public talk by artist Kim Adams in The Goldfarb Gallery. Part of the 2024-2025 Sculpture Talk lecture series, this talk is co-presented by The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery. The Sculpture Talk lecture series invites contemporary artists to York University to share and discuss recent projects, working methodologies, and […]

Overcoming Intellectual Property Issues Facing Artists, Writers, and Designers Seminar

Sensorium is co-presenting a seminar on IP issues pertaining to creative works with the IP Innovation Clinic on March 11. This will be a very interesting and valuable opportunity for artists producing work in any medium.  Intellectual Property (IP) issues are becoming exceedingly important for artists to consider, from protecting one’s own work to navigating issues […]