Sound and Sense: Jewish Music @ York – Lenka Lichtenberg’s Thieves of Dreams

Celebrated vocalist and composer, Lenka Lichtenberg presents her 2023 JUNO-Award Winning project Thieves of Dreams The Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of Music in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design are proud to present 2023 Juno Award winner Lenka Lichtenberg and her deeply personal magnum opus Thieves of Dreams. […]

Outer-Space Filipino Worker: Artist Talk with Leeroy New

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Vari Hall – Lecture Hall D 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 FREE REGISTER HERE Leeroy New (b. 1986, General Santos City) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice manifests in large-scale immersive environments, costuming, collaborative performances and video works driven by concepts of world building, […]

AMPD Industry Talks: Film Directing with Sharon Lewis

YORK UNIVERSITY MOTION MEDIA STUDIO in collaboration with OYA BLACK ARTS COALITION (OBAC) present Industry Talks Series Hosted by SARAH BAY-CHENG Dean, York University School of the Arts Media Performance & Design (AMPD)  Guest Speaker SHARON LEWIS, Film Director Date: Friday, January 26, 2023 Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: York U Motion Media […]

AMPD Industry Talks: Filmmaking with Naomi Jaye

YORK UNIVERSITY MOTION MEDIA STUDIO in collaboration with OYA BLACK ARTS COALITION (OBAC) present Industry Talks Series Hosted by JOHN GREYSON Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Arts  Guest Speaker NAOMI JAYE, Filmmaker  Date: Friday, November 24, 2023 Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: York U Motion Media Studio (777 Kipling Ave, Toronto M8Z 5Z4) […]

AMPD Industry Talks: Photography & Videography with Elijah De Los Santos

YORK UNIVERSITY MOTION MEDIA STUDIO in collaboration with OYA BLACK ARTS COALITION (OBAC) present Industry Talks Series Hosted by INGRID VENINGER Director, Motion Media Studio Guest Speaker ELIJAH DE LOS SANTOS Director & CEO, Of the Saint Productions Date: Friday, October 27, 2023 Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: York U Motion Media Studio […]

Dr. Katherine Dowling and Dr. Amy Hillis in Concert

This York Music noon-hour concert features York Music faculty, Dr. Katherine Dowling and Dr. Amy Hillis. They will perform a recital featuring works for violin and piano by composers from western art music including a brand-new, world premiere by York’s own, Matt Brubeck. York Music’s newest faculty member, Dr. Melissa Davis will also perform as […]

AMPD Industry Talks: Screenwriting with Nikki Foy

YORK UNIVERSITY MOTION MEDIA STUDIO in collaboration with OYA BLACK ARTS COALITION (OBAC) present Industry Talks Series Hosted by INGRID VENINGER Director, Motion Media Studio Guest Speaker NIKKI FOY Screenwriter Date: Friday, September 29, 2023 Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: York U Motion Media Studio (777 Kipling Ave, Toronto M8Z 5Z4) Free event. […]

Year of the Arts 2022-2023: Scenes by Design

Scenes-by-Design is the York University Theatre Department’s annual exhibition showcasing the work of the Design and Production area. Scenes-by-Design offers an insider’s look at the creative work done behind the scenes in class as well as our students personal projects they have been working on. The exhibition features original set designs and maquettes, costumes, props, […]

York U Motion Media Studio and Shooting the Set present Salted

Green Screen meets the new Neo-Realism! Join us for a sneak preview screening of six new short films, collectively created by 30 AMPD students in our YUMMS “Shooting the Set” summer intensive course. Grads and undergrads worked together as actors, writers, DOPs, editors and directors to create this anthology series of original stories, linked by […]

Goldfarb Summer Institute 2023: BORDER FORMS: (RE)DRAWING LINES

15th Annual Goldfarb Summer Institute 2023 PROFESSORS: Natasha Bissonauth & Tammer El-Sheikh Many key art historians, artists, curators, and others thinking with the visual do so through anti-colonial discourse and critical race theory to disturb the White, colonial, Eurocentric roots that undergird the field and the residues that remain in the discipline. Consider for example, […]