ABOUT THE EVENT Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of Visual Arts at AMPD! Join us for a showcase and discussion of student artworks across various mediums. Connect with professors who inspire creativity and guide students in developing their artistic voice. Explore virtual exhibitions featuring paintings, sculptures, and time-based art projects. Discover the opportunities for […]
Are We There Yet? is a collaborative artists’ introspection following an exploration of self-identity in flux alongside the domestic spaces one exists in. Departing from the confines of the idea of a static childhood home with the utmost influence, Are We There Yet? displays a variety of multimedia, textile and found object-based artworks to re-contextualize […]
To Endure is a duo gallery exhibition by Melissa Harvey and Sara Bursey. Location: Gales Gallery Hours: 9 am to 5pm Dates: November 13 – 17, 2023 Reception: November 14 (6 pm to 9 pm)
Altered States, or Hollowing Caves with Feathers of Air is an art exhibition which brings together current York BFA, MFA students and alumni to collectively imagine the creative and evolving potential of intaglio printmaking. With allusion to William Blake’s poem, “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”, and his imaginative description therein of his etched, inked […]
My spectacle gallery exhibition. Location: Gales Gallery Hours: 9 am to 4pm (Mon- Fri) Dates: November 6 to 10 Reception: November 8 (6 pm to 8 pm) Free Admission
(Un)comfortably Numb is a solo gallery exhibition by Colin Arthurs. Location: Gales Gallery Hours: 9 am to 5pm Dates: October 30 to November 5 Reception: November 1 (6 pm to 9 pm) Through artworks created across the mediums of painting, photography, and print, artist Colin Arthurs engages with contemporary constructions of disability, isolation, and masculinity […]
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, […]
Gender Gimmick is a group exhibition featuring work that explores wrestling through the lens of drag and gender performance. Emily and Amir explore professional wrestling’s tendency to push masculinity and femininity to their extremes and create character’s to guide their journey into identity and performance. Special Projects Gallery March 20 – 25 Gallery Hours: 9:00 […]
The York University School of the Arts, Media Performance & Design (AMPD) Dean, Dr. Sarah Bay-Cheng, sits down with York alumni Amanda Cordner (Actor, HBO Max’s Sort Of), Laura Friedmann (Producer, Wrapped Productions inc.), Jennifer Holness (Founder, Hungry Eyes Media), Beth Janson (Chief Operating Officer, TIFF) and Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu (Artistic Director, Obsidian Theatre) to talk […]
Deep vs Shallow is a joint visual art exhibition by AMPD Visual Art students, Anahita Erfani and Aman Gebrekidan. Gales Gallery York University 105 ACW (Accolade West Building) 4700 Keele St. Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Opening Reception: Wed, November 2, 2022 (1:00 – 2:00PM)