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Fine Arts Graduate Students Share their Research

For the first time, graduate students working across the four disciplines in the Faculty of Fine Arts come together to present their research in progress. On Saturday, February 7, from 10 am to 4 pm, the Recital Hall will be the site of stimulating conversation with graduate students from Theatre and Dramatic Arts, Music, Art, and New Media

“The students are excited to share their work with each other and the public,” says Shelley Scott, Associate Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts. “There will be fascinating connections made between research projects by students from all four Fine Arts departments.”

Visiting artist Jeff Morton opens the day with a keynote address on Creative Practice and Production as Research. Jeff Morton is a composer, musician, performer, writer and mediartis whose music and art are playful, experimental explorations of sound, sound-making, communication and compositional processes using found and musical objects and materials. 

Also joining the discussion will be Corey Makoloski, whose work as a Master of Arts student in the Faculty of Education is directly connected with the arts. Makoloski’s topic Theatre and Dance: All Abilities Welcome – International and Local Productions in Action, will be heard in dialogue in a session with students from Art and Music, including Master of Music student Sarah Viejou’s presentation entitled It's Not Over 'Til the Horn Player Sings: Selected Handel Arias Redefined for Horn Solo.

“We have a small but intensely talented cohort of Fine Arts graduate students,” Scott continues. “In Theatre and Dramatic Arts, for example, we currently have only one MFA student, Greg MacArthur, but he is nationally known and produced playwright and we’re delighted to have him working with our faculty and undergraduate students. The colloquium is an opportunity for him, and for all the graduate students, to interact with and benefit from each others’ work in the Fine Arts.”

A light lunch is provided, and during the lunch break, participants will be treated to active demonstrations with Art student Megan Morman (Transversing Institutional Architectures) and New Media student Bryn Hewko Bryn Hewko ( Immersive Cinema for Virtual Reality Headsets).

Admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

The conversation will continue with a related event that evening – 7:00pm at the Penny Gallery, Art faculty and Art graduate students will exhibit their work at an opening reception.

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