Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts Viewbook 2018-19

EXPERIENCE.

MARILYN I. WALKER SCHOOL OF FINE & PERFORMING ARTS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Facilities ...........................................4 Dramatic Arts .................................6 Music ................................................12 Rodman Hall ...................................18 Visual Arts .......................................20 Studies in Arts and Culture ..........26 Graduate Spotlight ........................30 Admissions checklist .....................32 Visit us & important dates ...........34

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Our students outside the Dramatic Arts rehearsal studios. Painting by Visual Arts faculty Shawn Serfas.

DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Elizabeth Vlossak Your creative journey begins by walking through the doors of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, situated prominently in downtown St. Catharines. Housed in the historic 19th-century Canada Hair Cloth Co. factory, the School is a bridge between Niagara’s industrial past and its post-industrial future. The overhead beams, exposed brickwork and vaulted ceilings blend seamlessly with airy studios filled with natural light, soundproof practice rooms, digital and traditional media labs, and impressive theatre spaces. The campus opens to sprawling views of the region’s stunning natural landscape - yet is only steps away from the pulse of the city, with its cafes, pubs, and restaurants, as well as galleries, theatres, and artist collectives.

But the Walker School is more than a building and its location.

It’s a tight-knit, friendly community that collaborates to create incredible work. Students here challenge each other to succeed, to stand out in the crowd and to enrich the entire Niagara community. You’ll study in small, intimate classes with a renowned faculty of exhibiting artists, performers and researchers. Discover your vision as you develop the skills, the confidence and the passion to challenge the assumptions of our world. Create, curate and exhibit new artistic works and perform in dynamic productions in professional facilities. Feel rooted in the region’s rich heritage – alive within the very walls themselves – and be inspired to cultivate your own path for the future.

Welcome to the Walker School.

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STATE-OF-THE-ART

FACILITIES 4

The Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts is located in the heart of historic downtown St. Catharines, only 15 minutes from Brock’s main campus, and at the centre of Niagara’s creative hub. The School’s location, combined with its state-of-the-art studios, exhibition halls, performance venues, digital classrooms, and Learning Commons, create a unique learning environment for students to pursue artistic excellence and innovation. The adjacent FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre provides additional study and performance spaces, and Rodman Hall Art Centre, located across Twelve Mile Creek, engages students with provocative programming in contemporary art.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Niagara Symphony Orchestra, Avanti Chamber Singers and Chorus Niagara perform stimulating concert programs and will guide your development in classical music. The Niagara Artists Centre (NAC) will introduce you to the culture and opportunities of an artist-run centre and the Carousel Players (TYP), Suitcase in Point, Essential Collective Theatre, Foster Festival, the venerable Shaw Festival Theatre (Niagara-onthe-Lake) and the Stratford Festival Academy (Stratford) provide opportunities to learn, explore, take risks and achieve your goals as an artist.

DART Dramatic Arts students study in four performance studios (two with lighting grids), wardrobe, design and scene shops, and in our 285-seat flexible theatre.

VISA

MUSIC

The school’s facilities have transformed the way we create, study, and learn in the Department of Visual Arts. Our classroom spaces include a darkroom, a digital media lab, and separate foundation, drawing and painting studios.

Music students study and perform in the School’s bright and spacious lesson studios and practice rooms as well as the acoustically and visually stunning Cairns Recital Hall and Partridge Concert Hall, of the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

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DEPARTMENT OF

DRAMATIC ARTS

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Pantalone’s Palace, written and directed by Mike Griffin, MIWSFPA Theatre, October 2017

All Dramatic Arts degree offerings are united under one goal: to integrate theory and practice so as to provide students with a broad educational base combining research, practice and creative development. Pedagogical practices and performance, design and technical skills are theorized and integrated in various ways with the study of critical thinking, theatre history, dramaturgy and dramatic literature.

Facilities include four rehearsal and performance studios (two with lighting grids, one with a production booth, one with an adjacent wet lab), a scenography studio, a coach/scene work room, the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre: a flexible 285-seat venue with adjacent green and dressing rooms, a scene shop, a costume shop and production lighting and sound shops. DART courses are also taught in the venues of the nearby FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

Concentrations

Degrees offered

As a DART student, you’ll work with the very best faculty, artists and theatre professionals from Niagara, the GTA and beyond. You may choose courses from the following areas of concentration:

• BA Honours in Dramatic Arts, with Co-op program option. Concentrations are available in Drama in Education and Applied Theatre,Performance and Production and Design

The Concentration in Drama in Education and Applied Theatre focuses on drama outside traditional theatre spaces, including theatre in the community, in hospitals, in prisons and in educational settings. Students who choose this concentration often pursue careers as drama teachers or arts workers.

• Concurrent BA (Honours, Dramatic Arts)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior)

Students in the Concentration in Performance develop the foundations of stage performance, while engaging in script analysis, critical and reflective writing and speaking and creative research, allowing them to develop as “actor creators” — theatre artists who can create their own work.

• BA (three-year program)

Students in the Concentration in Production and Design develop a fundamental understanding of, and ability to apply, approaches to design and technology. They respond to dramatic texts and creative processes, engage with emerging and innovative technologies and study visual and spatial histories.

• Concurrent BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) • BA with a major in Dramatic Arts (four-year program)

• Certificate program in Drama in Education and Applied Theatre • Minor in Dramatic Arts

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As part of the core you will take courses that integrate theory and practice (praxis). These involve a mix of lectures and studio work that explore ways in which creativity and analysis are linked culturally and historically.

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Radium Girls, directed by Philip McKee, designed by Kelly Wolf, MIWSFPA Theatre, March 2017

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All applicants should see this webpage for more information about application to Brock University: brocku.ca/admissions/apply.

Your application will be reviewed, and if successful, a conditional offer of admission will be made as early as December.

Once you have received your conditional offer from the University, you must then register for the Dart Invitational, which will take place at the Marilyn I. Walker campus in downtown St. Catharines.

Dates will be announced at the following website as soon as they are available: brocku.ca/miwsfpa/dramatic-arts/dart-invitational

What is the DART Invitational?

The DART Invitational is part of the admissions process for students interested in entering the Department of Dramatic Arts (DART) at Brock University. Applicants for the Dramatic Arts and BA/BED Intermediate-Senior (Dramatic Arts) programs must register in and successfully complete the DART Invitational before an admissions decision is made.

The DART Invitational is an exciting, full day event of workshops that will introduce you to all facets of theatre study our program offers — from drama in education and applied theatre, to production and design, to performance and theatre praxis. Whereas most drama programs ask you to prepare a classical monologue and give you a two-minute opportunity to “impress the judges,” we will be taking you through a series of workshops. This allows you to walk away with some introductory skills as well as an original piece of theatre you’ve created with peers, while also engaging with many of our faculty, staff, current students and alumni.

DRAMATIC ARTS

How to apply: DART Invitational 2019 How much does it cost?

There is a registration fee of $80.11 ($75.00 + $5.11 administration fee) which includes materials, snack, refreshments and lunch.

International applicants and applicants who live further than 500 km from Niagara You are invited to contact the department to schedule an alternate Invitational experience.

This may include the submission of: • a video portfolio, • an interview by Skype or similar, • a letter of reference, • the assignments we ask students to complete at the DART Invitational.

Contact the Department of Dramatic Arts at dramatic@brocku.ca to book a Personal Alternate Interview.

Questions?

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about the Invitational process. Questions should be directed to the Chair of Dramatic Arts, Professor Joe Norris at jnorris@brocku.ca For questions related to the admissions process, including minimum academic requirements for entry, please contact our Admissions Office at central@brocku.ca

To ensure your preferred date, please register early as we will be only accepting 60 participants per Invitational date.

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Where can you go from here?

DART graduates have achieved an impressive array of positions as: • Actors • Agents • Literary managers • Applied theatre practitioners • Managers of personnel and human resources • Arts administrators • Marketing designers and publicists • Artistic directors • Student guidance officers • Producers • Comedians • Theatre technicians • Community facilitators • Script writers • Costume designers • Sound recording engineers • Directors • Camera operators • Stage managers • Dramaturges/script doctors • Drama teachers (elementary school, high school, college, university) • Event planners • Wardrobe managers • Drama therapists • Voice and speech therapists • Lawyers • Architectural technicians • Conflict negotiators • Standardized patient trainers • Corporate leadership trainers DART also provides an excellent foundation for further studies, including teaching certificates, acting conservatories, or university graduate studies at the master’s or doctoral level.

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Danielle Wilson working with students in the Dramtic Arts rehearsal studio

Faculty spotlight Danielle Wilson Associate Professor, Theatre “Teaching is a great gift. Students inspire me and offer me the opportunity to open up spaces of experimentation, reflection, evaluation, and allow me to dig deeper into the study of voice and performance. The lessons of performance training extend to a way of life by developing an awareness of self and others, a willingness to risk failure, a sense of curiosity, passion and an enjoyment in the questions that arise. Training is not an end in itself, but an ongoing process of exploration.”

Danielle can also be found practicing and developing her craft with her theatre company, Stolen Theatre Collective, where she collaborates with other artists and the Brock community.

Contact Information Department office MW 314 905 688 5550 x5255 dramatic.arts@brocku.ca brocku.ca/dramaticarts

DramaticArtsAtBrockUniversity @BrockuDART @brockudart

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DEPARTMENT OF

MUSIC

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Conductor Rachel Rensink-Hoff with Brock University Choirs, Cairns Recital Hall, December 2017

Why study Music at Brock?

Four very good reasons: 1. Beautiful facilities ­— classes take place in the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, and in the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, both in downtown St. Catharines. The Walker School features bright and spacious lesson studios and state-of-the-art practice rooms, while the Arts Centre contains the acoustically excellent Cairns Recital Hall, used for conducting classes, choir rehearsals, performance masterclasses and public recitals.

2. Flexible degree options ­— students can choose from unique combinations of courses, both academic and practical.

3. Small classes ­— students receive individual attention from faculty across all four years. For example, your first-year theory classes are likely to have 20 students, rather than 120!

4. Experiential learning ­— learn by doing in ensembles, in lessons, and in techniques and practicum courses for exceptional, active career preparation.

Concentrations

Degrees offered

Declare a concentration by completing six full credits in designated specialized courses, in addition to required core courses.

The concentration options are:

• BMus Comprehensive training for the future professional musician; lessons and masterclasses on your instrument or voice are an integral part of this degree, as are core academic courses.

Music Education: the perfect lead into further studies in a Faculty of Education and eventual school teaching, or for teaching privately in a studio setting. This concentration includes music education foundations, technique courses in voice and all major instrument types, choral and piano pedagogy, conducting, music technology and music cognition. Music Education-oriented practicum placements are also available.

Music Therapy Foundations: a kind of Music Therapy “pre-med,” and excellent preparation for graduate studies and eventual certification in Music Therapy. Students in this concentration complete courses in introductory music therapy, music cognition, voice, percussion and guitar techniques, as well as introductory, developmental and abnormal psychology. Music Therapy-oriented practicum placements are also available.

Performance (BMus only): for performers of the highest calibre who aspire to go on to graduate studies in performance and an eventual career concertizing. Entry to this concentration is via a juried audition at the end of first year. In years two to four in studio lessons, students prepare for three public recitals, one at the end of each year.

Alternatively, you don’t have to declare a concentration at all, and can graduate with our popular and long-established comprehensive BMus or Honours BA degrees. This is a great choice for people who have a wide variety of musical interests and wish to run the gamut of musical experience at Brock.

• BA Honours Comprehensive education in all core areas of musicianship; lessons are optional, allowing you room to explore academic interests in music and related fields.

• BA Honours Combined The “Music and…” combination, where you mix Music equally with another subject of your choice.

Recent combinations chosen by our students include Music and French, Music and Mathematics, Music and English, and Music and Psychology.

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All applicants for the Department of Music must pass the audition process. Students have the opportunity to present an audition to showcase their talent, while being assessed to determine their placement into either the Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) or Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) programs. There is an audition fee of $45 payable at least two weeks before the audition date. This amount will be returned to all students who enrol as a Music major in one of our programs.

Auditions for entry into the Music program at Brock (or individual Music courses) are held each year in the spring. The audition day consists of the following: • An introductory presentation on the Brock Music Program.

• A theory placement test (roughly equivalent to the RCM Level 7 exam).

• A juried performance of prepared pieces on your first instrument or voice.

• A keyboard proficiency test for non-pianists.

• An ear/singing test.

Auditions take place selected weekends in February through May each year. Please check our website for dates when they become available: brocku.ca/miwsfpa/music/admissions-and-auditions

MUSIC

How to apply: Auditioning for the Department of Music Application Process Applicants must first apply to Brock University according to the regulations of the Office of the Registrar.

1. Learn about the application process at brocku.ca/admissions/ apply. We offer both a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A. in Music) program. When applying, the B.Mus. represents both programs. The Admissions Office will assess your application for academic eligibility.

2. Once we have your successful application, we will send you an email with information on reserving your audition date through the Music Office. Your music audition assessments will determine your placement into either the B.Mus. or B.A. program.

Please note: If you intend to pursue a Bachelor of Arts with no lessons, you must still register for an audition day to complete the theory assessment, keyboard proficiency test, interview and aural/choral assessment.

International applicants and applicants who live further than 500 km from Niagara Remote video auditions are possible for students not within easy reach of the Brock campus in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Please contact the Chair of Music, Professor Matthew Royal at mroyal@brocku.ca for details.

Questions?

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about the audition process. Questions should be directed to the Chair of Music, Professor Matthew Royal at mroyal@brocku.ca For questions related to the admissions process, including minimum academic requirements for entry, please contact our Admissions Office at central@brocku.ca.

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Where can you go from here?

A degree in Music can prepare you for any number of exciting, music-related careers. Many careers involve further education and training beyond the undergraduate level, but the skills you learn and the strong foundation you receive in your bachelor’s degree years form the basis for your work ethic, problem-solving capabilities, critical thinking and communication, discipline and inter-personal skills.

Faculty spotlight

Some examples of music-related careers include: • Performance: Solo, ensemble, live or recorded • Teaching: Private lessons, early childhood education or traditional classroom instruction • Music administration: Agent, concert promoter or tour organizer • Composition/arranging: Music for games/films • Music broadcasting and recording: Sound recording and production • Instrument manufacturing, repair and sales There are many other exciting career possibilities — your undergraduate degree is just the beginning.

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Rachel Rensink-Hoff Associate Professor, Music “My work as teacher and scholar involves critical explorations of social resonance through choral singing, an art form rich with possibilities for connecting people and ideas. The downtown location of Brock University’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts brings with it an exciting opportunity to seek ways in which the musical activities of our institution can be more deeply woven into the cultural fabric of the broader Niagara community.”

Rachel Rensink-Hoff serves as Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music Education. She is also Artistic Director of the Avanti Chamber Singers, a Niagarabased chamber choir, and founder of a new Brock-based community choir for women.

Contact Information Department office MW 228 905 688 5550 x3817 music@brocku.ca brocku.ca/music

brockumusic @brockumusic @brockumusic

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RODMAN HALL ART CENTRE

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Rodman Hall Art Centre (RHAC) of Brock University is a professional university-based contemporary art gallery in the historic Thomas Rodman Merritt House.

The stunning facility overlooks the Walker Botanical Garden that descends to the Twelve Mile Creek.

Award-winning programs connect the community with art through innovative and thought-provoking exhibitions, events and art classes for all ages.

The collections, exhibitions and events are a teaching and research asset that support new kinds of learning and advance understanding and appreciation of visual art. Collaborating units include the MIWSFPA and the Faculties of Education, Humanities, and Graduate Studies, the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, the Department of Child and Youth Studies and others.

Senior Honours Studio Art students create in the facility’s third-floor studios and the four-year program culminates with the much-anticipated yearend exhibition. RHAC is a 16-minute walk from the MIWSFPA.

WITH MORE THAN

50 YEARS AS THE PRINCIPAL ART MUSEUM FOR NIAGARA, RODMAN HALL PROVIDES EXCELLENCE IN VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION. brocku.ca/rodman-hall

Visit brocku.ca/rodman-hall

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DEPARTMENT OF

VISUAL ARTS

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Department of Visual Arts Honours Exhibition, Turnin’ This Car Around, featuring the works of Victoria Reid and Lorraine Zandvliet, 2018

The state-of-the-art facilities in the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts have transformed the way we create, study and learn in the Department of Visual Arts (VISA). Our classroom spaces include a darkroom, a digital media lab, and separate foundation, drawing, and painting studios. Dynamic, personable instruction and generous contact hours in the studio are complemented by courses in the history of art and visual culture, where critical thinking and independence of mind are encouraged.

Our new faculty and student facility is an important teaching space where students have the opportunity to view art, to exhibit their own work and to learn about the “behind the scenes” operations of an exhibition space.

Small class sizes ensure students receive individual guidance and timely feedback on their work, and a location in downtown St. Catharines puts you in the heart of a thriving and vibrant arts community.

Concentrations

Degrees offered

Concentration in Curatorial Studies This concentration includes six full credits from a list of theoretical and applied courses, some of which include the opportunity to work alongside professional curators. Courses in the History of Art and Visual Culture also provide an important foundation for this area of study.

• BA Honours Studio Art

Final course work for Curatorial Studies takes place at Rodman Hall, a nationally renowned art gallery with a focus on contemporary art.

How to apply Ontario secondary school students must have a minimum of six Grade 12 4U or 4M courses and have completed the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).

Required course: ENG4U Recommended courses: One from 4U history, philosophy, classical studies or international language.

Expected entrance average: mid 70s Students applying to the Studio Arts program are required to submit a portfolio (details on page 23).

Students interested in the History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) program are exempt from submission of a portfolio. Students apply to the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities – Faculty of Humanities exploratory first-year program, and declare their HAVC major after the first year of their studies.

• BA Pass Degree Studio Art Engage in creative production through our studio art programs, which include courses in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, media and digital art. Our studio classes give students the opportunity to further develop their artistic skills, to learn new techniques and technologies and to develop their professional practice.

• BA Honours History of Art and Visual Culture Ever wonder why certain works of art were censored? Curious about why some old maps have pictures of monsters on them? Interested in how new technologies have shaped art-making? Our courses in the History of Art and Visual Culture answer these questions and much, much more. This degree provides a solid foundation for future academic and curatorial work in the arts.

• Concurrent BA/BEd Study in Visual Arts and the Faculty of Education to earn two undergraduate degrees — one in Visual Arts and the other in Education.

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Portfolios are a required part of the admissions process for students applying to: Visual Arts - Studio Art, Concurrent Education - Intermediate/Senior (Visual Arts -Studio Art major). We must receive your complete portfolio submission

by February 7, 2019 in order to consider your application for studies beginning in September 2019.

Your portfolio submission must contain two elements 1. Letter of Intent (max. 300 words) The letter of intent helps us learn more about what motivates, challenges and inspires you in your creative process and should describe your reasons for wanting to study visual arts, where you are coming from and what you have studied in the past. Please consider how your answers may enhance or contribute to our understanding of your portfolio work as we view it. Artist statements are also welcome, but not mandatory.

Your letter of intent should be submitted in one of the following formats: • As part of a website or artist blog linked in your submission e-mail.

• As a Word document (.docx) included in the cloud-sharing folder of your choice (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.), and linked in your submission e-mail.

• As a Word document (.docx) attached directly to your submission e-mail.

• As a Word document (.docx) on a USB stick submitted by mail.

You may include this letter on the same USB stick or artist blog/website as your digital portfolio. Please be sure to clearly label it as your letter of intent.

2. A Digital Portfolio (15-20 of your artworks) Please DO NOT send original artworks to us. Please title your portable devices and provide a labelled case with your full name (as submitted on your application), OUAC reference number (if applicable), and date of birth.

Your portfolio is to be submitted in one of the following ways: • E-mail to Associate Professor Shawn Serfas (sserfas@brocku.ca) with either the digital files attached, or a URL link to your artist blog/website/cloud-sharing folder. Include your full name, OUAC reference number and date of birth.

• Saved on a USB stick and submitted by mail or in person to: Associate Professor Shawn Serfas Department of Visual Arts Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts Brock University 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada

The portfolio and letter of intent must be sent together in a strong, reusable package and must be accompanied by sufficient return postage. Portfolios sent without sufficient return postage will not be returned to the applicant.

VISUAL ARTS

How to apply: The Studio Art Program

Please email Associate Professor Shawn Serfas (sserfas@brocku.ca) to inform the department that your portfolio has been sent.

Digital files must be saved in these formats: JPG, PSD, TIFF, MOV, WMV and MP4, MP3 and/or PDF documents. Images should be 2MB or less, sized 1024 x 768px, 72 DPI. Please keep video files under 120MB each in two-tothree-minute clips for audio/ video.

Label each file as follows: “01 LastName, Title, Year;” “02 LastName, Title, Year” Please include an image list that corresponds with the digital portfolio as a Word document (.docx).

The image list should be labelled: “01 LastName, FirstName, Title, Media, Dimensions, Date Completed.”

International Students: Please contact the Department of Visual Art to plan a portfolio submission process that coordinates with your regional academic schedule.

Questions?

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about the portfolio process. Questions should be directed to the Chair of Visual Arts, Professor Donna Szoke at donna.szoke@brocku.ca For questions related to the admissions process, including minimum academic requirements for entry, please contact our Admissions Office at central@brocku.ca

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Where can you go from here?

The programs in the Department of Visual Arts give students a solid foundation from which to build an exciting and dynamic career. Our studio classes provide hands-on experience in a wide range of techniques and technologies, while courses in the History of Art and Visual Culture develop critical thinking, writing, research and communication skills.

Faculty spotlight

Many of our graduates go on to establish their own professional practice as artists.

Associate Professor, Visual Arts

Careers in this field also include: • Curatorial work in art galleries, museums and artist-run centres • Arts administration • Law (e.g. copyright, repatriation of cultural artifacts, cultural property) • Writing and publication • Teaching

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Amy Friend “In my art-making practice, the unexpected outcomes often serve to guide new avenues of inquiry and push my levels of experimentation. I share these experiences with my students and encourage them to embrace the unintended results in their processes.

I also share my experience as an artist with my students. With each new project I work on, I learn new skills and in turn share these lessons in the classroom. Education continues far beyond the walls of formal education and the role of the artist is constantly transforming.

Over the past few years I have shared my work in several different capacities. For example, it was included in the stage design for Jazz musician Diana Krall’s world tour that visited over 20 countries. It made the cover of California Sunday Magazine and was voted by Time Magazine as one of the top ten covers of the year. Additionally, I have held exhibition in eight international locations. All of this work experience is brought to light in the classroom to enhance student awareness of potential pathways for their future.”

Contact Information Department office MW 328 905 688 5550 x3214 visualarts@brocku.ca brocku.ca/visualarts VisualArtsatBrock @BrockVisualArts @brockvisualarts

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STUDIES IN

ARTS AND CULTURE

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A workshop on spray painitng with Mat Vizbulis to get the creative juices flowing for VISA 3P99- Interpretive and Critical writing in the Arts

The Studies in Arts and Culture (STAC) welcomes students who wish to gain a critical view of contemporary culture from the perspectives of observer, creator and performer. We provide an undergraduate creative arts education with specific experiences in arts and cultural management, intermedia and interdisciplinarity and cultural critique and agency.

Based at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, STAC connects students and faculty from Visual Arts, Dramatic Arts, Music, Communications Popular Culture and Film (CPCF), the Goodman School of Business and beyond through a selection of course offerings and cultural events. At STAC, you will develop the skills that the contemporary artist, performer, art critic or cultural entrepreneur requires to examine pragmatic and theoretical approaches to understanding the creative process.

Concentrations

Degrees offered

Concentration in Cultural Management This program brings together learning opportunities from two leading Faculties at Brock University: the Faculty of Humanities — through the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts — and the Goodman School of Business. This is the ideal program for students who seek to graduate with employable skills as cultural managers in music, visual arts and dramatic arts. Students may pursue service learning or practicum experiences with professionals and organizations in the Niagara region.

• BA Honours (four-year program)

Concentration in Curatorial Studies This concentration includes six full credits from a list of theoretical and applied courses, some of which include the opportunity to work alongside professional curators. Courses in the History of Art and Visual Culture also provide an important foundation for this area of study. Final course work for Curatorial Studies takes place at Rodman Hall, a nationally renowned art gallery with a focus on contemporary art.

• BA (three-year program) • Minor in Studies in Arts and Culture Core courses in these programs include: Critical Practice in the Fine and Performing Arts, Embodied Text: Art Beyond the Artifact, Arts Management, and Arts, Heritage and Culture: Public Policy and Governance.

Other STAC courses include: Media Transformations in The Creative Arts, Interstices of Art and Nature, Interpretive and Critical Writing in the Arts, and Creating Social Value from Material Culture. Students also take a selection of courses from participating departments and programs such as Visual Arts, Dramatic Arts, Music, Communications Popular Culture and Film (CPCF), the Goodman School of Business, and others.

How to apply High school students: Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, with an overall average of 70 per cent in a minimum of six 4U (including English 4U) or 4M courses, or equivalent.

Students are strongly encouraged to have taken 4U courses in history, philosophy, classical studies and international languages. Students apply to the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities — ­ Faculty of Humanities exploratory first-year program and declare their Studies in Arts and Culture major during the first year of their studies.

Students whose first language is not English must present scores from an English language proficiency test (TOEFL or IELTS). Mature and transfer students are welcome to inquire about learning opportunities at STAC.

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Where can you go from here?

Students in the STAC program aspire to be writers, reviewers, educators, curators, managers or administrators for cultural institutions like museums, arts centres, galleries or cultural associations. They work in the public sector on arts policy, programming for cultural agencies, or for municipal, provincial or federal governments. Many graduates run, or contribute to, theatre companies, arts festivals, exhibitions or presentation centres.

Others become involved in arts businesses, such as galleries, magazines or consultancies.

The STAC program is also an excellent foundation for further study in Master of Arts programs in Digital Communities, Art History, Curatorial Studies and Studies in Comparative Literatures and Arts.

Faculty spotlight Catherine Parayre STAC Director “Learning, for me, is: curiosity and enthusiasm, an accumulation of knowledge, thought-building, crisscrossing the disciplines, exploring connections, putting things together and/or splitting them apart.

Teaching is: the same as above.

Research (practice-based, preferably in cooperation with students and colleagues across the disciplines) is: collecting endangered knowledge, producing radio programs, curating exhibitions, making text-and-image art, editing and managing publications, etc.�

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Catherine’s research, teaching and outreach endeavours are intertwined and continuous. She aims to provide her students with fluid and thought-provoking instruction as they build essential skills to explore contemporary culture, through the role of observer, creator and performer.

Contact Information Centre office TH 269D 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way (Main Campus) 905 688 5550 x3270 stac@brocku.ca brocku.ca/artsandculture cSTACbrockU @miwsfpa @miwsfpa Students discuss their 3D-printed photographs at the opening of Expressions of Today/Expressions d’aujourd’hui, a collaboration between local graffiti artist Matt Vizbulis and students in Brock’s Studies in Arts and Culture and French programs.

Photograph by Craig Maltais.

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GRADUATE

SPOTLIGHT

Brianne Douglas Bachelor of Music, 2007, Bachelor of Education, 2008 Elementary Music teacher, Peel District School Board “In the four years I spent as a BMus student at Brock University, I was gifted with not only extensive knowledge about music, but with phenomenal professors, amazing extracurriculars and dear, life-long friends. I learned from passionate and accomplished musicians, worked and learned alongside gifted classmates, performed in front of large audiences and made unforgettable memories. I count my years in Brock’s Music Department as some of the best of my life and credit my education (including teacher’s college) for shaping the educator I am today.”

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Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Studies in Arts and Culture, 2016 With her undergraduate degree in hand, Carla applied what she learned in STAC to her research on racialized women in opera, while completing her Master of Arts, and relocated to Vancouver with her family to continue her work in arts and culture.

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT

Carla Chambers

“It’s so important to have a broad knowledge base in the arts and the range of courses in the STAC program allowed me to build a career as a performer and arts entrepreneur and explore my diverse interests. The dynamic skills I acquired through the STAC program led to job opportunities across Canada. I highly recommend the STAC program at Brock.”

Sarah Argue Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Theatre, 2002 Creator, Rock the Arts Puppets “My studies in Dramatic Arts made me a well-rounded artist: I write my own scripts, build my own puppets, direct the shows, run my own tech and perform. Through my hands-on experiences at Brock University, along with professional guidance, I have been able to grow and develop into the artist I always dreamed of and train with professional puppeteers whose work I grew up watching (such as Trish Leeper from Fraggle Rock and Noreen Young from Under the Umbrella Tree). I was honoured to be awarded the Faculty of Humanities Distinguished Graduate Award in 2017, an award which demonstrates how much appreciation and respect Brock has for its artists.”

Emma German Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Studio Art in Visual Art, 2014 Curator, St. Catharines Completing her undergrad at Brock was the stepping stone that allowed Emma to continue her post-secondary education (an M.A. in Art History and a Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Studies from York University, 2017) and begin her career as a curator in St. Catharines. German has an extensive history supporting the local arts community as an active volunteer, board member, and curator, and has organized community-based exhibitions and projects at sites throughout St. Catharines. German is Chair of the City’s Exhibition Sub-Committee and a member of the Board of Directors at the Niagara Artists Centre. Her forthcoming exhibition is being presented by Critical Distance Centre for Curators in conjunction with Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography in Toronto. Her research has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and she was recently published in the Journal of Curatorial Studies.

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ADMISSIONS CHECKLIST OUAC code

Programs and degrees

Co-op

Required Grade 12 subjects

Recommended subjects (not required for entry)

Expected admission average 2018

BT

Dramatic Arts (BA)

Yes

ADA4M

mid 70s Co-op option: high 70s to low 80s

BAI

Concurrent BA (Honours) BEd Intermediate/Senior – Dramatic Arts

ENG4U. Applicants are required to take part in the DART Invitational. See page 9 and visit brocku.ca/dramatic-arts for more information.

ENG 4U, one 4U math DART Invitational audition required, see above.

BAJ

Concurrent BA Integrated Studies (Honours): BEd Junior/Intermediate – Dramatic Arts as teachable subject

ENG 4U, one 4U math

BM

Music (BA) (BMus)

ENG4U. An audition is required for the BMus program. A theory placement test (RCM Level 7 Theory) must be passed. See page 15 and visit brocku.ca/ music for more information.

BAJ

Concurrent BA Integrated Studies (Honours): BEd Junior/Intermediate – Music (vocal) as teachable subject

BHE (for Year One)

low 80s

high 70s

mid 70s

ENG 4U, one 4U math

AMU4M and one from the following list: 4U history, philosophy, classical studies, or international language.

Studies in Arts and Culture (BA)

ENG4U. Students apply to the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities – Faculty of Humanities exploratory first-year program and declare their Studies in Arts and Culture major during the first year of their studies.

One from the following list: 4U history, philosophy, classical studies, or international language

mid 70s

BHE (for Year One)

Visual Arts – History of Art and Visual Culture (BA)

ENG4U. Students apply to the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities – Faculty of Humanities exploratory first-year program and declare their History of Art and Visual Culture major during the first year of their studies.No portfolio required.

One from the following list: 4U history, philosophy, classical studies, or international language

mid 70s

BR

Visual Arts — Studio Art (BA)

ENG4U. A portfolio is required by Feb. 7, 2019.

For more information, see page 23 and visit brocku.ca/visual-arts

mid 70s

BAI

Concurrent BA (Honours) BEd Intermediate/Senior – Visual Arts

ENG 4U, one 4U math Portfolio required. See above.

One from the following list: 4U history, philosophy, classical studies, or international language

BAJ

Concurrent BA Integrated Studies (Honours): BEd Junior/Intermediate – Visual Arts as teachable subject

ENG 4U, one 4U math

high 70s

low 80s high 70s

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Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts

Brock University (Main Campus)

15 Artists’ Common St. Catharines, ON L2R 4H5 905 688 5550 x4765

Niagara Region 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1

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Brock Central @ The Registrar’s Office Third Floor of Schmon Tower (Main Campus) Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 7 pm Friday: 10 am – 4 pm T 905 688 5550 x3052 F 905 988 5488 E central@brocku.ca brocku.ca/registrar

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