The sky is the limit for leading-edge study in the Fine Arts in Regina, Canada’s sunniest capital. We are home to the MacKenzie Art Gallery, the Regina Symphony Orchestra, the Dunlop Art Gallery, the Globe Theatre, the Conexus Arts Centre, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, First Nations University of Canada, Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists’ Collective, Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre and Gallery, the Canada/Saskatchewan Soundstage, Common Weal Community Arts…to name just a few of the world-class cultural organizations that help make Regina a thriving cultural capital. Learn more at: www.uregina.ca/finearts
MA/MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies in Fine Arts
Create your own path of study in Interdisciplinary Studies. Our programs encourage students to work across disciplinary boundaries while working with interdisciplinary faculty members throughout the university, understanding that traditional skills and specializations are augmented by a Fine Arts perspective and interdisciplinary approaches. Expertise in Fine Arts includes: Visual Culture Studies; Media Studies; Media Production/Film; Creative Technologies; Visual Arts; Music; Theatre; Curatorial Practice; Critical Theory; Queer, Race and Gender Studies, among many others. The choice is yours…
Application deadline: February 15 (flexible upon request)
Coordinator: Dr Randal Rogers, [email protected]
Program information: www.uregina.ca/gradstudies/calendar/programs/interdisciplinary.shtml#finearts
Opportunity for Graduate Students in Curatorial Studies
Graduate Studentship and Research Assistant at the University of Regina for an art/film curatorial project in Interdisciplinary Studies (Media Production and Studies, and Visual Arts) investigating concepts of expanded cinema. Includes a stipend of 12,000 CAD per year, for two years (September 1, 2012 to August 30, 2014) under the supervision of Dr. Christine Ramsay and Professor Rachelle Knowles, with independent curator Elizabeth Matheson (Strandline Curatorial Collective) and Timothy Long (Adjunct Professor and Head Curator, MacKenzie Art Gallery). Research duties will include travel to venues such as Documenta, ZKM, Manifesta 9 and Cinematheque Ontario to train in researching curatorial models. Other duties will include online research and literature review, copy editing, and administrative/organizational tasks serving the project, as well as teaching assistant duties in a 4th level undergraduate course in curatorial studies. Application deadline: February 15 (flexible upon request)
Contact: [email protected](Media Production and Studies) regarding the Research Assistant position.
Contact: [email protected] Associate Dean (Graduate and Research) regarding application to the program.
MFA in Visual Arts: Intermedia, Photo-Media, Print-Media, Ceramics, Painting/Drawing and Sculpture
Studio art practices are contextualized within contemporary practices and critical discourse. Students meet with studio faculty on an individual basis within generous studio accommodation. The program is intentionally small (maximum of five students are accepted each year) allowing for intensive interaction between students and faculty, and culminates with a solo exhibition at the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
Application deadline: February 15 (flexible upon request)
Coordinator: Professor Rachelle Viader Knowles, [email protected]
Program information: www.uregina.ca/gradstudies/calendar/programs/visual_arts.shtml
MA in Media Studies/MFA in Media Production
Students benefit from strong cross-disciplinary contexts and close interaction with faculty members. Students can choose to focus on the production or study of film (dramatic, documentary, experimental, animation), media, new media, popular culture, and interactive media and performance.
Application deadline: February 15 (flexible upon request)
Coordinator: Professor Mark Wihak, [email protected]
Program information: www.uregina.ca/gradstudies/calendar/programs/media.shtml
MA in Music/MMus
Our two-year programs promote study in areas as traditional or contemporary as you are, with individualized instruction. There is also ample opportunity to explore interdisciplinary study with other Fine Arts areas.
Application deadline: March 15 for Fall admission
Coordinator: Professor Karen Finnsson, [email protected]
Program information: www.uregina.ca/gradstudies/calendar/programs/music.shtml
MA/MFA in Theatre
Design your own degree in the theory and practice of Theatre and performance, including script development, dramaturgy, design, directing, community engaged practice and indigenous performance via a Special Case Masters program; or, alternatively, as one aspect of study within the MA/MFA Interdisciplinary Studies in Fine Arts program. Our two stages, rehearsal halls, studios and workshops are professionally equipped.
Application deadline: flexible
Coordinator: Dr Kathleen Irwin, [email protected]
Program Information: contact the Coordinator for more information.
