Visual and Performing Arts

Faculty List
  • G. Scavizzi, M.A., Ph.D. (Turin), Professor Emeritus
  • M.S. Shaw, M.A., Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr), Professor Emerita
  • M.Q. Schonberg, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), Associate Professor Emeritus
  • M. Gervers, A.B. (Princeton), M.A. (Poitiers), Ph.D. (Toronto), Professor
  • W.R. Bowen, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), Associate Professor
  • L. Carney, M.A. (Columbia), Associate Professor
  • E.A. Harney, M.Phil., Ph.D. (London), Associate Professor
  • J. Mayo, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), Associate Professor
  • P. Sperdakos, B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), Associate Professor
  • A. Stanbridge, M.A. (Wolverhampton), Ph.D. (Carleton), Associate Professor
  • S.D. Lee, B.Mus., M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (UBC), Associate Professor
  • K.A. McLeod, M.A.(McMaster), Ph.D. (McGill), Associate Professor
  • B. Freeman, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  • Y. Gu, B.A., M.A. (Fudan), Ph.D. (Brown), Assistant Professor
  • R. Bai, B.A., M.A. (Beijing Foreign Studies), Ph.D. (Illinois), Assistant Professor
  • S.L. Helwig, B.A. (Guelph), M.A. (Toronto), Senior Lecturer
  • T. Lamie, B.A. (Dalhousie), M.F.A. (York), Senior Lecturer
  • T. Mars, Senior Lecturer
  • A. Rapoport, Mus.M., Mus.Doc. (Toronto), Senior Lecturer
  • Y. Brotman, B.A. (Manitoba), B.Ed., M.V.S. (Toronto), Lecturer
  • T.A. Frost, B.A. (Saskatchewan), M.A. (City University, London), Lecturer
  • M. Hlady, B.F.A. (Victoria), M.F.A. (York), Lecturer
  • D. Hlynsky, B.F.A. (Ohio State), Lecturer
  • A. Irving, B.F.A. (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), M.F.A. (York), Lecturer
  • W. Kwan, B.A. (Toronto), M.F.A. (Columbia), Lecturer
  • A. MacDonald, B.A. (York), AOCAD, Lecturer
  • M. Petit, M.A., Ph.D. (Colorado), Lecturer
  • A. Sanger, B.A. (Dartington), Ph.D. (Queen's, Belfast), Lecturer
  • C. Smith, Lecturer
  • L.C. Tucker, B.Mus., B.Mus.Ed. (Memorial), M.Mus.Mus.Ed, M.Mus. Perf. (Wisconsin-Madison), Lecturer
  • E. Webster, B.A., M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve), Lecturer
  • L. Whiting, Dip.Op.Perf. (Toronto), Lecturer
  • K. Wright, Lecturer

Program Director: TBA  Email: art-culture-program-supervisor@utsc.utoronto.ca
Art history, arts management, music, studio, theatre & performing arts together constitute Visual and Performing Arts. Recognizing that much artistic work crosses the boundaries traditionally seen as separating one art form from another, Visual and Performing Arts invites exploration of the links and commonalities among the arts, in addition to providing opportunities for study in individual art areas.
All students will benefit greatly by going to the many arts events offered at U of T Scarborough, which include exhibitions in the Doris McCarthy Gallery and readings, plays, films and concerts. Events listings may be obtained from Arts & Events Programming (416-208-4769). Students should also consider participating actively in the choir or instrumental ensembles, the student gallery, or in the public productions in the Leigha Lee Browne Theatre. Please contact the program supervisors in music, studio or drama for details.

Specialist Programs
Arts Management
Arts and Culture - Studio

Major Programs
Art History
Music and Culture
Studio
Theatre & Performance Studies

Minor Programs
Art History
Music and Culture
Studio
Theatre & Performance Studies

See below for Co-op opportunities related to the Specialist Program in Arts Management. VPA Programs are outlined below. To find descriptions of individual courses see the end of program listings.

The VPA Study Guide is available at: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~humdiv/prg_ac.html

Visual and Performing Arts Programs


SPECIALIST PROGRAM IN ART AND CULTURE (ARTS)

The Specialist Program in Art and Culture is currently under review and new enrolment in all streams except Studio has been suspended indefinitely. Degree students in the Art History stream, the Curatorial Studies stream, the Music stream and the Theatre and Performance Studies stream, who first enrolled at UTSC prior to the 2011 Summer Session, should refer to the 2010/11 UTSC Calendar. Students in the Studio stream should refer to the following:

Specialist Program in Art and Culture, Studio Stream

Program Director: TBA Email: art-culture-program-supervisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

Enrolment in the Specialist in Art and Culture (Studio) is limited. Students must apply to enter the program after completing four credits including VPSA62H3 and VPSA63H3. Decisions are made on program admissions only twice a year, in May and August, and are based on student requests submitted to the registrar through ROSI. Admission is determined on the basis of a student's overall GPA and grades in VPSA62H3 and VPSA63H3. For students applying after 8-10 credits, admission will be based on the overall GPA and grades in VPS courses taken. 

The Specialist in Art and Culture (Studio) requires 14 full credits, including 4 full credits at the C-or D-level of which at least 1.0 credit must be at the D-level.

1. (3.5 credits)
HUMA01H3 Exploring Key Questions in the Humanities
MDSA01H3 Introduction to Media Studies
VPSA62H3 Foundation Studies in Studio
VPSA63H3 But Why is it Art?
VPSA70H3 Drawing I
VPSB73H3 Experiencing Visual and Contemporary Arts: Presentations and Practices I
VPSB74H3 Drawing II

2. (0.5 credit)
One of the following:
VPSC66H3 Theory and Practice: Two Dimensional Work
VPSC68H3 Theory and Practice: Time-Based Work
VPSC69H3 Theory and Practice: Art in a Globalizing World
VPSC70H3 Theory and Practice: New Media in Studio

3. (6 credits)
6.0 additional credits from VPS of which at least 1.5 credits should be at the C- level and 1.0 credit at the D level.

4. (3 credits)
VPHA46H3 Ways of Seeing: Introduction to Art Histories
2.5 additional credits in art history of which 1 full credit should be at the C- level.

5. (1 credit)
1.0 credit from the following:
IEEB02H3 Senses, Sensibility, Sensuality
IEEB03H3 Time, Story, Perspective
IEEC01H3 Theories and Methods in the Study of Society and Culture
IEEC03H3 History of Animals and People
MDSA02H3 History of Media and Technology
MDSB05H3 Media and Globalization
MDSB61H3 Critical Approaches to Digital Media
MDSB62H3 Understanding Visual Culture

Visual and Performing Arts Courses


VPAA05H3    Collaborations in the Visual and Performing Arts

An introduction to interdisciplinary collaboration in art and culture.
Drawing on a wide range of examples from the disciplines of visual art, music, and theatre, in high art and popular culture, this course explores relationships between and across the arts, tracing the history and development of inter-disciplinarity.
Breadth Requirement: Arts, Literature & Language

VPAC04H3    "Live!"

"Live!" investigates interdisciplinary modes of contemporary performance.  Within a studio context, this course serves as an advanced exploration of 21st century Live Art.  This interactive course reviews the dynamics of time, space and existence, and asks fundamental questions about the body and performance.
Prerequisite: (VPDC06H3), (VPSC57H3)
Exclusion: (VPDC06H3), (VPSC57H3)
Enrolment Limits: 12
Breadth Requirement: Arts, Literature & Language

VPAC89H3    Sound and Spectacle: Intersections and Exchanges in Music and the Visual Arts

Bringing together students and instructors from music and art history, the seminar investigates selected historical and cultural themes through a study of unique intersections between these fields. An interdisciplinary approach encourages critical analysis and evaluation of interpretation, cultural context and reception from a variety of perspectives.
Prerequisite: [VPHA46H3 & at least one VPH course at the B-level] or [at least one course from the sequence VPMB80H3-VPMB82H3]
Recommended Preparation: HUMA01H3
Breadth Requirement: History, Philosophy & Cultural Studies

VPAD07H3    Agency and Pluralism in Social and Cultural Transformations

Transformations in social and cultural institutions have been achieved through the agency of individuals who have embedded the values of pluralism in their personal and professional lives. Students will explore model examples and will develop projects they might use to advance this aim in a variety of professional situations.
Prerequisite: (VPAB06H3) or VPAB07H3
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences