Sketches and Studies from Across Canada
Events for Faculty of Fine Arts
Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 9:00 am
Ends Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 4:30 pm
Tue, Oct 14, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Nurturing Your Creative Voice: Music, Self, and the Art of Becoming with Flautist Jodi Groenheide, Soprano Lisa Stanford, and Pianist Brad Parker
Wed, Oct 15, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
land and gift giving
Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 3:00 pm
Ends Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 4:30 pm
An Indigenous-led exploration into Artificial Intelligence
Tue, Oct 21, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Cheryl Emery-Karapita, Carolyn Herrington, Deanna Oye, Brad Parker
Wed, Oct 22, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
BLACKkKLANSMAN(Spike Lee/ USA/ 2018)
Hosted by Professor Betty-Lou Hushlak (Drama)
Thu, Oct 23, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Registration for Winter classes opens in November - plan ahead and be ready!
Tue, Oct 28, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Music at Noon concerts series presentsBente Hansen, piano • Peter Visentin, violin • Mark Rodgers, cello • Adam Mason, percussionOctober 28 | 12:15 PM | University Recital Hall
Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 7:30 pm
Ends Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 7:30 pm
Join the Faculty of Fine Arts for their Fall Mainstage production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Worlds collide as love, magic, and mischief intertwine in an enchanted forest outside Athens.
Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 3:00 pm
Ends Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 1:00 am
HollowReads returns for another SPOOKTACULAR season! Costumes are encouraged, and candy provided. Please contact Dr. Natasha Rebry to sign up to give a short presentation.
Tue, Nov 4, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Music at Noon concerts series presents Jani Parsons, pianoNovember 4 | 12:15 PM | University Recital HallFree admission, everyone welcome
more info to follow.
Wed, Nov 5, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
L’ENFANT(Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne/ Belgium/ 2006)
Hosted by Dr. Beth Gerwin (Modern Languages & Linguistics)
Tue, Nov 18, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Music at Noon concerts series presents Brad Parker, pianoNovember 18 | 12:15 PM | University Recital HallFree admission, everyone welcome
more info to follow.
Wed, Nov 19, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
THE IRON GIANT(Brad Bird/ USA/ 1999)
Hosted by Professor Bob Cousins (New Media)
Wednesday, November 19, 2025Movie Mill, 7:30 p.m.$5 students/youth | $8 adults
Tue, Nov 25, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Music at Noon concerts series presents Emma Rush, guitarNovember 25 | 12:15 PM | University Recital HallFree admission, everyone welcome
more info to follow.
Tue, Dec 2, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Music at Noon concerts series presentsNick Sullivan, bass trombone & Bente Hansen, pianoDecember 2 | 12:15 PM | University Recital HallFree admission, everyone welcome
Wed, Dec 3, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
I D I O C R A C Y(Mike Judge/ USA/ 2006)
Hosted by Professor Ryan Harper-Brown (New Media)
Tue, Dec 9, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Music students are featured in Studio Showcase, the final Music at Noon recital of each semester.
Wed, Jan 14, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST(Mel Gibson/ USA/ 2004)
Hosted by Dr. Kevin McGeough (Geography & Environment - Archaeology)
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
ORLANDO(Sally Potter, UK, 1992)
Hosted by Professor Mia van Leeuwen (Drama)
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
THE MONARCH / LA CONTEMPLATION DU MYSTÈRE(Albéric Aurtenèche, Canada, 2021)
Hosted by Dr. Steven Urquhart (Modern Languages and Linguistics), with Esteemed Special Guest, Filmmaker Albéric Aurtenèche
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
B I G T R O U B L E I N L I T T L E C H I N A(John Carpenter/ USA/ 1986)
Hosted by Professor Greg Patenaude (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 7:30 pm
Ends Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:30 pm
Join the Faculty of Fine Arts for their Mainstage production of Orlando. Sarah Ruhl’s stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando is a playful, poetic romp through time, gender and identity.
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
VOLVER(Pedro Almodóvar/ Spain/ 2007)
Hosted by Dr. Brent Devos (Modern Languages and Linguistics Department)
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
DANCER IN THE DARK(Lars von Trier/ Denmark/ 2000)
Hosted by Professor Julia Wasilewski (Drama)