Research and Creative Initiatives
Fine Arts Research & Creative Initiatives
Our faculty, staff and students are continuously engaged in a vast number of research and creative initiatives on a local, national and global scale.
Teaching Profiles
Dr. Devon Smither | 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award
Known for being a risk-taker in the classroom, Dr. Devon Smither encourages her students to do the same. It has garnered her a reputation as an innovative and empowering educator as well as the University of Lethbridge’s 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award.
Leanne Elias | Board of Governors Teaching Chair
An inspiring educator who finds ways to challenge her students while complementing their knowledge, new media professor Leanne Elias is the recipient of the Board of Governors Teaching Chair.
Research Profile
Mary Kavanagh | Board of Governors Research Chair, Tier I
Aligning with the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the atomic age, University of Lethbridge Professor Mary Kavanagh explores the Bomb and its legacies in a series of art exhibitions presented across Canada and the US: the multi-faceted Daughters of Uranium and Trinity3, a two-channel video work extracted from the larger project. The exhibitions reach across the nuclear Anthropocene to build connections between nuclear technologies and their lived effects, the nuclear site and irradiated bodies, nuclear fallout, waste, and material evidence.
Research Chairs
Research Chairs are prestigious academic distinctions bestowed upon faculty members recognized by their peers as having distinguished and renowned records of research or other scholarly or creative activity. Meet the Research Chairs who are in the Faculty of Fine Arts.
Dr. Monique Giroux
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Music, Culture, and Politics
Mary Kavanagh
Tier I Board of Governors Research Chair in Fine Arts