MA @ SCA: Information Session

November 26, 2020 | 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM (PT) | Zoom / RSVP

Please join us for an introduction to the SCA's Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts program, lead by SCA Graduate Program Chair, Peter Dickinson, and the Head of the SCA MA Program, Laura Marks.

We will have presentations about the program and the application process, plus presentations from Barbara Adler, the SCA's Professional Development Coordinator, and current MA students, followed by a Q&A period.

Note: If you missed this Information Session, please contact the SCA's Graduate Program Assistant sca_gpa@sfu.ca for access to the video archive of the event.

About the program

The SCA's Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts thinks across the arts with an intermedial perspective. Students gain a well-rounded, interdisciplinary expertise by examining their chosen object of study (such as an artwork or movement) through theoretical and historical perspectives from art history, cinema studies, performance studies, and digital arts.

The program’s strong practical focus includes funded research travel, editing the CMA Journal, arts internships, funding and support for curating, holding the graduating symposium, and intensive professional preparation for publishing, public presentation, job and grant applications, and reaching varied audiences. Most of our graduates work as curators, programmers, arts administrators, arts writers, and practicing artists. Some go on to do PhDs in the fine and performing arts.

With its intimate scale, interdisciplinary design, and faculty of international reputation, the School for the Contemporary Arts at SFU provides a rich environment for scholars of the fine and performing arts. Working in parallel with students in the MFA program, MA scholars are immersed in an environment of creative experimentation.

For more information about the MA program, please click HERE, and for information about applying to the program, please click HERE.