Welcome to Winters College!
Winters College, established in 1967, is the Fine Arts College at York University. Students affiliated with the College come from all Departments in the Faculty of Fine Arts–including Dance, Design, Digital Media, Film, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts–as well as from the Department of Communication Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and the Faculty of Education.
Winters is a vibrant, artistic community whose goal is the continuing success of its students by offering opportunities for students to showcase their artistic talents, foster student interaction with Faculty, and provide a place for students to call their home here at York.
The Master’s Office, Winters College Council, and all Winters Fellows work in collaboration to provide students with essential services for improving student success and increasing student engagement on campus. Winters College provides everything from critical skills workshops to social events to concerts, with the goal to improve student life and put students first.
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What’s Happening at Winters College
The Finish Line: Department of Film Premieres New Productions – Apr 10, 2012 to Apr 20, 2012, 7pm-9pm - Apr 10, 2012 to Apr 20, 2012, 7pm-9pm Undergraduate students in York’s Department of Film premiere their new productions in The Finish Line. The productions, ranging in length from two to 20 minutes, run the gamut of themes and genres, in formats ranging from digital video and computer-generated effects to 16mm and Super 8 film. [...]
Winters Graduate Salon – Thursday March 29th, 5pm-7pm Winters SCR - Our very last interdisciplinary research symposium of the year. Join us for a Q&A and wine & cheese. Presenters: Lychee (Lai-tze) Fan: “In/Visible D.C.: Ethic-Based Ideologies of Urban Space” Daniel Guadagnolo: “Urban Space and Visuality in the Photography of George Platt Lynes” Clara Fraser: “What should I have learned in school? Making the connection between [...]
Contra Dance – Monday, April 2, 2011 – 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. - What’s a contra dance? Well, if any of you have been at a college in New England, California, or the US Midwest, you probably know something about this wildly popular, exuberant, and supremely satisfying form of social dance. It is similar to many other dance forms, including Jane-Austen-style country dances, square dances, quadrilles, ceilidh dances, [...]
Belly Dance Lessons @ Winters - No previous dance experience required! Belly Dance lessons from instructor Ana Komarnyts’ka. This is a free event and everyone is welcome! Times and locations January 31, 2012 @ 6:30pm – Winters Residence, 1st Floor Common Room February 7, 2012 @ 6:30pm – Winters Junior Common Room (012WC) February 28, 2012 @ 6:30pm – Winters Residence, [...]Winters College News
Music Faculty and Grads Score Juno Nods - [read the full story here] York University music faculty and alumni are in the spotlight as nominees for Canada’s most prestigious music awards, the Junos. The 2012 edition rolls out the week of March 26, culminating in the gala Juno Awards ceremony in Ottawa on April 1. The York nominees are York PhD candidate Matt [...]
Students stage York’s second production of The Vagina Monologues - For the second year in a row, York students are staging Eve Ensler’s award-winning play The Vagina Monologues to raise money for two women’s causes. Since auditions in December, 16 cast members have been rehearsing for the three-day run March 29 to 31 in the Underground bar. This year’s cast rehearses in the new venue, [...]
playGround: York Fringe Theatre Festival Out to Take Risks - playGround, the annual juried fringe festival of York University’s Department of Theatre, celebrates its 20th season with two dynamic programs running Feb. 14 to 17 in the Joseph G. Green Studio Theatre, 139 Centre for Film & Theatre atYork’s Keele campus. Well-known for its uncurbed spirit and risk-taking mindset, playGround is a student-produced seedbed for the [...]
Winters Fellow Catherine Robbin appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada - Mezzo-soprano -and Winters’ Fellow- Catherine Robbin has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston, “For her accomplishments as a premier mezzo-soprano of international repute and as a professor of classical vocal performance.” The Canadian mezzo-soprano, Catherine Robbin, studied with Dorothy Allan Park at the RCMT, with Jacob Hamm [...]
