In 2021 SFU welcomed its first cohort of six PhD students into the School for the Contemporary Arts. The program is the first of its kind in Western Canada.
In recent years, PhD programs in the fine and performing arts have expanded scholarly work in these areas and provided an environment in which contemporary artists and art scholars can set their work within an academic context.
“The program supports professional practice and also the need for us professionals to have graduate degrees at the PhD level,” says Joni Low. “As a curator and writer, I’ve been drawn to many artists that have studied at SFU, and I realized there must be something exciting going on there and I wanted to be a part of it.”
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Josephine Lee is an interdisciplinary artist who works in sculpture, installation and performance
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