Date: 2021-08-02

Subject: Introductions / quick tour

Present: SM, Bill Vorn (BV), Benoît Chaussé (BC)

• ID card > contact human resources EMAILED
• Campus access > Moodle course covid training DONE

• August - planning
• Teaching starts - after labour day (mon Sept 6th)
• each semester = 13 weeks (not including feb mid term break - end of Feb
• Semester 1 finishes around beginning of December
• Semester 2 starts early Jan (6th?)
• admissions - see below
• MFA end of term critiques - see below

- 2 weeks max

• Admissions:
  • Undergraduate:
    • October - Open Portfolio Day 1
    • February - Open Portfolio Day 2
    • 1st March - application deadline
  • approximate 50 applications for 20+ places
    • No interviews - just online portfolio assessment
  • Master Fine Arts
    • Feb - application assessment meeting
  • No interviews - just online portfolio assessment

• MFA crit assessment
  • S1 End of term critique - 10th Dec
  • S2 End of term critique - 20th April

• Other
  • collecting student images for the website
  • some committee / counsel

booking - already booked by benoit

Rooms:

• main teaching space
• testing space
• electronic teaching space
• editing suites (x 6)
• dubbing / digitising room
• performance studio

• good for supporting students - students often go to them first
• try to avoid them just being an extra student (eg not knowing software)

• no laptop - maybe contact IT?
• Adobe license possible

• possibly via Tony Patricio or Sophie Généreux (studioarts@concordia.ca)
• VA building office 250