Arts For Everyone

Launching in September 2024!

A graphic to help promote the new Arts For Everyone initiative in the Faculty of Arts. An illustration shows the silhouettes of five people, standing against some colourful books.

With Arts for Everyone, the Faculty of Arts at Saint Mary’s University is opening our doors to the community! Members of the public are invited to attend a selection of courses on a drop-in basis.

For current offerings, visit our Arts For Everyone page on Brightspace. On this page, you can explore course topics and schedules. If you'd like to take a course and engage with the material a bit more deeply, you can choose to register via Brightspace and complete a suite of assignments. Those who register and do the assignments can also earn a digital badge to showcase their accomplishment. Arts courses are for everyone – come join us!

Fall 2024
Our first Arts For Everyone courses launch this fall. For course descriptions, instructor bios and more information, follow the links to Arts For Everyone on Brightspace. Class topics are listed by date below:

Ancient Literature — Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1 to 2:15 p.m. with Dr. Luke Hathaway
** Indicates additional special sessions available outside of the usual class time.
The dates listed below are the classes that are available to the public. Other dates not listed here are reserved for coursework for enrolled students only, plus the November 11-15 fall break and cancellations due to the instructor's travel for research.

September 5 — Introductions
September 10 — Introduction to Gilgamesh
September 12 — Gilgamesh, prologue plus book one
September 17 — Gilgamesh, books two & three
September 19 — Gilgamesh, books four & five
September 24 — Gilgamesh, books six & seven
September 26 — Gilgamesh, books eight & nine
October 1 — Gilgamesh, books ten & eleven;
- ** Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. — King Gilgamesh and the Man of the Wild at Neptune Theatre, co-presented by Prismatic Arts Festival. Members of the public who wish to attend can purchase tickets via the Neptune Theatre box office.
October 3 — In-class consideration of the King Gilgamesh and the Man of the Wild production
October 10 — Introduction to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, plus Book One; guest presentation by Lucy Pothier-Bogoslowski (they/them)
October 15 — Metamorphoses, Book Two; student presentations begin (ongoing)
October 17 — Metamorphoses, Book Three
October 22 — Metamorphoses, Book Four
October 24 — Guest lecture by Barbara Stewart (she/they)
October 29 — Metamorphoses, Books Five & Six
October 31 — Metamorphoses, Book Seven
November 5 — Guest lecture by Prof. Raymond Sewell (n’kem)
November 19 — Metamorphoses, Book Eight
November 21 — Metamorphoses, Book Nine
November 26 — Metamorphoses, Book Ten
November 28 — Metamorphoses, Book Eleven
December 3 — Metamorphoses, Book Twelve + review

Writing for Performance — Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with Dr. Luke Hathaway
** indicates additional special sessions available outside of the usual class time
The dates listed below are the classes that are available to the public. Other dates not listed here are reserved for coursework for enrolled students only, plus the November 11-15 fall break and cancellations due to the instructor's travel for research.

IMPORTANT NOTE — SCENT-FREE ENVIRONMENT: A student in this class has serious environmental sensitivities; we can all help to keep our classroom space accessible to them by avoiding the use of perfume, cologne, body spray, hair spray, hair gel, scented hand cream, essential oils, antibacterial wipes, etc. Thanks in advance for your help and collaboration.

September 6 — Welcome & intro
September 20 — Guest speaker: GaRRy Williams with ‘A Frontier Guide to Survival’ and Q&A on creating dramatic monologues
September 27 — Grad-student/D.S. presentations; writing dialogue
** Tuesday, October 1, 7:30 p.m. — King Gilgamesh and the Man of the Wild at Neptune Theatre, co-presented by Prismatic Arts Festival. Members of the public who wish to attend can purchase tickets via the Neptune Theatre box office.
** Wednesday, October 16, 7 p.m. — SMU Reading Series presents The Sign of Jonas, new music by Benton Roark / words Luke Hathaway (venue TBD)
October 18 — Guest speaker: Benton Roark on songwriting
** Tuesday, October 23, 7 p.m. — SMU Reading Series presents Sue Murtagh (Atrium 101)
October 25 — Collective creation / devised theatre
November 1 — Guest speaker: Erin Brubacher on collective creation; learn more on the SMU Events Calendar
November 8 — No class this day; Dr. Hathaway travelling for research [make-up class is Oct. 1 trip to Neptune]
** Thursday, November 21, 7 p.m. — SMU Reading Series presents Jack Wong & Sydney Smith (Atrium 101)