Arts For Everyone
Launching in September 2024!
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 . 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:
— 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. — at Neptune Theatre, co-presented by Prismatic Arts Festival. Members of the public who wish to attend can purchase tickets via the .
- 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
— 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. — at Neptune Theatre, co-presented by Prismatic Arts Festival. Members of the public who wish to attend can purchase tickets via the .
- ** 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;
- 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 (Atrium 101)
— Fridays, 1 to 3:30 p.m. with Dr. Seán Kennedy
- September 6 — The Civilizing Process
- September 13 — Modernism and Ireland
- September 20 — The Irish Big House
- September 27 — Arthur Balfour: Ireland and Palestine
- October 4 — Liberal Political Economy
- October 11 — The Signification of Soup
- October 18 — Degeneration: an Irish Introduction
- October 25 — Beckett's Degenerate Aesthetic
- November 1 — Beckett, Yeats and Trees
- November 8 — Vichy France
- November 22 — The Camp
- November 29 — Beckett and the Idea of Zionism
Watch this space for more courses in Winter 2025!