Arts for Everyone

Program Information
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Number of Courses: 4

Location: Saint Mary's University

Arts for Everyone

Synopsis

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. On this page you can explore course topics and schedules. Those who wish to engage with course material a bit more deeply (and earn a digital badge to showcase their accomplishment!) can choose to register and complete a suite of assignments. Arts is for everyone - come join us!

Program Overview

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Courses in Program

Composition

Want to learn how to write and think in your pyjamas? Seán Kennedy's "Introduction to Composition" course teaches us how to write and how to think. The wager is that to write well means to think well; to write critically means to think critically.
1/7/2026 - 4/24/2026

What's Deal with Taylor Swift?

The social, cultural and economic noteworthiness of Taylor Swift is hard to overstate. Her influence and wealth are staggering, her reach, spectacularly global. Her appeal to hundreds of millions of people is mindboggling. This course takes these aspects of Swift’s celebrity status as a starting point and endeavours to interrogate and understand the nature of her appeal, power and influence.
1/7/2026 - 4/24/2026

Soccer: A History of Brazil

This course traces the historical forces behind the evolution of soccer in Brazil – from an elite sport to a national passion with unifying powers.
1/7/2026 - 4/23/2026

The Fantastic

This course explores the sources of modern fantasy literature and its variations into the present day: short story, novel, graphic novel, film and gaming.
1/8/2026 - 4/23/2026