Faculty
Ruth Chambers
Visual Arts Department, Graduate Program Representative
Professor
Office: RC 149
E-mail: ruth.chambers@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5575
Research interests
Ceramics, Installation, Contemporary Craft Theory
Sherry Farrell-Racette
Visual Arts Department
Professor
Office: RC 250
E-mail: Sherry.Farrell-Racette@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5515
Fax: 306-585-5526
Research interests
First Nations and Métis history and art history, Indigenous knowledge and pedagogy, contemporary Indigenous art, photography, film, collections-based research in museums and curatorial practices, First Nations and Métis traditional arts, issues of representation and self-representation, feminist, Indigenous and creative research methodologies.
Holly Fay
Visual Arts Department
Associate Professor
Office: RC 246
E-mail: holly.fay@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5591
Website: https://www.hollyfay.com
Research interests
Painting and Drawing techniques and methodologies, biotic and abiotic ecological systems, correlations and interconnectedness of natural phenomenon, nonhuman agency, phenomenology, environment, representations of the nature world in two-dimensional art practices.
Lindsey French
Visual Arts Department
Assistant Professor
Office: RC 154
E-mail: lindsey.french@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5554
Website: https://lindseyfrench.com/
Research interests
Landscape, environment, ecology; multisensory and multi-species signaling and perception; plant-being and plant signaling; communications technologies; receptivity and reception technologies; radio and airborne communication media; atmosphere and climate; olfactory art; acoustic ecology; media studies.
Area(s) of Specialization Creative Technologies, Visual Arts
David Garneau
Visual Arts Department
Professor
Office: RC 245
E-mail: david.garneau@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5615
Research interests
I am interested in all forms of contemporary art; creative expressions of contemporary Indigenous identities; Indigenous museum displays, and public art.
Dr. Risa Horowitz
Visual Arts Department
Professor
Office: RC 247.2/RC 047
E-mail: risa.horowitz@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5641
Website: http://www.risahorowitz.com
Research interests
Photo and lens-based media; conceptual, performance, and durational practices; time and its representation; art & science; critical landscape theories; creative writing; the relationships between expert-amateur, hobby-work, leisure-productivity.
Karla McManus
Visual Arts Department
Assistant Professor
Office: RC 232
E-mail: karla.mcmanus@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-2227
Website: https://www.karlamcmanus.com
Research interests
Contemporary art and the environment, the history and theory of photography, Canadian art history, settler-colonial art history, eco-critical art history, eco-media studies, environmental history, animal studies, documentary media.
Larissa Tiggelers
Visual Arts Department
Assistant Professor
Office: RC 244
E-mail: larissa.tiggelers@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5529
Website: http://www.larissatiggelers.com
Research interests
Area(s) of Specialization: professional practices, abstract painting and drawing, feminist methodologies, advanced colour theory
Tiggelers’ research is primarily focused in abstract painting and drawing, with occasional explorations in installation and sculpture. She teaches in the painting and drawing area where she embraces process-driven methodologies and material exploration alongside conceptual development.
Robert Truszkowski
Visual Arts Department - Department Head
Professor
Office: RC 035.3
E-mail: robert.truszkowski@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5574
Website: Instagram: @professortruszkowski
Research interests
(Conceptual) Popular culture; text, language, and communication; rap music; religion (Technical) Expanded colour and resolution possibilities in studio Printmaking (particularly in Ultra-violet cured (UV) silkscreen); digital print applications; lower and non-toxic approaches to studio printmaking.
Sean Whalley
Visual Arts Department
Assistant Professor
Office: RC 158
E-mail: sean.whalley@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5581
Staff
Jesse Goddard
Technician
Visual Arts Department
Office: RC 161.3
E-mail: jesse.goddard@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5578
Joanne Keen
Administrative Assistant
Visual Arts Department
Office: RC 247
E-mail: joanne.keen@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5572
Darcy Zink
Technician, Ceramics and Sculpture
Visual Arts Department
Office: RC 161.3
E-mail: darcy.zink@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5182