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The Faculty of Professional Studies and Performing Arts also offers a minor (24 semester hours) in worship studies with streams in art, communications, drama and music.
A multidisciplinary major in fine arts is available for students who want to gain broad exposure to art, music and theatre. Students choose a concentration in one of these disciplines, a minor in a second and two courses in the third discipline.
In her 25-year professional career as an artist, Erica Grimm-Vance has developed a stunning resumé. Her art has been shown in dozens of exhibitions. Her drawings grace numerous collections, including that of the Vatican City.
Brielle Goheen
MAJOR: Music
YEAR: Second
HOMETOWN: Hamilton, ON
INVOLVEMENT: Chapel worship team, Music Guild
"The music department is a close department because it's small but growing. It's an exciting time to be here.
This spring, I was able to perform a concerto that was written for me by professor David Squires. Getting to work closely with a composer is an amazing experience. Students don't get these opportunities very often. It was really unique.
There's also a lot of mentorship that goes on between fourth-year and younger students, which I've really found to be helpful. There's a lot of wisdom in the final years that you just don't have when you're starting out."
She's created work that served as a backdrop for a major Hollywood movie. And most recently, she is preparing for a solo exhibition at New York City's prestigious National Arts Club while completing her Ph.D. in art education.
While balancing life as a professional artist, Grimm-Vance has spent the last 19 years offering her keen criticism and creative guidance to TWU students. It's a role she takes seriously. "The teaching of art is the act of helping people open their eyes to the gifts that we are surrounded by -- which are life, existence, and the creative realm," she says.
Grimm-Vance describes her work as an art professor as awakening students to both their interior and exterior worlds. "Images are very powerful," she explains. "Everyone needs to understand this language in order to function in this society, much less lead in it."
For Grimm-Vance, the TWU art program cultivates this awareness through a small, close-knit environment that fosters trust and emphasizes creativity.