Media Resource Coordinator and Instructor

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Instructor – Sound Design & Digital Foundations

Max administers the digital media equipment for the Visual Arts department, including the VISA Equipment Kiosk and the Digital Media Lab. As part of his duties, Max is responsible for supporting VISA faculty, staff and students in the use of digital media equipment for pedagogical purposes. Additionally, Max oversees the use of the MWS Learning Commons. This includes assisting MIWSFPA students in the use of MWS Learning Commons equipment, acting as a liaison with the Library on main campus, and running workshops regarding the use of available media equipment. Max is a graduate of the Music Program at Brock, holds a Masters in Music from uOttawa and actively collaborates as sound designer/composer with a plethora of artists.

Administrative Assistant
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Melissa MacAulay manages and coordinates the administrative details and projects of the Visual Arts, Music, and Dramatic Arts departments (as well as the Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture). She liaises with students and other areas within the university and provides information and support to both students and faculty. Melissa completed a PhD in Philosophy 2015 and has been working in and around universities ever since.

Visual Arts Facilities Coordinator
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Rachelle Wunderink wears many hats within the VISA department. She oversees all art materials ordering, schedules models, and serves as the primary point of contact when issues arise in the painting and drawing studios. She also manages the Art Store, ensuring that both students and faculty have the materials they need for their courses.

Beyond her administrative roles, Wunderink is an interdisciplinary artist, mother, and active member of her art community. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from York University, where she was awarded the Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC) for her thesis exhibition. Over the past decade, she has co-founded two artist collectives working primarily abroad, with projects based in Taipei, Taiwan, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Gallery Coordinator & Instructor

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PhD, Western University
MA, University at Buffalo,
The State University of New York
BA, Brock University

Sonya Marie de Lazzer is the Gallery Coordinator of the Visual Arts Gallery and Student Exhibition Space (MIWSFPA) and works in consultation with preparators, curators, artists, students, as well as public outreach. Sonya brings extensive museum and art gallery experience in the areas of curation, programming, exhibition writing, design, and installation. She also teaches in the areas of art history, visual culture, and curation. de Lazzer is trained as a historian of visual culture with an interest in souvenirs, collectibles, and collections. Her research is focused on the visual culture and visual history of Niagara Falls as a tourist site, with investigations into contemporary notions of the sublime that expand on recreational, social, and immersive experiences within landscapes, specifically, the recreational sublime and sublime fiction(s). Her research constellates the material culture of mementos, souvenirs, tourist attractions and experiences.