RESEARCH & CREATION
Mobilizing local communities. Influencing national issues. Engaged in global thinking.
Stripped, photo Pia Meuthen
What is research & creation?
The Faculty of Fine Arts is a dynamic environment for research and creation. We play a central role in developing Research-Creation as a practice-based research trend in Canada, bridging interpretive disciplines with creative ones.
Our approach goes beyond mere description, engaging in a flourishing landscape of research, creative practice, and scholarly inquiry.
Students benefit from immersive experiences within our internationally renowned research centers, labs, and studios, gaining access to exceptional facilities for research and production. Through interdisciplinary research collaborations and partnerships, Concordians connect with a diverse network of artists, scholars, groups, associations, venues, platforms, and teams around Montreal, across Canada, and internationally.
We fuel innovation and propel artistic excellence. Join us in exploring new frontiers and in unlocking the transformative power of creativity & research.
Featured researcher
Joana Joachim
Joana Joachim is an art historian, curator, and scholar whose research explores Black feminist art histories, Black Canadian and diasporic visual culture, critical museology, and social justice. Her work examines how art, memory, and visual culture shape histories of Black life, self-preservation, and community across Canada and the African diaspora.
Joachim's SSHRC-funded research investigates stillness as a Black creative practice, and her publications have appeared in leading books and journals on African diasporic art, Canadian art history, and Black studies. She also helped develop Concordia's Graduate Certificate and Graduate Microprogram in Curatorial Studies and Practices, reflecting her commitment to innovative, inclusive approaches to curatorial education.
In 2025, she was appointed Deputy Director of Concordia's Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art.
