Image Arts welcomes new Chair

Image Arts is thrilled to welcome Dr. Ted Heibert, Professor and the new Chair of the School of Image Arts. Ted is joining TMU from the University of Washington Bothell, where he served as Professor of Interdisciplinary Art in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (SIAS). He holds a Phd in Humanities from Concordia University, as well as a M.F.A from the University of Calgary. Dr. Hiebert has an impressive record of administrative service, having previously served as Director of the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics at UW Bothell, in addition to Coordinator for Interdisciplinary Arts, where he was responsible for the vision and development of Minors in Creative Writing, Performance, and Visual & Media art.

In addition to his scholarly and administrative activities, Ted is an established interdisciplinary artist and theorist. His work examines the relationships between art, performance, and technology with a particular focus on the absurd, the paradoxical and the imaginary. He is the author of In Praise of Nonsense: Aesthetics, Uncertainty and Postmodern Identity (2012), A formalized forum for informal inquiry (2015), and Ludic Dreaming: How to Listen Away from Contemporary Technoculture (co-authored with David Cecchetto, Marc Couroux and Eldritch Priest, 2017). He has also edited several books, including, most recently, Artworks for Jellyfish and Other Others (co-edited with Amanda Boetzkes, 2022). www.tedhiebert.net (external link) 

Welcome Ted, we are so excited to have you!