David Vivian

Associate Professor and Chair,

Scenography

Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture,
Past Director

BA Toronto, MFA British Columbia, ENTC/NTSC, ADC, APASQ

Office: TH 135B
Telephone: 905-688-5550 ext. 4401
email: dvivian

David's website

David Vivian is the Scenographer (or Designer) in the Department of Dramatic Arts and is currently Chair. He holds a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia and is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Formerly with Concordia University in Montreal, his designs for theatre, film, television, and industry have been seen across Canada. His work at Brock has included the set and costume designs for the mainstage productions since 2004. He teaches theatrical design, production, and stagecraft at Brock. David researches marginalized and virtual spaces through visual arts and theatre design, the application of digital technologies to the collection of performance ephemera, and regional identity construction and transmission through scenographic practice and research. Until the beginning of 2012/2013 year, David was the Director of the Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture at Brock. He has served as Chair of the Information Technology and Infrastructure and Budget Advisory Committees of Senate, as well as Vice Chair of Undergraduate Programs and Governance Committees and as Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees where he has served on the Advancement. Community Relations and Research, Capital Projects and Facilities, and Executive Committees.  He is also busy with projects in the local, national and international communities. He is the Past Chair of the Culture Committee of St. Catharines City Council and is involved with municipal cultural and facility planning, including representation on stakeholder committees for the Marilyn I Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts and the St. Catharines Performing Arts Centre facilities development. As a Director and the Secretary of Scenography Canada Research Society (formerly OISTAT SRC/CRS) he was a coordinator of the participation of Canadian Schools of Theatre in the Prague Quadrennial of Scenography of 2007. David is the convener of the Scenography Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research.

In 2009 he was honoured at the Spring Convocation by receiving the Humanities Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2011 he was awarded three Volunteer Recognition Certificates from the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and the City of St. Catharines, at the 23rd Annual Volunteer Recognition Night co-sponsored by the City of St. Catharines, the St. Catharines-Thorold Chamber of Commerce, and the Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery.