Become a member

The Post Image Lab is open to graduate students and faculty at Concordia University, if you only wish to use the lab, you can just email our lab coordinators at postimage@concordia.ca. Post Image membership system aims to bring our members closer together and recognize those who wish to become actively involved in the cluster’s activities beyond lab access. The membership entails minimum yearly contributions, which we hope will encourage exchange and cooperation between members. All membership applications are reviewed by the Post Image Cluster Board, Directors, and Research Coordinator.

Please review the membership categories below before applying:

Post Image faculty members:

Concordia University full-time and part-time faculty members. Only full-time faculty members can sponsor new affiliate members. Post Image Faculty members are expected to choose between:

1. Giving a lunchtime talk, research presentation or workshop
2. Attending a graduate student lunchtime talk and providing oral or written feedback
3. Giving a studio visit to a graduate student member
4. Mentoring an undergraduate fellow via studio visit or critique

If you are a faculty member of Concordia University, please apply here.

Post Image graduate/post-graduate student members:

Concordia University’s Fine Arts graduate and post-graduate students have access to the facilities without having to become cluster members, if you only wish to use the lab, you can just email our lab coordinators at postimage@concordia.ca Membership is designed for Concordia University graduate, doctoral or post-doctoral students who wish to become more involved, contributing to and benefiting from Post Image’s research community. Graduate Student Members are expected to:

1. Hosting a lunchtime talk, research presentation or workshop
2. Attending the cluster’s events

In return, graduate student members will be able to receive at least one studio visit from one of the guest speakers, a Post Image affiliate member or a Post Image faculty member. Furthermore, we will promote their lunchtime talk or public event, providing them a credible and professional platform to present their work or research.

Graduate student members must have a full-time faculty member sponsor them due to administrative reasons. Sponsorship does not imply any commitments from faculty members. If applicants do not have a faculty member sponsoring them, their appliction will be submitted to the board and faculty members will most likely volunteer for sponsorship. Full-time faculty Post Image members who can sponsor membership applications: Deanna Bowen, Geneviève Cadieux, Hannah Claus, Daniel Cross, Roy Cross, Monika Kin Gagnon, Kelly Jazvac, Martha Langford, Nadia Myre, Juan Ortiz-Apuy, Marisa Portolese, Matt Soar, Jaret Vadera, Chih-Chien Wang.

If you are a graduate or post graduate student at Concordia University, please apply here.

Affiliate (external) members:

To diversify the cluster’s research community, we want to be able to host external artists and researchers during the production of specific, time-limited projects. External members must have a full-time faculty member sponsor them. If applicants do not have a faculty member sponsoring them, their appliction will be submitted to the board for faculty members to offer sponsorship.

Applicants for affiliate membership must submit a project proposal detailing what they wish to accomplish with Post Image, including a timeline of production/research. If the application is approved, affiliate members will have access to the lab and participate in the cluster’s activities for a limited period in which they will complete a specific research/creation project. Affiliate membership is considered a short-term invitation that lasts, at most, one semester. By limiting the number of affiliate memberships and their duration, we aim to ensure that the equipment stays available to regular members.

Affiliate members are expected to:

1. Hosting a lunchtime talk, research presentation or workshop
2. Attending the cluster’s events
3. Choosing between:
1. Attending a graduate student lunchtime talk and providing oral or written feedback
2. Giving a studio visit to a graduate student member
3. Mentoring an Undergraduate Fellow via studio visit or critique

If applicants do not have a faculty member sponsoring them, their appliction will be submitted to the board for faculty members to volunteer sponsorship. Please see the list of full-time faculty Post Image members who can sponsor membership applications at the end of this page. 

If you are not currently a a student or faculty member at Concordia University, please apply here. The processing time for an affiliate membership is 3-6 months. Please plan to submit your application six months before the start of your project.

Immersive Storytelling Studio (VR) members:

If you are interested in access to the ISS, Post Image’s Virtual Reality lab, please apply here and the VR team will get back to you.

Undergraduate fellows:

Every year, the Post Image board awards research fellowships to two Concordia University undergraduate students. Undergraduate fellows have access to the lab and receive mentoring from Post Image members over one year.