Creative Futures: Documenting the Climate Crisis
Creative Futures: Dean's Speaker Series"Documenting the Climate Crisis" With Sean Holman, Colin Malloy & Paul Walde Moderated by Dennine Dudley 12:30pm (PST) Thursday, May 26, 2022 Online webinar Free & open to the public via Zoom Register here Presented by...
Orion Series presents Smum iem Matriarch Marilyn James
The Orion Lecture Series in Fine Arts Through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present: Marilyn James Smum iem Matriarch, Autonomous Sinixt “Counter mapping and Sinixt Resurgence” ...
Orion Series presents professor & architect Steve Mannell
The Orion Lecture Series in Fine Arts Through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present: Steve Mannell Professor & architect, Dalhousie University “Living Lightly on the Earth”:...
Annual BFA exhibit returns to in-person format
Given the shifting nature of life on campus recently, it’s hard to think of a better title for this year’s Visual Arts BFA exhibit than Subject to Change. Featuring the work of 32 graduating artists whose academic experience has been very much that since 2020, there’s...
Call for nominations: student community impact award
Are you a current or graduating UVic Fine Arts undergraduate who’s been involved with some community-engaged creative activity in Greater Victoria between Jan 1/21 & May 31/22? If so, you could qualify for $1,000 via our Community Impact Award! The annual Fine...
School of Music debuts new Ballet BC collaboration
Christopher Butterfield performs "Scenes of Thought" with Sidney Chuckas, Kiana Jung & Emily Chessa (photo: Kristy Farkas)There’s no question the COVID era has had a devastating impact on the arts industry, but it has also provided time and space for bold new...
Visiting Artist: Jaimie Isaac
"The Eighth and Final Fire" (2021), public art installation by Jaimie Isaac (Winnipeg)Our final Visiting Artist of the academic year is the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s new chief curator, Jaimie Isaac, an interdisciplinary artist and mixed-heritage member of the...
Young Alumni Lunch & Learn Series: Finding Meaningful Work in the Arts
Everyone wants to find a relevant job after graduation, but what are the actual steps you’ll need to take to get there? How do you make connections and learn to network? How important can volunteering be to career development? What career assistance is available to...
The Human Nature of Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnRVSA_3L70 No question, we've had a tough few years: many people across BC are still grappling with the aftermath of intense winter storms and some areas continue to be impacted without reprieve. Recent historic winter rainfalls were...
Meet Shakespeare’s Women
The cast of Shakespeare's Women (all photos by Dean Kalyan)With the recent International Women's Day celebrations, the final Phoenix Theatre play of our academic year—Libby Appel's Shakespeare's Women—seems doubly appropriate. Featuring the Bard's most iconic leading...
Young Alumni Lunch & Learn Series: Are You Media Ready?
Whatever your creative practice, it's essential that you tell the right story about yourself—and have the kind of social media profile that shows you're serious about your craft. Join a recent grad for this insider-look at best practices when it comes to working with...
Distinguished Alumni
Fine Arts was thrilled to see three past graduates named among the 20 recipients of the UVic's 2022 Distinguished Alumni Awards announced on March 10. Presented by UVic and the University of Victoria Alumni Association, the awards recognize graduates who, through...
Orion Series presents Islamic scholar Richard McClary
The Orion Lecture Series in Fine Arts Through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present: Richard McClary Visiting Scholar “Islamic Tiles in Museums: Past, Present & Future” 11:30am...
Meet our newest Youth Poet Laureate
When the City of Victoria recently announced the news that recent Writing / English double-major Eli Mushumanski had been chosen as the 2022 Youth Poet Laureate, we here at Fine Arts were justifiably proud. Mushumanski is the third YPL to come out of UVic's...
Orion Series presents visiting artist Jim Holyoak
The Orion Lecture Series in Fine Arts Through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present: Jim Holyoak Visiting Artist 7:30 - 9:00 pm (PST) Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Room A162, UVic Visual...
Young Alumni Lunch & Learn Series
Wondering how to connect your studies to the wider world of the arts? Interested in exploring creative career opportunities? Curious about professional life after graduation? Bring your questions when recent Fine Arts alumni offer the inside scoop in these moderated,...
Adapting The Waste Land for the stage, 100 years after its literary debut
Director Conrad Alexandrowicz on the set of his adaptation of TS Eliot's The Waste Land (photo: John Threlfall) Since its publication in 1922, T.S. Eliot’s landmark modernist poem The Waste Land has never ceased to be controversial. Inspired by the physical and...
Orion Series presents visiting playwright Carmen Aguirre
The Orion Lecture Series in Fine Arts Through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present: Carmen Aguirre Visiting Author & Playwright 12:30 pm (PST) Thurs, Feb 17, 2022 Phoenix...
Orion Series presents visiting artist Abdoulaye Niang
The Orion Lecture Series in Fine Arts Through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the School of Music, University of Victoria, is pleased to present:Abdoulaye Niang Teacher-Researcher 1:30 - 3:30 pm (PST) Saturday, February 12, 2022 David Lam...
BC Arts Council Funding 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LB8TFPdGU Curious about funding your creative projects? Wondering how to apply for grants? Get to know the BC Arts Council—the provincial funding agency for arts & culture—in this Q&A info session aimed at upper-level...
BC Arts Council Funding 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LB8TFPdGU Curious about funding your creative projects? Wondering how to apply for grants? Get to know the BC Arts Council—the provincial funding agency for arts & culture—in this Q&A info session aimed at upper-level...
Fine Arts well represented at the 2022 Victoria Film Festival
Running February 4-13, both online and in theatres, the Victoria Film Festival will descend on Victoria with a new raft of films to delight movie goers of all stripes. No stranger to the VFF, you'll once again find Fine Arts well-represented in these films and events:...
Orion Series presents visiting artist Linda Catlin Smith
The Orion Lecture Series in Fine Arts Through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the School of Music, University of Victoria, is pleased to present:Linda Catlin Smith Composer 4 - 5:30 pm (PST) Wednesday, Feb 9, 2021 Rm. A169, MacLaurin Building,...
Orion Series presents visiting artist Tanya Linklater
The Orion Lecture Series in Fine Arts Through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present: Tanya Lukin Linklater Visiting Artist 7:30 - 9:00 pm (PST) Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022 Room A162,...
“Never less than amazing”: Lafayette String Quartet take its final bow in 2023
The Lafayette String Quartet at UVic, January 2022 (l-r): Pam Highbaugh Aloni, Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, Sharon Stanis, Joanna Hood (Credit: UVic Photo Services)A Detroit McDonald’s may be the most unlikely place to start the story of UVic’s internationally acclaimed...
Top-10 Fine Arts stories of 2021
As we wind down a(nother) year of unprecedented firsts, it is with gratitude and awe that we look back on the student accomplishments, faculty successes, new appointments and visiting scholars who made 2021 memorable. Read on to see some of the things that kept our...
The impact of Indigenous art practices on truth & reconciliation
Art not only has the power to inspire, it can also be a powerful catalyst for change. Nowhere is this more evident than in issues of truth and reconciliation, as Carey Newman well knows. Recently appointed as the inaugural Impact Chair in Indigenous Art Practices with...
New survey of scientists & journalists calls for media to cover climate as a crisis
While the term “climate crisis” has been in use by media outlets since 2019 and launch of the global journalistic initiative Covering Climate Now, the term itself has yet to be adopted by all major outlets. A new first-of-its-kind survey, released Nov. 16, has...
Alumni activity this fall
Looking for a good example of the interdisciplinary impact of Fine Arts alumni on the local arts scene? Consider the recent CRD Arts Champion Summit held in December, which included presentations by a wide range of our alumni including Mercedes...
Media & faculty activity this fall
There’s been no shortage of faculty activity beyond our departments this fall, with a wide range of professors and instructors appearing in the media, participating in festivals and exhibitions, or lending their expertise to workshops and symposia. Art History &...
Distinguished Women Scholars: Measha Brueggergosman
UVic Provost’s Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture SeriesThis event is sponsored by the UVic Provost’s Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture CommitteeMeasha Brueggergosman Canadian soprano 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (PST) Thursday, Dec 9, 2021 Via webinar Free & open to...
ONC Artist-in-Residence call for grad student applications
Call for Proposals UVic's Faculty of Fine Arts and Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) are calling for graduate student applications for the 2022 ONC Artist-in-Residence program. Note: the application period closes on December 17, 2021. s The Artist-in-Residence will ignite...