Considering a future as a student in the Faculty of Fine Arts? Join us on Saturday, Nov 26, as we open our doors as part of Explore UVic—UVic’s free, all-day open house. We’ve created a fun-filled day of student panels, sample lectures, presentations, tours and more. Check out the schedule of events, plan ahead and make the most of your visit!
This is your chance to discover what it’s like to be part of BC’s only stand-alone fine arts faculty, which means you’ll be learning as part of a dedicated arts-specific community. On Saturday, we’ll be hosting an open house (12-2pm in the lobby of the Fine Arts building) with representatives from our departments of Art History & Visual Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts, Writing and the School of Music who can answer your program questions. We’ll also have a general representative on hand to answer your questions from 11-12 and 2-3pm if you can’t make the open house.
We’ll also be offering behind-the-scenes tours of our facilities at these times and locations:
- Art History & Visual Studies: 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 (meet in the Fine Arts building lobby)
- Fine Arts/Writing: 11am-3pm (meet in the Fine Arts building lobby)
- School of Music: 11:00, 12:30, 2:00, 3:30 (meet in Music’s upstairs lobby, MacLaurin B-Wing)
- Theatre: 11:00, 11:45, 12:30 (meet in the Phoenix Building lobby)
- Visual Arts: 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 (meet in the Visual Arts building lobby)
You can also catch a sample lecture on “Activating Performance” with Theatre professor Sasha Kovacs from 2:15-3pm in room 167 of the Elliott Building. The word “performative” is everywhere across social media. People add “performative” in hashtags to denounce those who don’t, as Hamlet advised his players, “suit the action to the word, the word to the action.” Performance has always gotten a bad rap. People criticize performance as hollow, ineffective, lazy and false. But does this account for performance’s power to activate and incite real-world change? Through historic and contemporary examples, we’ll reconsider the power of performance as an agent of positive change.
And if you’re particularly interested in Theatre, don’t miss the 2pm ticketed matinee of the mainstage musical Spring Awakening — a Tony Award-winning rock musical about the challenges facing high-school students in 1891 Germany — an ideal opportunity for future students to see first-hand what the department can do.
Register in advance now for this free day of exploration and activities . . . or just drop by on Saturday. We’d love to meet you!