Sounds for Soldiers: Emily Armour’s Music for Veterans Project connects young musicians with military vets
Music alum Emily Armour with Pipe Major Roger McGuire of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) at 2024's 80th anniversary of D-Day event at Victoria's Bay Street Armoury When it comes to honouring veterans, many people wear a poppy on November 11 and then...
Visiting Artist: Marlene Yuen
Our ongoing Visiting Artist series continues with Vancouver-based artist Marlene Yuen, who will present a free illustrated public talk at 7:30pm Wed, Jan 15, in room A162 of UVic's Visual Arts building. Marlene Yuen is a Vancouver-based multidisciplinary artist whose...
Top 10 Fine Arts stories of 2024
There’s no better time than the start of a new year for a moment of reflection on the previous year’s accomplishments. With that in mind, we're happy to present the Fine Arts Top 10 of 2024: an inspiring series of story highlights about our students, faculty and...
Get festive with Fine Arts
If there's one thing we can all agree on, the winter holiday season is the one time of the year where people join together to enjoy the biggest range of festivities. From concerts, plays and readings to holiday films, it seems like there's a bit of everything ready to...
Double Your Fine Arts Gift on Giving Tuesday
December 3 is Giving Tuesday, a day when the entire UVic community will unite around a common cause — supporting the students and programs that make this university the very special place it is. This year, UVic's Faculty of Fine Arts is raising funds to honour and...
Call for grad student proposals: ONC ArtScience Fellowship Program
Call for grad student proposals: ONC ArtScience Fellowship ProgramUVic’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) are calling for graduate student applications for the paid 2025 ONC ArtsScience Fellowship program. Note: the application period closes on...
Orion Masterclass with Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou
The OrionLecture Series in Fine ArtsThrough the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present:Orion Masterclasses: Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou Barbara Hannigan, soprano Bertrand...
Orion Lecture: “Composing for Voice” with Barbara Hannigan
The OrionLecture Series in Fine ArtsThrough the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present:Composing for Voice with Barbara Hannigan Barbara Hannigan, soprano Bertrand Chamayou, piano 12pm...
Pacific Opera Victoria Presents Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou
Do not miss this one-night-only event! 7:30pm December 02 at McPherson Playhouse. An evening of music with renown artists soprano Barbara Hannigan & pianist Bertrand Chamayou, with special guest appearances by Terrence Tam (Principal Violin of Victoria Symphony)...
Explore UVic on Nov 30
Considering a future as a student in UVic's Faculty of Fine Arts? Join us on Saturday, Nov 30, 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...
UVic Symphony Orchestra: From Darkness to Light
When the UVic Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Giuseppe Pietraroia, presents the captivating evening of music From Darkness to Light on November 29, they'll not only be blending drama, passion and rhythmic vitality, but will also feature a...
Robotics artist plots course for the future
When it comes to transformational educational experiences, it’s hard to top that of Sie Douglas-Fish. Prior to arriving at UVic, they had never even left their 2,000-person hometown before — but now, as they graduate with a BFA in Visual Arts, they’re not only already...
Orion Series presents Jude Brereton
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: "Singing in space(s): Past, present and future" Featuring Jude Brereton, Professor of Audio...
Jeannette Armstrong and Lina de Guevara awarded Honorary Doctorates
The Faculty of Fine Arts is thrilled to announce that Jeannette Armstrong will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) and Lina de Guevara will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) at the Fall 2024 Fine Arts convocation ceremony. You can watch as...
2024 Student Impact Award winners
Since 2021, the Fine Arts Student Community Impact Awards have recognized individual achievements or outstanding efforts made by full-time Fine Arts undergraduate students beyond their traditional studies. Open to submissions from across the faculty, these juried...
Indigenous Writers & Storyteller Series
When this year's installment of the sxʷiʔe ̕m “To Tell A Story” Indigenous Writers & Storytellers Series returns to UVic on November 1, it will be the latest gift to the community by the Department of Writing and professor Gregory Scofield.“My goal is to honor the...
Kathryn Mockler wins Victoria Book Prize
The Writing department's 2024 Victoria Book Prize finalists (from left): Tim Lilburn, Ali Blyth, Kathryn Mockler, Arleen Paré This year, October should be renamed the “Month of Mockler”, given how much Department of Writing professor Kathryn Mockler has been popping...
Southam Lecture:John Vaillant
Humans, aided by the fossil fuel industry (AKA the “fire industry”), have altered the chemistry of our planet and its atmosphere in life-changing ways. As a result, we are now crossing a threshold into a new climate regime marked by previously unimagined extremes and...
Orion Series presents Virtuosic Technologies
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: "Virtuosic Technologies: Indigenous and European musical storytelling in the 17th...
Orion Series presents Carleigh Baker
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: Carleigh Baker Writer "Writing Fiction in our Complicated Contemporary World" 2:30-3:50pm,...
Orion Series presents Zehra Naqvi
The OrionLecture Series in Fine ArtsThrough the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present:Zehra Naqvi Writer, poet "Shaping Water: Finding a Form for your Writing" 11am-noon, Wed, Oct 16...
Orion Series presents Atom Egoyan
The OrionLecture Series in Fine ArtsThrough the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, is pleased to present:Atom Egoyan Writer, Director, Producer In Conversation with Atom Egoyan (Q & A) Moderator:...
Visiting Artist: Jessica Stockholder
Our ongoing Visiting Artist series continues with Chicago-based artist & UVic alumna Jessica Stockholder, who will present a free illustrated public talk at 7:30pm Wed, Oct 2, in room A162 of UVic's Visual Arts building. Born in Seattle, Jessica Stockholder has...
UVic retires 215+ memorial banners, raises Survivor Flag
On May 27, 2021, Canada watched in horror as news spread about the confirmation of more than 215 unmarked graves on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, located on the lands of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation. This discovery was a painful...
Welcoming Lauren McCall to Music
The School of Music is thrilled to welcome Dr. Lauren McCall as assistant research professor in composition and music technology. Dr. McCall will join our school on Jan. 1, 2025. A composer and music educator from Atlanta, Georgia, McCall received her PhD in Music...
Writing Faculty Reading Night returns
There's only one chance this year to hear UVic's top authors reading on the same night: don't miss the Department of Writing's annual Faculty Reading Night, running 7pm Wed Sept 25 in room A102 of UVic's Turpin building. In addition to the first on-campus...
Estate gift highlights All-Steinway anniversary
Minsoo Sohn giving a masterclass at the School of Music (Beth Bingham photo) Fifteen years ago, the School of Music was named Canada’s first All-Steinway School and, while there are now over 200 All-Steinway schools globally, UVic is still the only one in Canada — a...
World premiere of climate disaster play at Phoenix Theatre
People across Canada came together to help one another during recent climate disasters, and now Neworld Theatre and the Climate Disaster Project are bringing those true-life stories to the stage. Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Survivor Stories is the first...
“solastalgia” exhibit closing panel talk
Don't miss the closing night panel talk for solastalgia [soon to be what once was] — the new exhibit by current School of Music Master's student in music technology & Ocean Networks Canada artist-in-residence Megan Harton. This event will feature fascinating...
Carey Newman named Royal Society Fellow
Congratulations go out to artist and scholar Hayalthkin’geme Carey Newman on being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. UVic's Impact Chair in Indigenous Art Practices and a professor in both Visual Arts and Art History & Visual Studies, Carey Newman...
SALT celebrates 10th festival
SALT co-founder & School of Music professor Ajtony CsabaThe tenth SALT New Music Festival, founded in 2011 and organized by the Tsilumos Ensemble in collaboration with UVic's School of Music, returns to Victoria for the first time live since 2019 with a compelling...
Wayde Compton joins Writing
Photo: Roger HurThe Department of Writing is proud to announce their latest hire: author and associate professor Wayde Compton. Born and raised in Vancouver, Compton studied English at Simon Fraser University where he worked with the likes of authors George Bowering...