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Top 10 Fine Arts stories of 2024

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...

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Double Your Fine Arts Gift on Giving Tuesday

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...

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Indigenous Writers & Storyteller Series

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...

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Orion Series presents Virtuosic Technologies

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...

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Orion Series presents Carleigh Baker

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,...

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UVic retires 215+ memorial banners, raises Survivor Flag

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...

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Carey Newman named Royal Society Fellow

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...

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SALT celebrates 10th festival

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...

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Mique’l Dangeli joins AHVS

Mique’l Dangeli joins AHVS

Born and raised in Metlakatla, Alaska / Annette Islands Indian Reserve, Sm Łoodm 'Nüüsm — Dr. Mique'l Dangeli — is of the Ts'msyen Nation. She is a dancer, choreographer, Sm'algya̱x language learner/teacher, curator and is now an assistant professor of Indigenous Arts...

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Theatre grad Medina Hahn is choosing her own path

Theatre grad Medina Hahn is choosing her own path

Medina Hahn with Daniel Arnold in Inheritance (David Cooper photo)Any professional actor will tell you that success in the industry demands a combination of talent, determination and plain old hard work. But Vancouver-based actor, singer and writer Medina Hahn (BFA...

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Externally funded research (select)

Externally funded research (select)

Heather Igloliorte (centre) speaking as part of the Distinguished Women Scholars event at Legacy Gallery's 2024 exhibit, Latent (Beth Bingham photo)Each year, Fine Arts faculty members receive external funding for their ongoing creative and scholarly projects. This is...

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