Visual Arts

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One-day art action supports Indigenous sovereignty

One-day art action supports Indigenous sovereignty

First it was taking an orchestra onto the surface of a glacier, then it was putting a glittering digital projection into the background of a Metallica video. Now, two University of Victoria art professors are using their unique creative talents to join over 100 people...

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Hidden networks spark ONC artistic residency

Hidden networks spark ONC artistic residency

From the human body’s neural connections to unseen water channels sustaining life in arid landscapes, the mysterious nature of invisible systems has always fascinated artist Parvin Hasani. “Hidden networks have always sparked my imagination and fueled my exploration...

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Across Lands & Waters CERC gathering

Across Lands & Waters CERC gathering

The Qiaqsutuq installation will be on view at Across Lands and WatersVictoria may not immediately come to mind as the obvious location for an international gathering of 60 circumpolar and Pacific artists and curators, but that’s one of the advantages that comes with...

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Distinguished Alumni Awards: Tania Willard

Distinguished Alumni Awards: Tania Willard

We congratulate 2025 Presidents’ Alumni Award recipient Tania Willard, a mixed Secwépemc and settler artist whose research intersects with land-based art practices. A graduate of the Department of Visual Arts (BFA, 1998), the work of Kamloops-born Willard activates...

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Three REACH Award winners in Fine Arts

Three REACH Award winners in Fine Arts

Congratulations go out to three Fine Arts professors who have been named recipients of UVic's annual REACH Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement by teachers and researchers who are leading the way in dynamic learning and making a vital impact on campus, in...

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New Indigenous student listserv

New Indigenous student listserv

Xʷkʷənəŋistəl | W̱ ȻENEṈISTEL | Helping to move each other forward—UVic’s Indigenous Plan  Are you an Indigenous student in any of our Fine Arts units (Art History & Visual Studies, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts or Writing)? If so, you may like to sign up for our...

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Inaugural JRSP Artist-Scholar Residency announced

Inaugural JRSP Artist-Scholar Residency announced

In partnership with the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park (JRSP), Fine Arts is pleased to announce that Canadian artist Siobhan Humston has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the UVic/JRSP Artist-Scholar Residency for 2025-2026. During her time at the Rubinoff...

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Annual Visual Arts BFA exhibit opens April 11

Annual Visual Arts BFA exhibit opens April 11

Once a year — and for one week only — UVic's entire Visual Arts building gets transformed into Vancouver Island’s largest pop-up gallery of emerging artists! Don’t miss your chance to see If Traces Remain, an exciting exhibit of contemporary art by 35 graduating...

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Submission call for $1K Student Impact Awards!

Submission call for $1K Student Impact Awards!

Are you a current or graduating Fine Arts student who’s been involved with some community-engaged creative activity between January 1 2024 & May 31 2025? If so, you could qualify for $1,000 via our annual juried, donor-funded Community Impact Awards.  Since 2021,...

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Distinguished Alumni Award: Crystal Clark

Distinguished Alumni Award: Crystal Clark

Indigenous Community Alumni Award recipient Crystal Clark is a Cree/Dene and Métis mother, an artist and an Indigenous education specialist who has worked within First Nations and public schools. She holds a Master of Educational Technology, Bachelor of Education,...

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Distinguished Alumni Awards: Cassandra Miller

Distinguished Alumni Awards: Cassandra Miller

We are thrilled that Cassandra Miller is the recipient of one of the 2025 Presidents’ Alumni Awards. Born in Victoria, Cassandra received her Bachelor of Music in Composition and Theory from UVic in 2005; her brother, the award-winning graphic designer Emrys Damon...

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