Visual Arts
Stories from the Creative Edge
New Student Orientation Sept 8
Wondering what it’s going to be like to be a Fine Arts student at UVic? Get a snapshot of your upcoming year while meeting other students at our annual New Student Orientation event! NSO runs 1-4pm Tuesday, Sept 8: we'll all start in the Phoenix Theatre building...
Three ways donor support can help
Lynda Gammon in the renovated computer lab Not surprisingly, student support in the form of scholarships, bursaries and financial prizes is the most popular form of donor support we receive. Consider Doug Gray, who created the Eleanor Gray Memorial Piano & Voice...
Orion Fund marks 30 years of donor impact
Saeed TeebiPhillipe PasquierRachel PodgerWhen it comes to ongoing donor impact, it’s hard to imagine anything more lasting than the Orion Fund in Fine Arts. Named for the constellation whose visibility across most of the globe makes it a universal symbol of human...
Visual Arts grad student Edith Skeard explores ocean sounds
While they may have just graduated in June 2026 with an MFA in Visual Arts, multi-media artist Edith Skeard isn’t quite done with UVic yet. This summer, they are the latest Fine Arts grad student named to the Ocean Networks Canada ArtScience Fellowship program. Skeard...
AGGV curator brings experience to the classroom
Heng Wu teaching her AHVS classArt History & Visual Studies students once again had the unique opportunity this year to learn from professional art curator and adjunct assistant professor Dr. Heng Wu. Currently the Curator of Asian Art at the Art Gallery of...
Aaron Richmond named new JRSP resident artist
The Jefferey Rubinoff Foundation and the Faculty of Fine Arts are pleased to announce that Canadian artist, scholar and curator Aaron Richmond has been selected as the 2026 Recipient of the UVic/Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Artist-Scholar Residency.Aaron’s practice...
Roy Henry Vickers awarded Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
Roy Henry Vickers is a celebrated Indigenous artist, author, printmaker and storyteller of Tsimshian, Haida, Heiltsuk, Wuikinuxv and English descent. He is a Member of the Order of Canada, the Order of BC and a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. In 2019,...
Eeman Masood’s digital tree grows in New York City
New York City’s “Midnight Moment” is the world's largest and longest-running digital public art program. Since 2012, over 100 contemporary artists have presented their work to millions of viewers on one of the most iconic public canvases: the electronic billboards of...
Three instructors earn teaching accolades
Congratulations go out to three Fine Arts instructors who earned accolades for their teaching this month: Ambreen Hussaini (left) won the Andy Farquharson Teaching Excellence Award at UVic's REACH Awards, while Michael Reed received the Fine Arts Award for Teaching...
Research funding focuses on Indigenous artistic responses to plastic pollution
While there is a growing awareness of the global impact of plastic pollution, the most ubiquitous visuals we have of the harms of litter and microplastics alike may be of tropical sea turtles, polluted beaches, and damaged coral reefs. Few consider the critical impact...
Research funding focuses on developing innovative Indigenous robotic technologies
Carey Newman working on his Totem 2.0 system developed with Camosun Innovates (photo: Camosun College)Department of Visual Arts and Art History & Visual Studies professor Carey Newman was announced on May 13 as the recipient of new funding from the Social...
Visual Art MFAs exhibit featured at downtown gallery
Art by Visual Arts MFA Moozhan Ahmadzadegan at the Hourglass (photo: Shay Ball)Back in February, we announced that Visual Arts is now a partner with the new Hourglass studio developed by Vancouver Island Visual Arts Society, who also run downtown's ambitious 80-artist...