Fourth-year Bachelor of Fine Arts student Audrey Allen has been hard at work in her studio, preparing her paintings for the year-end show that starts on April 19.
Who: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Media Studies students
What: Context Not Included, student art exhibition
Where: Creative and Critical Studies Building, 1148 Research Road, UBC Okanagan
Opening Reception: April 19, 6 to 9 pm
Exhibition: April 20 to 26, daily from 10 am to 8 pm
Each spring, graduating students in UBC Okanagan’s visual arts and media studies programs prepare a final exhibition of their work as they complete their program. This year’s show, Context Not Included features more than 40 students from both the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Media Studies programs.
UBCO is proud to be a leading force for the blending of arts and technology in the creative community, says Visual Arts Instructor Andreas Rutkauskas. He also notes this is the first year this number of students are presenting work at the year-end show.
“Watching these two student bodies seamlessly meld and work tirelessly together to showcase everyone’s work has been really inspiring. We are excited to see how the show will come together,” says Rutkauskas. “This exhibition will highlight our students’ very best, and participants will be amazed at the diversity on display. We’re so thrilled that the community will be able to experience this show.”
Being the largest ever, this fourth-year exhibition will showcase works from many disciplines including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, design, printmaking, computational art, filmmaking, animation, video game development as well as interactive augmented and virtual reality media.
“The range of talents on display in one exhibition is kind of wild,” says media studies student Liam Davidson. “You can watch a short film, then play a game, then turn around and find yourself in a virtual environment, then turn again and be surrounded by stunning paintings and sculptures. There’s just so much to experience.”
UBCO’s Creative and Critical Studies Building will be transformed into a gallery space at the end of the term to accommodate the exhibition, explains Shawn Serfas, Creative Studies Department Head.
“All of the students work hard as a group for a week to get our building ready for the show. Then each student is given a dedicated space to install their work to create a dynamic exhibition where we get to see what they have created over the year,” he says.
The community is welcome to the opening reception on April 19, from 6 to 9 pm. Context Not Included is a free, public exhibit and is open daily from April 20 to 26, from 10 am to 8 pm.
For more information visit: fccs.ok.ubc.ca/bfa-exhibition
