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BFA student Stephanie Tennert works in her home studio on a drawing in preparation for the year end exhibition.

UBCO visual arts students host year-end exhibition

By Patty Wellborn on April 6, 2021

Each spring, graduating visual arts students at UBC’s Okanagan campus prepare a final exhibition as they complete their program. This year’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) show, titled Up Close from a Distance, will be shared as a virtual exhibition.

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The art of BFA students Pip Dryden and Avery Ullyot-Comrie shares studio space with Professor Briar Craig in UBCO’s Fina Gallery during the Spring Festival of the Arts.

Celebrate the season with the Spring Festival of the Arts

By Patty Wellborn on March 9, 2021

UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies’ (FCCS) Spring Festival of the Arts brings a myriad of exhibits and events to the Kelowna area. The festival covers a spectrum of artistic endeavours by students, faculty and staff including exhibitions of creative writing, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, short films and public art.

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Celestial Bodies: Four Stories of the Night Sky, projections will be shown at the Rotary Centre for the Arts until February 28.

UBCO professor discusses the importance of public art

By Patty Wellborn on February 16, 2021

Public art can take many forms, from mural paintings to installations and exhibitions, to large scale sculptures. It can work to revitalize the urban landscape while supporting and improving the cultural, social and economic vitality of our local community.

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UBCO launches new Artist-in-Residence Program

UBCO launches new Artist-in-Residence Program

By Patty Wellborn on January 27, 2021

UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies is launching a new opportunity for artists, writers and performers to spend some creative time in a wooded retreat.

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A call to writers for Okanagan Short Story Contest submissions

A call to writers for Okanagan Short Story Contest submissions

By Patty Wellborn on January 14, 2021

Up and coming writers are encouraged to submit entries for the annual Okanagan Short Story Contest.

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Popular fundraiser Art on the Line goes online for 2021

Popular fundraiser Art on the Line goes online for 2021

By Patty Wellborn on December 21, 2020

UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, in association with the Visual Arts Course Union, is not letting COVID-19 stop a popular annual tradition.

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UBCO is hosting its inaugural Sharon Thesen Lecture with Vernon-based author John Lent.

UBCO presents inaugural Sharon Thesen Lecture

By Nathan Skolski on November 16, 2020

The creative writing program at UBCO is hosting its inaugural Sharon Thesen Lecture with Vernon-based author John Lent.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Arts, Creative Studies, Creative Writing, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Kim Senklip Harvey, is this fall’s writer in residence with the creative writing program at UBC Okanagan

UBCO fall 2020 writer in residence seeks community writing submissions

By Nathan Skolski on October 2, 2020

Kim Senklip Harvey, a director, playwright and actor, is this fall’s writer in residence with the creative writing program at UBC Okanagan.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

The mural represents a CTQ Consultants engineering project that helped protect fish habitat at Harrison Hot Springs.

UBCO urban-art project adds colour and vibrancy to city spaces

By Patty Wellborn on August 18, 2020

A UBC Okanagan visual arts instructor used a large concrete wall as a canvas, piles of scaffolding and gallons of paint to turn a summer art course into an urban beautification project.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

UBCO fine arts graduate Sara Spencer works on a video while creating her art instalment for the graduate student virtual exhibition.

UBC Okanagan students launch virtual exhibition

By Patty Wellborn on May 13, 2020

This year’s exhibition, titled Any Moment, was scheduled to open to the public in an on-campus reception in mid-April. However, as Visual Arts Professor Myron Campbell explains, the art will now be shared as a virtual exhibition.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

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