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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · 13h

Congrats to @uvic.ca Visual Arts MFA Edith Skeard on receiving a $7,500 Audain Foundation Travel Award! As a complement to the $100K Audain Prize, the Audain Travel Awards were established in 2019 to support access to career-enriching international art experiences for student artists. bit.ly/4pZitgk

UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · 13d

We were delighted to host @uvic.ca Acting President & Vice-Chancellor Qwul’sih’yah’maht Robina Thomas at our ongoing Haa Huupa lunch series on Sept 24, where she offered frank, funny & fresh insights into her own academic journey & the challenges facing Indigenous students today.

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · 22d

Fine Arts was thrilled to be so well-represented at the launch of the new @uvic.ca Kula Library Futures Academy on Sep 15: Esi Edugyan, Richard Van Camp, Atom Egoyan, Sean Holman + Shelagh Rogers, Lawrence Hill, Dave Obee & many other fascinating thought leaders! www.uvic.ca/library/abou...

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · 26d

Fascinating results from our latest @uvic.ca Fine Arts ArtScience annual grad student residency with our colleagues at @oceannetworks.ca: Visual Arts MFA Parvin Hasani's sculptural installation explors deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Find out more: bit.ly/46BsRDi
#artsci #oceanart #uvic

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Aug 26

The School of Music @uvic.ca celebrates the new $40K Eleanor Gray Memorial Piano & Voice Duo Competition Prize — created as part of an overall $2M bequest by donor Douglas Gray to honour his mother. This annual art song competition will see students win $1,500 & $1,000 cash! ow.ly/HxTW50Ws823

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Jul 16

On July 24, @uvic.ca Visual Arts professors mount a remarkable day of art on the land: Paul Walde,
Kelly Richardson & Makwala-Rande Cook present Ax’nakwala (Part 1) in support of saving old-growth forests & supporting Indigenous sovereignty. Read more:
finearts.uvic.ca/research/blo...

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congrats to @uvic.ca Writing prof Sean Holman on the new 6-year, $2.5-million SSHRC Partnership Grant "From Catastrophe to Community" — a global initiative with 27 institutions training 500 students/journalists to share experiences/wisdom of 1,000 climate survivors. news.uvic.ca/media-releas...

A man stands and speaks to a group in a classroom while holding papers; two people in the foreground are seated with laptops and notebooks.

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Jul 7

Very proud that @uvic.ca Writing professor Sean Holman has won 2025's @jackwebsterfdn.bsky.social Bill Good Award. "I’ve devoted my life to journalism because of the harms it can repair," says Holman, who is also the founder of UVic's Climate Disaster Project. More: finearts.uvic.ca/research/blo...

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Jun 17

Congrats to our 200+ new @uvic.ca Fine Arts graduates! Celebrating Convocation Day with you on June 12 was an exciting & emotional time — thanks to everyone who came out to make it such a success!

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Jun 2

Congrats to @uvic.ca's Climate Disaster Project on winning "Enviro/Climate Change" Silver award @cajournalists.bsky.social for Neworld Theatre's "Eyes of the Beast" — 1st time a play has been nom'd! Ideal timing too, as it's being remounted June 18-22 @sfu.ca's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts!

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · May 9

Congrats to @uvic.ca Theatre instructor & 2025 #uvicarts Lehan Activism & the Arts Lecturer d'bi.young anitafrika on winning a $25K Metcalf Arts Prize! d’bi also recently received a $242K Canada Council grant to establish a digital theatre archive—find out more here: finearts.uvic.ca/research/blo...

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · May 9

Gordon Lightfoot aside, the musician behind the Belfry's hit "If You Could Read My Mind" is @uvic.ca alum Tobin Stokes (also co-creator of their Joni Mitchell show). Adding to this show's success are #uvic alumni Kelt Eccleston (right), costumer Emily Friesen & ASM Kelsey Cain. Show runs to May 25!

UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Apr 29

We're excited to be hosting the international Across Lands & Waters gathering of 60 circumpolar & Pacific artists/curators here in #UVic Fine Arts this week. The public is welcome to a free day of art & discussions, 1-7pm Thurs May 1: finearts.uvic.ca/research/blo...

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Apr 16

Looking for art that grabs you? @uvic.ca Visual Arts BFA show now open 10-6 to April 20: 12 rooms filled with contemporary art by 35 emerging artists! Seen here by graduating #uvic students (in order): James Boyle, RJ Klippenstein, Meagan Webster & Harry Ritter West events.uvic.ca/event/97436-...

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Apr 1

For 10 days the entire @uvic.ca Visual Arts bldg gets turned into Victoria's largest emerging artist gallery! "If Traces Remain" features contemporary art by 35 BFA students: painting, sculpture, photos, digital, installations & more. Opens 7-10pm April 11 then 10-6 daily to April 20 at #uvic.

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Mar 28

Hear @uvic.ca Writing professor & @climatedisaster.bsky.social founding director Sean Holman at the Climate Storytellers’ Summit on Apr 10: chosen from 100 submissions, Holman will be one of 20+ speakers on how climate stories spark change. Register here:
environment.princeton.edu/climate-stor...

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Mar 4

We had an incredibly busy opening for our new Taqsiqtuut Research-Creation Lab by @uvic.ca Visual Arts CERC professor Heather Igloliorte: from the "qiaqstuq" installation & panel talks to Carey Newman's Witness Blanket VR, it was an inspiring showcase of contemporary Indigenous digital art!

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Mar 3

Looking forward to seeing how Shakespeare gets a post-climate change/blurred gender twist in our new mainstage student production of Twelfth Night, March 13-22 at #UVIc Phoenix Theatre! finearts.uvic.ca/theatre/main...

UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Feb 20

Fascinating & insightful keynote by @uvic.bsky.social Visual Arts professor & Canada Excellence Research Chair Heather Igloliorte at the Canadian Museum Association 2025 museum studies symposium held Feb 19-20 at #UVic. Her talk ideally suited the theme of "Teaching, Learning, & Reciprocity".

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Feb 20

Excited to see @uvic.bsky.social Music professor & acclaimed tenor Benjamin Butterfield back on stage with Pacific Opera in their latest production: The Little Prince! Tix still available 7:30pm Feb 21/25. pacificopera.ca/event/the-li...
(Timothy Matheson Photography) #uvicarts #yyjarts

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Feb 14

Curated by AHVS professor Carolyn Butler-Palmer, "Victoria & Expressionism’s 2nd Wave: The Point Group" runs to April 5 at #UVic Legacy Gallery. With works by 12 artists selected from UVic's vast art collection, it captures the exciting sense of modernism in Victoria during the ’60s. bit.ly/3X2WTL8

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Feb 14

Honoured to have Visual Arts professor Carey Newman & some Indigenous Master's candidates meet with Her Excellency Mary Simon, Canada's 1st Indigenous Governor General, during her visit to @uvic.bsky.social on Feb 5 for the 10th anniversary of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.

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UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Feb 14

Opening night congrats to the cast & creative team behind the latest mainstage show at our Phoenix Theatre: Eugene Ionesco's surreal absurdist comedy "The Killing Game" runs through to Feb 22. bit.ly/4kamxrk
Shown: students Azura Idu & Simran Kang (pic: Dean Kalyan)

UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social · Feb 13

When 550+ athletes enter the Feb 16 closing ceremonies of Vancouver's #InvictusGames, they’ll hear the world premiere of the triumphant "Invictus Fanfare" by @uvic.bsky.social Music professor Steven Capaldo: "This should be a celebration but also respectful of the athletes journeys.”
bit.ly/3CYBtYA