We must continue to shift our lens to include Indigenous perspectives when we discuss, curate, and philosophize about art.
visual arts
Students and professors alike seem to be happy to be back in the classroom and excited to be creating art in a space dedicated to it.
With another COVID shutdown around the corner, here’s an introduction to Inktober, a low-stress drawing challenge for beginning artists looking for a new hobby as well as longtime pros.
Patricia Reed tackles the world in a visual arts lecture series about art, writing, and international challenges.
“We all start out drawing, but for a variety of reasons, most of us stop. I’m hoping to inspire students to get back to it, but with new insight into the possibilities and less restrictive ideas of what this might mean for them.”
The vernissage is the biggest night for the visual arts department, with professors, faculty, family and friends, and artists and gallery owners coming through
ARC is the culmination of four years of study in the BFA, and it’s the last chance for undergrads to display their artistic talent before the end of their university careers.
U of O students bring talent to cross-province culmination at Gallery 115.
Ode, this year’s grad show, will be one of the largest ever. An annual tradition, this is the last opportunity for artists in their final year of their undergraduate degree to present their work that has been the product of four years of artistic exploration and self-discovery. The exhibit is run entirely by the students, who organized themselves into groups responsible for fundraising, planning for the opening night, or creating the catalogue.
The Self-Collective hopes to challenge viewer’s preconceptions of traditional art by focusing on media and performance pieces, such as projected images and videos.
