Visual Arts Students' Association

Upon entering the main gallery space at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, the visitor is confronted with a room filled with six large-scale “Letter” paintings by Michael Morris. As the viewer walks through them, taking in their carefully hand-painted lines and use of color, fragments of the individual are captured in the v-shaped [...]

Introducing the new VASA executives for the upcoming year: President: Christina Dixon Vice President: Dustin Brons Treasurer: Alex Lange Exhibition Coordinator: Megan Miller Event Coordinator: Woojae Kim Co-Event Coordinator: Joanna Pang Secretary: Andrew Powe Reporter: Harrison Vause Graphic Designer: Camila Ramos Bravo Editor: Ted Wilson   Congratulations and good luck.  

On Fenster Between the massive scale of Michael Morris’ Letter paintings, and the visually arresting display of concrete poetry, visitors to the Belkin this Spring may miss a more subtle, recent addition to the gallery space. Fenster, an unassuming installation situated at the end of the Belkin’s central corridor, is a remnant of Luis Camnitzer’s [...]

Please join us for MESH this Wednesday, January 18th at 5pm in the Frederic Lassere Building Lobby. There will be a reception with food and a display of Visual Art Student’s work followed by a film screening from Art History starting at 6pm in Room 105 (Realms of the Unreal, 2004).

The Visual Art Student Association and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery invite you to attend the third Behind-the-Scenes Tour of selected galleries in Vancouver. The Belkin is currently installing the exhibition, “Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry” which opens on Friday, January 13. Naomi Sawada, Manager of Public Programs will give a special, sneak [...]

Thank you to all those that participated in, came to see, and helped make this year’s Wall to Wall Sale happen! We had a great time, sold some art and look forward to doing it again next year.

Call for Bloggers Deadline: Friday, January 12, 2012. Attention Bloggers and Internet Socialites! The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery in collaboration with the Undergraduate Journal of Art History (UJAH), the Visual Arts Student Association (VASA) and the Art History Student Association (AHSA) is looking for blog contributors on a one-off or periodical basis for [...]

A big thank you to Naomi Sawada of the Belkin Art Gallery for helping organizing such a great tour. Also, thank you to Director/Curator Jonathan Middleton of the Or Gallery and Curator Makiko Hara of Centre A for taking the time to talk with us. We hope to do this again in the future!

Visual Arts Student Association Presents: Behind-the-Scenes Tours with the Belkin Art Gallery Or Gallery and Centre A Saturday, November 5, 2011 12:00 – 3:30 pm * RSVP:  This tour is free and space is limited, so sign upas soon as possible.   —- Are you a new student to UBC and unfamiliar with the arts community [...]