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You are on Syilx Territory  features recent acquisitions from UBC Okanagan’s Public Art Collection by Sheldon Louis, Coralee Miller, David Wilson and Manuel Axel Strain. JUNE 7 TO AUGUST 24, 2023, CCS Land acknowledgements were just one of the 94 calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report published in 2015. UBC Okanagan’s Public Art Collection was founded...

 Misanthropocene: The New Epoch These works by students of VISA 382: Advanced Practices in Media Arts are inspired by the term used by poets Joshua Clover and Juliana Spahr in their poem #MISANTHROPOCENE: 24 THESES. Exploring the negative and the positive, our students have created work that observes the effect humans have on the planet and also on one another....

Heads Up!   VISA 322T: Advanced Practice in Sculpture Instructor: Crystal Przybille   Thom Ayling Carmen Bouvier Clara Cho Makeena Hartmann Bella Jiang Yaya John Garvin LeBlanc Amy Marui Ziv Wei Wayne Xie   Heads Up! is an exhibit of plaster casts of sculptures first created in clay. The casts are the result of an intensive, skill-building process involving the creation of an armature, clay sculpture,...

Unprecedented is a showcase of third year Bachelor of Media Studies (BMS) student works that explore the realms of virtual reality, dreamscape, and interactive experiments. This exhibition presents a unique opportunity to delve into the minds of these emerging artists and designers, who have brought their visions to life through innovative mediums. The world of virtual reality has captivated audiences with...

Printmaking at UBC Okanagan is extremely varied.  In our modest print studio, students work with five different media areas – stone lithography, zinc-plate etching, ultra-violet screen printing, relief printing, and letterpress.  Not only do students become adept at whatever print media they are studying but they learn how to work cooperatively in what can sometimes be a bustling and chaotic...