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This show represents a fraction of the Visual Arts’ student body at UBCO this year. From painting to printmaking, this collection of works aims to showcase the hard work of the students and their diverse range of thought and aesthetic. The show is organised by the Visual Arts Course Union in collaboration with the artists.   Students included: Averi Boerboom,...

 It’s a subject that raises eyebrows the moment it’s broached – Guns.  A highly divisive symbol, a gun is a nudge towards fear, a barrier to intrusion or a means to a meal. Rylan Broadbent has taken ‘the gun’ on and in Playing With Guns presents new layers of significance and even though he has peeled the onion with eyes wide open,...

The Gay Agenda is a pejorative phrase and idealogy coined by conservative religious groups targetting the advocacy of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. The idea being that queer people have created an elaborate scheme to recruit people to the queer lifestyle, encourage deviant behaviour, and dismantle institutions such as “traditional family and marriage”. While the queer community definitely has an agenda, this...