FCCS ART – Page 12 – UBCO Creative Studies Virtual Gallery

February 18, 2022

Rooted Sentiments

By UBCO Master of Fine Arts student Michaela Bridgemohan Rooted sentiments seek our individual memories as a point of origin. In Sisters of the Yam: black women and self-recovery (1993), bell hooks assert that “knowledge of who we are and where we come from…is an act of political resistance.” In this exhibition, four Okanagan artists explore identity and place through...

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February 8, 2022

Both Sides Now

By Connor Charlesworth Upon entering the gallery, visitors are greeted with a wall drawing. I came across this funny passage a while back in Roland Barthes memoir where he lays out some of his most favourite, and least favourite things. They appeared pretty random and lots of them made me laugh. In charcoal on the wall, I copied his list...

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December 13, 2021

Light Up Kelowna: Work by Advanced Media Studies Students

Featuring the Advanced Media Studies Students works – Aleksandra Dulic Simone King “Creatures,” 1:31 Digital Rigged Puppet Animation An animation depicting two characters made of needle-felted wool interacting with digitally painted environments. Kathryn Ng Formation of the Galaxy Rotoscoped Animation Frame by frame animation blending ballet (space) and flamenco (sun) choreography. Amelia Ford Solo Rotoscoped Animation A...

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December 6, 2021

Protomotion – BMS Capstone Mid-Year Exhibition

Are you interested in interactive film? Sound installations? Brand design? Or maybe you’d like to explore augmented reality. Our fourth-year Bachelor of Media Studies students are putting our prototypes into motion in a halfway celebration of our capstone projects. Come into our chrysalis and help us hatch something wonderful! Protomotion is presented by students Jayko Duan, Fiona Firby, Carla Mather,...

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December 2, 2021

Embodiments: Work by 4th year BFA students

EMBODIMENTS VISA 482 Embodiments is a collaborative and collective showcase of the Creative and Critical Studies fourth year BFA graduating class. Within this exhibition lies a variety of artists working with a wide selection of materials, techniques and viewpoints. One of the exhibit’s principal strengths is the showcasing of these diverse artistic practices. The majority of these artists’ works represent...

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November 23, 2021

Treading Lightly

How does one navigate the space between the intimate and the public, between the undiscernible emotion and the hyperobject[1]? How does one, in an era of radical ecological, technological and social transformations, positively anticipate tomorrow? The work of current UBCO MFA students points to a concerned perception of things to come, while refusing to succumb to a pessimistic outlook. The...

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November 18, 2021

Yunhe’uwe nén Ohnékanus – MFA Thesis by Amberley John

Abstract As a Haudenosaunee artist/researcher, my work and thinking are influenced by community-based, Traditional Indigenous Knowledges (TIK) and my responsibilities as a mother. My objectives are to create artwork expressing survival of land-based identity, ethics and values, (Simpson, 2014), such as seven-generation sustainability. The art produced will create a visual, physical environment and invite viewers to reflect on Water and stories shared in this thesis. I...

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November 15, 2021

Dwellings

Dwelling(s) presents the work of students in the Advanced Sculpture course, with Renay Egami, who are cultivating their independent pathways. And yet, the notion of ‘dwelling’, be it lingering in the mind, inhabiting the body or spaces, uniquely links all of these works together. Longing for one’s motherland, human-nature tensions, inward reflection and everyday rituals are some of the...

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November 4, 2021

Bridges In Print – Works from the National Art Academy and the Art Faculty at Sofia University

Printmaking-based work made by students at the National Art Academy and the Art Faculty at Sofia University can currently be seen in the FINA Gallery. The collection of work by ten students was organized as a Special Presentation within the 2021 Lessedra Mini Print Annual. The works were curated by National Art Academy Associate Professor Rumyana Karastamova. Professor Karastamova writes “the...

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October 26, 2021

Weaving together

Exhibition featuring artists from Cool Arts Society along with community members Cool Arts, in partnership with the Ponderosa Fibre Arts Guild, the Rotary Centre for the Arts, and Kelowna Museums, wove together a colourful fibre art banner over the summer of 2021. Much thanks also go to the City of Kelowna and CLBC who provided support to the project. The generosity of many volunteers through time and...

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