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UBC Okanagan appoints Willard inaugural gallery director

UBC Okanagan appoints Willard inaugural gallery director

UBC has appointed accomplished artist and curator Tania Willard as the first-ever Director of the UBC Okanagan Gallery.

Second Nature exhibition opens December 15

Second Nature exhibition opens December 15

UBC Okanagan Gallery is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibition Second Nature featuring a selection of works from Jordan Bennett, David Doody, Judy Gouin, Csetkwe Fortier and Judith Schwarz.

Amplifying Indigenous resilience

Amplifying Indigenous resilience

Visual artist and Assistant Professor Tania Willard fuses art and advocacy through her annual Orange Shirt Day installation

Flag making workshops return in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Flag making workshops return in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Join Tania Willard, UBC Okanagan Assistant Professor in Visual Arts, next Wednesday, September 13 and Wednesday, September 20 to create a series of printed hummingbird flags in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Indigenous Art Intensive program expands offering in 2023

Indigenous Art Intensive program expands offering in 2023

This year the Indigenous Art Intensive partnered with UBC Okanagan Gallery to deliver an expanded program of fourteen visiting artists and scholars in residence.

Invisible Forces and You are on Syilx Territory exhibitions open until August 24

Invisible Forces and You are on Syilx Territory exhibitions open until August 24

What: Invisible Forces and You are on Sylix Territory exhibitions Who: Krystle Silverfox, Tiffany Shaw, Sheldon Louis, Coralee Miller, David Wilson and Manuel Axel Strain Exhibition dates: June 7 to August 24, 2023 Exhibition times: open weekdays from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and weekends 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Where: FINA Gallery, CCS Building, […]

Join artist and educator Michelle Sound for a beadwork and tufting workshop

Join artist and educator Michelle Sound for a beadwork and tufting workshop

Join us on Sunday, May 21st for a beadwork and tufting workshop with Cree and Métis visual artist and educator Michelle Sound at Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art.

Invisible Forces and You are on Syilx Territory exhibitions open on June 7th

Invisible Forces and You are on Syilx Territory exhibitions open on June 7th

Join us on June 7th for the double opening of two Indigenous contemporary art exhibitions, Invisible Forces and You are on Syilx Territory, at UBC Okanagan.

Previous participant Evangeline John, wears a ribbon skirt she created, in a field filled with balsam root sunflowers in Secwepemcúl’ecw. UBCO’s Indigenous Art Intensive begins with the understanding that land contains knowledge.

UBC Okanagan’s popular Indigenous Art Intensive returns for 2023

The Indigenous Art Intensive program returns for 2023 featuring artists, curators, writers and scholars to engage in contemporary ideas rooted in Indigenous art-making.

Fern Helfand’s “Okanagan Log Pile” joins the Public Art Collection

Fern Helfand’s “Okanagan Log Pile” joins the Public Art Collection

UBC Okanagan Gallery is pleased to announce the acquisition of FCCS Professor Emeritus Fern Helfand’s Okanagan Log Pile (2018) into the Public Art Collection.