Faculty of Art
Department COVID-19 Update: March 17
To the AHVA Community: Due to current conditions with the COVID-19 outbreak, AHVA facilities will be closing with our staff and faculty working remotely where possible by the end of the week: March 20, 2020. This is in addition to classes moving to online instruction. We intend to do our part to minimize transmission in […]
To the AHVA Community: Due to current conditions with the COVID-19 outbreak, AHVA facilities will be closing with our staff and faculty working remotely where possible by the end of the week: March 20, 2020. This is in addition to classes moving to online instruction. We intend to do our part to minimize transmission in […]
Dana Claxton and Kenneth Lum Honoured with Major Art Awards
Two AHVA-affiliated artists, Kenneth (Ken) Lum and Dana Claxton, have been awarded major Canadian art prizes. Both were awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, Canada’s foremost distinction for excellence in visual and media arts. Laureates receive a medallion, cash prize of $25,000, and will have their work showcased at the Art […]
Two AHVA-affiliated artists, Kenneth (Ken) Lum and Dana Claxton, have been awarded major Canadian art prizes. Both were awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, Canada’s foremost distinction for excellence in visual and media arts. Laureates receive a medallion, cash prize of $25,000, and will have their work showcased at the Art […]
AHVA Alumnus Derrick Chang as Centre A Executive Director
Photo credit: Liza Curtiss Congratulations to AHVA alumnus Derrick Chang on his new role as Executive Director at Centre A, starting March 1, 2020. Derrick earned an MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies at UBC in 2016. His thesis, Sounding Off: Making Queer Noise Areas – Queer experience, noise politics, transnationalism, investigated the struggle against […]
Photo credit: Liza Curtiss Congratulations to AHVA alumnus Derrick Chang on his new role as Executive Director at Centre A, starting March 1, 2020. Derrick earned an MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies at UBC in 2016. His thesis, Sounding Off: Making Queer Noise Areas – Queer experience, noise politics, transnationalism, investigated the struggle against […]
Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Statement
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory restates its solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en land and water protectors, who oppose the construction of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline on their traditional and unceded territory. We believe it is imperative for the University community to speak out against ongoing violations of Wet’suwet’en sovereignty, and in support […]
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory restates its solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en land and water protectors, who oppose the construction of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline on their traditional and unceded territory. We believe it is imperative for the University community to speak out against ongoing violations of Wet’suwet’en sovereignty, and in support […]
Gordon A. Smith (1919-2020)
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Gordon Smith, one of the eminent figures of the Vancouver art scene. He peacefully died on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the age of 100. Smith taught at UBC in the Department of Education from 1956 to his retirement in 1982. Smith also received an honourary […]
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Gordon Smith, one of the eminent figures of the Vancouver art scene. He peacefully died on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the age of 100. Smith taught at UBC in the Department of Education from 1956 to his retirement in 1982. Smith also received an honourary […]
Professor Dana Claxton Awarded 2019 Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award
Professor Dana Claxton, department Head, was awarded one of Canada’s top artistic prizes, the prestigious Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award. The annual $25,000 award recognizes a Canadian mid-career artist who has demonstrated excellence and innovation in their body of work, and shows promise of outstanding artistic achievement in the years ahead. Claxton was selected by […]
Professor Dana Claxton, department Head, was awarded one of Canada’s top artistic prizes, the prestigious Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award. The annual $25,000 award recognizes a Canadian mid-career artist who has demonstrated excellence and innovation in their body of work, and shows promise of outstanding artistic achievement in the years ahead. Claxton was selected by […]
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CANCELLED: Errance: 2020 BFA/BA Visual Art Graduating Exhibition
Apr 22nd, 2020 at 12:00pm - Apr 29th, 2020 at 5:00pm
The exhibition is cancelled. Please see our department COVID-19 update for further details. Errance: BFA/BA Visual Art Graduating Exhibition April 22–29, 2020 Opening reception: Tuesday, April 21, 5–8pm Audain Art...
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory comprises three streams of research-based learning and practice: Art History, with a particular focus on theoretical and critical discourses concerning the social impact of art and visual representation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; Critical and Curatorial Studies, examining through research and exhibition projects issues in contemporary visual culture and display; and Visual Art, with an undergraduate curriculum placing art production, academic learning and a graduate emphasis on preparation for participation in the field of contemporary international art.
