Faculty of Art
2020-2021 Art History Sessional Lectureships
We invite applications for part-time sessional lecturers. In light of COVID-19, all Term 1 courses will be offered online and should be designed as such. Candidates should also be prepared to offer online instruction for Term 2. 2020 Winter Term 1 (September 1 to December 31, 2020) ARTH 227 (001) — What Is Modern Art? […]
We invite applications for part-time sessional lecturers. In light of COVID-19, all Term 1 courses will be offered online and should be designed as such. Candidates should also be prepared to offer online instruction for Term 2. 2020 Winter Term 1 (September 1 to December 31, 2020) ARTH 227 (001) — What Is Modern Art? […]
Professor Dana Claxton Awarded 2020 Scotiabank Photography Award
Lasso (2018) Dana Claxton, current AHVA Associate Professor and Department Head, has won the 10th annual Scotiabank Photography Award. She will receive a $50,000 cash prize, a solo exhibition during the 2021 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, and a book of her work will be published and distributed worldwide by renowned art book publisher, Steidl. The […]
Lasso (2018) Dana Claxton, current AHVA Associate Professor and Department Head, has won the 10th annual Scotiabank Photography Award. She will receive a $50,000 cash prize, a solo exhibition during the 2021 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, and a book of her work will be published and distributed worldwide by renowned art book publisher, Steidl. The […]
Department Statement on Black Lives Matter
June 12, 2020 To Our Students, Alumni, Colleagues, and Community: The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory unequivocally supports Black Lives Matter and Black activists across Turtle Island and around the world who have led and catalyzed the movement to address and eliminate ongoing state, institutional, and police anti-Black violence and racism. We […]
June 12, 2020 To Our Students, Alumni, Colleagues, and Community: The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory unequivocally supports Black Lives Matter and Black activists across Turtle Island and around the world who have led and catalyzed the movement to address and eliminate ongoing state, institutional, and police anti-Black violence and racism. We […]
Seeking Assistant Professor Without Review in Art History, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVA) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, invites applications for a limited-term full-time position at the rank of Assistant Professor Without Review, for a period of 24 months. The anticipated start date of employment is as early as September 1, 2020. The department seeks […]
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVA) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, invites applications for a limited-term full-time position at the rank of Assistant Professor Without Review, for a period of 24 months. The anticipated start date of employment is as early as September 1, 2020. The department seeks […]
Department COVID-19 Update: March 31
Hello Everyone, As we move forward together as an online community, I wanted to update everyone on the status of some key projects. The BFA/BA graduating exhibition, Errance, is going online and course instructor Phil McCrum, students, and staff are working their magic to make a meaningful show for all to see! A printed exhibition […]
Hello Everyone, As we move forward together as an online community, I wanted to update everyone on the status of some key projects. The BFA/BA graduating exhibition, Errance, is going online and course instructor Phil McCrum, students, and staff are working their magic to make a meaningful show for all to see! A printed exhibition […]
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 […]
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one sentence too many, one word too few: MFA Graduate Exhibition
Jul 16th, 2020 at 6:00pm - Aug 16th, 2020 at 5:00pm
July 17–August 16, 2020 Opening Reception: Thursday, July 16, 6:00-9:00 pm (by reservation only) The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of work by...
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.
