Faculty of Art
Welcome Lecturer Karice Mitchell
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is pleased to welcome Karice Mitchell to the department as a Lecturer with a focus on photography. She will be teaching the following courses in the upcoming 2021-2022 semester: VISA 240 001 — Photography VISA 241 001, 002 — Digital Photography VISA 340 002 — Intermediate […]
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is pleased to welcome Karice Mitchell to the department as a Lecturer with a focus on photography. She will be teaching the following courses in the upcoming 2021-2022 semester: VISA 240 001 — Photography VISA 241 001, 002 — Digital Photography VISA 340 002 — Intermediate […]
Welcome Assistant Professor Dan Starling
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is excited to announce that Dan Starling is joining the department as an Assistant Professor with a focus on Print Media. He will be teaching the following courses in the upcoming 2021-2022 semester: VISA 250 — Print Media VISA 350 — Intermediate Print Media I: Interdisciplinary […]
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is excited to announce that Dan Starling is joining the department as an Assistant Professor with a focus on Print Media. He will be teaching the following courses in the upcoming 2021-2022 semester: VISA 250 — Print Media VISA 350 — Intermediate Print Media I: Interdisciplinary […]
Flags at UBC lowered in memory of children buried at and near Canada’s Indian Residential Schools
Update as of June 24, 2021: The Canada flag (at Flag Pole Plaza) and the BC, Musqueam and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building) are lowered until further notice, in memory of the children found buried at unmarked sites at and near the grounds of former Indian Residential Schools across the country. Please […]
Update as of June 24, 2021: The Canada flag (at Flag Pole Plaza) and the BC, Musqueam and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building) are lowered until further notice, in memory of the children found buried at unmarked sites at and near the grounds of former Indian Residential Schools across the country. Please […]
Congratulations to Art History Honours Graduate Niklas Groschinski
Catching up with some of the achievements of our amazing undergraduate students! Niklas Groschinski completed his BA Honours in Art History in AHVA this spring and is entering the MA program in Cultural, Intellectual and Visual History at the Warburg Institute in London this fall. In his time at UBC, Niklas has worked closely with Professor […]
Catching up with some of the achievements of our amazing undergraduate students! Niklas Groschinski completed his BA Honours in Art History in AHVA this spring and is entering the MA program in Cultural, Intellectual and Visual History at the Warburg Institute in London this fall. In his time at UBC, Niklas has worked closely with Professor […]
AHVA Faculty and Alumni involved in Vancouver Special: Disorientations and Echo at the Vancouver Art Gallery
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates Assistant Professor Jeneen Frei Njootli, UBC colleague Phanuel Antwi, and AHVA alumni Jenn Jackson and Grant Arnold on their newly co-curated exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. They are among the five co-curators of this exhibition, which also includes the work of AHVA […]
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates Assistant Professor Jeneen Frei Njootli, UBC colleague Phanuel Antwi, and AHVA alumni Jenn Jackson and Grant Arnold on their newly co-curated exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. They are among the five co-curators of this exhibition, which also includes the work of AHVA […]
New Book by Assistant Professor Erin Silver, Suzy Lake: Life & Work
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates Assistant Professor Erin Silver on the release of her new book, Suzy Lake: Life & Work (Art Canada Institute). In this book, Silver examines Lake’s interests in issues of identity in relation to society, gender, and the universal experiences of power and authority, and the […]
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates Assistant Professor Erin Silver on the release of her new book, Suzy Lake: Life & Work (Art Canada Institute). In this book, Silver examines Lake’s interests in issues of identity in relation to society, gender, and the universal experiences of power and authority, and the […]
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No Single Dancer
Jun 17th, 2021 at 1:00pm - Jul 31st, 2021 at 5:00pm
June 17 – July 31, 2021 Western Front Virtual installation by visual artist Anna Firth – June 17 Online writing workshop with Ma̱lidi Webb – June 22 Performance by Justine...
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.
