Joanne & Alice Application Support Fund for Black and Indigenous People



Do you identify as Black or Indigenous and plan to apply to the MFA Visual Art Program this winter? 

If so, thanks to the Joanne & Alice Application Support Fund for Black and Indigenous People in the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory, the Faculty of Arts, and Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at UBC, you’re eligible to have your application fee covered. 

Please enter a few details here by December 1, 2023, to have the application fee covered. We will be in touch by December 15, with next steps, and with enough time to submit your official application by January 9, 2024. 

We are grateful for AHVA MFA alumnus and former faculty member Jeneen Frei Njootli for establishing and supporting this award. The award is part of the Department’s commitment to UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan and the Inclusion Action Plan. 

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