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Monday, March 16, 2020

Fine Arts event cancellations

Due to  concerns surrounding COVID-19, and following the directives given by the University of Waterloo, the Department of Fine Arts has cancelled all events that are not vital to our academic mission for the duration of the Winter 2020 term.

The cancellations include:

  • Fine Arts Awards Day 
  • 2020 Fine Arts 4th Year Undergraduate Exhibition
  • Upcoming Life Drawing Sessions

We take the well-being of our students, staff and faculty seriously and will do our part to help stabilize the situation in our community.

Thursday, February 6, 2020 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Currents: Indigenous Film & Video Screenings

An hour-long program of short films and videos by Indigenous women artist focusing on the environment curated by Nina Czegledy from the VTape collection.  This is part  of Agents for Change | Facing the Anthropocene, a media art exhibition co-curated by Nina Czegledy and Jane Tingley for THEMUSEUM. The exhibition will bring together contemporary, thought-provoking, and important national and international new media projects on the theme of environmental change.

Friday, September 20, 2019 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

2019 Shantz International Research Scholarship presentations

UW Fine Arts invites you to our annual Shantz International Research Scholarship presentations. Each year, our Master of Fine Arts (MFA) students spend six weeks of their third term studying abroad with professional artists, and the Shantz scholarships make it possible.

Thursday, September 12, 2019 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Opening reception for "From Skyworld to Cyberspace" exhibition

In From Skyworld to Cyberspace, artist Skawennati (Mohawk, turtle clan) traces a line from our place of origin somewhere in the heavens to the virtual realm, one of the newest territories on Earth.