Current students

Fine Arts Award Day begins at 2:30 pm in ECH 1219 and is followed by the opening of the 4th year show at 5:00 pm. 

Everyone is welcome.  Please come and join us as we recognize the accomplishments of our students from this past year.

Maggie Groat is a visual artist working in a variety of media including collage, sculpture, artists’ books, site-specific interventions, and field studies. Forming an ongoing research-based practice, Groat's work explores studies for possible futures, salvage practices, relationships and reconnections to place and ancient knowledge systems from an indigenous perspective.

Learn about what courses you need for Honours Fine Arts or the Intensive Studio Specialization.  Pizza lunch in provided.

Thursday March 2, noon-1:00 in ECH 1219.

As part of the Winter 2017 Shantz Visiting Artist Series, Lori Blondeau will speak about her artistic practice which includes photography, installation and performance.

Lori is a Cree/Saulteaux/Metis artist who lives in Saskatchewan.

The University of Waterloo Art Gallery and UW Fine Arts are pleased to present artists Esmond Lee, Julius Poncelet Manapul and Diana Yoo discussing their participation in the current exhibition Yonder. The evening will feature frank conversations around the ideas, motivations and processes informing their work. Exhibition co-curator Mona Filip will also be on hand to provide an overview of the project.

IGNITE celebrates four years of studio practice. It encompasses the culmination of all of our efforts and embodies the varying themes and ideas explored by our graduating class. IGNITE is an action that represents the spark of a new beginning, one that will inevitably fuel the fires of our future.

Yonder
Sarindar Dhaliwal, Brendan Fernandes, Rafael Goldchain, Jérôme Havre, Luis Jacob, Esmond Lee, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Sanaz and Mani Mazinani, Divya Mehra, Zinnia Naqvi, José Luis Torres, 2Fik, Blue Republic, Diana Yoo, Jinny Yu, Z’otz* Collective

Making Work That Matters: A Workshop on Artistic Activism.

The Department of Fine Arts presents the Shantz Visiting Artist Lecture by Steve Lambert.