Department of Fine Arts
ECH building
Tel 519 888-4567 x36923
Students hanging art in the Artery Gallery.
UWAG is located in East Campus Hall (ECH) 1239 and is run by curator Ivan Jurakic and Programming Assistant Sarah Kernohan. UWAG’s tagline ADMIT EVERYONE speaks to an openness where students mix with faculty, professional artists and the community. It is a 3000 square foot space with one large gallery and a smaller space, accommodating a full range of exhibitions and programming. Both fourth year undergraduate and graduate students work with Ivan to showcase their work in annual exhibitions.
The Artery Gallery is located in ECH 1207 and is run by the department and SOFA (Society of Fine Arts). The Artery offers students an opportunity to develop their curatorial skills and to exhibit their artwork. ECH 1217 is used as an additional exhibition space for digital media projections.
During the summer, the Fine Arts Department partners with the Department of Drama and Speech Communication to facilitate a mobile, outreach arts program within the KW community. S.A.I.L. is housed in our refurbished, vintage Airstream trailer. Find out what S.A.I.L. is doing by visiting the Facebook page and Twitter. S.A.I.L. gratefully acknowledges support from the Chalmers Family Arts and Culture Experience Award and The Musagetes Fund.
During the school year graduate and undergraduate students use the airstream for site-specific installations and special events. So keep an eye out for us because Fine Arts is on the move...
Check out the airstream at Anna Van Milligen's Graduate installation Dollhouse and at This Could be The Place (www.thiscouldbetheplace.org/) performance art symposium.
Brush with Art is a program operated by the Fine Arts Department that hangs student art in public yet secure venues on the University of Waterloo campus. More information about the program, submitting work and photographs of some of the venues can be found on the Brush with Art webpage.
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.