Top Left: Sharl G. Smith, "Shelter", 2023, UWAG installation, photo: Scott Lee; Top Right: Graduate Studio space in ECH, University of Waterloo, courtesy of Jacqui Mason; Bottom Right: Second year painting studio in ECH, University of Waterloo, courtesy of Jacqui Mason; Bottom Left: Grant Jonathan, Haudenosaunee bead work, Longhouse Labs Fellows Tract Collective, courtesy of Logan MacDonald
Come out and experience the Fine Arts Department Open House.
We will also have ongoing tours of the department, a button-making session, there will be artwork exhibited throughout our building, and you will be able to see what some of our Fine Arts students do in their studios! Join us for a day packed with FINE ARTS Activities!
10 a.m. to 4 p.m
The Society of Fine Arts (SOFA) organized Art Sale. Buy artwork by our own undergraduate and graduate students!
Located in the Airstream trailer parked at the Arts Quad (in front of Dana Porter Library).
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Artistry of Nature. An exhibition of ceramic sculptures by students in FINE 272 - Clay Studies.
ECH 1237 (Flex Studio)
10 a.m. to noon
Digital Lab demonstration with Timothy Walker, Fine Art Digital Technician.
ECH 1101 (Fine Arts Digital Lab)
10 a.m. to noon
Woodshop Lab Demo with Richard Nixon, Fine Arts Studio Technician.
ECH 1227 (Woodshop)
noon to 1:30 p.m.
Live life model drawing session with Prof. Matthew Carver.
ECH 1218 (Drawing studio)
noon to 6 p.m.
Open House in the Grad Studios hosted by the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) students.
ECH 2105 (Grad studio on the second floor of the Fine Arts Building)
1 to 4 p.m.
Bead & Tract. Special presentation by Longhouse Labs Fellow's Tract Collective, who will be facilitating a show and tell workshop about Haudenosaunee beadwork hosted by Akwesasne artist Grant Jonathan. There will be demonstrations, learning, and refreshments.
ECH 1205 (Computer Lab)
1 to 4 p.m.
Digital Lab demonstration with Timothy Walker, Fine Art Digital Technician.
ECH 1101 (Fine Arts Digital Lab)
1 to 4 p.m.
Woodshop Lab Demo with Richard Nixon, Fine Arts Studio Technician.
ECH 1227 (Woodshop)
1:30 to 3 p.m.
Opening of the exhibition of student work from FINE 100: Studio Foundations. Refreshments provided.
ECH 1207 (Artery Gallery)
2 to 2:30 p.m.
Curator’s Talk with Ivan Jurakic of Sharl G. Smith’s sculptural installation “Shelter II”
ECH 1239 (University of Waterloo Art Gallery UWAG)
2:30 to 3 p.m.
Poetry Reading by Roshan James composed in response to Sharl G. Smith’s artwork.
ECH 1239 (University of Waterloo Art Gallery UWAG)
3 to 4 p.m.
Fine Arts Alumni Panel: “Where Are They Now?”. The panel will be moderated by Prof. Tara Cooper and includes:
- Nashid Chroma (BA '15) https://nashidchroma.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/nashid.chroma/,
- Danielle Bennett (BA '18) https://daniellebennett.com/about,
- Cheyenne Mapplebeck (BA '21) https://cheyennemapplebeck.com/work.
ECH 1219 (Lecture room)