Events

Opening reception: Thursday April 12, 5:00–8:00 pm

The Department of Fine Arts and UWAG present the first of two thesis exhibitions by Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates from the graduate program in Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo. MFA Thesis gives the campus and community-at-large an opportunity to see the end result of two years of intensive research and studio production by emerging visual artists.

Opening reception: Thursday May 3, 5:00–8:00 pm

The Department of Fine Arts and UWAG present the second of two thesis exhibitions by Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates from the graduate program in Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo. MFA Thesis gives the campus and community-at-large an opportunity to see the end result of two years of intensive research and studio production by emerging visual artists.

• bring your own paper, drawing board and art materials (chairs and easels provided)
• no late-comers, doors close at 6:30 pm
• sessions are free, supervised and non-instructional
• open to students and the public
• models will be unclothed
• for more information email uwlifedrawing@gmail.com

• bring your own paper, drawing board and art materials (chairs and easels provided)
• no late-comers, doors close at 6:30 pm
• sessions are free, supervised and non-instructional
• open to students and the public
• models will be unclothed
• for more information email uwlifedrawing@gmail.com

A week of performance art presented by the University of Waterloo Art Gallery (UWAG)  and the Department of Fine Arts.  Look for the vintage Airstream trailer on campus between the Dana Porter Arts Library and Arts Lecture Hall.

• bring your own paper, drawing board and art materials (chairs and easels provided)
• no late-comers, doors close at 6:30 pm
• sessions are free, supervised and non-instructional
• open to students and the public
• models will be unclothed
• for more information email uwlifedrawing@gmail.com

Lisa Lipton is a Maritime-born multidisciplinary visual artist and musician who received her MFA from the University of Windsor and BFA from NSCAD University. She has attended multiple residencies and exhibited nationally and internationally in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Windsor, Winnipeg, New York, Detroit, Texas, Berlin, Amsterdam, and was shortlisted for the 2015 Sobey Art Award.

THE IMPOSSIBLE BLUE ROSE is an ambitious multidisciplinary video installation by Lisa Lipton. It follows the artist’s travels from the fictional town of Greysville across North America, to Los Angeles, Vancouver and beyond.

Come and join us on Thursday September 20 for a Welcome Back Barbecue hosted by the Society of Fine Arts (SoFA) and the Fine Arts Department.  

Join us at 11:30 am on the grass at the front (facing Philip Street) of East Campus Hall to meet the faculty and your 2018 SoFA representatives and to find out what's planned for Fall 2018.  See you there.

UW Fine Arts invites you to our annual Shantz International Research Scholarship presentations. Each year, five 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.