Information session

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.

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.

Suzy Lake’s practice ranges from photography and video to performance. Gender, body politics and identify issues have been present in her work since the late 1960s.

Brooklyn-based Janet's Brigg's solo exhibition opens November 3rd at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery (UWAG) so students will have the opportunity to see the work first-hand.

2016 Sobey Award winner Abbas Akhavan was born in Tehran and lives in Toronto.

We are happy to have 2006 Fine Arts alumni, visual artist Lauren Hall, return to the department to give a talk on her work.

Caroline recently completed her MFA at Pratt Institute, receiving the Outstanding Merit Award.

Jess Riva Cooper will give an artist talk about her work from 11:00 - noon in ECH 1219 followed by a ceramics workshop from 1:00-3:00 pm.

After graduating with her Honours BA from Waterloo in 2009, Catherine completed two graduate degrees at Yale – one in Fine Arts and one in Women Gender and Sexuality Studies.  This past summer she participated in the Bronx Museum Aim Biennial.