We are the University of Victoria's Faculty of Fine Arts in British Columbia, Canada: BC's only stand-alone fine arts faculty with departments of Art History & Visual Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts, Writing + School of Music. https://www.uvic.ca/finearts/https://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3mqu62x6mc224@uvic.ca's School of Music seeks a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor in piano. Candidates must be passionate about teaching, performance & mentoring undergrad & graduate pianists here at Canada's only All-Steinway School. Deadline: Sept 6/26, Start: Jan 1/27. bit.ly/44ERDRg17 Jul 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu62x6mc224https://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3mp54lwrc2s2mExcited to see @uvic.ca medical/music student Andrew Loe spearhead the creation of Canada's first Canadian Doctors Orchestra! Video auditions for healthcare pros who're also musicians open to July 1, 1st performance Dec 20 at #uvic. https://finearts.uvic.ca/research/blog/2026/06/25/canadian-doctors-orchestra/25 Jun 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp54lwrc2s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3mog7zg3b5c2wThe @uvic.ca Theatre dept was proud to support the 50th annual Canadian Association for Theatre Research conference in May, welcoming an exciting mix of theatre artists, scholars & researchers from across Canada + current students, faculty & alumni.16 Jun 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mog7zg3b5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3mmozdba2zc2xCongrats to Neworld Theatre on their 2026 PACT Green Award for this play created with the @climatedisaster.bsky.social here at @uvic.ca. This Professional Association of Canadian Theatres award celebrates companies, orgs & people responding to the climate crisis in creative & meaningful ways.25 May 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmozdba2zc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3mmoys43jq22xOur School of Music at #UVic was excited to recently sponsor PODIUM 2026, Canada’s national bilingual choral conference & festival! Co-chaired by Music professor Adam Con & presented by Choral Canada, this May 14-17 event welcomed 400 delegates & 3,000 performers, all passionate about group singing!25 May 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmoys43jq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3mgau4mqpts2rThrilled to have ethnobotanist, artist, IndigiFuturisms developer, community educator & Indigenous matriarch T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss @uvic.ca as our 2026 Lehan Family Activism & the Arts lecturer: she visited classes, offered a VR showcase of her IndigiFuturisms work & gave a public lecture. Busy!04 Mar 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgau4mqpts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3mgatupffbk2rOur recent @uvic.ca "Autolume" workshop brought together an exceptional group of artists, students, community members & researchers to learn about a new, small‑data approach to creative AI, developed by Philippe Pasquier & SFU's School of Interactive Arts & Technology’s Metacreation Lab.04 Mar 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgatupffbk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3mf5rfewlg22nOur annual @uvic.ca Activism & the Arts series offers 2 chances to engage with ethnobotanist, artist, community educator & Indigenous matriarch T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss: a public talk (5pm Feb 25) & a VR workshop (1-4pm Feb 24). Info: https://finearts.uvic.ca/.../2026/02/13/lehan-cease-wyss/18 Feb 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5rfewlg22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3mcvbhaqsxk2uHow can music capture climate change? @uvic.ca Music prof Joanna Hood commissioned "Northwest Passages: 13 Alarms from the Arctic" & will perform it at the International Viola Congress in Paris. "To be able to bring environmental issues together with music is a perfect match.” More: bit.ly/4bF30NF20 Jan 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcvbhaqsxk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3m76rrlrifk2eArtist-researcher & @uvic.ca professor Joel Ong imagines creative approaches to the environment by exploring the field of #artscience. A Tier II #canadaresearchchair in Emergent Digital Art Practices, he explores the use of emerging technologies on artistic practices. Read more: bit.ly/48mNAf204 Dec 2025 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76rrlrifk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3m6zxva6oe226For #GivingTuesday on Dec 2, Fine Arts @uvic.ca is raising funds to uplift Indigenous voices through our sxʷiʔe ̕m “To Tell A Story” Indigenous Writers & Storytellers Series. We encourage you to join the #UVic community & grads worldwide in supporting this unique program! Donate here: bit.ly/4rxxhDL02 Dec 2025 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zxva6oe226https://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3m6634xr4qk2uWe're excited to announce that acclaimed performer-composer & pioneering electronic/electroacoustic music artist @sarahbellereid.bsky.social will be joining our @uvic.ca School of Music as a technology professor starting Jan 2026! https://finearts.uvic.ca/research/blog/2025/10/31/music-reid/21 Nov 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6634xr4qk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3m662wwzta22u3 @uvic.ca Writing students are featured @theguardian.com for a @climatedisaster.bsky.social COP30 partnership: Raamin Hamid, Fernanda Solorza & Ashley Ciambrelli spoke with climate survivors in India, Peru, Brazil & Maui. https://finearts.uvic.ca/research/blog/2025/11/19/writing-students-cop30/ Pics: Chad Hipolito (F/A), Gouchen Wang (R)21 Nov 2025 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3m662wwzta22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3m5k44au66s24Congrats to $100K Sobey Art Award winner & #uvicvisualarts alum Tania Willard. Also a 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient @uvic.ca, she's clearly having a big year! Seen here at the DAAs in April with Dean Allana Lindgren (right) + Visual Arts alumni Rose Spahan & Crystal Clark.13 Nov 2025 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5k44au66s24https://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3m2pq3u633c2sCongrats to @uvic.ca Visual Arts MFA Edith Skeard on receiving a $7,500 Audain Foundation Travel Award! As a complement to the $100K Audain Prize, the Audain Travel Awards were established in 2019 to support access to career-enriching international art experiences for student artists. bit.ly/4pZitgk08 Oct 2025 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pq3u633c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lzos7i2pds2mWe were delighted to host @uvic.ca Acting President & Vice-Chancellor Qwul’sih’yah’maht Robina Thomas at our ongoing Haa Huupa lunch series on Sept 24, where she offered frank, funny & fresh insights into her own academic journey & the challenges facing Indigenous students today.25 Sep 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzos7i2pds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lyyemhiv2c2sFine Arts was thrilled to be so well-represented at the launch of the new @uvic.ca Kula Library Futures Academy on Sep 15: Esi Edugyan, Richard Van Camp, Atom Egoyan, Sean Holman + Shelagh Rogers, Lawrence Hill, Dave Obee & many other fascinating thought leaders! https://www.uvic.ca/library/about-us/kula-academy/index.php16 Sep 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyyemhiv2c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lyo45kaapc26Fascinating results from our latest @uvic.ca Fine Arts ArtScience annual grad student residency with our colleagues at @oceannetworks.ca: Visual Arts MFA Parvin Hasani's sculptural installation explors deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Find out more: bit.ly/46BsRDi #artsci #oceanart #uvic12 Sep 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyo45kaapc26https://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lxdgqqkwgc2uThe School of Music @uvic.ca celebrates the new $40K Eleanor Gray Memorial Piano & Voice Duo Competition Prize — created as part of an overall $2M bequest by donor Douglas Gray to honour his mother. This annual art song competition will see students win $1,500 & $1,000 cash! ow.ly/HxTW50Ws82326 Aug 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxdgqqkwgc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lu4ic7tnss25On July 24, @uvic.ca Visual Arts professors mount a remarkable day of art on the land: Paul Walde, Kelly Richardson & Makwala-Rande Cook present Ax’nakwala (Part 1) in support of saving old-growth forests & supporting Indigenous sovereignty. Read more: https://finearts.uvic.ca/research/blog/2025/07/15/one-day-art-action/16 Jul 2025 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu4ic7tnss25https://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3ltwxnurv6c2cCongrats to @uvic.ca Writing prof Sean Holman on the new 6-year, $2.5-million SSHRC Partnership Grant "From Catastrophe to Community" — a global initiative with 27 institutions training 500 students/journalists to share experiences/wisdom of 1,000 climate survivors. https://news.uvic.ca/media-release/climate-professor-receives-2-5-million-grant-to-document-stories-globally/14 Jul 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwxnurv6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3ltf6c5fw7s2lVery proud that @uvic.ca Writing professor Sean Holman has won 2025's @jackwebsterfdn.bsky.social Bill Good Award. "I’ve devoted my life to journalism because of the harms it can repair," says Holman, who is also the founder of UVic's Climate Disaster Project. More: https://finearts.uvic.ca/research/blog/2025/07/03/holman-journalism-award/07 Jul 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltf6c5fw7s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lrsvy2nan22sCongrats to our 200+ new @uvic.ca Fine Arts graduates! Celebrating Convocation Day with you on June 12 was an exciting & emotional time — thanks to everyone who came out to make it such a success!17 Jun 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsvy2nan22shttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lqnqmgmzsk2gCongrats to @uvic.ca's Climate Disaster Project on winning "Enviro/Climate Change" Silver award @cajournalists.bsky.social for Neworld Theatre's "Eyes of the Beast" — 1st time a play has been nom'd! Ideal timing too, as it's being remounted June 18-22 @sfu.ca's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts!02 Jun 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnqmgmzsk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lor5ovipec2uCongrats to @uvic.ca Theatre instructor & 2025 #uvicarts Lehan Activism & the Arts Lecturer d'bi.young anitafrika on winning a $25K Metcalf Arts Prize! d’bi also recently received a $242K Canada Council grant to establish a digital theatre archive—find out more here: https://finearts.uvic.ca/research/blog/2025/05/09/dbi-award/09 May 2025 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lor5ovipec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3loqydoofv22uGordon Lightfoot aside, the musician behind the Belfry's hit "If You Could Read My Mind" is @uvic.ca alum Tobin Stokes (also co-creator of their Joni Mitchell show). Adding to this show's success are #uvic alumni Kelt Eccleston (right), costumer Emily Friesen & ASM Kelsey Cain. Show runs to May 25!09 May 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqydoofv22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lny5hjaygc24We're excited to be hosting the international Across Lands & Waters gathering of 60 circumpolar & Pacific artists/curators here in #UVic Fine Arts this week. The public is welcome to a free day of art & discussions, 1-7pm Thurs May 1: https://finearts.uvic.ca/research/blog/2025/04/29/lands-waters/29 Apr 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lny5hjaygc24https://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3lmxithnulc2fLooking for art that grabs you? @uvic.ca Visual Arts BFA show now open 10-6 to April 20: 12 rooms filled with contemporary art by 35 emerging artists! Seen here by graduating #uvic students (in order): James Boyle, RJ Klippenstein, Meagan Webster & Harry Ritter West https://events.uvic.ca/event/97436-visual-arts-bfa-exhibition-if-traces-remain16 Apr 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxithnulc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3llrpsh6wp22eFor 10 days the entire @uvic.ca Visual Arts bldg gets turned into Victoria's largest emerging artist gallery! "If Traces Remain" features contemporary art by 35 BFA students: painting, sculpture, photos, digital, installations & more. Opens 7-10pm April 11 then 10-6 daily to April 20 at #uvic.01 Apr 2025 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrpsh6wp22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/uvicarts.bsky.social/post/3llhmj7nn2k2mHear @uvic.ca Writing professor & @climatedisaster.bsky.social founding director Sean Holman at the Climate Storytellers’ Summit on Apr 10: chosen from 100 submissions, Holman will be one of 20+ speakers on how climate stories spark change. Register here: https://environment.princeton.edu/climate-storytellers-summit/28 Mar 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:igvpv6uvqyriyeng7burqlql/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhmj7nn2k2m