Artist’s talk: Daniel Laskarin
With a background as a helicopter pilot/engineer, Daniel Laskarin’s experience in the moving dimensionality of flight and in translating the codes of navigational maps into physical space ultimately led to sculptural and multimedia objects and installations investigating the structure of perception mapped as knowledge and consciousness within everyday life.
Artist’s talk: Farheen Haq
Farheen Haq’s multidisciplinary practice, which often employs video, installation and performance, is informed by interiority, relationality, family work, embodiment, ritual and spiritual practice. Haq’s current work focuses on understanding her family history on Turtle Island, caregiving and the body as a continuum of culture and time.
Artist’s talk: Michael Doerksen
Michael Doerksen is a Canadian visual artist who has exhibited sporadically since the late 1990s. His practice is based mostly in sculpture with occasional detours in drawing, photography, and video. His figurative group sculpture entitled ‘chatbots’ along with his latest wood carvings based on whimsies are the focus of this talk.
How art seeds change, and seeds change art: Carey Newman
Indigenous artist, visionary, and creator of the powerful art installation ‘The Witness Blanket,’ Carey Newman guides us through some of his inspirational art pieces to teach us how art can be the key to enabling ordinary people to do extraordinary things.
Kelly Richardson discusses her work with Metallica on CBC As It Happens
In this interview, artist Kelly Richardson discusses her work with Metallica on CBC As It Happens. The opportunity began when director Tim Saccenti and artist/curator Dina Chang reached out about using some of Richardson’s art in a music video. “There’s a primal unease to her pieces that cuts to your core.”
Dr. Heather Igloliorte: Illavut/ Our Relatives: Transforming Relations Between Inuit and Institutions Through Care, Mentorship, and Collaboration.
In this presentation, Dr. Igloliorte discusses how she and other Inuit scholars, curators, artists and museum professionals are currently reshaping how circumpolar Inuit art is written about, exhibited and collected within Canada and around the world.
Paul Walde in conversation with KAG curator Charo Neville
Professor Paul Walde discusses his solo exhibition Glacial Resonance (from 2023) with Kamloops Art Gallery curator Charo Neville. Glacial Resonance shares the artist’s enduring concern about environmental crises, channelled through sound and video with the largest exhibition of his work to date.
Puppets Forsaken presents – The Noisebau
Puppets Forsaken presents THE NOISEBAU SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2022 | 7:30 PMPhillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, University of Victoria Puppets Forsaken (David Gifford & Natali Leduc)With work by Mowry BadenAnd a performance by Christopher Butterfield...
Creative Futures: “Documenting the Climate Crisis”
Fine Arts Dean's Speaker Series presents Creative Futures: "Documenting the Climate Crisis" Published JULY 6, 2022 How can the arts help people better understand the impact of the climate crisis? Discover how artists & scholars in the Faculty of Fine Arts are...
From a Ragged Edge, Daniel Laskarin explores possible futures
Continuing Studies at UVic presents A Ragged Edge, Daniel Laskarin explores possible futures Published JULY 5, 2022 An artist and a professor with the Department of Visual Arts, Daniel Laskarin’s practice is object based, materially and philosophically rooted; it...
Artist’s talk: Kelly Richardson
This talk was offered in support of her exhibition, Halcyon Fog, curated by Charo Neville for Kamloops Art Gallery (2022). Using digital technologies, Kelly Richardson creates hyper-real, sublime, and spectacular landscapes that communicate underlying unsettling narratives. Her work asks us to consider what we truly value and where we might go from here.
Unmasking Meaning: Culture, Collection and Family
Description Through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the University of Victoria is pleased to present: Monika ZessnikCurator North American Collections, Ethnologisches Museum Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Presented by UVic’s Department of Art History...
Megan Dickie in conversation with Kimberly Phillips
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents Megan Dickie in converation with Kimberly Phillips Published NOVEMBER 22, 2021 Professor Megan Dickie discusses her solo exhibition and publication Blue Skies at the AGGV with Kimberly Phillips. The AGGV is thrilled to launch...
Curator’s talk: Eden Grove AIR
Visual Arts Visiting Speaker series presents Eden Grove Artist in Residence Recorded SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 The Eden Grove Artist in Residence program (March to June 2021) offered artists the opportunity to be immersed in ancient temperate rainforest ecosystems while...
The Choice To Be Creative with Lindsay Delaronde
Heart Seed Creatives presents The Choice To Be Creative with Lindsay Delaronde Published SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 Chantal Solomon interviews Lindsay Delaronde about staying true to her chosen path as an Indigenous Artist while navigating modern notions of artistry. She...
Carey Newman: Hearts and Hands
Visual Arts Visiting Speaker series presents Carey Newman: Hearts and Hands Recorded June 22, 2021 Carey Newman, whose traditional name is Hayalthkin’geme, is a multi-disciplinary Indigenous artist, master carver, filmmaker, author and public speaker. Through his...
Artist’s talk: Katie Bethune-Leamen
Visual Arts Visiting Speaker series presents Katie Bethune-Leamen Recorded OCTOBER 21, 2020 Katie Bethune-Leamen is a visual artist who works in sculpture and installation. Recent solo exhibitions include: La douche écossaise (Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto), Tom...
An Interview with Rick Leong
PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents An Interview with Rick Leong Published JULY 21, 2020 Rick Leong in conversation with Cheryl Sim, curator of the exhibition RELATIONS at PHI Foundation. Rick Leong’s painted landscapes are rooted in a bilingual vocabulary...
Laura Dutton discusses 2 videos: “Night Comes On” & “Nearness To or Distance From”
UVic Fine Arts presents Laura Dutton discusses 2 videos Published MAY 4, 2020 Professor Laura Dutton discusses 2 videos: 'Night Comes On' (2016) and 'Nearness To or Distance From' (2018). Laura Dutton is a Victoria-based visual artist working primarily with video...
Carey Newman & Kirstie Hudson created a book about the making of the Witness Blanket
Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson are the authors of Picking Up the Pieces. (Orca Book Publishers, Ken Wilkinson, Melissa Welsh)Why Carey Newman & Kirstie Hudson created a book about the making of the Witness Blanket When Vancouver Island artist Carey Newman created...
An interview with Beth Stuart
The Power Plant presents Beth Stuart Recorded JANUARY 29, 2019 'Length, Breadth, Thickness and—Duration' by artist Beth Stuart presents a body of new work that expands from the inside of the gallery towards Lake Ontario. At the core of the exhibition is a critical...
Artist’s talk: Beth Stuart
The Power Plant presents Beth Stuart Recorded DECEMBER 8, 2018 Artist Beth Stuart discussed her recent exhibition Length, Breadth, Thickness and—Duration. Stuart also discussed interstitial meiofauna, the politics of stretch, turning things inside out, meditation,...
Song for my father: Daniel Laskarin
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche presents Song for my father: Daniel Laskarin Published FEBRUARY 22, 2017 An artist and a professor with the Department of Visual Arts, Daniel Laskarin’s practice is object based, materially and philosophically rooted; it...