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Virtual reality art show envisions our selves as digital artifacts
Immersive works offer thought-provoking glimpses of how personal data shape our identity.
Know Thy Virtual Self
Edify Edmonton speaks with Marilène Oliver about the "Know Thyself as a Virtual Reality" exhibit.
Art & Design Congratulations for February 2023
The Department of Art & Design congratulates MFA Printmaking student Emily Legleitner and Academic Teaching Staff Justin Pritchard on their recent accomplishments!
Canada’s visual page-turners: Alcuin Awards for Book Design at FAB Gallery
The annual Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design spotlights the illustrious style of Canadian novelists and designers, open to admire and read at the FAB Gallery.
Marc Mayer, Walter Jule Named to Order of Canada
Marc Mayer, a former director of the National Gallery of Canada, has been appointed as a member of the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest honours. Also named as an officer of the order is longtime Edmonton artist and educator (and Art & Design Department emeritus) Walter Jule.
“I Am YEG Arts” Series: Natasia Martin
VCD Grad Natasia Martin is featured in the Dec 22 “I Am YEG Arts” blog.
The place art holds in climate change conversations: A review of FAB Gallery’s ‘Transitional Impressions’
Art has the potential to demonstrate climate change in an entirely new light. This is beautifully demonstrated by the University of Alberta FAB Gallery’s exhibit "Transitional Impressions."
Fiona Alison Duncan, Maud Madsen, and Maryam Mir Receive 2022 Canadian Women Artists’ Awards
Congratulations to BFA (2016) alumna Maude Madsen on receiving the Canadian Women’s Club (CWC) of New York's 2022 Canadian Women Artists’ Award in Visual Arts.
Royal Ontario Museum announces appointment of Curator, Korean Art & Culture
ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) has announced the appointment of Dr. Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon (PhD, HADVC) as the inaugural Curator of Korean Art & Culture.
The Business of Murals with Alixandra Jade,‘16 BDesign
Listen to the U of A Alumni "What the Job" podcast interview with 2016 B. Design graduate Alixandra Jade
Beautiful brain: exhibit illuminates the human connections behind neuroscience
Art & Design professors Gillian Harvey and Marilène Oliver were instrumental in the creation of Connections: Bringing Neuroscience and Art Together, a luminous art exhibit of 70 multimedia pieces and a few poems that has been on display at the Friends of University Hospital’s McMullen Gallery over the summer and is now available online and as a book.
The Fatima Al-Fihri Award in Islamic Studies
Congratulations to HADVC MA student, Rojina Sabetiashraf, who is the Recipient of the Fatima Al-Fihri Award in Islamic Studies in 2022.
Announcing the Five Winners of the 2022 Emerging Digital Artists Award
Congratulations to 2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Distinction) alumna Wei Li on being one of five recipients of the 2022 Emerging Digital Artists Award (EDAA) for critical experimentation in digital media.
Three Canadian Artists in UN Environmental Digital Exhibition
Three artists from Canada are included in a virtual exhibition by more than 30 international artists concerned with environmental issues that's being hosted by the United Nations. (Tanya Harnett, Drawing Professor, Department of Art & Design )
Congrats, Dr. Lisa Claypool!
Dr. Lisa Claypool (Art & Design) has been named a recipient of the University of Alberta 2021 COVID-19 Remote Teaching Award!
Announcing CONNECTIONS gallery and exhibition
CONNECTIONS gallery is now online and in-person — showcasing the relationship between art and neuroscience, portraying the many aspects of neuroscience, brain diseases and mental health in a creative and compelling way. Produced in part by Gillian Harvey and Marilène Oliver
Childhood memories on scrip land: A conversation with Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet
Using non-linear storytelling, Callihoo Ligtvoet (2020 BFA in Art & Design and 2022 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Emerging Artist Award recipient) tells stories about growing up with her moshom on scrip land.