The Department of Creative Studies in FCCS is again hosting a series of workshops offering prospective students and other members of the community a chance to find out more about the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) visual arts program at UBC Okanagan. The opportunity also prepares participants to start their application package to the BFA program.
Creative Days
This fall and winter, we have an exciting lineup of hands-on workshops:
- Saturday Oct 21 | 10am-1pm – with Aleksandra Dulic – Music of Heavens Animation using stop-motion techniques.
- Saturday Nov 18 | 9am-11am – with Katherine Pickering – Life Drawing from the Model
- Saturday Jan 13 | 12pm-3pm – with Fern Helfand – Photography – Lighting for Studio Portraits
- Saturday Feb 17 | 12pm-2pm – with Myron Campbell – Frame-by-Frame Animation
- Saturday Mar 17 | 10am-1pm – with Renay Egami – Sculpture: Mold Making & Casting
- Saturday Apr 21 | 10am-12pm – with Stephen Foster – Interactive Digital Media
Portfolio Day
Instructor Katherine Pickering viewing a student portfolio
In addition to the workshops, our Visual Arts faculty and upper year’s students are hosting Portfolio Day on Saturday January 13th from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.
Portfolio Day is an opportunity to get advice on building an entrance portfolio and (or) obtain pre-approval for the portfolio requirement as part of the application to the Visual Arts BFA program at UBC Okanagan.
In each portfolio, students are asked to include 15 – 20 artworks or images, and (or) up to 3 short videos, which illustrate their best work while showing the range of media they have explored.
Students are also welcome to bring your original artwork whenever possible, including finished pieces, works in progress, and sketchbooks. Students may also present your portfolio digitally on your laptop.
Creative Days workshops and Portfolio Day are held in the Creative and Critical studies building at UBC Okanagan, 1148 Research Road.
Please RSVP for Creative Days and Portfolio Day to briar.craig@ubc.ca