Indigenous Art Intensive

About the Indigenous Art Intensive

UBC Okanagan’s Indigenous Art Intensive offers an educational series of courses, lectures, art shows, and opportunities to create art. It features a series of world-renowned speakers, a variety of related undergraduate and graduate credit courses, and a group of resident artists who will be working to create a new body of work.

The Indigenous Art Intensive is on hiatus for summer 2026. UBC Okanagan Gallery will present an exhibition and programming in collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at UBC Vancouver (not in association with the Indigenous Art Intensive). No classes will be offered in 2026. Programming for Fall 2026 will be shared when available.

Indigenous Art Intensive  2025 Program

The Indigenous Art Intensive features a series of world-renowned speakers, a variety of related undergraduate and graduate credit courses, and a group of resident artists who will be working to create new works.

The 2025 Indigenous Art Intensive was held an in-person program where Curators and visiting artists participated in a series of keynote presentations and artist panels once a week throughout May and June.

The curators and visiting artists for 2025 included Jamie Isaac, Serena Steel, Sherry Farrel Racette, Faye Heavyshield, Joseph Naytowhow, Marie-Anne Redhead, Peter Morin, Justine Woods, Nicole Neidhardt, Catherine Blackburn, Judy Anderson, Amber Sandy, Vance Wright, and Les Louis.

The Indigenous Art Intensive Blog will be updated with details for the visiting artists, keynote presenters and events, as well as information on previous years.

Indigenous Art INTENSIVE BLOG