Events & Workshops

Connecting with our community is important to us. We bring visiting artists, authors and scholars to campus and the Okanagan valley to enrich our cultural and creative landscape.

Art on The Line – the event of the year is back! This popular art raffle is scheduled for Feb. 1. Find out more…
Spring! FCCS’s spring festival of the arts (March 1 – May 1), brings a myriad of events to the UBC O campus and to the city of Kelowna. Find out more…
Draw By Night – Kelowna is an ongoing bi-monthly public event held in various venues in downtown Kelowna. Find out more and come draw with us!
Inspired Word Cafe – teaming up with FCCS to host a series of public readings and open mic sessions. Find out more…

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Signature Events

Speakers and Special Guests

Cultural Studies Speakers

Annual series of events with nationally and internationally recognized scholars and cultural practitioners, presented by the Cultural Studies program.

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Mentorship Program

The Visiting Artist Mentorship Program provides senior undergraduate and graduate students in the Visual Arts program in FCCS with mentorship from a mid- to senior-career visiting artist.

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Visiting Artists

Diverse variety of visiting artists for campus talks and public gallery presentations including filmmakers, sculptors, painters, playwrights, essayists, performance artists, and interactive and digital media artists.

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Visiting Authors

Accomplished novelists, essayists, poets, screenwriters, and playwrights present their work through the public Reading Series at various venues in the Okanagan.

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Visiting Scholars

Renowned scholars, literary and cultural critics who provide campus talks and public presentations demonstrating their expertise in their fields.

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Alterknowledge Series

Expert panelists facilitate free community talks on culture, power and identity.

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