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.

Courses – May to June, 2025

Alongside the intensive residency, FCCS is offering additional courses in visual art, creative writing, and Indigenous studies. These will run in conjunction with the Indigenous Intensive with varying degrees of crossover, providing students the opportunity to connect with the keynote speakers and the resident artists. All courses are offered in Term 1, May 12 to Jun 19, 2025.

Admission and Registration

The program is open to UBC students, students from other universities and those who have a previous university degree.

Indigenous Art Intensive  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.

Indigenous Art Intensive, Keynote presentations and artist panels

The 2024 Indigenous Art Intensive was held as an in-person program. Visiting artists participated in a series of keynote presentations and artist panels once a week throughout May and June.

The 2024 keynote speakers included noted artist Kevin McKenzie, esteemed curator and scholar Heather Igloliorte and award winning curator Daina Warren. They are joined by visiting artists Taylor Baptiste, Corrine Derickson, Mariel and Sienna Belanger, Asinnajaq Uitaalutuq, Marika Swan, Krystle Silverfox, Nicole Neidhardt, Peter Morin, Michelle Sound, Victoria Jaenig, and Justine Woods.

Visit the Indigenous Art Intensive Blog for details for the visiting artists, keynote presenters and events, as well as information on previous years.

Indigenous Art INTENSIVE BLOG

Stay tuned for details on the 2025 visiting artists and programming.