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COVID-19 forces cancellation of end-of-year gallery

Written on March 27, 2020. Posted in Arts.

After a year of hard work, excitement, and preparation, Queen’s Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) majors have had to cancel their much-anticipated final art show. The end-of-year art gallery was set to take place in Ontario Hall on April 25. The show was axed in the slew of public event cancellations taking...

BFA student's art speaks for itself

Written on January 14, 2020. Posted in Arts.

BFA student Johanna Schaly resists giving her artwork too much meaning. Instead, she lets it speak for itself. Schaly is pursuing Fine Arts through the concurrent education stream and is currently in her fourth year at Queen’s. She’ll graduate from her undergrad in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program...

Ada Yuewan Chen criticizes perceptions of beauty

Written on November 1, 2019. Posted in Arts.

Ada Yuewan Chen’s art is full of colour, spreading teal, orange, lavender, and pink across broad canvases to create smooth, blurred dreamscapes. The fourth-year BFA student seeks to question the idea of beauty through her painting. Originally from China, Chen’s early training prized realism as the...

A garden of new perceptions sprouts in Stauffer

Written on March 17, 2017. Posted in Arts.

As I walked into Union Gallery’s new exhibit, entitled Groundwork, I was instantly transported into the wild as sounds of nature filled my ears. Accompanying the main exhibit is Jeremy Kerr’s, ArtSci ’18, two alternating recordings ‘Islands’ and ‘The Woods’ that fill the space with noises of birds...

BMO Arts Competition winner pours heart into art

Written on September 18, 2015. Posted in Arts.

Lindsey Wilson, the provincial winner of the BMO Art! Student Art Competition, says her winning piece was deeply personal. Wilson, who graduated from the Queen’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program earlier this year, created a statue piece, entitled Murmur I, as a part of her final year in the program. The...

Give art a chance

Written on March 20, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

Ciarán Meyer, ArtSci ‘15 There are a ton of phenomenal film and theatre opportunities coming out of Queen’s these days — but it’s up to students to get involved and value the arts community. As a film major at Queen’s, I’ve been heavily invested in the film scene here in Kingston over the past four...

Closet collection

Written on January 28, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Involvement is key to an artist’s success in this community. Held annually at Ban Righ Hall, Cezanne’s Closet consists of innovative artistic pieces donated by students, graduates, local artists and professors. Community members are invited to purchase tickets, which will allow them the chance at...

University ousts underwear art

Written on June 24, 2013. Posted in News.

The University has sparked controversy after it banned a student’s artwork at a high-profile donor event. On May 29, David Woodward, BFA ’13, was invited to display his artwork at a donor event in Goodes Hall, but was later told to take down his display after some organizers deemed it too “inappropriate.” The...

Suspension of admissions policy finalized

Written on June 24, 2013. Posted in News.

Senate has passed an official procedure for suspending academic programs, almost two years after the controversial suspension of the University’s Fine Arts program. Passed in a motion on May 28, the final document sets recommendations for faculty deans, who will be given most of the decision-making...

Inspiration through time and space

Written on March 2, 2012. Posted in Arts.

Queen’s BFA student Sarah Ammons has been chosen to be one of the best up-and-coming artists to showcase their artwork at the Artist Project in Toronto. Ammons artwork will be displayed alongside 200 other independent contemporary artists in 14 categories. Ammons was selected to be in the Untapped...

BFA has ‘lots to say’

Written on February 10, 2012. Posted in Arts.

This year’s graduating BFA class is taking matters into their own hands. In previous years, fourth-year BFA students have exhibited their work at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in a show called BFA Select. In September, students were told the campus gallery wouldn’t host the event this year. “It...

BFA crucial for fundraiser

Written on February 7, 2012. Posted in Arts.

Cezanne’s Closet has been a steady source of income for Union Gallery over the past 18 years, but that could change with the recent suspension of the BFA program. The gallery’s major annual fundraiser relies on donations from student-artists to make up half of the artwork auctioned off at the event....

Letter to the editor

Written on December 1, 2011. Posted in Opinions.

Dear editors, Numerous students in the Queen’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program are reasonably outraged by the process of administering the recent suspension of admissions to the program. As a result, we’re rationally seeking as much information as possible about all issues related to this suspension...

Program must make changes

Written on November 18, 2011. Posted in Opinions.

When I was appointed as director of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program in April 2011, my priorities were to develop publicity and to raise the profile of the program. The current media coverage regarding the suspension of BFA admissions for 2012-13 is not the publicity I had in mind. The BFA...

Fine Art to suspend admissions

Written on November 10, 2011. Posted in News.

The department of Fine Arts announced Wednesday that it won’t accept admissions next year. Gordon Smith, associate dean of Arts and Science, sent an email to students at around 4 p.m. “A review of the resources available to the BFA Programme in the immediately foreseeable future indicates that they...

Tag: BFA

COVID-19 forces cancellation of end-of-year gallery

BFA student's art speaks for itself

Ada Yuewan Chen criticizes perceptions of beauty

A garden of new perceptions sprouts in Stauffer

BMO Arts Competition winner pours heart into art

Give art a chance

Closet collection

University ousts underwear art

Suspension of admissions policy finalized

Inspiration through time and space

BFA has ‘lots to say’

BFA crucial for fundraiser

Letter to the editor

Program must make changes

Fine Art to suspend admissions

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