UFV School of Creative Arts

Lines cross. Ideas collide. Nothing is simple. 🧵🕸️🔗

🎉 Celebrate emerging talent at INTERPRET: Creative + Performing Arts Festival! 🎉

Join us for the 7th annual INTERPRET festival on April 24, 2026, from 4–9 PM at the UFV Abbotsford campus, hosted by SoCA and GDD.

✨ Explore a world of creativity:
• Visual Arts exhibitions
• Live theatrical performances presented at the Director’s Showcase
• Film & Media Arts screenings
• Graphic + Digital Design showcase
• Creative writing showcase
• Live music & so much more!

🍹 Delicious food, beer, wine, cider, and mocktails will be ready to enjoy.

🎟️ Admission is FREE! RSVP on Eventbrite for a chance to win amazing raffle prizes from local businesses! (Link in bio)

INTERPRET takes over buildings B, C, and D on the UFV Abbotsford Campus.

Questions? [email protected]

👀Pssst… The emojis are a hint of exciting things to come… stay tuned to see what it all means.

✨ AIDE-MÉMOIRE

What gets remembered, and what gets erased?

Aide-Mémoire brings together emerging artists to explore archival silences, the gaps in official records where marginalized lived experiences have been overlooked, erased, or ignored. What if those gaps are invitations? What if they’re spaces to build our own archive in the present?

Featuring new sculpture by Melanie Jones (Associate Professor, UFV School of Creative Arts) alongside SoCA students + alumni: Aiyana Barnett, Chandradeep Majumder, Gabriel Fiset, and Sien Tolmie.

Through drawers, found objects, wax, fur, text, and ceramics, Jones transforms furniture into a visceral, q***r archive, where memory sits between concealment and revelation.

🗓 On view: March 10 – April 7, 2026

🎉 Reception: Wednesday, April 1, 2–4 PM

📍 S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, UFV Abbotsford

🎟 Free & open to all

Come witness artists claiming space, resisting erasure, and constructing living archives.

Thank you all for coming to the closing reception of “Can I Get a Mortgage Please?” Allie Risely, UFV School of Creative Arts Alumni.

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Shared Vessels: The Architecture of Collective Rituals

Opening reception: Thursday November 20th, 2025, 3:00pm

On view: November 20th – December 5th

The University of the Fraser Valley’s School of Creative Arts (SoCA) is proud to present Shared Vessels. Based in the critical frameworks of Nicolas Bourriaud’s “Relational Aesthetics” and Claire Bishop’s subsequent critique, Shared Vessels presents work by Professional Skills for Visual Artists students, under the guidance of Dr. Candace Couse, that transforms viewers into essential collaborators. The exhibition explores a central question: does meaningful connection arise from harmony or from friction? Moving beyond static objects, the show creates architectures for collective ritual, challenging you to complete the works through your physical and critical engagement.

Some pieces function as participatory “micro-utopias,” modeling a more connected world through shared, harmonious encounters. In direct dialogue, others embrace antagonism to challenge us, exposing the boundaries and exclusions inherent in community. Together, these works investigate the very nature of social experience, creating a living laboratory for collective emotion, reflection, and debate. Your participation is the final element of the artwork, making this exhibition an active space where the true crime is passivity.

The exhibition opens on November 20th at the S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, located on the UFV Abbotsford campus, and runs through until December 5th.

An opening reception will be held on November 20th at 3:00 pm in the gallery. All are welcome to attend, and admission is free.

Featuring works by:

Megan Ali, Kay Ber, Prabhleen Cheema, Keira Chu, Zoe Crowley, Kiri Davidson, Jainee de Jong, Arya Dewa, Gray Engler, Viviana Giesbrecht Ferreira, Adrienne Ginther, Kate Hotner, Ella James, Dove Johnson, Dani Madrid, Priyanka Na, Avery Pohl, Maggie Priebe, Akashdeep Singh, Cyrus Siew, Angelica Spada, Harmanpreet Kaur, Samira Zreick

For more information, contact [email protected] Visit https://sag.ufvsoca.ca/sag/

Fraser Valley Zine Fest ✨

TODAY!! Discover programs, meet mentors, and find your creative community.

✨ UFV’s Creative Arts & Design Info Night ✨

Ready to turn your passion into a career? 🎨🎭🎬💻

Join us for an inspiring evening to explore programs in Visual Arts, Graphic Design, Media Arts, and Theatre at University of the Fraser Valley!

📅 Thursday, Oct. 23
🕡 6:30–8:30 pm
📍 UFV Abbotsford Campus – Buildings C & D

What to expect:
✅ Tour studios + see student projects
✅ Discover creative career paths
✅ Meet faculty, students, & alumni
✅ Chat with advisors about program options
✅ Share your portfolio for feedback

🎟 Registration not required—but RSVP on Eventbrite to enter our swag giveaway! Link in bio.

📧 Questions? [email protected] | [email protected]

Bring your curiosity, your questions, and your creativity—we can’t wait to welcome you! 💫

Your canvas. Your stage. Your story—start it at UFV!

✨ UFV’s Creative Arts & Design Info Night ✨

Ready to turn your passion into a career? 🎨🎭🎬💻

Join us for an inspiring evening to explore programs in Visual Arts, Graphic Design, Media Arts, and Theatre at University of the Fraser Valley!

📅 Thursday, Oct. 23
🕡 6:30–8:30 pm
📍 UFV Abbotsford Campus – Buildings C & D

What to expect:
✅ Tour studios + see student projects
✅ Discover creative career paths
✅ Meet faculty, students, & alumni
✅ Chat with advisors about program options
✅ Share your portfolio for feedback

🎟 Registration not required—but RSVP on Eventbrite to enter our swag giveaway! Link in bio.

📧 Questions? [email protected] | [email protected]

Bring your curiosity, your questions, and your creativity—we can’t wait to welcome you! 💫