Art & Design, UAlberta

Read the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta feature on convocating BFA student Daniel Lee Whyte. Congratulations, Daniel!

Leading up to Arts Convocation on June 10, we're proud to share stories from the 2026 graduating class 🎓

Figurative artist and BFA grad Daniel Lee Whyte has always used creativity to navigate the world.

Originally a psychology major, Daniel faced the immense pressure of undiagnosed ADHD and a learning disability that made traditional, text-heavy coursework an uphill battle. By pivoting to a path directly aligned with his natural strengths, he found a home in fine arts — a program where neuro-inclusive learning styles and personal narratives thrive.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4ad7klK

Congratulations, Daniel!

Photo: Joy Jia

Art & Design, UAlberta

Come work with us! The Department of Art & Design is hiring a Technical Demonstrator in Industrial Design. Competition closes June 26, 2026 at 11:55 p.m. Find more information at:
https://iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/UOA-Careers/job/3985

HADVC MA student Ashna Rana has received the Founders' Circle Award for her paper, "The Child at the Crystal Palace: Medieval Memory and Modern Progress at the 1851 Great Exhibition," presented at the 2026 Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC) Conference. Congratulations, Ashna!

Read more:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/art-design/about-art-and-design/news/2026/05-may/congratulations-to-hadvc-ma-student-ashna-rana.html

When cancer comes to stay Printmaker Liz Ingram is participating in a study and art exhibit that illuminate the experiences of people who live with chronic rather than acute cancer, thanks to new targeted oral treatments.

x: where our paths cross
Tuesday April 28 | 4-6 p.m.
Studio 2-7 (FAB 2-7), Fine Arts Building and Online via Zoom

x: where our paths cross is a performance of visiting, trust and otherwise possibilities. In it, Peter Morin (Tahltan, French Canadian) and Leah Decter (Jewish-Canadian white settler) mark the crossing of paths across time, territories and ancestries through reading aloud as an assertion of Indigenous sovereignty and listening-while-drawing as a practice of white-setter accountability.

Learn more and Zoom link at:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/drama/on-stage/x-where-our-paths-cross.html

Co-presented by Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta Department of Drama, University of Alberta Department of Music and Kule Institute for Advanced Study

U of A Senior Print Exhibition | RESIDUE
April 18 – May 9, 2026
SNAP - Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists
10572 115 st, Edmonton, AB T5H 3K6

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 18, 7-9 pm

https://snapartists.com/exhibit/u-of-a-senior-print-exhibition/

RESIDUE is an exhibition of print works by senior undergraduate printmaking students at the University of Alberta. Through artist books, etchings, lithographs, screenprints, and print installations, the artists reflect on nostalgia and memory while grappling with new belief systems and a shared yearning to envision alternative worlds.

Lily Barschel, Jagoda Bolesta, Tia Bunnag, Lucas Dear, Sophia Grace F***r, Peri Glimm, Liam Macgregor, Alyssa Magnusson, Kay Peters, Fiona Rintoul, Isabella Rodriguez Chaparro, Al Young, Yuxin Liu, Ambar Azcorra

On now through April 30!

Inside Out
Sculpture Area Exhibition
Rutherford Library Galleria
University of Alberta

Open now through April 30 (exhibition closes April 30 at 4:00 PM)
Opening Reception April 25, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Artist Walk-About & Talks April 26, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Opening Tuesday April 21!

Never Getting Back To My Emails: They Will Find Me Eventually
2026 Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition
April 21-May 2, 2026

About the show:
We all ignore our inbox in fear of what is to come, yet we yearn for human connection. Never Getting Back To My Emails: They Will Find Me Eventually presents the work of ten Art & Design Bachelor of Fine Arts graduating students working across a wide range of studio areas. These artists reveal, through their practices, the connections art can foster in an age of digital communication.

Featuring works by:
Jagoda Bolesta
Lucas Deary
Sophia Grace F***r
Tony Friesen
Peri Glimm
Alisan Lam
Kay Peters
Fiona Rintoul
Daniel Lee Whyte
Al Young

In a recent visit to FAB Gallery, Radio-Canada's Jules Bonnet explored the BDes graduation Exhibition, "I have an idea." and spoke with design instructor Valéry Goulet and graduating student Mayada Rahal. You can find the article and video linked here: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/art-design/about-art-and-design/news/2026/04-apr/bachelor-of-design-graduation-exhibition-in-the-news.html

This Saturday, APRIL 11 is the final day to catch "I have an idea."
(FAB Gallery is open Tues.-Fri. 11am-5pm and Sat. 12-3pm.)

Photo by Danielle Bénard

Please join the ART 551 Class at ArtsHub Ortona (9722 102 Street) for their pop up show, Cleave the Vessel. Cleave The Vessel is an exhibition about separate works, coming together through community to create a unified whole. The artists within this show represent a coming-together of disparate experiences, bringing together works that may cleave subjects together and apart.

Running:
• March 27, 6-9 p.m
• March 28, 12-5 p.m.
• March 29, 11-3