The highly anticipated play Rhinoceros, directed by associate professor Parjad Sharifi, will be performed March 14 – 23 . This will be the second production of UFV Theatre's 2023-2024 season, and it will challenge audiences to consider the state of the world and issues regarding conformism and complacency. Presented by the UFV SOCA acting and…

Lisa Doell has learned a lot by taking the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program at the University of the Fraser Valley, but she’s also done more than a little teaching. For her efforts to help her professors and fellow students understand Indigenous culture and the issues faced by Indigenous people, Doell is this year’s…

It’s not every day that your school’s walls become a canvas for your creativity. For students in Visual Arts 390: Community Arts Practice, it’s the tangible results of their learnings this semester. This collaborative project couldn’t have come at a better time either, noted Cindy Schultz, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, “We…

Celebrate emerging talent at Interpret, a Creative and Performing Arts Festival. This year marks the fourth annual Interpret festival, hosted by the UFV School of Creative Arts (SoCA) with Graphic + Digital Design on April 28, 2023, from 4-9 pm. Everyone is welcome to join the festivities! Explore art exhibitions by Visual Arts graduates, Film…

A new interdisciplinary course that brought together perspectives from Visual Arts, Theatre, Film, and Media Arts resulted in a variety of innovative responses in the form of student projects. SoCA 401, Critical Theory for Creative Arts, was taught for the first time ever by Anna Griffith, an assistant professor in Theatre, in Fall 2022. with…

The Laramie Project, directed by assistant professor Shelley Liebembuk, will hit the UFV Theatre stage from March 23-April 1. This highly anticipated play is the second production of UFV Theatre's 2022/23 season and it will challenge and engage audiences. Created by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Project, this verbatim theatre piece is…

In addition to the innovative UFV Theatre production Ghosting of Sumas Lake, UFV's School of Creative Arts presents a visual arts installation of the same name, with concept and direction by Dr. Michelle La Flamme. The Ghosting of Sumas Lake exhibition will be on view Nov 16-Dec 7, 2022. Ghosting of Sumas Lake is an…

UFV Theatre has responded to the devastating flood in the Fraser Valley last November by creating a unique and original play using devised theatre techniques. Ghosting of Sumas Lake, directed by Dr. Michelle LaFlamme, is the first production of the 2022/23 theatre season. In November 2021 the Sumas Prairie region experienced a historic storm, a…

At a UFV Indigenous Studies faculty meeting in early 2022, an idea and opportunity for collaboration for an inclusive new course originated organically. Dr. Mique’l Dangeli and Dr. Keziah Wallis, both relatively new faculty members at UFV, immediately bonded over their shared passion for Indigenous cinema while simultaneously appreciating each other’s unique career backgrounds: Dangeli, the…

As it wraps up a highly successful and rewarding year of performances, presented both virtually and in person, the University of the Fraser Valley Theatre is excited to announce its 2022-23 season of Theatre. This season highlights original performances and innovative approaches to socially engaged theatre that will challenge and excite audiences in the Fraser…

The UFV School of Creative Arts (SoCA) with UFV Graphic + Digital Design are thrilled to announce Interpret, a creative and performing arts festival, hosted on April 29, 2022, from 4– 9 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend this highly anticipated celebration of emerging talent by UFV students and graduates from Theatre, Visual Arts, Media…

In 2021, four Fraser Valley artists created a series of paintings with a clear focus on increasing awareness of the systemic racism faced by Black people and inspiring concrete action to tackle its existence globally and locally.  UFV’s Community Health and Social Innovation Hub produced a video about the project and released it during Black…

Sailing, shipwrecks and singing pirates. Navigate an epic journey on the high seas with UFV Theatre, live and in-person from March 23-April 2, 2022. UFV Theatre presents the second production of its 2021-2022 theatre season, Pericles by William Shakespeare, adapted by Anna Griffith and Heather Robertson, and directed by Anna Griffith. Pericles is a story…

When Shannon Pahladsingh (stylized as “shannon pahladsingh”) (BFA ’21), reclaimed her experiences of racism into philosophy and political science research essays, she never expected the ordeal to transform into an award-winning, and nationally recognized spoken word poem. Performed by shannon pahladsingh for her capstone Bachelor of Fine Arts project, her spoken word poem oh, thank…

UFV Theatre presents the first production of its 2021/22 theatre season, Climate Change Theatre Action 2021, directed by visiting guest artist Elaine Ávila. Climate Change Theatre Action 2021 is a globally distributed theatre festival, now in its fourth iteration, made up of 51 short plays by world-renowned playwrights and creators from every continent on earth,…