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ULethbridge Faculty of Fine Arts Events


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Did You Know? All ULethbridge students are eligible for a free ticket with their student ID at the Box Office for Faculty of Fine Arts concerts and Mainstage productions!

Where is the Box Office located? In the Atrium on Level 6, Centre for the Arts building (by the large staircase and north patio doors).

A scene from the University of Lethbridge's production of Jesus Christ Superstar. A number of actors hovering in the air mid-dance. Set is cast in a darker blue light. Backdrop is backlit with lighter blue, magenta and yellow.
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ANNOUNCEMENT

Faculty of Fine Arts launches Vibe Fest, inviting community support and participation

vibe fest logo card

For one night only, the doors of the University Centre for the Arts will be open to the community to showcase the talent and artistry of Fine Arts students, alumni and faculty.

The Vibe Festival (Vibe Fest) promises a playful, immersive celebration of contemporary art, performance and creative technologies. Running from 7 to 11 p.m. on Apr. 12, 2025, the Faculty of Fine Arts Vibe Fest will feature a free, all-access community arts celebration.

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Explore the Vibe Fest website for opportunities to be involved
 


UPCOMING EVENTS

Art Department

January 24
Noon

Art NOW | Lecture

Featuring Paul Maheke
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome


PULL OUT / SE RETIRER is an artist talk that delves into Paul Maheke’s ongoing research on questions of visibility and erasure. Reflecting on key projects from the past 14 years, the talk explores the artist’s experiments with the tenuous boundary between the visible and the invisible. Thank you to the SAAG for their collaboration in making this talk possible. 
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. 

Learn more about the talk and artist 

Exhibition view of artwork called "Vanille Bleue" by artist Paul Maheke.

 

Art Department

January 27
Noon

Art NOW | Lecture

Featuring Lan "Florence" Yee
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome


This lecture goes through the multiple disciplines and projects that have culminated into Lan "Florence" Yee's exhibition, Do Weeds Still Grow in Heaven?, on view at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery from January 25 to April 12, 2025. Thank you to the SAAG for their collaboration in making this talk possible. 
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. 

Learn more about the talk and artist 

Image of the artist in their studio.

 

Music Department

January 28
12:15 p.m.

Music at Noon | Concert

Featuring Holly De Caigny
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome


This Music at Noon concert program will feature all four saxophones in the saxophone family exhibiting the range of colours and expression available to the instrument, from a flashy concerto, to a mysterious morning, to funky minimalism, and even some hard rock. 

Learn more about the recital

Holly De Caigny holding a saxophone

 

ULethbridge Art Gallery

January 30
7 p.m.

After Hours | in the gallery

Matisse & French Artists
Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery
Admission is free

An event celebrating the vibrant works of Henri Matisse and other renowned French artists. Engage your creativity with drawing materials available for you to use, and take part in our exciting door prize giveaways. It’s an inspiring evening of art appreciation and hands-on fun you won’t want to miss!  

Learn more about After Hours

sepia photograph of Matisse leaning on a wooden ladder holding a painting palette.

 

Art Department

January 31
Noon

Art NOW | Lecture

Featuring katie marie bruce
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome


Alumna katie marie bruce (BFA - Art '11) speaks about her project for the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, tandem inadequacies, while finding unconscious threads that have run throughout the last 10 years of her practice. Thank you to the SAAG for their collaboration in making this talk possible. 
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. 

Learn more about the talk and artist 

A page from "sixty six days." Cyanotype on kozo paper of a flower in an envelope. Hand bound artist book by katie marie bruce.

 

Art Department

February 3
Noon

Art NOW | Lecture

Featuring Jessica Jacobson-Konefall
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome


At the Heart of the Social. Jessica Jacobson-Konefall is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at ULethbridge. Her research interests include Canadian and Indigenous art, Marxist feminism, Critical Theory, Indigenous and critical race theory, and poststructuralist theories.

Learn more about the talk and artist 

Art NOW logo with lecture details.

 

Music Department

February 4
12:15 p.m.

Music at Noon | Concert

Featuring Sarah MacDonald, flute & Cheryl Emery-Karapita, piano
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome


The program features flute repertoire including the remarkable Sonata in D Major by Sergei Prokofiev. 

Learn more about the recital

Sarah MacDonald holding a flute and Cheryl Emery-Karapita headshot.

 

Art Department

February 5
Noon

Art NOW | Lecture

Featuring Erika DeFreitas
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome


back to process, a practice.  Erika DeFreitas’s interdisciplinary practice includes performance, photography, video, installation, textiles, drawing and writing. Placing emphasis on gesture, process, the body, documentation and paranormal phenomena, DeFreitas mines concepts of loss, post-memory, legacy and objecthood.

Learn more about the talk and artist 

Artwork by Erika DeFreitas, from the series "The Black Madonnas of Great Echoes," 2021. Courtesy of the artist and Christie Contemporary.

 

Drama Department

February 10 - 14
7:30 p.m. nightly

Paradise Lost by Erin Shields | Drama Mainstage

University Theatre
Tickets: $20 regular, $15 alumni & senior, $10 student

Paradise Lost by Erin Shields, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award, is a feminist adaptation of the classic English poem by John Milton from 1667. Paradise Lost is a funny, poignant and philosophically rich exploration of the consequences of free will. Learn more about the production

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Illustration for ULethbridge Drama Mainstage of Paradise Lost by Erin Shields.

EVENT PROGRAMS


Find links to upcoming and archived programs below:
Programs for Upcoming Events

Music at Noon concert series

Holly De Caigny
saxophones
January 28 | 12:15 p.m.

University Recital Hall

Program

Music at Noon concert series

Sarah MacDonald, flute &
Cheryl Emery-Karapita, piano
February 4 | 12:15 p.m.

University Recital Hall

Program
illustration of University Centre for the Arts (UCA) building at University of Lethbridge
Archived Programs by Semester

STORIES BEHIND THE SCENES


Behind the scenes at In Tongues by James Odin Wade

Alumni-written production of In Tongues premieres at University of Lethbridge Theatre

The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge is continuing its 2024/25 Signature Events and Performance Series with the world premiere of In Tongues, a Mainstage performance with alumni talent present …

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Alumni-written production of In Tongues premieres at University of Lethbridge Theatre

The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge is continuing its 2024/25 Signature Events and Performance Series with the world premiere of In Tongues, a Mainstage performance with alumni talent present …

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Behind the scenes at ULethbridge's production of Jesus Christ Superstar

Behind the scenes at the Costume Shop

Costume designer Patricia (Peach) Jonzon and her team have created and assembled dozens of costumes.
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Behind the scenes at the Scene Shop

Set designer Dave Smith, the Scene Shop and a team of students, have sawed, drilled and painted for months in crafting the stage set.
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Behind the scenes at Jesus Christ Superstar*

Director Doug MacArthur brings a beloved rock opera to the stage.
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