Each spring, graduating students prepare a final art exhibition to showcase their work, however this year will be a bit different due to physical distancing restrictions.

This year’s exhibition, titled Any Moment, was scheduled to open to the public in an on-campus reception in mid-April. 

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Visual arts professor Myron Campbell says that the show will now be shared as a virtual exhibition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Each student set up space at home to complete the work, and they have been working together with a writer and web designer to create a virtual exhibition,” he says. 

“This vibrant cohort of students continued to produce artwork in makeshift studio spaces in bedrooms, on balconies, in kitchens, the outdoors and even a camper trailer.”

The exhibition showcases a variety of work, such as sculpture, video installation, painting, drawing and animation by 10 emerging artists.

“Their collective resiliency is as impressive as it is inspiring having accomplished UBC Okanagan’s first BFA graduation virtual exhibition,” says Campbell.

“This year’s graduating students have been busy creating diverse artworks full of personal storytelling and connection to place,” adds lecturer Katherine Pickering. 

“We’re really looking forward to having this work available for the public to experience this heartfelt exhibition of work.”

Although the students are disappointed that the exhibition won’t be viewed in person, they said it was a great experience to create a virtual show.

“While we can’t have everyone together at a live exhibition, it will still be good to have a virtual exhibition and be able to reach so many more people,” says visual arts student Sara Spencer. “It will create more opportunities and help to brighten up the world around us.”

The exhibition opens Friday, May 15. For more information, click here.