The Wren | Beading is helping two Indigenous artists reconnect to their culture April 30, 2024
"Getting into beading helps me think more about my culture and include that in my identity again," says St'át'imc art instructor and Faculty of Arts…
Tag: visual arts
The Williams Lake Tribune | Sacred space, new artwork, unveiled at Cariboo Memorial Hospital April 26, 2024
Secwépemc artist and TRU alum Autumn Christopher creates beautiful artwork at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake. Read more
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU art show April 5, 2024
The Bachelor of Fine Arts class of 2024 is preparing for their end-of-year exhibition, and students are pumped to showcase their work at TRU from…
TRU will redirect visual arts resources to meet emerging educational needs January 29, 2024
KAMLOOPS — TRU will redirect resources to new programs — including the possibility of criminology, counselling, communications design and Indigenous studies — after the university’s…
Castanet | Indigenous artist, TRU student presents original art in Japan July 11, 2023
Indigenous artist and student Shoshana Wilson has presented her art to Japanese dignitaries as part of a field course in Japan. “Knowing that they might…
Student gives voice to Indigenous art overseas June 30, 2023
[caption id="attachment_2979052" align="alignright" width="280"] Origin story[/caption] Art has long been an important part of Shoshana Wilson’s life. Guided by her father, well-known Haisla artist Barry…
Castanet Kamloops | Three new art exhibits coming to Kamloops' Old Courthouse in June May 31, 2023
Nigerian artist and third-year Faculty of Arts student Ral Ojah will be showcasing his new exhibit at the Kamloops' Old Courthouse from June 4 -…
Call and Response Exhibition celebrates student creativity January 28, 2022
Looking for an escape from the every day? Then make your way to TRU's Visual Arts Gallery to see student creativity on display. Currently on…
Learning their lives to the fullest June 24, 2020
After more than five combined decades of successful careers, two mature learners who hit the books again made their mark and were honoured at spring…
Fine arts alum masters an unconventional path January 22, 2020
Casey Koyczan’s work has been shown across Canada and internationally, featured in films, and has even appeared in an award-winning video game. He calls Canada’s…
From TRU Gallery to the Kamloops Art Gallery September 23, 2019
Would you pour time and energy into starting something you love to do, knowing you wouldn't be able to finish it? Four TRU Bachelor of…
Newswise | Donald Lawrence Selected as a 2019 CUR-Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Awardee May 24, 2019
TRU visual arts Professor Don Lawrence has been selected as a 2019 Council on Undergraduate Research-Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Awardee for his work with…
Lawrence a ‘culture changer’ in undergraduate arts research May 24, 2019
For Donald Lawrence, the true reward for mentoring undergraduate students is in watching their careers take off and seeing them fulfill their artistic and career…
Lawrence a 'culture changer' in undergraduate arts research May 24, 2019
For Donald Lawrence, the true reward for mentoring undergraduate students is in watching their careers take off, and seeing them reach their full potential. This…
Ink meets vinyl in imaginative collaboration May 6, 2019
Nautical deejays, crashing waves, vinyl records and several iterations of boomboxes splashed from sketchbooks of first-year visual arts students onto the merchandise of a local…
Theatre grad writes about comedy and tragedy in 10-minute play competition December 17, 2018
It is not often that you meet someone whose day job involves the creativity and theatrics that come with writing and directing plays. For TRU…
Play paints a picture of artist’s world November 22, 2018
Step back a century and celebrate the life of a Canadian icon with The Actors Workshop Theatre production of The Magnificent Voyage of Emily Carr, directed…
Expressing surrealism with fire, floods and rotting fruit November 15, 2018
In her graduating exhibition, Ana Bayona Ricaurte built and destroyed three rooms. She set one on fire, flooded one and created a windstorm in the other—all…
TRU Actors Workshop Theatre kicks off 2018 season with a dramatic comedy October 1, 2018
Dramatic comedy lovers rejoice! TRU Actors Workshop Theatre proudly presents, She Kills Monsters, running Oct.3-6 and 10-13, 2018. Directed by TRU faculty member, Robin Nichol…
Art, poetry and other acts of self-preservation May 31, 2018
Upon meeting Tristen Wybou and Tess Gagnon, one might get the impression that they were longtime friends with deeply intertwined histories. Like music never skipping…
