Arts and Culture District

Apply to perform in Arts & Culture District spring events

Apply to perform in Arts & Culture District spring events

Now accepting performance applications for Every Kind of Love (feb 12) or Women’s Day (march 5) at UBC.

Student-led art contest brings awareness to climate emergency

Student-led art contest brings awareness to climate emergency

A recent contest invited students to paint Buchanan’s pillars with a design relating to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Climate Justice Workshop

10 Arts events not to miss in January

Kick off a brand new decade with some inspiring arts exhibits, workshops and concerts.

10 Arts events not to miss in December

10 Arts events not to miss in December

From a documentary screening, to an electronic music festival featuring UBC Music students, to leadership lessons, check out 10 Arts events not to miss in December.

How virtual reality could revolutionize the art of conducting
10 Arts events not to miss in November

10 Arts events not to miss in November

From UBC Opera’s season opener, to UBC Connects speaker Ziya Tong on the blind spots that shape our world, check out 10 events not to miss this month.

ARTIVISM 2019: Festival Highlights

ARTIVISM 2019: Festival Highlights

ARTIVISM is an annual student-run festival of the arts for justice & social change. The UBC Arts and Culture District and Dive into UBC acknowledge this festival takes place on the stolen and unsurrendered ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) nations. ARTIVISM is a chance for students to get involved […]

10 Arts Events Not to Miss in October

10 Arts Events Not to Miss in October

From Artivism, to a panel discussion on the marriage revolution, to Naomi Klein at the Chan Centre, check out 10 Arts events not to miss in October.

ARTIVISM 2018: Festival Highlights

ARTIVISM 2018: Festival Highlights

  ARTIVISM: A festival of Creative Resistance with music, poetry, visual art and cultural events at UBC   Presented by your UBC Arts and Culture District   ARTIVISM highlights stories of resilience and student activist art practice that challenge dominant narratives through arts and culture.     The first annual ARTIVISM (October 1-5 2018) was […]

International Women’s Day Festival: Turn it Up and Disrupt

International Women’s Day Festival: Turn it Up and Disrupt

a festival celebrating gender equity + creative mobilization + the art of positive change This International Women’s Day, take part in an exciting festival that will inspire, educate and mobilize our community to creatively tackle gender-based inequities, and bring about positive change. Explore creative expression through three dynamic days of intersectional feminist discussions, performances, workshops […]