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Jacquelin Connelly, BFA degree, 2006

Jacquelin Connelly graduated from UBC's BFA program in May of 2006.  Studying photography, sculpture and print, primarily under Barbara Zeigler and Gu Xiong in her final year of the program, she also worked in the Printmedia Research Centre's Digital Lab assisting other students with the digital and printing aspects of their projects, and working closely with Gu Xiong and the Department.  Jacquelin was the Student Representative throughout the 2005/2006 academic year for her graduating class and their exhibition in April 2006 at International Village, Vancouver.  She also completed UBC's Arts Co-op program throughout her degree, having been employed at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at UBC and the MS Society of Canada, all of which greatly increased her drive, and offered clarity to her long term goals.

Jacquelin is actively pursuing the role of a visual artist, having been accepted by the jury of the North Vancouver Community Arts Council for her first off-campus exhibition opening January 25, 2007 at the CityScape Community Art Space along with a fellow graduate, Shawna Muhic. “Here I explore identity, both as a theme and an ideal, investigating the way in which a simple, commonplace materials may represent aspects of culture and experience that are crucial to the formation of individual identity, reflecting on my own past as well as past generations,” says the recent graduate. In addition to continually experimenting with various materials, she is working on a photo-based body of work titled Fenestration, in which she captures unmarked doors and windows that depict an entropic quality of architecture from various cities throughout her travels as an exploration of the borders we build between our public and private spaces, and the visual delineation between my transitory nature as a visitor and the static roots of the residents.

In addition, Jacquelin used her artistic drive and creative talent to attain a photography position with a Vancouver-based company, in which she currently travels across the United States to photograph hotels in a wide variety of cities. Finally, she is learning to lead the life of an entrepreneur through the promotion of her local photography business, Jacquelin Connelly Creative. Many of her photographs and artwork can be seen at www.JacquelinConnelly.com

jackie.connelly@gmail.com

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Alexander Alberro
MA in Art History degree, 1990

"As an undergraduate, I found the active research agenda of many of my professors contagious."  (more »)

Jesse Birch
MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies degree, 2008

"I see curatorial work as a practice that is informed by experience across contexts and communities, through multiple fields and disciplines: a kind of learning that doesn't confine itself easily to institutional parameters"  (more »)

Jacquelin Connelly
BFA degree, 2006

Even the smallest, most common objects carry cultural meaning in Jacquelin’s work.  (more »)

Christos Dikeakos
BA Honours in Art History degree, 1971

"Art History was the mainstay of my education at UBC but I was drawn to the exciting, intelligent teachers of the day in the departments of literature, architecture and history."  (more »)

Bobbi-Jo Dobush
BA in Visual Art degree, 2006

Bobbi-Jo Dobush arrived at the decision to pursue a degree in Visual Art when she found herself challenged in ways that she was not experiencing in her other classes.   (more »)

Evan Lee
MFA in Visual Art degree, 2000

"Art is hard work. They (students) should be prepared to accept criticism, and consider artistic ideas that are different from their own."  (more »)

Ken Lum
MFA in Visual Art degree, 1985

Lum’s advice for incoming students of the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is to "remember that the world is a lot bigger, more complex and contradictory than what one learns in AHVA or any other department..."   (more »)

Charo Neville
MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies degree, 2006

“Make as many connections as possible while in school and continually build on those relationships to foster professional opportunities once you graduate.”  (more »)

Anne Pearson
BA Honours in Art History degree, 2000

Regarding her experience at UBC, she says, “my educational background in both disciplines (art and architecture) has helped me immensely in my current profession as a curator, business person, and buyer.”  (more »)

Nadine Power
BA Honours in Art History degree, 2004

After graduating from the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, Nadine has embarked on a career in art conservation.  (more »)

Samuel Sackeroff
MA in Art History degree, 2011

Sam Sackeroff graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History in 2009 and in 2011 with a Master of Arts in Art History. He recently entered Yale University's PhD program in the History of Art, where he is specializing in the Italian Renaissance.  (more »)

Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky
MFA in Visual Art degree, 1998

"We were lucky to have great instructors who really did a lot to prepare us to enter the art world and cultivate a career."  (more »)

Ian Wallace
MA in Art History degree, 1968

Wallace has said that his experience at UBC was enriched by a progressive learning environment, his fellow students, good facilities such as the library, informed and active teachers, and a contemporary cultural program of wide scope.  (more »)