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VIU in the News: Two days of talent will aid students

Thu, 26 Jan 2012
Wide variety of top acts will play at Diners Rendezvous Feb. 9 and 10 for cash to buy instruments By Walter Cordery, Nanaimo Daily News Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012 Eight different musical acts are banding together to hold a two-day event at the Diners Rendezvous to help budding musicians at Vancouver Island University.
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Visual Arts professor takes edgy approach with installation at Victoria gallery

Wed, 25 Jan 2012
With a well-worn oil drum perched on a creaky stand and a continuous screening of his ?post-punk? video You Suck, Gregory Ball is quick to point out that his latest art installation isn't pretty.
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VIU researcher and poet take part in inaugural TEDx program in Victoria

Tue, 17 Jan 2012
Update: A web link has been posted for the TEDxVictoria poetry performances by the Vic Slam Team (Scott Thompson with Dr. Justin McGrail, Chair of Visual Arts at VIU and Jeremy Loveday with Matthew Christopher Davidson).
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Gardens and First Nations carvings among inspirations for artists at VIU

Wed, 21 Dec 2011
?The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer.
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Annual student art sale on Wednesday

Tue, 06 Dec 2011
VIU Department of Art and Design presents the annual student art sale Wednesday, Dec. 7.
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Festival of Trees raffle supports VIU students

Wed, 16 Nov 2011
Vancouver Island University's Festival of Trees Raffle is underway with tickets available at the Welcome Centre just outside the upper cafeteria.
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Student turns shoreline debris into jellyfish art

Mon, 24 Oct 2011
The shimmering replicas of jellyfish may look fanciful but Vancouver Island University biology and art student Emily Rigney makes a serious statement with her sculpture created from shoreline trash.
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?Graphic Matters: Women Making Comics? presentation by Dr. Marni Stanley opens fall Arts and Humanities Colloquium series

Wed, 14 Sep 2011
Women's contribution to the world of comics, and to graphic narrative more generally, will be the focus of Dr. Marni Stanley's presentation on Friday, Sept.
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