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Nipissing’s Fine Arts graduates showcase talent at WKP Kennedy Gallery exhibition
GeneralFine Arts/Performing ArtsThe culmination of years of creativity, exploration, and artistic growth will be on full display as Nipissing University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) graduating class presents its final thesis exhibition at The Capitol Centre’s WKP Kennedy Gallery. Running from March 21 to April 4, 2025, this highly anticipated showcase will highlight the diverse and innovative work of emerging artists from the program. -
Professor Ackerman and NU Fine Arts students unveil sculptural installation at Ice Follies 2025
GeneralFine Arts/Performing ArtsNipissing University third-year Fine Arts students, Ross Kozuskanich and Ellie Laberge recently collaborated with artist and Nipissing Associate Professor of Fine and Visual Arts, Andrew Ackerman, on a sculptural installation featured in the 2025 Ice Follies exhibition. Their piece, Fire and Flood, examined humanity’s fragile relationship with nature, exploring themes of climate change and resilience. The installation resonated with the festival's theme, Ozhaashikwaa (The Ice is Slippery), capturing the instability and vulnerability of the natural world amid unprecedented climatic change. -
From Student to Artist: Corbin Elliot's Journey
GeneralFine Arts/Performing ArtsAlumniReflecting on his time at Nipissing, Elliot shares how his choice to pursue a degree in art was not merely an academic decision, but a commitment to honouring his passion for creativity. A proud alumnus of Nipissing University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program, Elliot’s journey from student to professional artist highlights the transformative power of an education in the arts. -
Online art exhibition documents year in quarantine
Fine Arts/Performing ArtsNipissing University’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts has launched an online exhibition titled At a distance: Reflections on a year in quarantine. The exhibition showcases a selection of artwork produced by Fine Arts (FAVA) students during the pandemic that reflect on a year in quarantine. -
Fine Arts Professor Completes Urban Mural for Up Here
Fine Arts/Performing ArtsGeneralMy NipissingLaura Petersen, an Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Nipissing University, recently completed an urban mural for Up Here. -
Sarah Holt, Nipissing Students shares about "Life Changing" travel abroad course to Italy
Fine Arts/Performing ArtsThis past June a group of students was fortunate enough to partake in an intensive ten-day course in Carrara Italy carving marble at Studio Corsanini with guest artists Stephen Shaheen and Fred X Brownstein. -
Laura Peturson completes urban mural for Up Here 2015
Fine Arts/Performing ArtsUp Here is an independent art and music festival that brings together dozens of musicians, installation artists, and muralists to transform downtown Sudbury. -
Ducharme's work to be featured at Fair of Alternative Art in Sudbury
Fine Arts/Performing ArtsNipissing University fine arts instructor, Anyse Ducharme, is one of 40 artists participating in the biennial Fair of Alternative Art in Sudbury (FAAS), Oct 24-28 at decommissioned elementary school, St-Louis de Gonzague (162 Mackenzie Street). -
Peturson opens solo exhibition in Calgary
Fine Arts/Performing ArtsOn September 14, Laura Peturson, of the Fine and Performing Arts Department opened a solo exhibition entitled Wasteland/Wanderland at the Alberta Printmakers Gallery in Calgary. -
Nipissing grad selected for MAMO Artist Residency
Fine Arts/Performing ArtsIndigenous InitiativesMy NipissingNipissing Fine Arts graduate Gerald McComb, BFA’17, has been working as a guest artist as part of the new MAMO – Indigenous Artist Residency Program.
