Every year UBC Okanagan Bachelor of Fine Arts students hold a final exhibition to share their work with the community, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an in-person event just isn乌鸦传媒檛 possible.
The university has been closed since March and students were faced with the fact they might not be able to hold the exhibition and show off their final work.
But, according to Visual Arts Professor Myron Campbell, students have collaborated to ensure the opportunity to have an exhibit didn乌鸦传媒檛 slip away and instead have created a virtual exhibition titled, .
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Any Moment includes a wide variety of work such as sculpture, video installation, painting, drawing and animation.
The exhibition showcases a range of the best works created by 10 emerging artists.
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Visual arts student Sara Spencer is one of the students who was disappointed that she would not be able to show her work in the usual exhibition space but said creating an online exhibition has been a great experience.
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The exhibition opens Friday, May 15. For more information, visit: .
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