VFS Foundation Visual Art + Design

10/11/2024

Just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who voted for me & ROMEO. I think we may have missed the mark and landed in third place, but so grateful for all the support and this unique chance to dig up the dough that we need to finish Mister Sandman.

It's been a scream!

02/09/2023

Skwachàys Lodge Indigenous Hotel and Gallery is doing an artist call for the Artist in Residence Program for 2023. They have a few units open right now.

Are you a practicing Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Métis, or Inuit?Are you actively engaged in your professional artistic career development?Are you willing to work 8 hours/month in exchange for housing subsidy?Skwachàys Lodge Artists in Residence Program Would Like to Hear From You! The Artis...

11/17/2021

In October we were thrilled to host a modified version of the Term 4 Art Exhibition on campus again for the first time in nearly two years! If you didn't get a chance to check this excellent set of projects in person you can now view them online at SeeItForYourself.ca

Congratulations FD107 for sharing your developing creative visions with us through your art!

Exhibition Date: October, 2021 Class 107 Scroll ↓ Circle of Life- Chulmin OhThere are so many different animations in the world. I didn't know anything about animation. My knowledge of animation was limited to who the main character was, some special moves they used, who their colleagues were, and...

09/17/2021

The Art Exhibition projects for FD106 are live and can be viewed online. Check out this diverse set of creative thought-provoking projects in the online gallery!

Exhibition Date: February, 2021 Class 106 Scroll ↓ Labored for the Better- Ammi Kim“That’s how the world works. You can’t do anything about it.” I’m enraged how this saying has put me back in place for criticizing an improper cause to be wrong. Pick anything you consider as immoral, yet ...

07/27/2021

The students of FD105 are pleased to invite you to view an online exhibition of the self-directed projects they've developed through their Term 4 Art Exhibition.

Please check out the Exhibition Website and enjoy their extremely creative and thoughtful work!

Exhibition Date: February, 2021 Class 105 Scroll ↓ A Sun Full of Sorrow-Mindee LouieMy name is Melinda Louie-Felix, my traditional name is Sosahn, and I belong to the Sts’ailes Territory and the Tla’amin Nation. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is a human crisis movement...

05/19/2021

Check out Vancouver International Film Festival Creator Talk: Joi McMillon, Editor, The Underground Railroad

From Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins, The Underground Railroad chronicles Cora Randall’s desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel, the Amazon limited series was edited by Joi McMillon, the first Black woman to be nominated for an Oscar for editing (Moonlight, 2017). Joi joins us to offer an insider’s perspective on how a story takes its final shape in the editing room, the importance of the female lens, and her collaborations with Barry Jenkins.

Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 6pm PDT on VIFF Connect
Free. To register:

Ever wonder how a story takes final shape in the editing room? Join editor, Joi McMillon, the first Black women to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Film Editing as she talks about her work on Barry Jenkins' limited series, The Underground Railroad.

05/19/2021

Check out Vancouver International Film Festival Creator Talk: Matt Shankman, Director, WandaVision

The world’s most in-demand TV show in early 2021, Marvel Studios’ WandaVision is not just a brilliant pastiche of beloved sitcom tropes but also a supernatural thriller and sincere love story that deals with loss, grief, and destiny. Director Matt Shakman (The Great, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The Good Wife) joins us to discuss mining television classics, structuring this ambitious series, and his directorial approach to the finale.

Free. To register:

Emmy-nominated Matt Shakman, director of Marvel Studios first episodic series, WandaVision takes us into the MCU where two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

05/14/2021

The students of FD104 are pleased to invite you to view an online exhibition of the self-directed projects they've developed to express their unique perspectives and creative exploration. Come see the incredible work by these very talented students! Follow the link to see for yourself!

Exhibition Date: February, 2021 Class 104 Scroll ↓ Radish Kid-Brianna ThorneRadish Kid is a 3D character made in Maya. I wanted to make a 3D character for my discovery project since I originally came to VFS to learn 3D. He is a character that I used to draw in high school. He is an elementary scho...

03/05/2021

The FD103 Term 4 Art Exhibition projects are now ready to experience! Come see the incredible self-directed work by very talented students! Follow the link to see for yourself!

Exhibition Date: February, 2021 Class 103 Scroll ↓ Welcome to Bottleton- Zoe TuckerArt is about expression and meaning, but it is also about imagination, and it is about having fun. I took this idea to heart while making my little characters and coming up with the narrative. I decided to take a co...

01/29/2021

Take a look at what Chad Costen and Ainaz have in store for FD103 tomorrow! The gear and set is all prepped and ready for the students to come in tomorrow and film!

01/29/2021

We're making our on-campus workshops fun and interactive for both in person, and online groups! Check out the fun FD103 had in their Gear Review today!

01/04/2021

Recent Foundation grad Nadine Widjaja is helping cast light on an important topic with the documentary she made in Foundation!

Emiliano Hernandez doesn’t know he is the subject of a new short film documentary, or that his story was featured in the Left Out report.