JRSP x UVIC

University of Victoria Faculty of Fine Arts & Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park

Nexus for Art as a Source of Knowledge: The art partnership that expands the boundaries of art and knowledge.

About JRSP x UVIC

The Origin

The partnership between the University of Victoria and the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park has brought incredible opportunities for students and faculty of Fine Arts. These are opportunities and achievements that we want to acknowledge and celebrate, in the present and for future achievements to come.

This partnership began in 2016 when the Department of Art History & Visual Studies became home to the largest donor-funded endowed award on campus, thanks to a major gift from BC sculptor Jeffrey Rubinoff and the Jeffrey Rubinoff Foundation.

Newly in 2023, the Rubinoff Foundation expanded its partnership with the Faculty of Fine Arts with the Jeffrey Rubinoff Nexus for Art as a Source of Knowledge fund.

Nexus for Art

The new Source of Knowledge fund supports $100,000 in annual Fine Arts graduate student scholarships plus funding for new initiatives between UVic and the JRSP—including a professorship, project coordinator position and a larger field-school program.

The Endowment

The 2016 Rubinoff Endowment established a recurring four-year PhD fellowship in the area of modern and contemporary art history, allowing doctoral students exceptional opportunities to study the complexities and richness of modern and contemporary art history. You can read about the fellowship students here.