Celebrating the next generation of artists supported by the Jeffrey Rubinoff Foundation 

Art as a Source of Knowledge

The Jeffrey Rubinoff Art as a Source of Knowledge scholarship provides graduate students in the faculty with meaningful opportunities to develop their artistic practice, critically engage with their medium of art and expand their creative and scholarly networks around the world. These scholarships are available to academically outstanding graduate students in each of the five fine arts departments: Art History and Visual Studies, Music, Theatre, Writing and Visual Arts.

The continued support from the Rubinoff foundation plays a vital role in advancing education in the arts. Through this scholarship, students are empowered to deepen the scope and impact of their work, pursue ambitious ideas and foster their creativity in the UVic community and beyond.

These highlights of four of the talented recipients provides a glimpse of the range of artistic work and research made possible through the generosity of the Rubinoff foundation.

Meet the students

Holly Loveday is completing her master’s in fine arts with a focus in poetry. This support allows Holly to bring her creative work to a wider audience and experiment as an emerging poet. Receiving this scholarship plays a crucial role in her dream of publishing her poetry collection, which explores themes of social mobility, class and family structures. 

Pursuing his master’s degree with a specialization in visual arts, Charles Amartey’s passion for art began at a young age. With his deep-seated curiosity and love for creativity, he was inspired to pursue a career as an artist. His studies are focused on fusing scientific concepts with contemporary art to create fictitious and abstract pieces. Charles’s artistic practices connect with natural elements and he has worked with a variety of organisms including worms and Cladosporium fungi in his art.

Charles has been able to devote more time and resources to his artistic endeavours because of the Rubinoff scholarship, allowing him to experiment and explore new creative tactics. 

Growing up in the Czech Republic, Eva Bradávková was deeply immersed in the local music culture and fell in love with the flute at a young age. With her robust educational background, Eva joined the fine arts music performance program and expanded her studies to include learning about introductions to conducting. This scholarship assists Eva with the costs of auditions, flute lessons, competitions and securing piano accompaniment. 

Since completing her degree recital requirement and graduating from the fine arts program, Eva has applied for auditions for the Norway Orchestra and McGill.

 Arnold Lim is a longtime filmmaker with a background in photojournalism. With his creative focus in screenwriting, Arnold’s work explores the Asian-Canadian experience, identity, underrepresented peoples in diaspora, and the ways people communicate to each other and the world. With this support, Arnold had the opportunity to write a TV pilot and a feature film, as well as direct and produce a short film.