康卡迪亚大学

Develop your own path as a creative artist in one of Canada’s foremost environments for the study of contemporary visual art. As a Studio Art major, you’ll have the flexibility to choose a concentration or combine any of our seven disciplines: Ceramics, Fibers and Material Practices, Intermedia (Performance, Video, and Electronic Arts), Painting and Drawing, Photography, Print Media, Sculpture and Installation. By joining a large Faculty of Fine Arts with strengths in every artistic field, you will learn a full range of technical and theoretical approaches to art making, putting you at the forefront of this exciting, rich and complex field of study.

Working in studios equipped with professional tools and equipment, you will discover a variety of processes and techniques. You will also develop the critical abilities to evaluate artistic work and create your own personal direction through the exchange of ideas on contemporary art with practicing artists. Choose from studio courses that reflect currents in today’s art world. Or, combine your studio practice with a degree in Art History, enabling you to balance art practice with academic studies.

Either way, you’ll leave our program as an informed and skilled artist, ready to contribute to the world and maybe even change it.

Concentration:

• Major in Studio Art (60 credits)

By majoring in a Studio Arts program, you will engage in an arena of dialogue and debate that is furthered by critiques, visiting speakers, lectures and panel discussions.

With pedagogical approaches that integrate critical thinking into studio practices, Studio Arts offers an open interdisciplinary environment that positions you as an active participant in the creation of contemporary culture.

Graduates continue to distinguish themselves as leading contemporary artists, curators, critics, educators and citizens.

After your degree

You will graduate with the knowledge and discipline required for a creative and productive life. You’ll have creative problem-solving skills, know how to think critically about your work, and have the necessary leadership skills required for entrepreneurial endeavours. Your degree can lead to many paths such as:

• Practicing artist
• Gallery or Museum Curator / Docent
• Exhibition Designer
• Art Educator
• Arts Administrator
• Art Critic
• Commercial Artist
• Designer / Illustrator
• Graduate Studies in Visual Art