Course Description

Program Description This option combines a foundation in artistic skills with an analysis of contemporary media institutions and production practices. We offer you practical, skill-based training in studio areas such as photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, print media, digital video and new media, while also emphasizing the critical and theoretical concerns in contemporary art. The Visual Arts and Communication, Media and Film Studio Arts option provides a strong foundation in studio practices (drawing, painting, print/digital/integrated media, photography, sculpture, bio art, etc.) and art history with exhibition opportunities and exposure to regional cultural institutions, engages the rapidly changing media environment and the social, cultural and political implications of emerging digital technologies/platforms. Our studio faculty members exhibit their own work nationally and internationally, and our art history faculty members are invited to lecture in other communities both in Canada and abroad. Among our graduates are nationally known artists, faculty at universities in both Canada and the US, and curators in major art galleries. Our teaching and studio facilities are also complemented by project and internship opportunities at on-campus and off-campus media outlets, production houses and local arts and cultural organizations. This program includes internship courses that may lead to placements both on and off campus.

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