Visual Arts

The four-year studio art program encourages individual artistic development by concentrating on studio practice. After a year and a half of work in a variety of studio areas, students will choose a concentration in: ceramics, drawing, intermedia, painting, photo-based media, printmaking, sculpture, or open studio which combines more than one of the areas.

In addition to studio courses, Art History courses create a historical and critical context providing skills for students to pursue the careers as listed below.

Sample Courses

• Prairie Landscape Photography
• Expressive Painting
• Contemporary Ceramic Process
• Intro to Printmaking
• Art Theory and Art Criticism

Career Opportunities

• Professional Visual and Media Artist
• Digital Media: web designer, videographer, video editor, photographer
• Art teacher (elementary, secondary, post-secondary)
• Graphic Designer (corporate art director, promotional designer, municipal graphic designer, record cover designer, audio visual designer)
• Advertising (art director, copywriter, layout artist, mechanical artist)
• Art Therapist
• Fashion designer (fashion designer, illustrator, fashion art director, fabric designer)
• Film and television (art director, TV electronic designer, animator, props manager)
• Illustrator (editorial illustrator, product illustrator, storyboard illustrator, animator)
• Medical illustrator
• Industrial designer (product designer, toy designer, furniture designer)
• Interior and display designer (interior designer, department store display designer, exhibit and museum display designer)
• Photographer
• Publication Designer

Submission Deadlines

BA and BAHons

Deadline for submission: December 1st for Winter term and April 1st for the Fall term.

BFA

Admission by portfolio. Deadline for submission: December 1 for the Winter term and April 1st for the Fall term.