Art & Design, UAlberta

Art & Design, UAlberta Study Art & Design where you are going to make a difference! Our undergraduate and graduate degree programs open doors to over 150 careers.

The Department of Art and Design is devoted to the practice, the history, and the theory of the visual arts and design. Comprising three divisions—Design Studies, Fine Arts, and the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture (HADVC)—its rich complement of faculty and staff provides students in its undergraduate and graduate programs with one of the best university Art and Design programs available

in North America. We off the following degrees:
-Bachelor of Design (BDes),
-Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design (BFA)
-Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a major or minor in Art and Design
-BA Honors
-Master of Design (in Industrial Design and Visual Communication Design)
-Master of Fine Arts (in Drawing & Intermedia, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture)
-Master of Arts in HADVC,
-PhD in the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture. Graduates from the Department of Art and Design find career opportunities across a broad spectrum of the cultural sectors. Former students are employed in jobs that range from museum and gallery curators and university professors, to exhibition designers, art administrators, art and design educators, full time artists, and self employed designers.

08/17/2026
08/06/2026

We're getting excited to show off our renovated digs! Be sure to mark your calendars for our first show of the 2026-2027 season.

Climates of Health: The Weather Inside Us
Opening September 8

"Climates of Health: The Weather Inside Us" explores the connections between human well-being and our changing environment through the lens of the One Health framework. This exhibition uses creative practice and cross-cultural dialogue to confront urgent issues of climate anxiety, health equity, and sustainability. Bringing together the work of 13 artists and five academic researchers and collaborators over a two-year period, this project asks how visual arts can inspire action and foster long-term interdisciplinary resilience in the face of pressing environmental change.

More info at: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/art-design/fab-gallery/current-and-upcoming-shows.html

Competition closes this Friday, June 26, 2026. Join us!"The Technical Demonstrator is responsible for supporting student...
06/22/2026

Competition closes this Friday, June 26, 2026. Join us!

"The Technical Demonstrator is responsible for supporting students in the use of specialized equipment and work areas through technical instruction, student health & safety, training, testing, and all matters in operating and maintaining [the Industrial Design studio]."

https://iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/UOA-Careers/job/3985

Come work with us! The Department of Art & Design is hiring a Technical Demonstrator in Industrial Design. Competition closes June 26, 2026 at 11:55 p.m. Find more information at:
https://iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/UOA-Careers/job/3985

Read the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta feature on convocating BFA student Daniel Lee Whyte. Congratulations, Da...
06/08/2026

Read the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta feature on convocating BFA student Daniel Lee Whyte. Congratulations, Daniel!

Leading up to Arts Convocation on June 10, we're proud to share stories from the 2026 graduating class 🎓

Figurative artist and BFA grad Daniel Lee Whyte has always used creativity to navigate the world.

Originally a psychology major, Daniel faced the immense pressure of undiagnosed ADHD and a learning disability that made traditional, text-heavy coursework an uphill battle. By pivoting to a path directly aligned with his natural strengths, he found a home in fine arts — a program where neuro-inclusive learning styles and personal narratives thrive.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4ad7klK

Congratulations, Daniel!

Photo: Joy Jia

Art & Design, UAlberta

05/07/2026

Printmaker Liz Ingram is participating in a study and art exhibit that illuminate the experiences of people who live with chronic rather than acute cancer, thanks to new targeted oral treatments.

x: where our paths cross Tuesday April 28 | 4-6 p.m.Studio 2-7 (FAB 2-7), Fine Arts Building and Online via Zoomx: where...
04/21/2026

x: where our paths cross
Tuesday April 28 | 4-6 p.m.
Studio 2-7 (FAB 2-7), Fine Arts Building and Online via Zoom

x: where our paths cross is a performance of visiting, trust and otherwise possibilities. In it, Peter Morin (Tahltan, French Canadian) and Leah Decter (Jewish-Canadian white settler) mark the crossing of paths across time, territories and ancestries through reading aloud as an assertion of Indigenous sovereignty and listening-while-drawing as a practice of white-setter accountability.

Learn more and Zoom link at:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/drama/on-stage/x-where-our-paths-cross.html

Co-presented by Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta Department of Drama, University of Alberta Department of Music and Kule Institute for Advanced Study

U of A Senior Print Exhibition | RESIDUEApril 18 – May 9, 2026SNAP - Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists 10572 115...
04/17/2026

U of A Senior Print Exhibition | RESIDUE
April 18 – May 9, 2026
SNAP - Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists
10572 115 st, Edmonton, AB T5H 3K6

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 18, 7-9 pm

https://snapartists.com/exhibit/u-of-a-senior-print-exhibition/

RESIDUE is an exhibition of print works by senior undergraduate printmaking students at the University of Alberta. Through artist books, etchings, lithographs, screenprints, and print installations, the artists reflect on nostalgia and memory while grappling with new belief systems and a shared yearning to envision alternative worlds.

Lily Barschel, Jagoda Bolesta, Tia Bunnag, Lucas Dear, Sophia Grace F***r, Peri Glimm, Liam Macgregor, Alyssa Magnusson, Kay Peters, Fiona Rintoul, Isabella Rodriguez Chaparro, Al Young, Yuxin Liu, Ambar Azcorra

On now through April 30!Inside OutSculpture Area ExhibitionRutherford Library GalleriaUniversity of Alberta Open now thr...
04/16/2026

On now through April 30!

Inside Out
Sculpture Area Exhibition
Rutherford Library Galleria
University of Alberta

Open now through April 30 (exhibition closes April 30 at 4:00 PM)
Opening Reception April 25, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Artist Walk-About & Talks April 26, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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3-98 Fine Arts Building University Of
Edmonton, AB
T6G2C9

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