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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.

Opening today (Oct 13) in FAB Gallery!
10/13/2026

Opening today (Oct 13) in FAB Gallery!

OPENING TUESDAY!

What I Made When My People Were Dying
Aynaz Raoufian and Mona Sahi | MFA Intermedia
October 13 - 24, 2026

In their joint MFA Intermedia exhibition, Aynaz Raoufian and Mona Sahi explore themes of memory, grief, loss, care and language, through performance, installation, sculpture, and interactive media.

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Aynaz Raoufian | What I Made When My People Were Dying "explores memory, grief, and the ways our bodies and relationships hold experiences of illness. Nothing is more inclusive for humans on earth than loss; only its forms and intensity are different, while the imposition of death is something that is not equally shared. Drawing from the artist’s experience of caring for her sister with cancer, the works bring together durational performance, installation, sculpture, and interactive media to explore individual and collective experiences of care, memory, and survival. Visitors are invited to reflect on their own experiences and consider how personal histories connect to wider social and political realities."

Performance | Mal-memory
Wednesday, October 21 | 1 - 4:30 p.m. & Saturday, October 24 | 12 - 3 p.m.

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Mona Sahi | "This exhibition explores resistance, violence, and the experience of living with political uncertainty. Drawing on my experiences growing up in Iran and living abroad, I use materials to reflect on what is remembered, hidden, destroyed, and made visible. The works invite viewers to encounter these reflections through physical and sensory situations that can be unsettling, fragile, or difficult to ignore. Together, they ask us to consider how the suffering of others becomes visible to us, and what responsibility we have when we choose to look or look away."

Performance | LET’S BREAK THEM ALL
Wednesday, October 21 | 1 - 4:30 p.m. on the second floor of FAB Gallery

Performance | HOW DARK IT GETS WHEN WE COUNT IT TOGETHER
Saturday, October 24 | 12 - 3 p.m.

VADF Fall 2026 presents:Pablo Sánchez | Visions of Art, Slavery, and Animals in Morocco through Spanish Art and Travel L...
10/02/2026

VADF Fall 2026 presents:

Pablo Sánchez | Visions of Art, Slavery, and Animals in Morocco through Spanish Art and Travel Literature

October 7, 2026
2 p.m. | FAB 2-20

Drawing on a range of travel accounts, the speaker will explore how such sources provide valuable insights into architecture, painting, slavery, and animals while also illuminating the scope and complexity of Spain’s colonial cultural processes. Particular attention will be paid to political and interventionist initiatives and their broader cultural repercussions undertaken during the Spanish-Moroccan War of 1859–1860 and onward.

Pablo Sánchez (Alicante, Spain, 1990) is Associate Professor of Art History at the Universitat de València (Spain). His research is framed within two main fields: urban studies and orientalism during the XIXth and XXth centuries. He leads the emerging research group ROAR-E: Reflections on Artistic Orientalism in Spain.

uab.ca/vadf

Core Concerns, Care EmbodimentsRunning October 5-25 McMullen Gallery (University of Alberta Hospital)Curated by Ginger C...
10/02/2026

Core Concerns, Care Embodiments

Running October 5-25
McMullen Gallery (University of Alberta Hospital)

Curated by Ginger Carlson, and featuring new works by Dylan Brenneis, Calli Giroux, Michelle Kwasnycia, Brooke Leifso and Mona Dehghanzadeh Sahi, Monique Mah, Samantha McLeish, Aynaz Raoufian, Sheryl Spencer, and Al Young.

Opening Event: Friday, October 9, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a quiet, masked opening event from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

https://smartwearrevolution.com/coreconcerns/

How might an assistive technological fabric hold and support the body while attending to the extraordinary complexities of embodiment with care? "Core Concerns, Care Embodiments" is the first public presentation of artistic work created in connection with Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution, an interdisciplinary research project led by the University of Alberta, developing “smart” garments that can respond to the body and provide support when needed. The exhibition features new work by current students and recent graduates from the University of Alberta Department of Art & Design alongside collaborators on the Smartwear Revolution project. From the intimate to the systemic and the relational to the responsive, the artworks in "Core Concerns, Care Embodiments" tend to the complexities, multiplicities, and potential choreographies of bodies, assistive technologies, and care networks. Together, they take up the poetics of one of the project’s core scientific and technical research concerns: what can (trunk) support do? "Core Concerns, Care Embodiments" is curated by Smartwear Revolution PhD student researcher and curator Ginger Carlson.

Congratulations to BFA Art & Design Alumna Michelle Paterok and current BFA Art & Design student Rylee-Jane Kelly, on re...
09/09/2026

Congratulations to BFA Art & Design Alumna Michelle Paterok and current BFA Art & Design student Rylee-Jane Kelly, on receiving a Summer 2026 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant!

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

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