Studio Arts

 

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Chair: Janet Werner

Studio Arts is the largest department in the Faculty of Fine Arts and enjoys a longstanding reputation as one of Canada’s foremost environments for the study and creation of visual art.

The Department balances a discipline-based approach to studio practice with an openness to interdisciplinarity, allowing the student/artist to develop both traditional and non-traditional techniques. Studio Arts succeeds in incorporating digital technologies into many program areas, while continuing to offer solid instruction in classical methods.

At the graduate level, the MFA in Studio Arts provides a challenging and supportive environment in which students are engaged in intensive studio production that acknowledges the diverse cultural and theoretical framework of contemporary visual art. Students work closely with faculty in their chosen area of concentration. Recognizing the importance of critical inquiry, an important aspect of the program are seminar courses that enable students to develop their understanding of conceptual, historical and theoretical subjects.

The Studio Arts & MFA Visiting Artist Program (SAVAP) annually invites a range of nationally and internationally recognized artists and theorists to present public lectures. Recent visiting artists have included William Kentridge, Mona Hatoum, Janet Cardiff and Stephen Shore.