Alberta University of the Arts creates bright futures Students learn by doing at Alberta’s innovative visual art university
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t’s hard not to be inspired at Calgary’s Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts). Some of the most talented and prominent artists,
designers, and craftspeople around the world teach and mentor at this visual art post-secondary. Offering a unique education model, AUArts is the only dedicated art, craft, and design university in Alberta, and on the prairies. The university offers Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Design, and Master of Fine Arts degrees in a wide variety
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of disciplines. Students may pursue degrees in Ceramics, Drawing, Fibre, Glass, Jewellery and Metals, Media Arts, Painting, Photography, Print Media,
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Sculpture, and Visual Communication Design. The Visual Communication Design program has two streams: Character Design and Illustration, or Advertising and Graphic Design. A growing program of minors offers additional exciting pathways including Animation, Comics, and 3D Object Design and Fabrication. The campus is built for experiential learning, with nearly 300,000 square feet of professionally equipped studio space. Many programs also offer students their own individual studio space. Student skills and interests are developed alongside a talented community of emerging creatives. By nurturing
