William Downey, MFA

Department of Art and Art History

Undergraduate programs

Undergraduate programs

Take the opportunity to work with award-winning professors, internationally renowned artists, and technical staff.

Explore our facilities

Explore our facilities

Explore our large, bright classrooms and studios. Use up-to-date equipment and experiment with leading-edge processes.

Graduate programs

Graduate programs

UCalgary Arts is embarking on an ambitious curriculum renewal process. Starting for Fall 2025, we will pause admissions to the MFA programs in Art and Art History.

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Information on events, gallery exhibitions, portfolios, and opportunities.

News and Announcements

JR Shaw Institute for Art in Canada Internship Program

Temporary Full-time: 37.5 hours a week from June 2, 2025 to August 8, 2025 Compensation: $16.5608 per hour Hiring Manager: Jocelyn Anderson, Director, JR Shaw Institute for Art in Canada Closing Date: February 28, 2025

Take Action in the Spirit of Sisterhood

Join us as four industry leaders discuss the critical role art and the legal system play in advancing human rights.

How a UCalgary student explored their queer Czech identity through undergraduate research

Míša Štorková knits together art and queer archives to amplify the forgotten voices of Czech history

MFA Graduate Showcasing work at NTAa ’25 in Ghent, Belgium

MFA Graduate Greg Marshall selected as one of 26 artists

In the Media

In the News Justine Bui (Alumna), Art and Art History, in CBC News

ASIAN CHANGEMAKERS: Justine Bui raising awareness about colourism through art

In the News David Simmonds, Art and Art History, in Halifax Examiner

Moving from disability rights to disability justice

In the News Judy Anderson, Art and Art History, in Windspeaker

Exhibit challenges audiences to see ‘unlimited potential’ of beadwork

In the News Audie Murray, Alumna, Art and Art History, in Eagle Feather News

Regina’s first indigenous artist in residence is hard at work

In the News Audie Murray (recent MFA grad), Art and Art History, in Regina Leader-Post

Beadwork artist Audie Murray to be first Indigenous Artist in Residency

Quan Zhou Wu: Chinese Diaspora in Spain

Chinese Diaspora in Spain: Introducing Qingtianese Heritage

Join Spanish graphic artist Quan Zhou Wu for a fascinating talk on the Qingtianese community – a group that makes up nearly 60% of the Chinese population in Spain.

March 24, 11 a.m.
Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library

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