Department of Art and Art History
Programs
Undergraduate programs
Take the opportunity to work with award-winning professors, internationally renowned artists, and technical staff.
Facilities
Explore our facilities
Explore our large, bright classrooms and studios. Use up-to-date equipment and experiment with leading-edge processes.
Programs
Graduate programs
Enjoy your own studio space with full access to department resources like full-scale silkscreen and lithographic presses, large-format digital printers, and photo and sculpting studios.
Online bulletin board
Information on events, gallery exhibitions, portfolios, and opportunities.
News and Announcements
From urban space transformation to the alien world of plants, image competition entries take us on a journey through grad student research
Winners of 2023 Images of Research Competition announced
Transdisciplinary exhibit highlights water expertise across fields
BRACKISH brings together students, faculty and UCalgary community members March 6-14
Outstanding 2023 arts co-op participants recognized for work term excellence
Employers praise students’ leadership, professionalism, and creativity
UCalgary salutes Black heritage and academic excellence
Celebrate Black History Month with educational programming
Nickle Galleries launches winter season with 1st comprehensive survey of the work of Harry Kiyooka
Celebrated painter and printmaker was known for building community within Calgary’s art scene
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 arch Magazine
How a Swiss Startup in the 1960s Led to Some of the Canadian Prairies’ Most Innovative Art
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
University of Calgary Teaching Awards
Do you remember the most impactful teaching memory you have? Students, faculty, staff and postdoctoral scholars in the Faculty of Arts are all encouraged to nominate outstanding individuals and groups.
Nomination close on Sept. 25
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