Department of Art and Art History
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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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News and Announcements
Outstanding members of UCalgary Arts honoured
Faculty awards recognize Arts community's achievements and influence
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
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
The Myth of Jewish Humour
Join Dr. Roni Cohen, PhD (Goethe University), for a look at European Jewish popular culture and medieval Purim parodies in this exciting launch of the Jewish Culture Forum.
May 27, 12 p.m.
Online via Zoom
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