Art + Design


The Department of Art & Design at the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ brings together three practices — Design Studies, Fine Arts, and the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture. A breadth and depth of teaching, research, and creative endeavour supports collaborations in design thinking, hands-on studio practice, and critical visual and historical analysis.


Design Studies

Our interdisciplinary and competitive Design Studies program offers areas of study in Industrial Design and Visual Communication Design.

Fine Arts

Our Fine Arts program provides a dynamic and collaborative environment offering studies in Drawing, Media Arts/Intermedia, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture and Expanded Media.

History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture

Our History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture program equips you to think creatively, read critically, and understand visual cultures and their histories.


Art + Design News

  • Class of ‘25: "There is no art without community"

    June 3, 2025

    During her time in the BFA program, Nadia Zamora Hernández became a student leader who helped others find connection, confidence and creative courage.

  • May 16, 2025

    BFA 2020 Alumna, and winner of the 2025 Eldon & Anne Foote Edmonton Arts Prize for Visual Arts, Raneece Buddan, speaks with CBC Radioactive about her practice.

  • May 8, 2025

    Art & Design alumna Raneece Buddan has received the 2025 Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize.

  • April 24, 2025

    'Strange Currents' features the work of 15 students striving to make their unique voice heard in the art world.

  • April 3, 2025

    The Royal ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Museum exhibition is a collaboration between the university's Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute and the faculty of arts.

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