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"Listening to the Land" | Christina Battle & Lara Felsing • June 8 - July 6, 2024 • First Gallery @ FAB and FAB Gallery Main Floor

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"Listening to the Land" | Christina Battle & Lara Felsing • June 8 - July 6, 2024 • First Gallery @ FAB and FAB Gallery Main Floor

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Media Arts/Intermedia • Fine Arts

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History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture

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Industrial Design • Design Studies

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Visual Communication Design • Design Studies

The Department of Art & Design at the University of Alberta 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.

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

'Listening to the Land' through art

June 7, 2024

A new art exhibition is opening in Edmonton. 'Listening to the Land' is debuting at the FAB Gallery on the University of Alberta campus. It's by Treaty 6-based artists Christina Battle and Lara Felsing.
The Awakening of April Dean

June 6, 2024

How the versatile visual artist reinvigorated her career by bathing it in violet light: an interview with Department of Art & Design Galleries & Exhibitions Manager, April Dean.
Treetops and Tar Sands: What I learned from a photography exhibit

June 4, 2024

"The True Cost of Oil" photography exhibit, presented by Environmental Defence and Keepers of the Water, took place from May 15th to June 1st. Here, Colleen Lynch shares her Impressions of the exhibit launch on May 16th.
Betsy Boone meets the Queen of Spain

May 31, 2024

Professor M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Boone met with Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain after presenting her new book in Madrid on Friday, May 24.
Exhibit Review: ‘metanoia’ at FAB Gallery

April 4, 2024

Modern and relevant, 'metanoia' bridges together art and innovation through contemporary designs and inventive concepts.
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"Listening to the Land" | Christina Battle & Lara Felsing • June 8 - July 6, 2024 • First Gallery @ FAB and FAB Gallery Main Floor

"Listening to the Land" | Christina Battle & Lara Felsing • June 8 - July 6, 2024 • First Gallery @ FAB and FAB Gallery Main Floor

Drawing • Fine Arts

Media Arts/Intermedia • Fine Arts

History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture

Industrial Design • Design Studies

Painting • Fine Arts

Printmaking • Fine Arts

Sculpture • Fine Arts

Visual Communication Design • Design Studies

Art & Design News

'Listening to the Land' through art

The Awakening of April Dean

Treetops and Tar Sands: What I learned from a photography exhibit

Betsy Boone meets the Queen of Spain

Exhibit Review: ‘metanoia’ at FAB Gallery

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