Leading researchers recognized by Royal Society of Canada
Art &Design Professor Lianne McTavish has been named to the 2023 class of Royal Society fellows. Congratulations, Lianne!
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The RGD announces the winners of the 2023 Design Educator Awards of Excellence
Congratulations to Sue Colberg, who has been awarded the RGD's (Association of Registered Graphic Designers) 2023 Design Educator Award of Excellence for Western Canada.
Sue Colberg Recognized for Excellence in Design
Art & Design professor Sue Colberg (Associate Professor of Design Studies and Visual Communication Design) is the recipient of two "2023 UCDA Design Awards" from the University & College Designers Association.
HADVC welcomes several new instructors!
Faculty members in the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture are delighted to introduce our new online instructors. Get to know them in this series of short videos.
Congratulations to MFA Printmaking student, Madeline Sturm
MFA Printmaking student Madeline Sturm has received an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant.
A Designer’s Takeaways from Canada
Graduate student in Visual Communication Design, Supriya Rao, reflects on her studies at the University of Alberta and the many design inspirations that she has discovered in Canada’s diversity.
Congratulations to HADVC Alumnus Yifan Li
HADVC Alumnus Yifan Li has received recognition at the 2023 Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference.
A look at design students' City of Edmonton River Valley interpretive signage project
In the spring of 2022, senior class design students took on a redesign project for the City of Edmonton — and the results are exceptional.
Know Thyself as a Virtual Reality
A dizzying show raises vital questions about our brave new world.
Virtual reality art show envisions our selves as digital artifacts
Immersive works offer thought-provoking glimpses of how personal data shape our identity.
Know Thy Virtual Self
Edify Edmonton speaks with Marilène Oliver about the "Know Thyself as a Virtual Reality" exhibit.
Art & Design Congratulations for February 2023
The Department of Art & Design congratulates MFA Printmaking student Emily Legleitner and Academic Teaching Staff Justin Pritchard on their recent accomplishments!
Canada’s visual page-turners: Alcuin Awards for Book Design at FAB Gallery
The annual Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design spotlights the illustrious style of Canadian novelists and designers, open to admire and read at the FAB Gallery.
Marc Mayer, Walter Jule Named to Order of Canada
Marc Mayer, a former director of the National Gallery of Canada, has been appointed as a member of the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest honours. Also named as an officer of the order is longtime Edmonton artist and educator (and Art & Design Department emeritus) Walter Jule.
“I Am YEG Arts” Series: Natasia Martin
VCD Grad Natasia Martin is featured in the Dec 22 “I Am YEG Arts” blog.
The place art holds in climate change conversations: A review of FAB Gallery’s ‘Transitional Impressions’
Art has the potential to demonstrate climate change in an entirely new light. This is beautifully demonstrated by the University of Alberta FAB Gallery’s exhibit "Transitional Impressions."
Fiona Alison Duncan, Maud Madsen, and Maryam Mir Receive 2022 Canadian Women Artists’ Awards
Congratulations to BFA (2016) alumna Maude Madsen on receiving the Canadian Women’s Club (CWC) of New York's 2022 Canadian Women Artists’ Award in Visual Arts.
Royal Ontario Museum announces appointment of Curator, Korean Art & Culture
ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) has announced the appointment of Dr. Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon (PhD, HADVC) as the inaugural Curator of Korean Art & Culture.