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CodesWitcher: Lisa Mayes, MFA Intermedia • November 21 - December 16, 2023 • FAB Gallery, Main Floor

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Built to Last: Architecture, Memory, and the Imaginary Atrium. Works by Alicja Habisiak-Matczak & Alex R.M. Thompson • November 21 - December 16, 2023 • FAB Gallery, Second 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.

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I AM YEG ARTS: YONG FEI GUAN

November 02, 2023

Yong Fei Guan is an intermedia artist with a research-intensive practice that is deeply rooted in community. As a researcher, the Chinese-Canadian artist explores multicultural identity, politics and their relationship to environmental issues in her work. In this I Am YEG Arts feature, Guan tells us about her research on the goji berry and how it reflects Chinese Canadian history and culture, as well as how she plans to build on that research and what it means to her to be an EATF recipient.
Photostory: ‘want and fear’ at FAB Gallery

November 01, 2023

Emily Legleitner, a Master's of Fine Arts student in print-making at the U of A, depicts anxiety and the human condition through her art.
Exhibit Review: ‘Implicit Grid’ at FAB Gallery

November 01, 2023

An escape from the chaotic world around us, 'Implicit Grid' reminds us that there is beauty in simplicity.
Leading researchers recognized by Royal Society of Canada

September 05, 2023

Art & Design Professor Lianne McTavish has been named to the 2023 class of Royal Society fellows. Congratulations, Lianne!
The RGD announces the winners of the 2023 Design Educator Awards of Excellence

August 23, 2023

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.
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Art & Design

CodesWitcher: Lisa Mayes, MFA Intermedia • November 21 - December 16, 2023 • FAB Gallery, Main Floor

Built to Last: Architecture, Memory, and the Imaginary Atrium. Works by Alicja Habisiak-Matczak & Alex R.M. Thompson • November 21 - December 16, 2023 • FAB Gallery, Second 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

I AM YEG ARTS: YONG FEI GUAN

Photostory: ‘want and fear’ at FAB Gallery

Exhibit Review: ‘Implicit Grid’ at FAB Gallery

Leading researchers recognized by Royal Society of Canada

The RGD announces the winners of the 2023 Design Educator Awards of Excellence

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