Department of Visual Arts at York
York University's Department of Visual Arts offers a comprehensive, balanced program of creative work and academic studies, combining scholarly work with practical training in a broad range of artistic media. At both the undergraduate and graduate levels an intensive studio experience in a critical setting defines our program. We emphasize fine art practice rather than applied art or craft training.
Areas of discipline include painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital media and time-based. Students may graduate with a BFA, or BA. Students are encouraged to exhibit and curate in the department's galleries as well as in self-initiated sites in downtown Toronto.
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Jessica Thalmann , a fourth-year visual arts student, is the recipient of the 2009 Willowdale Group of Artists Painting Award....read more
York University students scored big in the ‘You’re Breaking Up’ online contest sponsored this fall by national mobile phone retailer WirelessWave. ...read more
Dr. Ben Todd, an engineer, technology broker and executive director of Arcola Theatre, Britain’s groundbreaking green performance venue, will give the annual Wendy Michener Lecture....read more
Art meets business in Art @ Suite 500, an annual juried exhibition featuring works by students and alumni of the Graduate Program in Visual Arts. The show, which includes a purchase award, will be on display in public areas within the Miles S. Nadal Management Centre until 2011. ...read more
This exhibition highlights the work of upper-level print media students in the Department of Visual Arts. The works reflect a variety of individual approaches and explorations of print-based media, including prints, bookworks, off-site installation and multiples....read more
