Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts - Drawing and Painting

The Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts focuses on the practice and production of studio art and its contextualization within contemporary practices and critical discourse.The Master of Fine Arts offers the following areas of concentration, Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photo-based media, Printmaking, Sculpture.The Department of Visual Arts consists of artists and art historians with national and international reputations. Faculty have studios on campus, facilitating student access to their instructors’ professional art practices. The department is also complemented by faculty from the First Nations University of Canada, Luther College and by other members of the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance.

Candidates for the MFA program must hold a BFA degree or equivalent.A graduating average of at least 70 per cent from a four-year baccalaureate degree (or equivalent) is required for admission to all programs except for English, History, Mathematics and Statistics and the Master of Public Administration where the required average is 75 per cent. Applicants with a marginally lower four-year average may be accepted if their performance in the last two complete years is significantly higher (75 per cent or more).