Visual Arts Studio Certificate

Learn from accomplished studio artists and explore new concepts to hone your individual style.

Critical abilities in supportive communities
Participate in group critiques and class seminars, engage with other artists, fast-tracking growth, sharing inspiration and complementing your development as a studio artist. An emphasis is placed on establishing your critique skills and analytical research to address the subject, content and form of yours and others’ work in both visual and verbal manners. Nurture your creativity while surrounding yourself with other producing artists, sharing ideas, constructive feedback and camaraderie among classmates.

Create your own personal direction
Build on your fundamental skills, essential in all visual art and for conceptual expression. In this productive studio program, traditional techniques find contemporary applications. You’ll become comfortable with diverse tools and materials, and apply techniques in individual projects.

Benefit from the expansive equipment available to you in the studios:

The dark room
Lighting room
Painting studio
Professional gallery
Woodworking shop and more.
Learn all about line, shape, value, texture and colour, and organizing principles of composition. Enjoy an increasingly creative and individualized approach to your work through a supportive environment and an exploration in a range of media.

Depending on the level of work you achieve and your previous education and experience, pursue a range of opportunities including:

Concept artist
Studio artist
Muralist
Gallerist
Commercial artist
Portrait artist
Commissioned public artist
Storyboard Artist
Educator
Artistic studio practice
Arts administration and education
Illustration and mural work
Studio management
Arts advocacy

Grade 12 (or equivalent)
English Studies 12/English First Peoples 12 with a minimum of 73% (or equivalent)