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Bachelor of Fine Arts - Bildende Kunst

Memorial University, Grenfell Campus


Sitz

Kanada

Studienformat

Campus

Kurssprache

Englisch

Studienbereiche

Kunst, Bildende Kunst, Gestaltung

Dauer

4 Jahre

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Vollzeit

Niveau

Bachelor-Abschlüsse

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Beschreibung des Programms

Visual artists are driven by their passion to express themselves through their work and are motivated their surroundings. It’s the way you perceive and interpret the world.

The visual arts program at Grenfell Campus is an immersive studio-based, four-year degree program in contemporary art. Explore your creativity through different areas of visual art, such as

  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Printmaking
  • Photography
  • New media and digital imaging
  • Installation
  • Time-based practices
  • Art history/visual culture
  • Textile/Fibre Art

Why study visual arts at Grenfell?

The visual arts program at Grenfell allows students to express themselves through various art forms and media. Our instructors support students in their journey to find the materials, processes, and practices that best suit their artistic visions. We will help you to enhance your technical skills while developing your creative intent. Our program will also introduce you to contemporary art practices and give you the opportunity to work with celebrated national and international artists.

Grenfell has extensive facilities, dedicated to our visual arts program with a commitment to safe studio practices. In our department you will have access to:

  • Studio space for painting and drawing with studio lighting, ventilation, easels, and storage
  • Printshops for lithography, intaglio, relief, serigraphy, and a graphic arts darkroom
  • Photography facilities, including darkrooms, a large digital inkjet printer, and shooting studio
  • Fully-equipped sculpture studio with three ceramic kilns, a fully-equipped woodshop, and an outdoor carving area.
  • New Media Lab with Apple computer systems drawing tablets and industry standard applications from Adobe and Apple, facilitating production of print media, video, sound, animation, and code.
  • Grenfell Campus Art Gallery

The Harlow experience

Our visual arts program also includes an optional 12-week summer immersion program in Harlow, England, just outside of London. Over a 12-week spring semester, you'll take daily field trips to important cultural and architectural sites in the UK. The majority of the coursework occurs directly in London, with regular trips into the city. These art history courses are immersive and experiential, offering a hybrid of art history, visual and material culture, and studio-based work. This unique opportunity is available every other year for any student in the visual arts program. Students receive credit for three art history courses (9 credits) towards their degree when they take part in the immersion program.

It's affordable

You'll enjoy the lowest tuition rate in English-speaking Canada. The provincial government gives high priority to education, providing extensive funding to Memorial University. This commitment allows us to provide an affordable yet high-quality post-secondary education.

It’s personal

At Grenfell, your professors will know you by name. Our low student-instructor ratio ensures that your learning will be personal and relevant. With just over 1,300 students on campus, you’ll make real connections with your classmates and become an important part of the Grenfell community. The visual arts program boasts a 12-to-1 student-instructor ratio for most advanced classes. Meet our visual arts program faculty and staff.

Information for first-year students

The visual arts community at Grenfell is a small and friendly one. You will find staff and fellow students willing to introduce you to the area, chat about art or visit the Grenfell Campus Art Gallery.

As a Grenfell student, you can participate in the Student Exchange (N.S.E.) Program, where you pay Grenfell tuition rates while studying in another N.S.E. member university in Canada or the United States.

Career opportunities

There are many exciting career opportunities for graduates of our visual arts program, including:

  • Artist
  • Curator
  • Illustrator
  • Gallery owner
  • Animator
  • Graphic designer
  • Art administrator
  • Video game designer
  • Art teacher
  • Art therapist
  • Art conservation
  • and many more!

Some graduates go on to study other areas such as architecture, forensic artistry and police photography, journalism, education, law, medicine and more. A visual arts degree is a respected stepping-stone in your career; it demonstrates creative thinking, problem-solving and innovation.

Informationen über das Institut

Grenfell Campus, Memorial University is located in Eastern Canada in the city of Corner Brook on Newfoundland's west coast.

Grenfell 's unique location offers international students a vibrant, friendly and safe learning environment. At Grenfell , our class sizes are small, so it's easy to get to know your professors and classmates - you'll feel at home in no time. Memorial University also boasts the lowest international tuition rates in the country, while offering you an education that is respected around the world.

International students play an important role in student life at Grenfell . You'll become part of the campus community and add to the community's cultural diversity.

Why Grenfell? Because we're awesome, that's why.

We are affordable, have an amazing location, offer small classes in a safe environment, offer guaranteed student housing to first year students and have top-notch facilities.

Affordability

As a campus of Memorial University, you'll enjoy the lowest tuition rate in English-speaking Canada. The provincial government gives high priority to education, providing extensive funding to Memorial University. This commitment allows us to provide an affordable yet high-quality post-secondary education.

Small classes, safe environment

Sure lots of universities have small classes, but at Grenfell, you'll know your profs on a first-name basis. And Corner Brook is small too, so you'll feel safe and secure in one of the safest cities in North America. We offer quality undergraduate degrees in arts, business, education, fine arts, nursing, resource management and science. Masters degrees are offered in environmental policy and boreal ecosystems and agricultural sciences. Our small campus environment will help you thrive in your educational endeavours.Many of our students also get to conduct research with their professors – an opportunity that will give you unique hands-on experience.

Location, location, location

Grenfell is located in one of the most beautiful settings in the country: clean air, roaring ocean, majestic mountains. The west coast of Newfoundland is a hub of adventure in summer, winter, spring and fall. Hiking trails criss-cross the area. There are spots to ski, snowboard, rock climb and zipline. Marble Mountain Resort is 1,700 feet of top-notch skiing and snowboarding and Blow Me Down Trails Cross Country Ski Club has 42 km of groomed trails – both just minutes from campus. And a short car ride away is Gros Morne National Park, a world heritage site with marine inlets, rich forest and glacier-carved fjords. Get your outdoor groove on.

We’re also a thriving theatre community with several productions each year. Our art galleries are home to exhibits from around the world. Take a stroll downtown for shopping, nightlife and dining or visit our other shopping areas, including the retail big-box district. We're a small city with everything you need.

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