Master of Fine Arts - Drawing and Intermedia

University of Alberta

The Drawing area offers students in depth training in classical drawing skills, as well as contemporary approaches to the medium including its application in an expanded studio practice. Students begin their studies by learning foundational drawing skills including working representationally and developing formal skills related to composition, material, and space. Next, students work extensively with life models to develop strong figure drawing skills. After completing beginning level classes students are encouraged to work more independently, developing their own creative directions through a range of approached from traditional drawing to applying drawing in conjunction with photography, installation, digital media and performance art. This area of study is strongly based on ideas, conceptual practice and contemporary art with the notion that drawing informs many fields of study such as, the sciences, medicine, other art practices and considered a field study itself.