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View the online exhibition of the Class of 2022. Grad Show showcases the talent, determination and creativity of emerging artists and the new faces of art, craft and design.
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New Animation Micro-Credentials
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Learn high-demand skills and enhance your resume when you take our 10-week short term, flexible and focused courses in Animation. Master essential new skills and gain knowledge through our competency-based learning experiences. Register: Micro-Credentials
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Kids Summer Camps Spots Still Available
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Spark imaginations with one of our Continuing Education studio-based summer art and design camps. AUArts Kids theme-based camps provide an open and supportive environment to try new creative activities and learn hands-on techniques. Camps available in July and August. Learn more and register: Summer Camps
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AUArts Video Wins Anvil Award
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AUArts recent brand video "Why AUArts", filmed with our partner Studio Dialog took home the Anvil Award for Best Long Form Video at Ad Rodeo 2022.
The video shares the journey after art school of three Alumni: Su Ying Strang, BFA '10, Painting; Kyle Chow, BDes '09, Visual Communication Design and Honorary MFA Jeff de Boer, Dip '88, Jewellery and Metals. Also featured is Alum Andrew Holloway, BFA '20, Jewellery and Metals.
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AUARTS RECOGNIZES HONORARY MFAS
AUArts announced Calgary visual artists Jeff de Boer and Ron Moppett as Honorary Master of Fine Arts degree recipients for 2022. Alum Jeff de Boer, Dip '88 Jewellery and Metals is best known for his authentic suits of armour for cats and mice and small jewellery to large public works. Alum Ron Moppett, Dip '65, Painting is recognized for his contemporary paintings in collections around the world.
Read more: AUArts Honorary MFAs
Photo Credit: Stephanie Jager
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CCAA INNOVATION AWARD FOR AUARTS STUDENT DESIGNED JERSEYS
Keyano College has won the Canadian College Athletic Association (CCAA) Innovation Award for the Huskies' new jerseys designed by AUArts Student and Fort Chipewyan Indigenous artist Emma Voyageur. Three jerseys debuted in February for the Keyano College Huskies basketball, soccer and volleyball sports teams. Read more: CCAA Award
Photo Credit: Emma Voyageur and Keyano College
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AUARTS COMMUNITY DAY
On Saturday, May 28, AUArts held its first annual Community Day on campus. Several hundred visitors attended the in-person event to view the annual graduating students' exhibition in the Illingworth Kerr Gallery. For those who couldn't attend, the exhibition can be viewed online at Grad Show 2022.
Photo Credit: Stephanie Jager
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CONVOCATION 2022
Alberta University of the Arts held Convocation 2022 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium on Thursday, May 26 for the first time since May 2019. Celebrating 96 years of art, craft, design education AUArts welcomed graduates from 2021 and 2020 to join the grads of 2022 on stage during the live celebrations.
Photo Credit: Stephanie Jager
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EXHIBITION | "Our Stories, Our Voices, Our Ways" is a group exhibition featuring students from the AUArts Lodgepole Center & Aahwaatkamooksi Peer Mentor Program. | Fort Calgary | Now - Oct 2
EXHIBITION | The artwork in "Humbly Heroic", an exhibition by AUArts Alum Matthew O'Reilly, MFA '20, Craft Media, was created during a 2021-2022 year long Medalta International Artist Residency. | Medalta (Yuill Family Gallery, Medicine Hat) | Now - July 17
EXHIBITION | A memorial exhibition celebrating the life, career and Canadian art contributions of AUArts Honorary MFA recipient 2018, Harry Kiyooka. | Herringer Kiss Gallery | Now - Aug 2
NEWS | tīná gúyáńí (deer road in Tsuut'ina) collective (Alum seth cardinal dodginghorse BFA '19, Painting and Glenna Cardinal) were recognized in the 2022 Sobey Art Award Longlist in the Prairies and North region.
NEWS | Alumni Kat Simmers, BDes '17, VCD and Ryan Danny Owen, BFA '17, Drawing have been nominated for the The Nipper: The 2022 Doug Wright Award for Emerging Talent. This nomination is for "Pass Me By: Gone Fishin'" and "Pass Me By: Electric Vice".
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | AUArts Alumni are invited to submit artwork for consideration for "More Than a Party", a new exhibition at the ATB Branch for Arts + Culture on Stephen Avenue. This collaboration with ATB celebrates Pride, focuses on equality, honours self-expression and celebrates the victories and advocates for 2SLGBTQ+. Apply by July 24.
ALUMNI VIDEO STORIES | Meet our Alumni and learn how their studies at AUArts have influenced their career paths and how they are helping shape the world of art, craft and design.
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