Summary Profile
Pursue your passions and gain career skills with hands-on learning experiences at the University of Lethbridge Faculty of Fine Arts. With over 30 unique degree programs in the arts, you can build your degree around your goals and make connections from the classroom to workplace, all while gaining valuable career experience. Gain inspiration, collaborate with renowned artists and scholars, connect with a vibrant arts community and find success with a variety of student support and funding options.
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1
Calling artists, thinkers and makers
Pursue advanced study in contemporary art practice, transdisciplinary excellence and practice-based research in the Master of Fine Arts (Art).
In the ULethbridge Faculty of Fine Arts’ Department of Art, you’ll join a dynamic, collaborative community of artists and scholars, technical and academic support, and fellow graduate students from across Canada and around the world.
Experience support, research excellence and professional development
Learn, experiment, innovate and challenge yourself in an inspiring and supportive environment integrating theory, practice, Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being, critical perspectives on culture and society, and material and conceptual investigation in all media.
This is where you'll pursue research-creation in any form, including:
- audiovisual
- digital fabrication
- drawing
- experimental cinema
- fibre art
- installation art
- media art
- net art
- painting
- performance
- photography
- publication
- public sphere
- sculpture
- social practice
- sound
- spatial practice
- video
- and more
Participate in the current debates and practices shaping global art, design and architecture today with Art NOW, our unparalleled visiting speaker’s series. Engage with historical and contemporary artifacts in the ULethbridge art collection, among the largest of its kind in Canada.
Access exceptional work-integrated learning, research and professional development opportunities to build your skills and expand your network. Offset the cost of tuition and fees with a wide range of funding options, from awards, bursaries and scholarships to assistantships, co-op and internships.
Experience Campus Spaces & PlacesThe ULethbridge Centre for the Arts (UCA), located on traditional Blackfoot territory (Treaty Seven) and overlooking the Oldman River valley, is home to the Faculty's Departments of Drama, Music, New Media and Art. In the UCA, you'll work with a full complement of cutting-edge equipment in state-of-the-art facilities and spaces, including:
- the ULethbridge Art Gallery
- technical and material fabrication workshops
- robust digital labs
- audio recording studios
- graduate-student art studios
- multiple theatres
- recital hall
Experience Lethbridge
Meanwhile, the city of Lethbridge is a vibrant, connected and engaged arts community with nationally- and internationally-acclaimed galleries, spaces and practitioners.
With population of more than 100,000, Lethbridge is only two hours from the Calgary International Airport and an hour to the United States border by car. Although it offers big city opportunities and amenities, with the Rocky Mountains in our backyard, breathtaking natural beauty and adventure is never far away.
Learn more about MFA programs at ULethbridge.
Application deadline for Fall term: February 1
We must receive your completed application must by the deadline to consider you for admission.
For questions about the MFA in Art, contact:
Annie Martin,Associate Professor, Art
Graduate Programs Coordinator
403-382-7166
For admission inquiries, contact:
School of Graduate Studies
403-329-2793
