Events & News

Exhibitions

31 Aug 2024 - 23 Nov 2024

Orphan Well Woes

Orphan Well Adoption Agency reimagines the future of Alberta’s orphaned oil wells.

3 Oct 2024 - 2 Jan 2025

Digital Voices

A showcase of digital artwork by local Indigenous artists presented by the City of Calgary Public Art Program and The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland.

Events

23 Nov 2024 - 24 Nov 2024

Hand Made Here Holiday Show & Sale

The Hand Made Here Holiday Show and Sale stands out as a unique holiday market among Calgary’s art sales.

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Average faculty to student ratio

21

Average student class size

11

Governor General Award winning faculty and alumni

Illingworth Kerr Gallery

Karen Tam, Sea of Clouds

Karen Tam, Sea of Clouds

Sep 20 - Nov 23, 2024

About AUArts

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For almost 100 years, AUArts has played an important role in our country’s visual culture. We are a university dedicated to art, craft and design – the only one in Alberta and in the Prairies, and one of four in Canada.

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Being creative often means taking a different path than most. That’s why AUArts offers more subject areas than most design schools, small classes, and the flexibility to create a curriculum as unique as you are.

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