About AUArts
100 years of creative excellence.
AUArts is a leading centre for education and research, and a catalyst for creative inquiry and cultural development. We engage the world and create possibilities.
As one of Canada’s four innovative universities dedicated to art, craft and design, we’re proud to play an important role in our country’s visual culture. AUArts graduates have gained significant national and international reputations as artists, designers and creative leaders.
Our talented community of emerging creatives learns from the best – experts who are among the country’s most acclaimed practicing artists and academics, across a diverse range of degree programs and disciplines. Formerly Alberta College Art + Design (ACAD), AUArts is a place where students can continue their education, earn an undergraduate degree or achieve their MFA.
AUArts is located in Calgary, Alberta. Close to stunning mountain parks and full of arts and culture, Calgary is a safe, sunny city with a small-town heart. As Calgary’s economy becomes increasingly diverse, the potential for finding meaningful employment and a market for work is high – for both students and graduates.
Publications
Read about AUArts' contribution to the community, learn about our vision for the future, view our annual reports and see what's going on in our academic calendars.
PublicationsFaculty and staff
AUArts' faculty members are some of the most talented artists, designers and critical thinkers in Canada. Several are Governor General’s Award winners, and all of them are gifted practitioners of their respective crafts.
Faculty and staffGovernance
Alberta University of the Arts follows a bicameral or shared governance structure as defined by the Alberta Post-secondary Learning Act.
Governance
Our people.
Brian Flynn
My latest bodies of work continue my interest in social constructions and my family’s ties to politics in Ireland.
Brian Flynn
Anahita Mosayebi
As an interdisciplinary artist born in Iran, Anahita's work explores the intricate connections between art, craft, and design.
Anahita Mosayebi
Mark Mullin
Born in Edmonton, Canada, Mark Mullin has taught at various academic institutions in Canada. He has exhibited across North America and Europe.
Mark Mullin
Dr. Adam Carlson
Adam Carlson is an interdisciplinary energy humanities scholar who studies the cultural politics of extraction by interrogating the roles infrastructures, resources, and narratives play in ongoing settler colonialism and escalating climate crises.
Adam Carlson FacultyAlberta University of the Arts (AUArts) is situated on the ancestral land of the Siksikaitsitapi – Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani Nations and the shared territories of the Tsuut’ina Nation as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda-Stoney which includes Bearspaw, Chiniki, Good Stoney Nations and also the home of the Métis Nation of District 5 and 6. The City of Calgary has long been called Moh’kins’tsis by the Siksikaitsitapi, Guts’ists’i by the Tsuut’ina, and Wîchîspa by the Nakoda.
