The Art and Design Fundamentals program will nurture your artistic talents and develop your creative, practical and entrepreneurial skills in visual art and design — whatever your level of expertise.
Practicing artists and designers, who will help you gain competencies in traditional, digital and multimedia, will deliver the studio-based, hands-on Art and Design Fundamentals curriculum. The program's goal is to help you prepare a portfolio of artwork required for admission to specialized programs and open up new possibilities and career choices in the diverse visual arts industry.
In this art program, you'll:
- Get hands-on exposure to drawing, design, colour, 3D modelling and design, visual culture, video making, digital illustration, photography and rapid prototyping.
- Build a comprehensive portfolio of artwork while working one-on-one with faculty.
Once you complete the program, you'll be prepared to succeed in a variety of post-secondary communication arts and design diploma and degree program areas, including animation, game art, digital visual effects, product design, industrial design, architecture, fashion design, illustration, graphic design, digital media art, art direction, art management, creative advertising and fine arts.
Program Highlights
- Leading practicing artists, designers and educators have crafted and teach in the Art and Design Fundamentals program.
- Small class sizes and a dynamic working relationship between you and the faculty will allow for lots of one-on-one instruction and feedback.
- With individual guidance from instructors in the Portfolio Development course, you'll work on self-directed projects that will focus on your future career. Meanwhile, the Professional Practice course will include client-based community projects that will emphasize experiential learning and assist in helping you develop your entrepreneurial skills. And through the Collaboration Studio course, you'll work on collaborative projects with other students at the Story Arts Centre to gain real-world experience.
- Artists and professionals looking to improve or update their art, design, and digital multimedia skills will benefit from a flexible curriculum if class size allows.
Career Outlook
- Animator
- Game artist
- Digital visual effects artist
- Product designer
- Industrial designer
- Interior designer
- Fashion designer
- Illustrator
- Graphic designer
- Digital media artist
- Art director
- Arts manager
- Fine artist
Education Pathways
Successful graduates of the Art & Design Fundamentals Certificate program have the opportunity to apply their credits toward further study at the degree level. Listed below are the degrees from partnering institutions that are available for this program.
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