Alberta College of Art and Design
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Alberta College of Art + Design |
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| Established: | 1926 |
| Type: | public degree-granting, college of art & design |
| President: | Lance Carlson |
| Undergraduates: | available |
| Postgraduates: | not available |
| Location: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Headcount: | 1,118[1] as of fall 2008 |
| Colours: | Red White |
| Affiliations: | ACCC, CCAA, Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference, Alberta Association of Colleges & Technical Institutes,CBIE |
| Website: | acad.ca |
The Alberta College of Art & Design (ACAD) is located in Calgary on the North Hill overlooking the Bow River and the downtown skyline, in a 245,000 square foot (23,000 m²) building designed to house the college in 1973. ACAD's close proximity to downtown and The University of Calgary, via the C-Train (Calgary's light rail transit) provides students with easy access to the city's galleries, museums and cultural events. The current president is Lance Carlson.
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[edit] Programs
The Alberta College of Art + Design is one of only four degree-granting, publicly-funded art and design colleges in Canada, the others being the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design in Vancouver, the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto and the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax.
ACAD offers programs in the Fine Arts, Crafts, Graphic Design, and New Media. ACAD is committed to a solid studio-based experience for students - an experience balanced with relevant, complementary liberal studies and practical theory. The result is a rigorous studio program, which produces innovative thinkers, creative problem solvers, and visually talented students. ACAD creates a learning environment rich in character and extensive in quantity, quality and professional capability for its student body of artistic thinkers.
ACAD studios are extremely spacious and classes are small, allowing for regular one-on-one interaction. Faculty and space-per-student ratios are among the best in the country. Within this environment, students receive the techniques, tools, intellectual stimulation and encouragement to discover and develop their own personal voice and passion.
[edit] Faculty Highlights
Past and present faculty have included noted artists such as: Mary Scott, Laura Vickerson, Don Mabie (a.k.a. Chuck Stake), Alan Dunning, Mark Dicey, Derek Michael Besant, Don Simmons, Joanne Bristol, Katie Ohe, Christopher Willard, Kay Burns, Susan Menzies, Dick Averns, Don Kottmann, Mitch Kern, and Rita McKeough.
- Liberal Studies: Judy Sterner and Gregory Scorfield
- Fine Arts: Laurel Johannesson, Norman Faulkner, and Derek Besant
- Visual Communications Design: Kevin Kurytnik, Xerxes Irani, and Eugene Ouchi
- Media Arts and Digital Technologies: Mary Scott, Daniel Dugas, Valerie Leblanc, Brett Pawson, and Alan Dunning
- First Year Studies: Bill Rodgers, Dave Casey, Tim Zuck, Gord Ferguson, Mark Mullin
[edit] Alumni
Several members of the United Congress, a well-known Calgary Artist Collective attended ACAD in the 1980s.[1]
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ "ACAD Annual Report 2007-2008". http://www.acad.ab.ca/assets/pdf/AboutACAD/ACAD_Annual_Report_2007_2008.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-06-30.
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Coordinates: 51°03′43″N 114°05′29″W / 51.06205°N 114.09143°W
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