School Fair
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The Art & Design Graduate School Fair takes place every fall and invites students to meet with representatives from OCAD U and other top art and design universities to learn more about MFA, M.Des., MA and PhD programs in Canada and abroad.
Contact
Devora Umana
Outreach Coordinator, Career Development
dumana@ocadu.ca
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Date: October 10, 2024, 11am-3pm
Location: OCAD University, Great Hall
Free for attendees
The annual Art & Design Graduate School Fair at OCAD University is back!
Meet with representatives from the best art and design graduate programs in North America and Europe! This is the region’s only further education showcase specializing in art and design.
Who is invited to attend?
Prospective students and alumni who are interested in enrolling in graduate and professional degree programs in art & design.
Schedule of Events
Expert Panel Discussions: Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
RBC Centre For Emerging Artists and Designers (CEAD)
OCAD University, Rosalie Sharp Pavillion, 115 Mccaul St, Level 3
1:00pm - 2:30pm | Graduate Financial Aid and International Student Support | RSVP
2:30pm – 3:30pm | Positioning Yourself in Your Application | RSVP
Art + Design Graduate School Fair: October 10th, 2024 | 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
OCAD University, Great Hall, 100 McCaul Street, 2nd Floor | RSVP
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2024 Participating schools
OCAD U
Are you willing to embrace a creative future? Then you're ready to consider graduate studies at OCAD University - in the heart of Toronto, Canada's most culturally vibrant city. At OCAD U, we attract curious and creative students who expect something more from their education and are willing to challenge themselves to achieve it. Join us in graduate studies at OCAD U to advance your career, deepen your practice, and make your impact.
California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts is renowned internationally as a game-changer in the education of professional artists. The transformative cultural impact of our alumni shows why: We bring out visionary creative talent unlike any other university, school or conservatory. An all-inclusive community for a diversity of authentic voices, CalArts today offers more than 70 comprehensive degree programs in the visual, performing, media and literary arts.
NSCAD University
NSCAD has shaped visual and material culture in Canada since 1887. Our creative community continues to be recognized globally for its impact on craft, art, and design. If you believe that creative ideas can build a better world, there's a place for you here.
Parsons School of Design
Ranked the number one design school in the US and third globally, Parsons offers outstanding art, design, and architecture programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
At the heart of a comprehensive university - The New School - Parsons draws on a range of academic fields to deliver a uniquely interdisciplinary education enriched by the resources of its home in New York City and a branch campus in Paris.
Here, the next generation of creative leaders engage in real-world learning and develop as critical thinkers and makers grappling with the pressing issues of our time while working with a world-renowned, award-winning faculty.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Ranked #2 in the Top Graduate Fine Arts Program in the US from US News and World Report: SAIC's graduate program gives you the freedom and the structure to pursue your vision in expansive ways-across disciplines and through rigorous critique. As you choose among a variety of seminars, courses, and graduate advisors to design your study path, you'll advance your practice and evolve your interests. We offer graduate degrees across 30 programs across art and design fields.
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts is a multidisciplinary college of art & design located in New York City. SVA has been a leader in the education of artists, designers & creative professionals for over 7 decades. With a faculty of distinguished working professionals, dynamic curriculum & an emphasis on critical thinking, SVA is a catalyst for innovation & social responsibility. SVA offers an array of graduate programs, including practice-based MFA, MA, MPS & MAT programs, as well as 2 low-residency MFA programs. Our location in NYC & state-of-the-art facilities offer graduate students exceptional opportunities for advancing in their fields. At SVA, graduate students become a part of one of the most influential artistic communities in the world.
University of Toronto, Faculty of Information
The Faculty currently offers two Master's degree programs - a Master of Information (MI) and a Master of Museum Studies(MMSt) - as well as a Combined MI/MMSt Degree Program (CDP). It also offers a PhD program and, in 2019, it introduced a second-entry Bachelor of Information (BI) program for students who have already completed their first two years of university study in other areas.
University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, forestry, and visual studies. Its mission is to educate students, prepare professionals, and cultivate scholars who will play a leading role in creating more culturally engaged, ecologically sustainable, socially just, and artfully conceived environments.
University of Ottawa, Department of Visual Art
The Department of Visual Arts offers two graduate programs that respond to your various interests and needs: a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) as well as a Master of Contemporary Art Theory (MA).At the core of the MFA program is the student's engagement in intensive Studio practice, supported by the technical and conceptual expertise and critical feedback of faculty members, who are practicing professional artists in both traditional disciplines and in art practices that have developed in response to new imaging technologies. The one-year master's program connects contemporary visual arts to urgent issues through a variety of critical perspectives, such as gender theory, anti-colonial theory, new materialism(s), critical race theory, trauma theory, and aesthetics (among others).
Alberta University of the Arts
The MFA in Craft Media at AUArts offers a distinctive graduate experience, viewing Craft as a medium for conceptual inquiry and critical dialogue through material practices. This studio-based program challenges you to explore form, purpose, labor, technique, materials, and communication in collaborative, cross-disciplinary ways. It emphasizes practice-based research supported by historical, theoretical, and critical perspectives. With internationally renowned faculty and a campus equipped with top-tier facilities, AUArts stands out globally in craft, art, and design. Our state-of-the-art resources cover fiber, ceramics, glass, jewellery, metals, as well as photography, digital media, and emergent technologies.
New York Film Academy College of Film, Media and Performing Arts
New York Film Academy (NYFA), the regionally accredited College of Visual and Performing Arts, is designed for a new generation of storytellers - artists who share a driving passion and want to learn by doing, creating their own projects in a hands-on environment. Students operate industry-standard equipment and software all under the guidance of award-winning faculty who remain active in their fields. Students can choose from a rich variety of accelerated degree programs, 1- and 2-year conservatories, and workshops. NYFA has campuses in New York City, Los Angeles, and South Beach, Miami. NYFA is honored to be the film and acting school of choice for many Hollywood filmmakers' families, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino, Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, and Jodie Foster.
Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts
Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts is unique in Canada. Nine departments offer an array of programs in visual arts, performing arts, cinema, design, digital arts, art education, creative arts therapies, and specialized studies, such as film and moving image studies and art history.
Our range of creation, performance, and professional programs position the Faculty at the forefront of intellectual, creative and practice-based exploration.
Pratt Institute
The acceleration of societal, ecological, economic and technological change reveals the fragility and complexity of our world. Design knowingly shapes our world, our understanding of it, and our aspirations for it, now more than ever. Today, communication designers engage the crucial issues of our time, work in collaborative ways in multidisciplinary teams, imagining and manifesting our collective future.
The Graduate Communications Design department adopts a future-oriented perspective by amplifying students' ability to harness the inventive potential of making, create transformative and sustainable design tools and strategies, and thrive within and beyond the multiverse of professional contexts.
University of Calgary, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL) at the University of Calgary delivers a distinctly different design school experience with an interdisciplinary, design-based philosophy, and an entrepreneurial mindset. SAPL offers an undergraduate degree in design and city innovation, professional graduate programs in architecture, planning and landscape architecture, research-based degrees, and a post-professional program for those who want to specialize early in their career. At SAPL's pilot satellite research hub in downtown Calgary, the City Building Design Lab, the School has demonstrated a proven commitment to working with industry stakeholders and community leaders, at local, national, and international levels, to address some of society's biggest challenges.
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is one of Syracuse University's 13 schools and colleges. Our degree programs span the disciplines of art, communication and rhetorical studies, creative arts therapy, design, drama, film and media arts, and music. The College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University is committed to the education of cultural leaders who will engage and inspire audiences through performance, visual art, design, scholarship, and commentary. We provide the tools for self-discovery and risk-taking in an environment that thrives on critical thought and action. The vision of the College of Visual and Performing Arts is founded upon the belief that art and scholarship can affect change.
Toronto Metropolitan University - Graduate Studies at The Creative School
The Creative School is where you come to learn, transform and reimagine everything you thought was creative. Explore one of our uniquely distinct graduate programs in the fields of media, communication, and design.
Express yourself and realize your creative vision with guidance from industry experts. Located in the media capital of Canada, The Creative School's graduate programs offer the latest tools and technology to help you lead the conversation on contemporary culture.
Maine College of Art & Design
Maine College of Art & Design delivers a transformative learning experience within an intimate and demanding educational environment by preparing students in the areas of artistic excellence, creative entrepreneurship, and civic engagement.
Located in the heart of the Portland Arts District, Maine College of Art & Design offers graduate programs including a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, a Master of Arts in Teaching, a Master of Arts in Education, and a Salt Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies, with tracks in Radio & Podcasting, Short Film, and Writing.
Sotheby's Institute of Art
Originally conceived by Sotheby's auction house in 1969, Sotheby's Institute has been at the forefront of educating arts professionals, and future art world leaders, for over fifty years. Our Master's programs in New York, London, and Online provide an in-depth study of today's art world and a powerful set of professional skills to deploy in the market. Core curricula provide a common introduction to current issues in the art world, discussing its structures, organizations, and essential protocols. Lectures and panels with leading scholars and art professionals as well as site visits, case studies, workshops, and field study trips, ensure that our students are well equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge - and a global network - to master the art world upon graduation.
University of the Arts London
As Europe’s largest specialist art and design university, we understand creativity. Made up of six renowned colleges, we offer a range of courses in art, design, screen, communication, fashion, media and performing arts. Our colleges are: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts.
York University
Realize your creative potential at AMPD, one of the most comprehensive arts, culture and design schools in Canada. AMPD is globally and nationally ranked as a leader in training and educating artists, performers and designers for the creative industries of today and the future. With more than 50 years of success and innovation, AMPD offers graduate degree programs in film production and cinema and media studies, visual art and art history, digital media and computational arts, and performance studies in 300,000 square feet of premier facilities. Join 3,000 socially engaged undergraduate and graduate students ranging in creative disciplines and connect with a network of 20,000 alumni leading in industries around the world.