Contexts, materials, perspectives, politics, and trends connect across eras to reveal paths to today, and beyond: Art History is a lens through which we can see the future.
Art history in Canada may have started at NSCAD, but we don’t dwell in the past. Our program is thought-provoking, wide-ranging, and fiercely attuned to the present. You’ll learn to push boundaries and apply your critical mind to social issues, change-making, and leadership skills.
An Art History degree is a frame through which you can examine any aspect of visual culture – fine arts, craft, design, moving images, performance, architecture – in tandem with feminist and queer theories, Indigenous methodologies, and curatorial practices. You’ll explore contemporary art and design as it relates to the everyday—in politics, pop culture, food, economics, and technology.
The Art History program is designed to be tailored to your interests and skill sets while connecting you to the whole university community and the city’s art scene.
The non-studio Art History program also offers the option for liberal arts students to transfer from other schools, forgoing Foundation.
FOUNDATION PROGRAM: You will start your NSCAD degree with an immersive Foundation studies program. This first year introduces you to all the disciplines and practices we teach at NSCAD, and it will equip you with the critical and creative skills you need to thrive in art and design school.
An Art History degree establishes an incredible base to work anywhere in today’s cultural industries, equipping graduates with the analytical skills to take them in nearly any direction: curation, writing, arts administration, criticism, teaching, media, business, law, and more.
