School of Art

Student experience

Students at the School of Art are part of a vibrant and culturally diverse community. Our students are actively engaged in organizing exhibitions, attending visiting artists’ talks and social events and meeting with student groups. Many of these activities extend beyond the campus, including pop up projects and student exhibitions in artist run centres, as well as volunteer opportunities and internships. These are often transformative experiences that bridge the gap between academic and professional life.

The main front entrance of the ArtLab building.

President Michael Benarroch update on Summer Term and supporting our collective success

‘we will continue to make our community proud’

Student resources

From funding opportunities to safety guidelines, we're here to make sure you have what you need to thrive as a SOA student.

Get involved

Join a community of likeminded students, show off your work in the Student Gallery and follow us on Instagram to stay connected.

Student Gallery exhibition proposals

Solo, group, and curated shows are all welcome in any medium ranging from painting to performance, audio to animation, and everything in-between, including traditional and expanded practices, and interdisciplinary works. Exhibitions will typically run for one or two weeks, but we welcome proposals for exhibitions, events, performances, and/or happenings for shorter lengths of time. Please contact David Foster for more information.

Visiting Speaker Series

Call for Proposals – Winter 2021 

The Visiting Speakers Committee is currently accepting proposals for guest lectures, artist talks, workshops and studio visits for the Winter 2021 academic term. In accordance with Covid-19 health guidelines, visiting artists will participate through Zoom, or other forms of virtual communications. 

Applications period CLOSED

School of art facilities

The School of Art offers wide-ranging facilities to support students’ creative output, many of which are accessible 24/7

  • Large-format digital print shop
  • Large new darkroom and wet lab spaces
  • Extensive sculpture fabrication facilities
  • Comprehensive ceramics area with newly built wood-fired kiln
  • MAC lab and private editing suites
  • Sound stage
  • Print media studio equipped for a broad range of print and papermaking processes
     

ArtLab

The new hub of the School of Art, this award-winning structure houses studios for drawing, painting, studio photography, video and print media, the MAC lab, smart classrooms for art history and studio lectures, the School of Art Gallery, the School’s administrative offices.
 

ArtBarn

The ArtBarn provides vast spaces for painting and ceramic classes, as well as private studios for advanced students.

Taché Hall and Media Crib

Creators and Scholars in Visual Art, Music, and Theatre share space in this dynamic building. 

Sculpture and Ceramics building

This purpose-built facility houses three-dimensional media, ceramics, and sculpture courses.

Learn more about our facilities
An upper level view of a staircase with students studying in the ArtLab building.
A student looks at another's work inside one of the spacious drawing studios.
The spacious painting space inside the Art Barn with large easels placed around the room.
The main front entrance of the Tache Hall building.
Interior view of the sculpture building with various pieces of equipment placed around the room.

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School of Art
Room 313 ARTlab Building
180 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB  R3T 2N2

fineart@umanitoba.ca
204-474-9367
Toll free: 1-800-432-1960
204-474-7605