Welcome to the Department of Visual Arts at Western University! Located in the John Labatt Visual Art Centre on the main campus of the university, the Department of Visual Arts is an exciting environment in which the study and practices of art history, theory, and studio combine in a unique and dynamic way.
The Department provides excellent facilities and offers important strengths. Our first-rate facility includes large and small computer labs, photography and printmaking areas, a purpose-built gallery, and bright, open workshop and studio areas. Art History is taught in seminar and lecture rooms equipped with current technology and the Ivey Library, our digital resource centre, is one of the best of its kind in North America. Our Museum and Curatorial Studies major offers students hands-on experience curating exhibitions and interning in exciting cultural institutions. The faculty in Studio, Art History, and Museum and Curatorial Studies is comprised of ambitious artists and academics who work across a range of disciplines, from historical to contemporary art theory and practice.
Study art and visual culture in its social and political context. Western’s Art History program focuses on global networks of cultural exchange and is committed to interdisciplinary approaches informed by critical theory. This field of study develops cross-cultural understanding and a global perspective from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, in Mesoamerican, Hispanic American, Canadian, and Contemporary Art, Architecture, and Design, as well as Photography, Film and New Media.