The Keyano College Faculty of Art and Design is dedicated to a two year Visual Art and Design Diploma program that will provide our students with a superior quality educational experience.  Many fields of study require a comprehension and working knowledge of the visual language.  Our students develop that knowledge while building an exceptional protfolio of images.  Our students use their Keyano Diploma Portfolio to gain admission/advanced standing in Bachelor degree programs or to launch their own businesses.  Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Fine Arts and Film are highly competitive fields where the entrance requirements are heavily weighted on the student's portfolio submission.  As professional artists and educators our faculty members are well positioned to anticipate the future requirements for these fields of study.

There are many advantages for students coming into our program, small class size, great facilities and active professional artist educators.  All of our students participate in exhibition opportunities which gives them experience in the "real world" dynamics of creating, showing and selling their work.  Generally, the students begin their studies in Art and Design they are unsure of what area of this vast field they are most interested in pursuing.  One on one advising and assistance is an integral component of our second year program.

All areas of visual art now demand a working knowledge of new media.  Skills in Photoshop, film and video are an integral part of the contemporary artist/designer's toolbox.  We offer our students a well balanced curriculum in these subject areas with our four Media in Art courses.  Our students receive more concentrated instruction time in these areas in their first year than in many larager institutions.  We are one of the few facilities in Canada to have a large format fine art printing facilities and HD Video facilities; and because of our small class sizes, our students have more access to valuable computer time in our state of the art Mac Lab.

Please email our Art and Design Student Advisor, Robin Smith Peck to arrange a visit.  We would love to show you and your family around the studios and talk about what a future in Art and Design might offer you.