The KIAC School of Visual Arts is offering an exciting new accredited visual arts program which will provide students with the first year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts or a Bachelor of Arts in Design.

The Foundation Year program is being offered through a partnership between the Dawson City Art Society, Yukon College, and Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. After completing the Foundation Year program, students will be able to transfer directly into a number of Canada’s top art colleges.

This innovative program will provide students with an opportunity to gain new skills and explore both traditional and contemporary art practices and mediums (i.e. drawing, paint, sculpture, video, digital photography, and more) in a studio-based learning environment.

A new dedicated facility will provide students access to excellent equipment, new media technologies, and world-class instruction. The program offers an integrated holistic approach to visual art that recognizes the student as a complete individual with his/her own unique personal and cultural experiences. Students will be encouraged to explore and share their creative processes while questioning them in relation to historical and contemporary cultural movements. Studio and lecture courses are presented in consecutive thematic units, which allow for the progressive development of fundamental skills and techniques, while addressing concepts and theories relevant to traditional and contemporary art practices. Students will also pursue academic coursework that includes Visual Culture Studies and English. The Foundation Year program is designed to support, challenge, and substantiate the student’s abilities, while providing the knowledge and skills required for transfer to degree programs at designated post-secondary art institutions.

Courses:
2 Dimensional Studio 1 – Principles and Practices of Drawing, Paper & Printmaking
2 Dimensional Studio 2 – Principles and Practices of Drawing, Colour & Painting
3 Dimensional Studio 1 – Exploring Sculptural Forms and Objects
3 Dimensional Studio 2 – Exploring Sculptural Space and Environments
4 Dimensional Studio 1 – An Introduction to New and Time-based Media
4 Dimensional Studio 2 – Experiments in New and Time-based Media
Visual Culture Studies 1 – Cultures, Histories, Theories to 1850
Visual Culture Studies 2 – Cultures, Histories, Theories after 1850
English 1 Reading, Writing, Creating
English 2 Words and Art

Applicants are expected to meet Yukon College’s admission requirements for the Arts & Sciences Division: http://www1.yukoncollege.yk.ca/arts_science/as_admissions.php

In addition to these, admission to the Foundation Year program requires applicants to submit a portfolio of their artwork, a written personal statement, and at least one letter of recommendation.

For more information or an application package visit kiacsova.ca

KIAC School of Visual Arts
Box 569
Dawson City, YT
Y0B 1G0
Ph. (867) 993-6390
Fax. (867) 993-6392
info (at) kiacsova (dot) ca