Program Description
Students can work in the University of Windsor's stunning new facilities, with supportive faculty who want them to realize their creative potential. The University of Windsor offers in-depth studio practices, exhibition opportunities, and exposure to the cultural institutions of Windsor and Detroit.
Students will learn:
- Expressing oneself confidently, assertively and purposefully through visual imagery
- Creating works of visual art using a variety of techniques, practices, and media
- Organizing visual information effectively using appropriate technological methods and software packages
- Developing visual literacy: the ability to understand the powerful role of images in contemporary media contexts and to convey one’s own ideas and arguments thoughtfully through the creation of new images, works of art, film or architecture
- Designing, staging, managing, and overseeing effective visual campaigns and productions
- Analyzing and assessing works of visual art for formal/technical quality of expression; grouping and curating disparate works logically and meaningfully
- Understanding and evaluating the rhetorical function of visual advertising materials
