MA Program in Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories
The MA program in Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories prepares students to investigate the breadth and complexity of today’s creative cultural activity. Artists and designers in the 21st century often employ unconventional and hybrid strategies that can challenge traditional forms of analysis. Examinations of contemporary art, new media and design therefore require flexible and creative conceptual approaches. Through historical contextualization, scholarly rigour, and cross-disciplinary methods, this program supports the production of pioneering research into newly emerging art and design practices.
This unique and innovative academic program offers students three fields of specialization:
Contemporary Art History
Design History
New Media Art History
Because they all draw from the discipline of art history and share analytical techniques, theory and terminology, these three fields form a complementary affiliation. Yet they also bear their own distinctiveness, which will be emphasized in field-specific seminars and independent study. While students may take courses in any of the specializations, one field will be selected as the focus for the degree.
Key Features:
Small, personalized program
Only university to offer this trio of specializations
Diverse and actively engaged faculty
Dynamic hub of experimentation
Scholarships and teaching assistantships
Location in downtown Toronto
Application deadline: January 16, 2012
OCAD University – 135 Years of Imagination
100 McCaul Street
Toronto, Ontario
416-977-6000 | www.ocad.ca/gradstudies
For more information, contact:
Gale Allen
Office of Graduate Studies
416-977-6000 Ext. 423 or [email protected]
