Master of Fines Arts in Studio Art

About this programme

Planned outage: Beginning Nov. 1, you will not be able to access the USask admission application and event registration system for up to six days. Learn more . Installation at the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery (2021) Adrian Golban, Master's Thesis Award Nominee Photo: Carey Shaw Created for artists committed to advancing their studio practice, the Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art at the University of Saskatchewan offers an immersive, studio‑based experience. Work alongside a supportive community of artists, historians and educators while refining your creative voice across disciplines. Build depth through experimentation, critique and research grounded in art history and critical context. Push the boundaries of your creative work through sustained experimentation and critical inquiry. Contribute original ideas to the evolving landscape of contemporary art with confidence and clarity. This is an intensive, studio-based program offering artists the opportunity to develop a practical and theoretical understanding of their art practice in the context of a challenging and supportive faculty of studio artists, art historians and art educators. Students may specialize in the areas of painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography and digital and integrated practice . The program is normally two years in length. Through seminars, classes, committee meetings and critiques, an environment is created which enables self-examination, change and growth. Artistic experimentation as part of the search to locate one's practice within a wider art historical and critical context is en