In this program, you will:
Note: Students start in FVA before choosing to specialize in one of our diploma programs.
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Email the Recruitment Office: nbccdrecruiting@gnb.ca
ONLINE
Foundation Visual Arts (FVA) is an in-person program offered in New Brunswick. Want to study at NBCCD, but limited by travel? Study online with our new option of a fully-online FVA program. Click here for more details on FVA Online.
FREDERICTON
NBCCD main campus is located in downtown Fredericton. Join us in-person to receive hands-on training.
SAINT JOHN
With limited seats, you can learn Foundation Visual Arts from inside the beautiful Saint John Arts Centre. Learn from Saint John-based artists who are leaders in their fields.
How to apply? Select Foundation Visual Arts Saint John or Foundation Visual Arts Online within the application for your studio selection. The Foundation Visual Arts option is based in Fredericton.
Foundation Visual Arts 2023-2024 Curriculum Standard
The Curriculum Standard is an introduction to the program which includes the program’s critical performance, a program description, program learning outcomes, and the program’s potential career opportunities. This is followed by information on duration, credits, admission requirements, advanced placement, certification, articulations, and prior learning assessment and recognition.
This document also contains a program delivery sequence and the course profiles with specific course learning outcomes and grading basis.
In addition, the Curriculum Standard is used as a tool for revision and evaluation of the program and for the promotion of transfer agreements with other post-secondary institutions.
The Certificate in Foundation Visual Arts provides foundational knowledge in design and visual art vocabulary, dexterity, critical thinking and visual problem-solving skills. From here, NBCCD students continue in one of our 8 diploma programs. For more information, click here.
DSGN 1000
2D Design
DRAW 1000
Drawing from Observation
FVAD 1004
Colour Study
HIST 1056
Visual Culture: Prehistory to 1600
ENGL 1001
Language of Design
MEXP 1000
Media Explorations
DSGN 1001
3D Design
DRAW 1001
Drawing From Observation: Form and Expression
HUMN 1001
The Creative Process and Social Engagement
HIST 1057
Visual Culture: 1600 to the Present
DSGN 1004
Time Design
Go to Admission Requirements to learn what documents you need to support your application and how to pay your application fee.
The deadline to apply to the Foundation Visual Arts program is December 15.
In this course, students acquire the ability to draw from observation through the application and exploration of drawing elements, principles and strategies. They produce drawings that investigate line, shape, space, value and perspective. In addition, students experiment with a variety of materials such as pencil, charcoal and ink. Through progressive assignments, they are prepared for continued exploration in drawing.
In this course, students learn new strategies to develop and expand their creative habits and abilities. They explore convergent and divergent approaches to problem solving through research, mind-mapping and journaling. Drawing on personal experience while working in a variety of media, students cultivate an awareness of how art can affect social change.
Through this course, students will engage with the following studios: Ceramics, 3D Digital Design, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Jewellery/Metal Arts, Photography/Videography and Textile Design. This course is designed to familiarize students with the studio and assist them in determining an area of specialization for further and more comprehensive studies. Through presentations and hands-on tasks, students will become familiar with the studio programs, and their post-graduation career possibilities.
Learn the language of design and experience Foundation Visual Arts in Saint John, housed within the beautiful Saint John Arts Centre. Learn drawing, colour study, creative process, art history, design, and writing for designers and makers from Saint John based artists who are leaders in their field. Seats are limited, apply now.
Want to learn Foundation Visual Arts from the comfort of your living room, or home studio? Apply now to fill one of our limited seats in our new fully online FVA program. You’ll get plenty of one-on-one time with your instructors, and will tap into all the same resources the College provides. Select ‘Foundation Visual Arts – Online’ in the application drop-down menu.
