Mckenzie College gets Go-ahead on Visual Art program

McKenzie College is where creativity and technology meet.

Come fall of 2007 McKenzie College in Sydney will be offering a one year program in Design and Fine Arts.This will be the Cape Breton's first approved program in artistic study.

The Design, Craft and Fine Arts Diploma is designed to provide a balanced background in art history, visual design, drawing, and entrepreneurship along with a chosen studio specialty in which students explore the history of their chosen medium, and with its artistic and technical possibilities. The curriculum is designed to encourage students to develop their own creative styles and technical proficiencies through structured course work and self-directed studio work. Students will study contemporary and entrepreneurial issues and practices in fine craft and cultural production.

A student may choose a major from one of the following studio specialties:
Painting
Clay
Creative Graphics
Photography
Jewelry/Metal Arts