Whether you're looking for a robust foundational Art and Design education or an advanced diploma, our unique studio-based training combined with business and marketing coursework will satisfy any student wishing to pursue a career in the visual culture industry. You'll make art from day one, taking visual arts courses during Year 1 in drawing, painting, sculpture and other disciplines. From there you'll build progressively toward mastery of an individual visual arts skill-set. Students can earn a college certificate after one year, a diploma after two years, or an advanced diploma by remaining in the program for a third year. Visual and Creative Arts graduates can continue their studies at other visual arts institutions. Sheridan has transfer agreements in place with the Ontario College of Art and Design (BFA), Brock University (BFA), Griffith University (in Brisbane, Australia) (MAVA), and other institutions.

You’ll have many opportunities to use your visual arts diploma in the Greater Toronto Area, which is the centre of Canada’s cultural sector. An education in the field of art and design is one that is not only personally rewarding, but has a very broad range of applications. Creative thinking, problem solving and taking an artistic approach in any situation can have positive results. From the broad based skills acquired in the Visual and Creative Arts program, recent graduates have found success as fine artists, designers, fabricators and in commercial and public gallery employment. Furthermore, many students also choose to apply their new skills in a more focused way through further studies in other degree granting programs both within Sheridan College and beyond such as Special Effects, Animation, and Illustration.