The School of Fine Art and Music

Welcome to the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph!

Administered from historic Zavitz Hall (and with studios in MacKinnon, Axelrod, Blackwood and Fire Hall Buildings), SOFAM offers an artistically challenging and intellectually rigorous learning environment for aspiring art historians, musicians, music scholars and studio artists in a close-knit and nurturing community ideally suited for developing curiosity, critical acumen and creative drive in today's student. The School of Fine Art and Music is home to the highly competitive and well-respected MFA program in Studio Art; a program with close ties to the national and international art scene and a curriculum that has consistently graduated some of the nation's top emerging talent in the visual arts. The School also provides a variety of experiential learning opportunities through a diverse range of student-centred activities, ranging from various music ensembles, the noon hour concert series and an award winning choir, to student symposia, an active visiting artist/scholar program and a vital student gallery.

In the following pages, you will find information on our various academic programs.

At the University of Guelph, a student can major in Art History, Music or Studio Art in the 4-year (Honours) Bachelor of Arts program. The 3- year general B.A. program is also available with an area of concentration in music. We offer a number of courses through distance learning. You will also find faculty biographies and research projects by the dynamic professoriate that make up the School. There are links to the Fine Arts Network (FAN) and the Music Students Association (MSA) websites, which provide information on extra-curricular student activities in the School — part of the rich mosaic of life in SOFAM.

We hope you enjoy the information provided in the website. If in browsing the website you don't find the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact us. Again, welcome to the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph.

— John Kissick, Director

Congratulations!!!
To Recent SOFAM Graduates
June Convocation 2009

  • Sarah Margaret Adams (BAH Studio Art, with Distinction)
  • Jenna Albrecht (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Dara Alter (BAH Studio Art)
  • Remi Arora (MFA Studio Art)
  • Maya Atsiz (BAH Studio Art & Art History )
  • Jessica Avolio (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Michelle Bajurny (BAH Studio Art)
  • Vanessa Bateman (BAH Art History & Studio Art)
  • Ceilidh Baxter (BAH Studio Art, with Distinction)
  • Jessica Beeton (BAH Art History)
  • Jessica Blackwell (BAH Art History & Art Theory and Criticism)
  • Megan Blake (BAH Studio Art & English with Distinction)
  • Stephanie Bokhout (BAH Music and Sociology, with Distinction)
  • Kristina Bothwell (BAH Studio Art)
  • Alison Bovaird (BAH Art History)
  • Erin Braam (BAH Studio Art & Family and Child Studies)
  • Vanessa Braive (BAH Art History)
  • Katherine Brennan (MFA Studio Art)
  • Kathryn Browning (BAH Art History)
  • Melanie Brunsch (BAH Music)
  • Laura Bydlowska (BAH Art History & Studio Art, with Distinction)
  • Amy Calder (BAH Studio Art)
  • Tara Cameron (BAH Studio Art & Cognitive Neuropsychology)
  • Heather Carey (BAH Studio Art & French)
  • Christopher Charuk (BAH Studio Art & Geography)
  • Katrina Cheatley (BAH Art History)
  • Victoria Cheung (MFA Studio Art)
  • Joshua Cleminson (BAH Studio Art, with Distinction)
  • Eric Cloutier (BAH Studio Art)
  • Krista Commission (BAH Studio Art)
  • Anthony Cooper (BAH Studio Art, with Distinction)
  • Sarah Cowell (BAH Studio Art & History)
  • Martha Dalton (BAH Studio Art & Spanish Studies, with Distinction)
  • Rebecca Davies (BAH Studio Art & Philosophy, with Distinction)
  • Kristin Demchuk (MFA Studio Art)
  • Christopher Faulkner (MFA Studio Art)
  • Brittany Foley (BAH Studio Art & Famil and Child Studies, with Distinction)
  • Gillian Foster (BAH Studio Art & Sociiology)
  • Amber Gallant (BAH Studio Art)
  • Carolina Gaspar (BAH Studio Art)
  • Tia Graham (BAH Studio Art)
  • Laura Harrison (BAH Studio Art & Art Theory and Criticism)
  • Amber Harwood (BAH Studio Art, with Distinction)
  • Susannah Hill (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Brittany Holliss (BAH Art History)
  • Julie Hunter (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Sean Kaey Kwok (BAG Music & Sociology)
  • Alysia Kay (BAG Music)
  • Laura Kreviazuk (BAH Studio Art)
  • Laura Kropf (BAH Studio Art)
  • Dylan Kurp (BAH Studio Art)
  • Ryan Laidman (BAH Studio Art)
  • Amanda Lazarovitz (BAH Art History & History)
  • Kendra Lorimer (BAH Studio Art & Math, with Distinction)
  • Khanh Ly (BAH Studio Art, with Distinction)
  • Emma Mancini (BAH Art History)
  • Dylan Mannik-Zulinski (BAH Studio Art)
  • Emily Martel (BAH Art History & Sociology)
  • Christopher Martin (BAH Studio Art & English, with Distinction)
  • Elizabeth Matisz (BAH Art History)
  • Christine McGarry (BAH Art History & French Studies)
  • Stephen McLeod (BAH Studio Art)
  • Shera Mekhail (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Sarah Melse (BAH Studio Art & English)
  • Adina Muskat (BAH Art History & Spanish Studies)
  • Claire Mussar (BAH Art History, with Distinction)
  • Jaime Muszynski (BAH Art History)
  • Alexandra Nahwegahbow (BAH Art History and English, with Distinction)
  • Mieke Nameth (BAH Studio Art & Family and Child Studies)
  • L. Connor Osborne (BAH Music)
  • Olga Perju (BAH Studio Art & Art History )
  • Britta Rasmussen (BAH Studio Art)
  • Caitlyn Rivoire (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Katrina Rodenkirchen (BAH Studio Art)
  • Neil Rubie (BAH Studio Art & Computing and information Science, with Distinction)
  • Nicholas Russell (BAH Music)
  • Sarah Van Ruyven (BAH Art History & German Studies)
  • Sara Scheuermann (BAH Studio Art, with Distinction)
  • Laura Scarr (BAH Studio Art)
  • Kirsten Schmoll (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Grace Scorrar (BAH Studio Art)
  • Jessica Schmidt (BAH Art History & Art Theory and Criticism, with Distinction)
  • Shannon Sebert (BAH Studio Art)
  • Caroline Shaw (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Ellen Stafford (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Kirsten Stoll (BAH Studio Art & Art History )
  • Emma Turkel (BAH Art History)
  • Julia Vandepolder (BAH Studio Art & Art History)
  • Danielle Van Wagner (BAH Art History & European Culture and Civilization, with Distinction)
  • Abby Watts (BAH Art History, with Distinction)
  • Brian Watson (BAH Studio Art)
  • Jack Wilkinson (BAH Studio Art)
  • Alison Zuk (BAH Studio Art, with Distinction)