School for the Arts

The Fine and Performing Arts have a key place in the history, values, and life of the College of Arts and Science, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and the Province of Saskatchewan. In our medical-doctoral research-intensive university, the Fine and Performing Arts intersect with other disciplines to co-create knowledge, channel community commentary, and interpret societal challenges. These disciplines play a leading role in creating healthy and resilient communities and economies.

As of July 1, 2024, the School for the Arts was created in the College of Arts and Science, by combining the disciplines of Art & Art History, Drama, and Music. 

By coming together under common leadership, the programs in each of these disciplines will continue building on their solid foundations of excellence. Building on strengths, the disciplines will be enabled to set more expansive goals for attracting students and faculty, research investment, alumni and donor support, and community partners and collaborators. The unit will reaffirm and celebrate the essential and distinctive role of the Fine and Performing Arts in connecting the University with the local community, as well as nationally and internationally.  

Art and Art History, Drama and Music have and continue to enrich and advance the University’s mission, vision, and goals, resulting in a deeper engagement with communities and an enhanced awareness and reputation of USask as a cultural institution.

The College and University are proud of its Fine and Performing Arts programs and are especially proud of the graduates from these programs who lead the way in Saskatchewan and beyond, both in their own artistic and professional practice and in their citizenship and their contributions to the social, cultural, creative, and economic fabric of the country and beyond.