Fine Arts courses at Marianopolis integrate a solid and comprehensive arts foundation with intellectual challenges and a focus on innovation. Hands-on experience in drawing, painting, design, and 3-D exploration is emphasized.

In the classroom, one-on-one attention and critical feedback is part of our strategy. Course content is challenging, thought-provoking, inspiring and creative. It fosters introspection and encourages experimentation.

Courses in Fine Arts can be taken as part of the Specific Education component of Creative Arts, Literature and Languages (CALL), of the Music/CALL Double DEC and of the Arts and Sciences program. They are also open to students in other programs as Complementary or Elective courses.

Courses offered
Consult our list of courses offered.

Faculty
Faculty is composed of professional artists with extensive exhibition records and active involvement in the Montreal artistic community.

Eva Brandl - Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Eva Brandl lives and works as an artist in Montréal. For over twenty-five years, her work has been presented in numerous collective and solo exhibitions across Canada and in Europe. She obtained a BFA from Laval University (1975), a Masters of Fine arts from Concordia University (1979) and studied Media-drama at the Université de Montréal (1981-82). Recipient of several research grants from the Québec Ministry of Culture and the Canada Council for the arts, her work is represented in major Canadian Museums and private collections. She has lectured in universities and institutions around the country and currently also teaches in the Studio arts department at Concordia University. Parallel to being featured in exhibition catalogues and gallery publications, Eva Brandl's work can be accessed through the Canadian Data Artist Base at www.ccca.ca

Vivian Gottheim - Brazilian artist Vivian Gottheim immigrated to Québec in 1985, after receiving a Doctorate of Art degree from New York University. She has received grants from the Brazilian Government as well as from the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, and has shown her work extensively in Brazil, Canada, USA, Portugal, and Italy. The Musée National de Beaux Arts, the National Bank of Canada, and Loto-Québec, among others, have included her artworks in their public collections. Ms. Gottheim's teaching career has taken her to Université Laval in Québec City, Université du Québec in Trois Rivières, Universidade de São Paulo in São Paulo, and to Marianopolis College here in Montreal (January 2000). Vivian Gottheim has spoken and published on art in Canada, Brazil, France and Germany. Recently, some of her artworks have been installed in public schools in Montreal as part of the Québec government's Politique d'intégration des arts à l'architecture et à l'environnement des bâtiments et des sites gouvernementaux et publics.

Deena Sacks - A graduate of Sir George Williams University (Major in Design) in 1971, she received a Class 1 Diploma in Art Education from McGill University in 1972, and an M.A. in Educational Technology from Concordia University in 1986. She has been involved in art education since 1972, spending five years in the public and private sectors teaching art to teens and adults. She joined the Faculty of Marianopolis College in 1978 and teaches Art and Humanities. Deena has spent many years doing printmaking and drawing, but her passion is teaching.