The Alberta College of Art + Design, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a public board-governed college operating under the Post-Secondary Learning Act. As the only post-secondary institution in the prairie provinces devoted exclusively to advanced education, practice, and research in visual culture, design, and associated and emergent fields, the Alberta College of Art + Design offers four-year undergraduate degrees and diplomas and graduate degrees, preparing learners for careers in visual culture and design. The College is a center of excellence in education and research in fine arts, crafts, design, media arts + digital technologies and related liberal studies and supports life-long learning through its credit and non-credit continuing education programming. The College acts as a local, provincial, national and international visual culture resource and through research is a producer of original knowledge leading to cultural development. Its public activities are designed to enhance the general awareness of the College and advance knowledge and understanding of the importance of visual culture and design to the economic, cultural and social life of the communities and society that it serves.
