The Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury was founded in 1882 as the Canterbury College School of Art. The school became a full department of the university in the 1950s, and was the first department to move to the suburban Ilam site in 1957, in the Okeover Homestead. Art history was included in 1974, and the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree was introduced in 1982.
Located in the Christchurch suburb of Ilam, it is informally called the Ilam School of Fine Arts, although this can lead to the school being confused with the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland.
Notable alumni
Rita Angus
Kathleen Browne
Russell Clark
Shane Cotton
Michael Dunn
Dick Frizzell
Pat Hanly
Rhona Haszard
Louise Henderson
Glenn Jowitt
Euan Macleod
Daisy Osborn (1888–1957) Vincent Ward Frances Rutherford
See also
The Group
References
A History of the University of Canterbury 1873-1973 by W.J. Gardner, E. T. Beardsley & T. E. Carter (Caxton Press, Christchurch, 1973)
External links
About the School of Fine Arts (University of Canterbury website) School of Fine Arts collection (University of Canterbury website) The School of Art (from 1885 Guide to Christchurch)