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Toi Tangata | |
   Top: Okeover House; and Bottom: School of Fine Arts Buildings | |
Former name | Ilam School of Fine Arts, College of Arts, Canterbury College School of Art |
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| Type | Public art school |
Parent institution | University of Canterbury |
| Dean | Kevin Watson |
| Location | 43°31′28″S 172°35′00″E / 43.52442058663028°S 172.58339937277614°E |
| Website | canterbury.ac.nz/arts-faculty |
The Faculty of Arts is a faculty of the University of Canterbury. It was established 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.