Students in DVS make use of the Visual Resource Library and Main Library on campus, both of which contain collections of images and books specifically developed to support UTM's curriculum. In addition to having access to UTM's rich and varied course offerings, students may take upper-level courses at the University of Toronto's St. George campus; Fine Art undergraduate courses ), and have access to other resources there as well. Robarts Library, the Fisher Rare Book Room, and the University Art Centre are invaluable downtown resources for art history students UTM.
Since the faculty is committed to having students examine actual works of art and architecture whenever possible, students are introduced to the diverse collections located in the Toronto area. Students have opportunities to analyze and write about works in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, and other institutions, through field trips and research projects. Many courses also consider Toronto's array of buildings in historical and modern styles.
The UTM campus is home to the Blackwood Gallery, a professionally staffed gallery named for the Canadian artist David Blackwood, Erindale's first artist-in-residence. The Gallery's exhibition program includes Canadian and international contemporary and historical art, as well as annual exhibitions of graduating students in the Art & Art History Program. The gallery is an essential part of the arts curriculum at UTM, as it brings together the interconnected disciplines of studio practice, art history, and art theory. Students are introduced to the presentation and critical framing of both contemporary and historical art through work study placements in the gallery, as well as through an independent studies program and a curatorial practices course offered by the gallery's curator.
