Winter is here! We're bringing back classic courses as well as introducing new ones:

• Stitched Stories: Introduction to Quilting
• Introductory Black and White Film Photography 
• Nature Casting
• New! Watercolour Online: Colour Stories 
• New! Comics Club (10-13)
• New! Think Beyond the Canvas (14-18)

See our online course offerings for Winter 2025!

• NEW! Watercolour Painting: Colour Stories
• NEW! Autobiographical Comics
• Introductory Drawing
• Draw II: Beyond the Basics 
• The Fundamentals of Figure Drawing
• Introduction to Design: Visual Communication
• Introductory Acrylic Painting
• Introductory Watercolour Painting
• Watercolour Painting: Shells and Crustaceans
• Watercolour Painting: Birds of a Feather
• Web Design

Check out our March Break Camps here!

The Extended Studies office will be closed from Dec 19 2024 - January 2 2025. 

Please note: Online Registration will remain open.

Build a stronger portfolio in 4 weeks!

Taught by NSCAD Faculty, this course will guide you in:

• Reviewing your admissions essay

• Investigating sketch-books

• Documentation of your work

• Curation/selection of your work for portfolio & presentation

Learn more here!

Portfolio Review Instructors:

Anna Sprague is a faculty member in the foundation division at NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She holds degrees in English literature and Fine Arts with a focus in performance and time-based media.  

Louis-Charles Dionne  is a multidisciplinary artist and educator from the South shore of Montreal, now based in Halifax. He holds a BFA in Sculpture and Art History, a graduate diploma in Post-Secondary Education, and an MFA in Fine and Media Arts from NSCAD University. Dionne’s  practice is anchored in sculpture, installation and public art. He currently teaches in the Art Education and Art History & Contemporary Culture divisions at NSCAD University.

The goal of the Art Factory program is to enhance art education to at-risk, marginalized, and under-represented populations, while providing valuable, cultural-sector employment, training, and community engagement opportunities to NSCAD Students. The NSCAD Art Factory makes art accessible to all. The Art factory brings the community into NSCAD, and extends NSCAD into the greater community through outreach and innovation.

Our programs provide senior students (3^rd-4^th year with with a strong understanding of their medium and its processes) paid training, support and mentorship in workshop development and delivery. The Art Factory provides a unique opportunity to access NSCAD University’s professional equipment and facilities of community members. Through mutually beneficial community engagement, Extended Studies works to connect with community and foster curiosity for art, making and learning.

About the Art Factory

Art Factory Programs