Fine Arts

The Fine Arts Division gives students the unique opportunity to specialize in a selected area while also exploring other fine art disciplines. For example, though painting may be your focus, you will still receive extensive training in the media and practices of sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. Continuing to discover new art forms—even after choosing an area of specialization—is the cornerstone of fine arts at NSCAD.

As a Fine Arts student, you will learn how to manipulate a broad range of materials, articulate an awareness of the historical and conceptual roots of your work, take creative risks, and overcome artistic challenges. These are necessary skills for any successful artist to possess. And they are also equally valuable for entrepreneurs, curators, gallery administrators, scholars, and writers—careers many students choose to pursue after graduation.

The Fine Arts Division is known for it’s powerful history and connection with the Canadian contemporary art scene. Many of our graduates show their work nationally and internationally and receive prestigious grants and awards.