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Professor David B. Smith named NSCAD’s interim president

Professor David B. Smith will begin his term as NSCAD’s interim president on September 1, 2025. Photo credit: Jennifer Crane Bill Barker, Chair of the NSCAD Board of Governors, announced today that Professor David B. Smith has accepted the appointment of NSCAD’s interim president, effective September 1, 2025. A NSCAD alumnus, David is well known […]

Meet the NSCAD alumn behind Aritzia’s most eye-catching windows

Interdisciplinary artist, Ben Skinner uses word play and visual art to bring colour to corporate. As Aritzia’s Creative Director, Ben Skinner transforms retail windows into playful, immersive art experiences across Canada and the U.S. Courtesy: Ben Skinner. Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist, Ben Skinner loves challenges and enjoys exploring different materials and mediums to find new ways […]

Architecture and Crisis: New art history course explores architecture’s role in global crises

AHIS-4270 course poster image—collage of Gaza, 2024 (The Guardian) and Corbusier’s “bottle rack” illustration, ca. 1950 Dr. Vajdon Sohaili, Assistant Professor in the Division of Art History, is launching a new course exploring the history of architectural destruction in global crisis—including war, climate change, and housing insecurity. Titled, Architecture and Crisis (AHIS 4270), the course […]

Anna Leonowens Gallery digitizes its art collection

Digitizing NSCAD University’s permanent art collection promotes public accessibility to its art and artifacts. Some of the art that was digitized includes important works by artists like Shuvinai Ashoona (left) and John Baldessari. Courtesy: Anna Leonowens Gallery. On average, most galleries and museums only show a quarter of their collection to the public at any […]

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Sow to Sew Project welcomes three new artists-in-residence

The Sow to Sew Project in partnership with the Flax Fibre to Fabric Project at NSCAD University are pleased to host the Sow to Sew Summer 2025 Artist Residency focused on flax and linen this June. The three artists that were selected for the residency are: Charlotte Little, Maggie Sigrid Wilde and Sonia Chow. The artists are currently based […]

Graduate Exhibition 2025 photos

Artist for a Day 2025

NSCAD University is opening its doors on Saturday, May 10, 2025, to offer a full day of hands-on art making. As part of Open City 2025, people of all ages and all skill levels can drop in for chance to try printmaking, embroidery sculpture, ceramics, motion capture animation, jewellery and much more! Event Details: When: Saturday, […]