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NSCAD University celebrates first-ever Design Week event

Recent graduate Junwen Hu (MDes 2025) won both the Thrive Award category and the competition grand prize at the Design Shift Awards. Credit: Ginger Yu. Last week, NSCAD University hosted its first-ever NSCAD Design Week as part of the MAYHEM Year-End Festival. Held from April 27 to April 30, the four-day event not only brought […]

Professor Kim Morgan appointed interim Academic Dean

NSCAD is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor  Kim Morgan as the university’s interim academic dean. This is a full-time appointment for a 13-month term effective June 1, 2026. “We are thrilled to have Kim take on this important role at a pivotal time for NSCAD as we identify areas for investments in academic […]

Meet your 2026 Valedictorian, Carmella Dolmer

Carmella Dolmer is a painter, sculptor and organizer with roots in both Hamilton, ON, and Bicol, Philippines. She completed her foundation year at the Yukon School of Visual Arts before coming to NSCAD University to complete her BFA in Fine Arts. Dolmer creates colorful abstract paintings and sculptures, writes and performs prose poetry, and organizes […]

Abby Spooner named NSCAD’s 2026 Student Art Award winner

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Media Art Week 2026

Media Art Week (MAW) is built on a hunger to learn, experiment, challenge, and discuss the vast realm of media art. The core of MAW is formulated from the knowledge, skills, questions, and ideas of its participants. We invite artists, students, animators, photographers, sound artists, performers, video makers, designers, programmers, hackers, and all media enthusiasts […]

More Than Wishes: The NSCAD-HaliFAX Connection

More Than Wishes is an open call and installation for receiving messages from the NSCAD University community-at-large on the occasion of the May 2026 graduation. Artist and designer, David Peters (BDes 1976) invites NSCAD alumni from the 1960s to the 2020s to fax a one-page message (drawing, diagram, advice, reflection) to members of the graduating class […]

Celestial Queer: The Life, Work and Wonder of James MacSwain

Equal parts art project, history lesson, and whimsy, Celestial Queer: The Life, Work, and Wonder of James MacSwain offers a portrait of an artist who defied convention for a life lived on his own terms. Directors Eryn Foster and Sue Johnson spent a decade checking in with the witty, erudite MacSwain as he moved about […]