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NSCAD’s history lays the foundation for our
success today. Alumni, staff and faculty are
consistently recognized with top awards.
John Kahrs, BFA ’90 won the 2013 Oscar for his
animated film Paperman. Professors Emeriti
Garry Neill Kennedy and Walter Ostrom,
professors Kye-Yuen Son and Jan Peacock,
alumni Charles Lewton-Brain, Bill MacGillivray,
and Rita McKeough are recipients of the
prestigious Governor General’s Awards in Visual
and Media Arts. Alumni Eleanor King, Zeke
Moores, Graeme Patterson, Brendan Tang,
Emily Vey Duke, Greg Forrest and Colleen
Wolstenholme populate the short listed Sobey
awards with Christian Giroux MFA’95 the 2012
winner. Professors David Clark and Kim Morgan
have both won the Masterworks Award, the
province’s highest honour for the arts.
Enrolment at NSCAD University has grown from
90 full-time students in 1964 to more than 950
full-time and part-time students in 2012-2013.
NSCAD receives its principal funding from the
Province of Nova Scotia. Since 1974, NSCAD
has been a full member of the Association
of Universities and Colleges of Canada.
PHILOsOPHY
As one of North America’s leading university for
the visual arts, NSCAD produces the creative
leaders of tomorrow individuals with the
capacity, conviction and vision to contribute
to society across sectors, in uncharted and
exceptional ways. NSCAD does that by
cultivating a rich community of thinkers and
innovators who embrace the exploration of the
idea, and give shape and form to the abstract.
The NSCAD experience is unique among
its peers. Working within a supportive and
stimulating learning environment that boasts
a global reputation for excellence in pedagogy
and research, NSCAD students develop their
skills through rigorous cross-disciplinary
intellectual inquiry.
With committed and talented faculty and
staff dedicated to providing the best possible
visual arts education, NSCAD prides itself on
tailoring courses of study to the individual needs
of each student. Opportunities to establish
close connections between students, faculty
and alumni encourage vital and innovative
dialogue and collaboration. This extends beyond
the classroom through internships worldwide
and formal exchanges through a network of 70
institutions in more than 15 countries.
More broadly NSCAD seeks to be a trans-
formative force for society. Across disciplines and
faculties and through wide ranging partnerships
with institutions, governments, organizations,
industries and communities, NSCAD’s students
apply critical and creative thinking in an ongoing
process of discovery. In many respects, NSCAD
University – through students, faculty, staff and
alumni – helps shape the way the world thinks
and creates.
ALUMNI
NSCAD graduates are significant contributors to
the cultural landscape of contemporary society
worldwide, applying their critical and creative
thinking skills to excel not only in their artistic
disciplines, but also beyond.
NSCAD alumni number among the world’s
leading artists, gallery directors and curators.
As film directors, craftspeople, producers, art
educators, graphic designers and entrepreneurs
of new media enterprises and working studios,
NSCAD graduates are diverse and expansive in
their interests and initiatives.
Alumni and friends can stay up to date on
university news through VIVID, a quarterly
electronic newsletter, the “Alumni & Friends”
section of the NSCAD website, the NSCAD
Alumni and NSCAD Facebook pages, the
activities of the NSCAD Alumni Association and
alumni gatherings in cities across North America
and Europe.
At NSCAD University, we seek to be a trans-
formative force for society. Across disciplines
and faculties and through wide ranging
partnerships with institutions, governments,
organizations, industries and communities, we
apply critical and creative thinking in an ongoing
process of discovery.