What an incredible year it’s been for our alumni! As NSCAD continues to evolve, we are reminded of how central our alumni are to the NSCAD story. The future looks bright as we enter 2025, and we’re building momentum by spotlighting the global impact of this remarkable community.

On behalf of NSCAD, I wish you a wonderful holiday season filled with time to reflect and re-energize. Thank you for your brilliance, your resilience, and for being such a vital part of the NSCAD community.

Ashley Delaney (BDes 2006),
NSCAD Alumni Association President

Art Work: Exploring the World of Commercial Art
Jan 21, 12:30 p.m. (Atlantic) 
Join Carol Hansen (BFA 1982) and Katharine Burns (BFA 2009) as they discuss the realities of selling your work, and ways to navigate the world of commercial sales from the perspective of artist and gallerist. 
Register here.

Did you miss an edition of Art Work? Find the recordings on NSCAD University's YouTube Channel. 

Extended Studies: NSCAD ALUMNI GET 20% OFF! Winter is here! We're bringing back classic in-person and online courses, and introducing new ones too: Stitched Stories: Introduction to Quilting, Intro Black and White Film Photography , Nature Casting, New! Watercolour Online: Colour Stories, New! Comics Club (10-13), New! Think Beyond the Canvas (14-18). You can also book your March Break camps now! Read more here.

Career: Congratulations Benny Welter-Nolan (BFA 2011) the new Executive Director of the Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia (IONS). They have been collaborating with communities across Mi’kma’ki since moving to Kjipuktuk in 2008. Most recently, Welter-Nolan supported emerging leaders at Every One Every Day: a Reconciliation Initiative of the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre through their consultancy Shaping Change. Read more here.

Career: Congratulations Duncan MacDonald (MFA 2004) the new curator at the St. Marys Station Gallery in St. Marys, ON. “I see a lot of potential here and my experience lends well with this. I’ve done a lot of administrative work curating, teaching and artmaking. I’m excited to have the opportunity to work in a smaller community where I can have a strong impact and work with a broad range of people," MacDonald says. Read more here.

Award: Congratulations to Craig Power (BFA 2001) who won the Far Horizons Award for Poetry 2024 from The Malahat Review. His winning poem, titled Walking My Three-Year-Old to Nanny’s Place, Easter Sunday 2017, explores a child’s influence on a parent, structure and breaking structure, and how we as a society determine artistic value. Read more here.

Residency Jurors: Applications for the 2025 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence program are now open. Artists stay in Dufftown, Scotland and get inspired by the distillery and community. This year there are some familiar faces on the jury David Diviney (MFA 1998) and Stefan Hancherow (BFA 2008). Deadline: Jan. 31. Want to apply? Read more here.

In the News: Filipina Canadian artist Theresa Capell (BFA 2013) aims to bring magic, folklore to her jewellery. Capell's journey has taken her from Annapolis Valley to Hollywood. “When I create jewellery, I love celebrating beauty and the power of adornment. Jewellery can really adorn you through any adventure through life. So, Miss Foxine is the embodiment of change. My pieces are inspired by folklore and fairytales,” she said. Read more here.

In the News: Designer Jess Myra (BDes 2008), takes a low-tech approach to create people-centric technology products. She has worked with some of the leading technology companies in the world, including Google and Twitter. Although she expresses her creativity through technology, she describes her relationship to the internet as “turbulent.” Her key area of interest is in ‘demystifying nascent experiences,’ the idea of meeting first-time product users at their cognitive baseline. Jess recently was elected as a Member at Large to the NSCAD University Board of Governors. Read more here.

In the News: It took a computer crash to motivate Titu Ayub (MDes 2018) to design high performance boats. Titu has been building things since he was a child in Bangladesh. One day, his computer crashed and he lost 14 years of designs. At that moment, he decided he wanted to make things that help people in the real world. "I started educating myself about industrial design, how to build things, how graphic and 3D design can apply to real life functional prototyping.” Read more here.

In the News: Villa Grieg, a 3,000-square-foot home designed by Todd Saunders (DFA 2016, BDes 1992) is featured in NUVO Magazine. Villa Greig is all about blending in with the forest surroundings in Norway. “I call this house a ‘view finder’ because you walk up the stairs and instantly see the lake, and yet it’s protected from the neighbours,” Saunders explains. Read more here.

In the News: Congrats to Jane Corrigan (BFA 2004) whose work Classroom (2004) was recently featured in Galerie Magazine. The New York-based alumna was featured at Sea View, NADA Miami Read more here.

Exhibition: Back in 2006, Eyelevel’s membership submitted artwork for a member’s exhibition that was put in a time capsule to be opened and exhibited once again for the 50th anniversary. After 18 years of waiting, the time has come! Forget the 'Art,' Let’s Party! Eyelevel’s 50th Anniversary Time Capsule Exhibition is on at Hermes Gallery until December 29. The exhibition includes work by: Katharine Hanczaryk (BFA 2008), Gregory Denton (BFA 2006), Kate O’Connor (BDes 2003), Jane Mason-Browne (BFA 1990), Mitchell Wiebe (MFA 1996), Brenna Phillips (BFA 2009), 
Bruce Barber (MFA 1978), 
Sojourner Parsons (BFA 2008), 
Mireille Bourgeois (BFA 2003), 
Michael Young (BFA 2005), Ginger Scott (BA 2006), Patrick Rapati (BFA 1991), Andrew McLaren (BFA 1994), Gerard Choy (BFA 1999), 
Mathew Reichertz (MFA 1999), 
Alisha Boyd (BFA 2008), Jason
Johnson (BFA 2003), Rose Adams
(BFA/ BDes 1982, MFA 1986), Tim Watson (BFA 2006), Johanna van Waarden (BFA 1976), Nicola Mulder (BFA 2003), Konrad Wendt (BA 1975) & Steven Fisher (BFA 2004).
Until Dec. 29. Hermes Gallery, 5682 North St., Halifax, NS. Read more here.

Workshops: the Lunenburg School of the Arts 2025 winter and spring course list is live. Selections include: Let there be Light: Oil Painting with Amy Funk (BFA 2009), A Big Fish: Mixed Media with Michael Peters (BFA 2009), Exploring Textile: Mali Mud Cloth with Letitia Fraser (BFA 2019), Lunenburg Puzzle Quilt: Patchwork Shortcuts with Marilyn Smulders (BFA 2019), It’s Spring! Painting Fundamentals with Heather Sayeau (BFA/BA 1981) & Brown Clay, White Slip, Transparent Glaze = Spring Flowers! with Tim Worthington (MFA 1977). Classes start in January at Lunenburg School of the Arts
6 Prince Street, Lunenburg, NS. Read more here.

New Research Chair: April Mandrona has been named NSCAD’s newest Canada Research Chair. She has a five-year term as NSCAD’s CRC (Tier 2) in Art Education, Belonging and Social Change. Mandrona is an Associate Professor in the Division of Art History and Contemporary Culture, Art Education. She started at NSCAD in 2016.  “Fundamentally what this work is trying to do is help create those spaces of belonging where difference is not erased but celebrated,"
Mandrona says. Read more here.

Designing Better Healthcare: NSCAD Interdisciplinary Design students had a chance to propose improvements to Nova Scotia's Colon Cancer Home Screening Program earlier this month. Currently, only about four in 10 people who receive the fecal kits use them and mail them back for further testing. NSCAD University’s Interdisciplinary Design program instructors John deWolf (BDes 1992) and Roberta Schultz saw an opportunity for good design to help boost those numbers. Read more here.

In Memorium: Divya Prabha, a beloved spiritual teacher and the first devotee of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in North America, passed away on Nov. 14, 2024, after a courageous battle with cancer over the past several months. Her passing has left a profound sense of loss within her spiritual community. Wife of NSCAD instructor Michael Fernandez, Divya played an important role in the school's community. Read more here. 

Exhibition: I Turn Babies, Solo exhibition of Michael Fernandes. A dialogue with painting. Fernandes is beloved for his foundational work in performance and installation. Until Feb. 15, 2025. The Blue Building Gallery, 2482 Maynard Street
Halifax, NS. Read more here.

Public Lecture Series: Shary Boyle. 
As an artist and person I'm interested in human relations, and how art communicates things people are not comfortable or able to speak about. I approach my work with craft, humour, defiance and sincerity, and believe in the healing power of the artistic process. Jan. 28, 2025, 7 P.M. Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 
5440 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax, NS. 

NSCAD @ Farmer's Market: Every month, two of our students will have the opportunity to sell their creative products at the Halifax Brewery Farmer's Market. Work ranges from arts, jewellery, crafts, design and more. Weekly on Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Halifax Brewery Market, 1496 Lower Water St, Halifax, NS. Read more here.