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About the University
One of Canada s oldest independent cultural
institutions, NSCAD University continues to be regarded as a principal center
for education and research in visual culture in North America.
Part of
our appeal is the ever-present relationship of the old to the new, and our
convenient location in the heart of downtown Halifax s waterfront district.
Behind the Victorian facades of our main campus and the Academy Building both
open 24 hours a day, seven days a week students create some of the most
cutting-edge images and objects being made anywhere on the
continent.
After an experimental foundation year, students gradually
focus in order to become specialists in some aspect of art, craft, design or
historical and critical studies. They are educated to think critically, to
balance academic issues with practical concerns in the studio, and to explore
how the visual arts give meaning to both individual and community
life.
NSCAD University fosters close creative relationships among
artists, designers, academics and the public, and takes on leadership
responsibilities in the regional, national and international art
communities.
Our graduates go on to join the ranks of the most
interesting and successful artists of their generations. As the university
embraces the new century, it is building on the strengths of its history,
maintaining and intensifying traditional arts and crafts while capitalizing on
the many new technologies shaping the world and human interaction. A significant
expansion currently underway will soon make NSCAD Canada s largest centre for
graduate programs in the visual arts.
We believe the next phase of
modernity in the visual arts has begun, and it is our full intention to play a
role in its formation. Things are happening behind those Victorian facades. |
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