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NSCAD University Halifax is
9024449600, 9024252420 .
NSCAD University - Halifax was founded in 1887 by Anna Leonowens of Anna and the King of Siam fame. NSCAD University - Halifax formerly the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design is a post-secondary art school located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. NSCAD University - Halifax was originally called the Victoria School of Art and Design to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. The school offered instruction in the fine and industrial arts, art education training to public school teachers, and Saturday morning children’s art classes, a tradition that continues today. The first classes were held in the Union Bank building at the corner of Hollis and Prince Streets and in 1890, the school rented three rooms in the Halifax Academy. It moved again in 1903 to the Old National School (now the Five Fishermen restaurant) near Grand Parade Square, where it remained for 54 years.
NSCAD University - Halifax boasts a long list of impressive school principals and presidents, including Arthur Lismer, member of the influential Group of Seven painting movement. During his 1916 to 1919 tenure, his artist friends from Toronto traveled east to offer lectures and demonstrations, and the school hosted exhibitions featuring the best in contemporary Canadian and British art. In 1925 under the direction of the school‘s first female principal, Elizabeth Styring Nutt, it was renamed the Nova Scotia College of Art and incorporated by Provincial charter. By 1957, post-war growth prompted the college’s next move, to a large four-storey church hall on Coburg Road near Dalhousie University, which saw a six-story expansion for studios and galleries in 1968.
During the 1970s NSCAD University - Halifax was hailed as a cutting edge art school, which emphasized artistic innovation, and political art. Currently the university is forging relationships with galleries, museums and other cultural institutions in Canada and around the world. One the notable artists to be associated with the school in its early years was Arthur Lismer, who was a member of the Group of Seven and spent several years as the school president. NSCAD University - Halifax offers Bachelor's degrees in Fine Art (BFA), Design (BDes), and Art History (BA). It also offers Master of Fine Art and Master of Design degrees at the graduate level. NSCAD occupies three unique campuses in downtown Halifax: 200,000 square feet of heritage space on two sites in the heart of downtown Halifax, and 70,000 square feet at our new waterfront Port Campus.
NSCAD University - Halifax Granville campus is housed in the Historic Properties district, adjacent to the scenic boardwalks of Halifax Harbour. The Victorian terrace-style campus – the only one of its kind in North America – is an interconnected row of 19 former merchant shops and warehouses bounded by Hollis and Duke Streets and the cobblestone Granville pedestrian terrace. Full of character and many mysterious nooks and stairwells, the interiors are open, rugged and hospitable, and have adapted well to varied needs.
In 2003,
NSCAD University - Halifax added another historic gem to its campus: the Academy Building at 1649 Brunswick St., a short walk from the main campus. Built in 1878, the former high school houses Canada’s first degree-granting film school east of Montreal. The building occupies 25,000 square feet and features distinctive dormer windows and granite accents. Studios at the main campus and the Academy are accessible to students 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Anchoring the new arts and culture district,
NSCAD University - Halifax Port Campus is a successful brown-field development that incorporates most of the original warehouse structure while housing safe and efficient teaching spaces. Students, artists and the community at large are benefitting from the experience and precision of this modern industrial setting. A dramatic symbol of NSCAD’s significant presence in the community, the 70,000 square foot NSCAD Port Campus features 18 foot ceilings, generous natural lighting, and houses many of the university’s more industrial program components, including sculpture studios, a wood shop, metal shop, foundry, product design and ceramics studios.
As the premier art library collection in Atlantic Canada, NSCAD University - Halifax Library enjoys a rich and diverse history. Believed to have existed since the early, heady days of the College, the Library has developed from an eclectic collection of principals’ books to an academic library of national standing. The Library is a partner in the Novanet group; a Nova Scotia university library consortium which facilitates the loaning of library materials between University and College libraries and provides a shared online catalogue for research and discovery. Currently housing a collection of over 50,000 books and periodicals in the visual and media arts, craft, fashion, and design, NSCAD University - Halifax Library is the only Library in Atlantic Canada specializing in the fine arts and design fields. The Library also incorporates a number of special collections for exhibition catalogues, artists’ books, printed matter, and rare books in specialized subject fields. A major feature of the Library is the Visual Resources Collection which has over 140,000 slides, as well as 16mm films, DVDs, videos, CDs and audio tapes. Digital images are currently available through a number of licensed image databases.
The Facilities Management department provides and is responsible for all maintenance services to all three NSCAD University - Halifax campuses. NSCAD teaches students to look at the world with a critical eye and gives them the tools with which to innovate. Alumni carry out the task every day—challenging and changing the world as we know it. Those accomplishments are far reaching and remarkable—evidence of the excellence of a NSCAD education. We service, operate and maintain building structures, building equipment, specialized facilities, heating and cooling facilities, electrical, grounds, water and waste distribution systems. We also manage custodial services, waste removal, recycling, pest control and transportation. The Facilities Management department is also responsible for fire protection, emergency preparedness, security, maintaining records related to NSCAD University - Halifax facilities and building services, and keeping up-to-date information and drawings. The Facilities Management department provides complete project delivery services for construction of new facilities or renovation to existing buildings, labs, shops or property. These services include project design and layout, feasibility and scope of project estimates, and tendering and contract management. Our skilled staff strives to provide NSCAD University with exceptional service while maintaining a safe and sustainable environment.
NSCAD University - Halifax alumni are directors and curators in many art galleries across Canada. Exhibitions of art, craft and design, from coast to coast and beyond, profile the work of NSCAD graduates. Film directors, 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. NSCAD University - Halifax Multimedia Centre provides students with studios, computers, and equipment for course work in all academic divisions. It also provides support for teaching labs. Design Print Services primarily supports our communication design programs, though its resources are available to the entire university community, including alumni. Photographic Services offers generous access to equipment and facilities for all members of the university community, including students in Continuing Studies courses. The Service Centre provides a space for students, faculty and staff to do photocopying, receive and send courier packages and shipments, send and receive faxes, and send mail to staff and faculty within the university system.
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The address of NSCAD University Halifax is 5163 Duke Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 3J6.
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