1. Angela Fournier “I love making beautiful things but I also like them to be a little bit absurd. I want people to think, ‘That’s a little weird.’” Multidisciplinary artist and self-described maximalist Angela Fournier has a few minutes to spare on a break from putting in serious studio time to perfect her latest collection, Histaria. […]
NSCAD Port Campus
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Carrie Allison investigates home
Public beading circles Treaty Space Gallery, NSCAD University Port campus 1107 Marginal Road February 20, 27, March 6, 13, 6-9pm What does it mean for a place to be called home? It’s a question that’s become inescapable for interdisciplinary artist Carrie Allison. Living in Halifax for several years after being raised in British Colombia and […]
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Mais oui, Beaufille
Dialect Saturday, April 22, 7pm NSCAD Port Campus, 1107 Marginal Road $15/$25/$100 Toronto high-fashion brand Beaufille, full of neutral-hued separates and slick slip dresses, is a study in restrained volume that begs to be shown off at the city’s chicest spots. But swirling amongst the bell sleeves, shooting through oversized tartan re-imagined as a fluid, […]
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Local fashions plus Jeanne Bekker
Prepare for an epic Epoch. At the Saturday night fashion gala, members of the senior class of NSCAD’s fashion/textile department will showcase their spring collections on a 100-foot runway at the school’s Port Campus. Designers and lines include Toban Ralston’s line BLKWRK, Leanne Hansen’s Tatamagouche Pines (pictured), Maggie J. MacCormick, Chelsie Coles, Matthew Brown and […]
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Canadian icon Jeanne Beker coming to NSCAD’s Epoch show
Canadian fashion icon, Globe & Mail columnist and former host of Fashion Television, Jeanne Beker will be this year’s special guest at the Epoch Fashion Show at NSCAD’s Port Campus on April 16 (7pm). The runway will debut the spring collections of senior NSCAD Textile/Fashion students, including Maggie MacCormick, Cai Ripley, Leanne Hansen and a dozen more. “I […]
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NSCAD’s downtown dilemma
The Board of Governors sealed the school’s fate Friday night, approving this resolution: “Be it resolved that NSCAD management proceed with the planning of an exit strategy from the Fountain Campus facility on or before the year end 2019.” Even BoG member Margaret Fountain, NSCAD’s great benefactor and namesake of the beloved Granville Mall rabbit […]
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Fashion ain’t easy
College students, current and former, are used to “camping out” in libraries, pulling all-nighters during the final term push. But Becky Gartner is taking it to the next level. In preparation for NSCAD’s senior fashion show, *Thaw*, the fourth-year student loaded up her trusty Dodge Caravan with a mattress, pillows and sheets and parked it […]
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Smooth sales at NSCAD
In the spirit of buying local, it’s your duty to peruse two of NSCAD‘s annual department show/sale hybrids. Offering an array of wonderful examples of the talent that lies between the walls of our beloved art school, these two exhibits are perfectly timed for holiday shoppers like me who are all like, “Riiiight, Christmas is […]
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NSCAD annual holiday pottery sale this week
Looking for something well-made, handmade and creative to give as a gift this year? The NSCAD Ceramics Department will be selling their wares from Wednesday, December 14 through Saturday, December 17 (10am-5:30pm daily) at the NSCAD Port Campus, 1107 Marginal Road, 3rd Floor. You’ll be amazed at the colourful creations available.
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NSCAD’s finest fashions Hatch
Hatch: Advanced Fashion Runway Show will showcase pieces from the collections of students of the NSCAD’s Advanced Fashion Studies program. Students and friends of the designers will model original ready-to-wear fashions that the AFS students worked to create in the final semester of the school year.The designers are: Alysia Myette, Nathalie Dieras, Cait Vachon, Jessica […]