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NSCAD Album: Glory Days and Hoary Days

An online supplement to Canadian Art’s Art Schools issue, in print Winter 2008
Installation view of Daniel Buren's “Permutations: Fragment 1-3” exhibition at NSCAD's Mezzanine Gallery, 1973 Courtesy NSCAD University Anna Leonowens Gallery Archives: Mezzanine Collection
Installation view of Daniel Buren's “Permutations: Fragment 1-3” exhibition at NSCAD's Mezzanine Gallery, 1973 Courtesy NSCAD University Anna Leonowens Gallery Archives: Mezzanine Collection

Installation view of Daniel Buren's “Permutations: Fragment 1-3” exhibition at NSCAD's Mezzanine Gallery, 1973 Courtesy NSCAD University Anna Leonowens Gallery Archives: Mezzanine Collection




In his article “NSCAD: The Once and Future Art School” in the winter issue of Canadian Art, writer Gary Michael Dault reflects on the college’s storied history, as well as its potential glories to come. Here, in an exclusive 13-frame slideshow, Canadian Art offers extra photos from NSCAD’s past and present, as well a photo-rich Kenneth Baker article from the Canadian Art archives that details the college’s labour travails in the 1980s.

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This article was first published online on December 11, 2008.

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