We're known for providing unique and flexible programs taught by professionals who have shaped art, craft, design, media and heritage studies in Canada. No other college offers students this breadth of creative programming.
Learn at campuses in Haliburton and Peterborough that provide a one-of-a kind, hands-on studio experience. Our certificate, diploma and post-graduate programs will help you build a solid portfolio to take you to the next step - whether that's continuing education, embarking on a career, or starting your own practice.
Unleash your artistic potential by molding scorching molten glass into awe-inspiring masterpieces.
Explore ProgramDiscover your passion for the art of blacksmithing and expand your technical skills with 600 hands-on studio hours guided by experienced faculty and technicians.
Artist BlacksmithWork with some of Canada's finest jewellery artists to develop the skills and techniques to showcase your artistic vision.
Jewellery EssentialsElevate your skills and passion for life drawing over six weeks in a dynamic independent studio setting.
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Janine Marson is a graduate of the Design Art Program at Georgian College and received a BFA from the University of Guelph. Her 30-year career has established a strong sense of direction, garnered several exhibitions and awards, and has provided the opportunity to influence hundreds of students with her calm, encouraging spirit. Janine loves to inspire others with art, teaching private art lessons in person and online via ZOOM. A trained, professional picture framer, she has provided her services with a keen eye for colour and design for over 25 years. Her commission work includes painting on a canoe for the Huntsville Festival of the Arts, and painting a paddle for the Algonquin Outfitters Paddle Art Contest. She is one of the muralists for The Group of Seven Outdoor Gallery in Huntsville and has painted six murals to date. Janine received a Woman of Distinction Award for Arts, Culture & Creativity in 2018. www.janinemarsonart.comInstructor for:
Fly Freeman trained as a sculptor in Scotland, where she started her career as a stone carver, carving everything from gargoyles to gravestones and large-scale public commissions in granite. A mid-career move to Canada led to a radical shift in her sculptural practice: carving has been joined by construction as a sculptural method, and wood and other media are now worked alongside the stone. www.flyfreeman.comInstructor for:
Rob Stimpson is an internationally published, award-winning photographer who has photographed for Ontario Tourism, Ontario Parks and Parks Canada for many years. Among his notable accomplishments are: nomination and acceptance into the College of Fellows in the Royal Canadian Geographical Society; co-authoring An Artists and Photographers Guide to Wild Ontario; being part of the centenary celebration of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Trans-Antarctic Expedition; and being showcased by the Globe and Mail and Lexus, profiling the professional lives of nine individuals. He was recently profiled as one of Canada's top adventure photographers by Canadian Geographic in 2021. Drop by and visit his gallery, located just outside of Dwight, ON. www.robstimpson.comInstructor for:
Gunnel Hag studied textile design in Sweden and England. Her studio, Trees Textile Designers and Printers produces fabrics for film and theatre productions. She taught in the Textile Studio at Sheridan College for 12 years and has been a visiting lecturer at the National Institute of Design in Ahmadabad, India. Her fabrics have been represented at international design exhibitions and she has received many grants and awards for her work. Gunnel has published two books: Creating Texture and Creating Texture: Soft Texture. www.colourvie.com www.gunnelhagstudio.comInstructor for:
Albert Cote graduated from Brock University with BA degrees in Visual Arts and Education. His natural artistic abilities, imagination, visual arts background, and his experience in operating a quilt store for many years has served as a starting point for a very successful longarm and fibre arts career. He has many commissioned pieces in the Niagara area as well as throughout Canada and the US. His innovative classes and trunk shows are an attraction for many people in the quilting world. www.imaginationtextile.comInstructor for:
Amanda McCavour works with stitch to create large-scale embroidered installations. Through an exploration of line and its 2D and 3D implications, stitch is used in her artwork to explore various concepts such as connections to home, the fibres of the body, and more formal considerations of thread's accumulative presence. Amanda holds a BFA from York University where she studied drawing, and in May 2014 she completed her MFA in Fibers and Material Studies at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA. She shows her work in galleries nationally and internationally with solo and two-person exhibitions in 2018 in Annapolis Royal (Nova Scotia, Canada), Stratford (Ontario, Canada), Tulsa (Oklahoma, USA), Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Antigonish (Nova Scotia, Canada) and Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). She has recently completed residencies at Harbourfront Centre's Textile Studio in Toronto, at Maison des Metiers D'art de Quebec in Quebec City, and the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in Dawson City, Yukon. She has received numerous awards and scholarships from The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council, The Handweavers and Spinners Guild of America, Craft Ontario, The Ontario Society of Artists, The Surface Design Association and The Embroiderers Guild of America.Course Cart (0)