NWP Fine Arts Department

Huge thanks to everyone who made our Year-End exhibition and student awards celebration a success! We're incredibly proud of our students' hard work and fantastic artworks! A special shout-out to all the patrons and art supporters who uplifted our students' creative spirit by purchasing their pieces – that's the best way to support young artists! We hope you enjoyed the show! And, here are some shots from the drawing practices and projects :)

Snowy and gloomy outside, vibrating with colours inside Studio A

We are so appreciative of the recent visit from Annie Briard to facilitate a projector mapping workshop as well as giving a stellar artist talk!

Project 2 from the Intro to Painting course explored the challenge and complexity of painting the human figure from direct observation, building foundational skills in gesture, proportion, and anatomy while investigating colour, value, and form through studies completed from a live model; through gesture drawings, tonal work, and limited-palette exercises, the class developed a deeper understanding of how the figure occupies space, culminating in these final paintings that balance observation and expression while exploring light, structure, and individual artistic strategies. **e **eart

Congratulations, David 👏

🎨 Congratulations to our very own David McGregor on being named a finalist for the 2026 Rewilding Arts Prize.

The Rewilding Arts Prize, presented by the David Suzuki Foundation and partners, recognizes artists whose work explores the relationships between nature, culture, and community, and encourages new ways of thinking about environmental stewardship.

David’s selected project reflects his multidisciplinary practice, exploring the relationships between people, forests, and changing ecological systems in northern Alberta. Through sculpture, photography, printmaking, and installation, his work invites deeper reflection on land, wildfire, and our shared responsibility for the environment.

As a Visual Arts instructor at Northwestern Polytechnic, David brings these perspectives into our classrooms, encouraging students to explore the connections between art, place, and community.

We’re proud to see his work recognized on a national stage. Congratulations, David! 👏

You can learn more about David's project here 🔗 www.davidmcgregor.ca

Visitor in the Arts speaker, Annie Briard, joins us on Wed, April 1st.
11:30 am - 12:30 pm/ Room D208
Free admission to attend - everyone welcome.

Annie Briard’s expanded photography and media art installations have been the object of exhibitions at Royale Projects (Los Angeles), AC Institute (New York), the Quebec Biennale, Burrard Arts Foundation (Vancouver), MKG127 (Toronto) and Joyce Yahouda Gallery (Montreal) among others. Group exhibitions have spanned North America, Europe and China, including The Three Shadows Photography Centre (Beijing), the Lincoln Film Centre (New York), the Switzerland Architecture Museum (Basel), the Canada Council for the Arts and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Her 2024 artist book The Glow of 100 Moons is distributed in Canada and the US. Briard is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Art and the Department of Graduate Studies at Emily Carr University on the unceded ancestral territories of the Coast Salish people.
www.anniebriard.com

https://www.nwpolytech.ca/about/campus-maps

First year, second semester's drawing midterm!

Hello from our Drawing Studio!

A big thank you to Sara Khan for this amazing workshop and inspiring artist talk today! 🌱

Please join us on Wednesday, March 4th, at 11:30 am, room D208 for our visiting artist talk and Q&A.

Sara khan is known for her exploration of magic realism and the blurred lines between the real and imagined through watercolor paintings, textiles, and ceramics. Interested in how something grotesque and seductive can converge to become immensely captivating, she has developed a language distinctly her own.

Khan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from National College of Arts, Lahore. She grew up in Lahore, Pakistan and now lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.

Some work from Introduction to Painting