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Our Programs
All Courses taught in the Fine Arts Diploma Program at the Ottawa School of Art are taught in English
Fine Arts Diploma
This is a unique program of intensive, hands-on, well-structured training in the fine arts. Students have the potential to gain a deeper understanding of their own ideas and practice and to gain greater awareness of how to develop skills in the pursuit of a career in the visual arts.
Portfolio Certificate
Through a challenging well-designed year of full time study, OSA students gain confidence and an understanding of what a professional portfolio contains and they learn how to present their ideas in an interview.
Find specified fees and course scheduling on our program pages.
Why the Ottawa School of Art?
The Ottawa School of Art is the largest alternative art school in Canada. Credit courses offered at the OSA provide pre-professional fine arts training in strong, well-designed programs. With small class sizes in one of our twelve studios, students pursue an intensive course of study marked by a high degree of interaction with working professional artists in a studio setting. Students are given the freedom necessary to develop their skills and to follow their creative impulses.
