Art Fest welcomes students from around HRM [Video]

The second annual Art Fest is giving students in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) the opportunity create, innovate and interact.

Art Fest is a collaboration between Halifax Regional Arts and the extended studies program at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD). It provides workshops and instruction to art students from around the HRM.

Robin Jensen is a fine art specialist with Halifax Regional Arts. She said this year’s event welcomed more than 100 students.

“These are grade 11 and 12 students from visual art programs,” Jensen said. “They’ve joined us here for a day of workshops that are led by local artists and students here at NSCAD as well.”

Student Mostafa Mahmoud said Art Fest provides space to try art forms that aren’t often taught in a high school classroom.

“At the same time, you can do it with like, new people across the HRM,” Mahmoud said.

Student Basil McCarthy said she’s enjoying the chance to learn from the diverse workshops at Art …