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Arts & Design Program

The Arts & Design Program at Amberson is designed to improve students’ artistic talent and knowledge through credit courses, arts clubs, and extracurricular activities. Students do not need to have an arts background to be invigorated and excel in this program. Furthermore, Amberson is equipped with diverse resources for the program, including an auditorium, art gallery, and design classrooms.

Categories

Oil Paiting
Collage Art
Visual Arts
Fashion Design
Photography
Film
Stage Design

4 major advantages

Guidance for University applications
  • Admission Guidance: Based on our understanding of the difficulties faced by students, Amberson offers tailored university application counselling to help students with every step of their application.

  • University Portfolio Guidance: Providing personalized guidance for creating portfolios, allowing students to fully develop their artistic potential and achieve admission to their desired universities.

  • Direct Admission to TFS: Amberson High School partners with the Toronto Film School and offers the Elite Pathway Program.


Arts-based extracurricular activities
  • Regular Art Experiences: The art teacher leads visits to the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Museum of Illusions.

  • Unique Art Practices: Participation in art-making at the Textile Museum, ceramic art at the Ceramic Museum, art creation at the Ontario College of Art and Design, outdoor sketching, and more.

  • Multidimensional Art Interaction: Participate in Toronto International Fashion Week, Toronto International Film Festival and Toronto All-Nighter.


Immersive art learning

The program offers visual arts and dramatic arts for grades 9-12, providing students with a comprehensive artistic cultivation. Additionally, through a variety of practical activities, students will establish a close interaction with artworks, break down the distance with them, and gain a richer and deeper aesthetic experience and contemplation.


Artistic atmosphere

The school boasts well-equipped facilities for art studies, including art classrooms, rehearsal spaces, theater stages, art galleries, and more. This enhances students' sense of identity and satisfaction with art culture, while also elevating their cultural literacy and spiritual state.


Art mentor

James Cosman
Mr. James is a visual artist with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from OCAD and a degree in Education from York University. He has 20 years of teaching experience.

Area of expertise

Oil PaintingDrawingAbstract Painting
Portraits Impressionist Painting
Realism Acrylic Painting
IllstrationFaux Finishing
Colour Design



Art mentor

“Art program is mostly a studio based program. I have been a practicing artist for over 25 years, and I like to bring projects and material processes that I've worked with personally. So that the relationship I have as a teacher with my students is one from informed practice.”

Thank you notes

Ethan Yu

“Mr. James is the best art teacher; he is a respected artist. Under his guidance, I have created my own art and set my imagination free. Mr. James is very patient, and I greatly admire his professional attitude.With his patient and professional help, I now find it easy to focus entirely on my work. In short, he has made me more concentrated.”

Yilun Lao

“I would like to express my gratitude for James, my art mentor: Thankyou for your professional guidance for the past year. I have gainedmuch inspiration from you and you are definitely my soul mentor inmy pursuit of art.”

Academic achievement

Every year, students from our program graduate and enter top rated arts universities, including OCAD University, Ryerson University Fashion Design, and Emily Carr University.
Zhang Yizhi

Material Art & Design
OCAD University

Xiao Siyi

Painting
OCAD University

Wang Xueqing

Illustation
OCAD University

Li Yushan

Visual Arts Design
Sheridan College

Emily Yu

Fashion Design
Ryerson University

Dou Wenjing

Illustation
OCAD University Visual Arts, University of Toronto

Chen Yihan

Acting For Film
New York Film Academ

Bu Ziyang

Fine Arts
NSCAD University Environmental Design,OCAD University

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