Arts and Design

Ashley Alexis McFarlane, a Continuing Education at George Brown College graduate, using her skills in fashion design.

In this area of interest, find ways to express your artistic passions while building your talents in creative technologies. Explore graphic and web design principles – as well as the latest tools and applications – with our digital design and development offerings. Have a flair for fashion? Learn to imagine and produce fabulous garments, or branch out into other industry areas such as merchandising, image consulting, jewellery and millinery. Get your hands dirty and your creative juices flowing with our home and garden courses and programs. Is your inner Van Gogh yearning to paint? Is your inner thespian itching to act? Or are you more comfortable capturing the world through a camera? If your creative interests tend more toward cartooning and illustration, drawing and painting, performance, or film and photography, consider our visual and fine arts options.

Student Success Stories

Browse this list of our Arts and Design student success stories. Select one from the menu below to read their story. You can also read more stories by visiting our Student Success Stories web page.

Sophie Sharom, a Continuing Education graduate.
Focusing on a Passion
Photography enthusiast blends art with occupation in George Brown courses
Wesley Sloetjes, a former Continuing Education student.
Discovering the Right Setting
George Brown student finds jewellery classes the perfect place to develop his talents
Craig Williams, a Continuing Education graduate.
Fashioning a New Path
George Brown courses help graduate launch a denim company
Portrait of Jessica Waks.
Enhancing Her Future

Jessica Waks runs a growing decorating company. But she wasn’t the type of teenager who grew up re-arranging the furniture in her room.