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Head Heart Hand Fund

The Living Letterpress Project

The Head Heart Hand Fund: Powered by NSCAD Alumni supports the opportunities, spaces, and experiences that make NSCAD exceptional.

This fall, gifts to the Fund will help revitalize the Dawson Printshop while creating meaningful student employment opportunities. Working alongside NSCAD alumnus and master printer Alex McAskill (BFA 2015), students will gain hands-on experience, develop professional skills, and help activate an important campus resource while preserving a rich tradition of letterpress printing.

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Thanks to the Head Heart Hand Founding Supporters:

  • AA Bronson (DFA 2007) & Mark Krayenhoff van de Leur
  • Robert Dimitrieff (BFA 2003)
  • Steven Holmes (MFA 1994)
  • Max Newroth (BFA 1992)
  • Adam O’Reilly (BFA 2007)
  • Lesley Palfreyman (BDes 2002)
  • David Peters (BDes 1976)
  • Lucy Pullen (BFA 1994)
  • Dayna Sharkey (BFA 1996, BDes 1996)
  • David B. Smith (BFA 1992)

And thank you to additional supporters:

  • Brian Clavier (BFA 1978)
  • Julia Drew-Watt (BFA 1999)
  • Holly Dunn
  • Scott Everingham (BFA 2003)
  • Kim Farmer (BFA 1991)
  • Leslie Gotfrit (ANSCAD 1979, BDes 1979)
  • Marlene Ivey (BFA 1986)
  • Donna MacKay (ANSCAD 1994)
  • Susan MacLeod (BFA 1994)
  • Ann Read (BFA 1986)
  • Shelley Vienot Spencer (BDes 2004)
  • Anne-Sophie Vallée (BFA 2016)
  • Nicholas Wade (MFA 1981)


The Head Heart Hand Fund was established in 2025 to give NSCAD’s alumni the opportunity to invest in the activities and experiences that define the NSCAD DNA: a focus on studio practice and hands-on making, interdisciplinarity, small classes, and memorable spaces.