Photo detail by SPAO alum Naomi Kronen
WINTER 2025
PART-TIME OFFERINGS
Non-vocational programming
YOUTH FOUNDATION INITIATIVE
Youth (16 to 20 years) can now enrol in SPAO’S Foundation Courses for free! These courses include:
Digital Photography I: Foundation, Darkroom I: Foundation, and Photo Editing Techniques I: Foundation. Click here to learn more.
Enroll in a Winter Class and Get a FREE T-Shirt!
Enroll in a Winter Class and Get a FREE T-Shirt!
*One shirt per individual, even if enrolled in multiple classes.
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Group A Starts January 12
Group B Starts January 15
10 Sessions
Group A Starts January 13
Mondays, 6pm - 9pm
10 Sessions
LIGHTING
Starts January 16
Thursdays, 6pm - 9pm
5 Sessions
Starts February 27
Thursdays, 6pm - 9pm
6 Sessions
Group A Starts January 11
Group B starts January 18
5 Sessions
MASTERCLASSES
Starts January 15
Wednesdays, 6pm - 9pm
10 Sessions
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
March 6 + 8 + 9
Thursday, 6pm - 9pm
Saturday + Sunday, 10am - 4pm
March 20 + 22 + 23
Thursday, 6pm - 9pm
Saturday + Sunday 10am - 4pm
ONGOING
This project offers those with Down Syndrome the opportunity to regularly work on their photography.
DARKROOM
Starts January 13
Mondays, 6pm - 9pm
10 Sessions
Group A Starts January 14
Group B Starts January 11
10 Sessions
Group A Starts January 15
Group B Starts February 26
5 Sessions
POST-PRODUCTION
Starts January 14
Tuesdays, 6pm - 9pm
6 Sessions
Starts February 25
Tuesdays, 6pm - 9pm
6 Sessions
Starts January 16
Thursdays, 6pm - 9pm
6 Sessions
DIGITAL PRINTING
Starts January 18
Saturdays, 1pm - 4pm
8 Sessions
MENTORING
We offer private mentoring sessions for groups under the mentorship of expert instructors.
Work with SPAO instructors on a customized private mentoring schedule that works for you.
These programs do not require approval under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005.
Questions?
Contact SPAO’s Part-Time Studies Coordinator at part-time@spao.ca.
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Don’t worry! Please email part-time@spao.ca so we can put you on the waitlist.
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We’re pleased to offer private and group mentoring with many of our faculty members and instructors.
What is the SPAO PATH?
Have you ever wanted to become a part of the SPAO community, advance your photographic skills, or evolve your artistic career but you don’t know where to start? Have you taken SPAO classes before but don’t know what to take next? Have you ever wondered how far you could advance or where your efforts could take you? We can help answer those questions by introducing the SPAO PATH.
The SPAO PATH is a guide that maps out all of our staple part-time studies classes, including a way to get started, possible directions of where to go next and where your journey could lead.
Photo detail by SPAO alum Ava Margueritte
APEX EXHIBITION
SPAO’S annual juried exhibition and awards is a celebration of our part-time studies community.
Have you taken a part-time class or workshop at SPAO? If so, you’re invited to submit work to the APEX Exhibition (formerly “A+”), our annual contest and exhibition of selected images from SPAO’s continuing education community. Each year we invite members from our part-time studies community to submit their hard work for the chance to be adjudicated by an awards jury composed of industry leaders as well as winning incredible awards with a total value of $5000+.
Follow the link below for details, eligibility and past editions of the APEX Exhibition (formerly “A+”).