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, Darkroom I, Digital Photography Essentials I and Digital Post-Production I. Click here to learn more.

FALL CLASSES

**SPEEDLITE II**

**Starts November 7**
Thursdays, 6pm - 9pm
5 Sessions

**BOOKMAKING I:** INDESIGN

**Starts November 7**
Thursdays, 6pm - 9pm
6 Sessions

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

LIGHTING

**ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITURE:** IN SITU

Group A Starts January 11
Group B starts January 14
5 Sessions

MASTERCLASSES

**MASTERCLASS:** PORTRAIT CONCEPTS

**Starts January 15**
Wednesdays, 6pm - 9pm
10 Sessions

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

**ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES I:** THE LARGE FORMAT

**March 6 + 8 + 9**
Thursday, 6pm - 9pm
Saturday + Sunday, 10am - 4pm

**ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES I:** Cyanotype

**February 27, March 1 + 2**
Thursday, 6pm - 9pm
Saturday + Sunday 10am - 4pm

ONGOING

**TRUE TO LIFE PROJECT**

This project offers those with Down Syndrome the opportunity to regularly work on their photography.

DARKROOM

**DARKROOM:** OPEN SESSION

**Group A Starts January 15**
**Group B Starts February 26**
5 Sessions

POST-PRODUCTION

**photoshop I:** the precise process

**Starts January 14**
Tuesdays, 6pm - 9pm
6 Sessions

**PHOTOSHOP II:** ADVANCED TECHNIQUES

**Starts February 25**
Tuesdays, 6pm - 9pm
6 Sessions

DIGITAL PRINTING

**BOOKMAKING II:** CRITICAL CONTENT

**Starts January 18**
Saturdays, 1pm - 4pm
8 Sessions

MENTORING

These programs do not require approval under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005

Questions?

Contact SPAO’s Part-Time Studies Coordinator at part-time@spao.ca.

Don’t worry! Please email part-time@spao.ca so we can put you on the waitlist.
We’re pleased to offer private and group mentoring with many of our faculty members and instructors.

Click here to view our Refund and Withdrawal Policy.

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.

View the SPAO Path

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+”).

Learn more about the APEX exhibition

WINTER 2025PART-TIME OFFERINGS