Give your career a creative edge.
Continuing Education provides programming for anyone dedicated to self-improvement, professional development, and lifelong learning.
With everything from an array of adult art courses, weeklong summer camps, online micro-credentials, Pre-College Program, to university our pathway program, Artstream.
Find it all at AUArts' School of Continuing Education and Professional Development in Calgary, Alberta.
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Adult Winter Courses:
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Winter 2024 Personal Interest
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Set the tone for your new year now by registering for a 2024 art course.

Micro-Credentials

Animation Micro-Credentials
Stand out from the crowd. Learn sought-after, career defining skills in ten weeks or less. AUArts Micro-credentials are a flexible way to learn practical real-world skills and amplify your career at your own pace.
Focus on specialized, competency-based learning and assessments that align with industry standard skills.
- Introduction to Drawing Micro-Credential
- Digital Lab for Animators Micro-Credential
- Fundamentals in Animation Micro-Credential
- After Effects Micro-Credential
SAVE 15% OFF your Micro-credential with Code: MICRO15
Offer valid until December 31, 2023.
Summer Camps
Teen courses & kids camps
Watch your child’s imagination grow as they learn to express themselves through art in one of AUArts theme-based kids camps including Cartooning, Space Quest, Unicorn Magic, and more!
Nurture your teen’s creativity with one of AUArts studio-based summer art and design courses in Animation, Cartooning, Drawing, Fashion and more.
2023 Registration closed.
See you next summer!

University pathway programs
Micro-credentials
Learn sought-after, career defining skills in ten weeks or less.
Micro-credentialsPersonal interest courses
Join an array of arts courses taught by practicing artists and professionals. Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Design, and more.
Personal interestTeen courses & kids camps
Creative exploration for young people, led by professional artists.
Teen courses and kids camps