ABOUT
Whether you want to take only one art course or complete a full-time program, there is a place for you at our school.
We have courses for people with absolutely no experience as well as courses for artists who might want to learn new skills. Our classes are small -usually around 8-14 students per class. Our demographics vary from 18-80 so every course you take at VISA is a small microcosm of the world at large.
When you take a course at our school you will find that you are part of community. it is a great place to meet people and make friends. Within no time, you will feel right at home in our cozy heritage school building.
The Vancouver Island School of Art offers several programs:
- Individual Courses and Workshops, (on-going, no application required),
- Certificate of Visual Arts (one year full-time or a maximum of four years part-time),
- Diploma of Fine Arts (three years full-time or a maximum of five years part-time), and
- Independent Studio Program (ISP) (one year full-time).
VISA's courses and workshops include drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, crafts, video art, art history and art theory. All of our courses and workshops can be applied for credit towards a Certificate of Visual Art or Diploma of Fine Art.
As of 2011, VISA's Certificate of Visual Art = 1st year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Media Arts or Bachelor of Design degree at EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY OF ART + DESIGN.
The Vancouver Island School of Art is an accredited private post-secondary contemporary art school established in 2004.The school is located in an historic arts and crafts style building (1921) that is centrally located near many amenities such as cafés, restaurants and grocery stores. The school has four well-lit large classrooms on the main floor and a sculpture room, woodshop and art gallery (the Slide Room Gallery) on the lower level. There is also a fully-equipped darkroom and library.
The Vancouver Island School of Art is Accredited with the Private Career Training Institute Association (PCTIA).
