Let’s create together.
Vancouver Island School of Art is a contemporary art school located in Downtown Victoria.
Open to adults of all ages. VISA is a Non-Profit Registered Charity.
We're 20 years old!
With over 5900 students and 135 instructors since September 2004, we've provided a welcoming place for people of all ages to learn about contemporary art, as well as a venue for MFA graduates to get training as instructors.
Learn. Create. Play.
Whether you want to take only one art course or complete a full-time program, there is a place for you at our school. The Vancouver Island School of Art offers two modes of study:
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Thoughtfully designed in the focus areas of drawing, painting and art history.
COURSES BY CATEGORY
Discover how plants and flowers can be source for exciting compositions in your painting.
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Use subjects like botany, geology, astronomy and more as source for watercolour paintings.
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Discover a new 20th century artist each week and use their work as inspiration to make a painting.
Started May 16
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This course will de-mystify the basics of colour to help improve your paintings.
Starts Jul 9
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Landscape painting is a great way to explore the many ways watercolour can be used.
Starts Jul 9
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The course will explore many painting techniques to improve your approach to landscape painting.
Starts Jul 9
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You will be inspired by many artists who have used the flower as subject in paintings.
Starts Jul 10
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Explore the characteristics of plants as you use them for subject matter in painting.
Starts Jul 11
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This course focuses on using artists from the 21st century as an inspiration for your paintings.
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Vancouver Island School of Art is a contemporary art school located in Downtown Victoria open to adults of all ages.