Vancouver Island School of Art

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Vancouver Island School of Art
Vancouver Island School of Art Logo.jpg
Typeprivate art school
Established2004 (2004)
Location
Victoria
,
British Columbia
,
Canada
Executive DirectorWendy Welch
Website vancouverislandschoolart.com

The Vancouver Island School of Art (VISA) is a private, non-profit post-secondary art school founded in 2004 and located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is accredited by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training and offers a PTIB-approved Certificate program in Visual Arts as well as individual courses and workshops.

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History

The school was founded in 2004 by the artist Wendy Welch who remains its executive director. Welch started VISA with just 47 students and four instructors. By 2018 it had taught over 3,500 part and full time students. For its first 14 years, the school was located at 2549 Quadra Street, a 1921 Arts and Crafts building on the Victoria Heritage Register. To mark its 10th anniversary, the school repainted the exterior in a design inspired by the dazzle camouflage used on ships in World War I. [1] [2] [3]

VISA had originally offered a three-year Diploma of Fine Arts in addition to its Certificate of Visual Arts. The graduation of the first diploma students in 2008 was marked by Ambulator, a special exhibition at the school's Slide Room Gallery. [4] The diploma was later accepted for transfer to the Bachelor in Fine Art degree program at the University of Gloucestershire in the UK. The school ceased accepting new students on the diploma program from March 2018 to concentrate on its certificate program and its individual courses and workshops. [5]

The 2549 Quadra Street building was the site of the former Quadra Primary School and had been leased by the art school from School District 61 Greater Victoria. In 2017, the school district gave notice that it needed to reclaim the property for its education programs and that VISA would have to vacate the building by August 2018 when its lease ran out. VISA subsequently made plans to move into Ross Terrace, a mixed-use residential project on nearby Fifth Street planned for completion in 2020. For the interim period the school found a temporary home for its studios and workshops in the former North Park Bicycle Shop on 1725 Quadra Street and rented further classroom space in a building on Kings Road in Quadra Village. [6] [7]

The Slide Room Gallery was originally located on the ground floor of the 2549 Quadra Street building and used by the school for slide presentations at art history lectures and visiting artist talks. It was opened as a gallery for exhibitions by both local artists and graduates of the school in 2006 and the following year was incorporated as a separate non-profit organization. In 2018 the gallery moved to the school's temporary location at 1725 Quadra Street. [8] [4]

Programs

Vancouver Island School of Art is accredited by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. It is also on the Ministry's registry of Education Quality Assurance (EQA) designated institutions. [9]

As of March 2018 VISA offers a PTIB-approved Certificate program in Visual Arts (one year full-time or a maximum of four years part-time) as well as individual courses and workshops. [9] The Certificate in Visual Arts is transferable to the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Design, or Bachelor of Media Arts programs at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Anthony, Kristyn (30 April 2018). "Vancouver Island School of Art looking for new home". Victoria News Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Victoria Heritage Foundation. "Heritage Register, Hillside-Quadra, 2549 Quadra Street". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Campbell, Leslie (May 2018). "Vancouver Island School of Art fights for its home". Focus Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 Open Space Arts Society. (May 2008). "Off The Grid: Art Space Crawl". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Vancouver Island School of Art. "About". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Anthony, Kristyn (12 June 2018). "Vancouver Island School of Art sets course for new Victoria campus". Victoria News Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. ↑ Anthony, Kristyn (4 July 2018). "Vancouver Island School of Art finds temporary home". Victoria News Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  8. ↑ Slide Room Gallery. "The History of the Slide Room Gallery". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  9. 1 2 British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training, Private Training Institutions Branch. "Certified Institutions: Vancouver Island School of Art ID-03403". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  10. ↑ Emily Carr University of Art and Design. "Transfer Student Applications". Retrieved 10 December 2018.

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