The Visual Art Institute is a nonprofit after-school art program for youth ages 5 - 18. The purpose of VAI is to foster and preserve the creative voices of youth by assisting them in exploring their imagination and artistic abilities through in-depth training, independent study, and experimentation in all aspects of visual art. Find out what makes VAI unique.

Registration

REGISTRATION for SPRING SEMESTER CLASSES has begun!

Elementary school students -- INTRO TO DRAWING, PAINTING I, CERAMICS, and BOOK ILLUSTRATION

Junior high and high school students -- STILL LIFE OIL PAINTING, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, SOFT PASTEL DRAWING, and ARCHITECTURE

Register now--classes fill up quickly and space is limited.

New Sandy location!   In addition to our current Sugar House location, we will now also be offering select classes from the current schedule at our new Sandy location.  Elementary classes in Sandy are from 4:00-5:30pm.  Jr. high and high school classes in Sandy are from 4:00-6:00pm. 

Please contact VAI for details:  801-474-3796 or staffbox.vai@gmail.com

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GARFO ART CENTER

Friends of Friends

February 26th - April 23rd, 2010

Join us for Friends of Friends -- an exhibition of twenty local, national, and international artists working on and with paper.  Ten artists were initially invited to participate and those ten were each asked to invite one other artist -- the result being an experiment of artist as curator and an example of the interconnection between artists and their peers, and hot it influences their work.


Admission is FREE and open to the public
Location: Visual Art Institute, 1838 S. 1500 E. SLC, UT 84105

For further information, e-mail:   staffbox.vai@gmail.com

In the News

 

March 2010

Friends of Friends   • ...artists asking other artists is a novel approach, a risk that could produce bold new visions on a space’s wall..."  •  City weekly.

http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/article-10634-friends-of-friends.html

Process Points  • Sculptural Collaborations in Paper:  An interview with Amber Heaton   • 15bytes.

http://www.artistsofutah.org/15bytes/10mar/page5.html

December 2009

Oh So Material   • Visual Art Institute showcases raw materials that create art   •  City weekly.

http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/article-10089-oh-so-material.html

June 2009

Gallery Goings On:GARFO  • Catalyst Magazine highlights the Visual Art Institutes' recent progress with the Garfo Art Center at the old Garfield schoolhouse.  "This building has so much history, but not many people know what's going on inside of it now," says Despain.  "The GARFO Gallery is going to invite community members inside to meet the teachers, artists, and students here, and explore our space," adds Riches.

Go to Newsroom for all past news

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