Studio Space
The gym has been turned into a huge, spacious and well-lit studio.
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About the VAI
The Visual Art Institute (VAI) was founded in 1978. Its mission is to
foster the education and development of visually gifted children's
talents by providing in depth training, independent study and
experimentation in all aspects of visual art while preserving each
child's artistic individuality and imagination. This is accomplished
by understanding and accommodating a student's right brained learning
style; correlating a unique, comprehensive visual art curriculum with
non-directive teaching methods; and providing continuity in studies
consistent with individual talents. VAI fosters award-winning art and
facilitates the development of scholarship portfolios for university
entrance.
The Institute offers an art curriculum for the child who loves to
draw. It is a program of study designed to develop technical
competence with intuitive creativity. This gives purpose and substance
to technique. The development of imagination and creative thinking not
only benefit those children who will eventually choose a career in the
art fields, but is beneficial to all career paths. Recent studies have
shown that children who study art score better on SAT's than other
children and are more likely to excel in the sciences.
At VAI, students are creative colleagues. In a traditional linear,
left brained teaching environment, children often feel threatened by
the loss of their creative selves. Through a comprehensive art
curriculum, students are provided a safe and trusting environment in
which to expand their abilities and thought processes without losing
their own way of seeing and expressing their respective world views.
Most importantly, alumni report that their experiences at VAI have
improved their ability to think and learn in all areas of education.
This is the true mission of VAI.
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School
Spring '08 Class Offerings
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