The Victoria College of Art

Specialties

With over 5,000 alumni our college of art has been the leading Vancouver Island studio art school and a major force in the art world of Western Canada for 36 years.

We offer a variety of government accredited courses (PCTIA) and specialized approved certificates all of which help you ladder up to our prestigious diploma of Fine Arts and graduate diploma.

Specialized certificates in Mold-​making and Casting, Illustration and Classical Animation as well as other options in printmaking, photography, textile art, painting, drawing, sculpture, art history, business and aesthetics can launch you on your chosen career path. Your extensive portfolio will light the way.

We welcome students who wish to turn their theoretical studies into a true studio practice, either in our undergraduate diploma program or in our closely-​mentored, new, post-​graduate studio or curatorial options.

Our student shows are famous for attracting nearly a thousand in attendance with sales of nearly 100 pieces.

Meet the Business Owner

peter S.

Business Owner

Peter Such is an author and educator, professor emeritus of York University, Toronto. He has published eight books, and has been active in founding art organizations, art magazines and technology-​based teaching initiatives.

He has taught and given seminars as a visiting professor in Helsinki, Cambridge and other European universities as well as in North America. Although he is a critic, and has worked as an archaeologist, he is not an artist himself, preferring to be entranced by the magic of art practitioners, who often figure in his novels and plays.

He views creativity as the one saving and non-​polluting grace left to human beings and believes in art that gives a sense of awe and beauty and a fresh understanding of human life, growing out of the artist’s own cultural experience and community.

He thinks of the Victoria College of Art as a joy-​oriented creative community and attempts to dispell the dragons of stress and angst whenever they arise.

His faculty think likewise.