VanArts

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts) is a private post-secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada founded in 1995. VanArts offers one-year diploma programs for the visual, media and performing arts plus degree pathways with university partners.

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
TypePrivate
Established1995 (1995)
PresidentAlan Phillips
Location
Vancouver
,
British Columbia
,
Canada
Campus600 - 570 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, BC Canada, V6B 1Y1
NicknameVanArts
AffiliationsPTIB, EQA, StudentAid BC, EduCanada, NACC
Websitevanarts.com

VanArts is designated through the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB).[1]

History

VanArts was founded in 1995 with Lee Mishkin as its founding program director.[2]

The first campus for VanArts was on West Broadway in Vancouver, and by January 1997 it had moved downtown to 837 Beatty Street. Originally offering programs for Classical Animation, then computer animation in 1998, the school expanded to offer Game Art & Design in 2003 and Visual Effects in 2004. Upon adding the first Digital Photography program in North America in 2006,[3] VanArts needed to expand and moved to a new campus at 626 West Pender Street. In 2008, the William Davis Centre for Actors Study joined up with VanArts and became its Acting department. Another move happened in July 2010 to its current location at 570 Dunsmuir Street. 2011 brought new departments for Web Development & Interactive Design, and the addition of Broadcasting and Online Media.

The William Davis Centre for Actors Study

The William Davis Centre for Actors Study was opened in 1989 by William B. Davis. In 2008 the William Davis Centre for Actors Study became the acting department of VanArts.[4]

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

Programs

VanArts offers 8 full-time 12 month programs:[13]

  • ACTING FOR FILM & TELEVISION
  • ANIMATION (2D & 3D tracks)
  • BROADCASTING & ONLINE MEDIA
  • GAME ART & DESIGN
  • PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
  • VISUAL EFFECTS FOR FILM & TV
  • WEB DEVELOPMENT & INTERACTIVE DESIGN

Partnerships

2011 marked VanArts’ first degree pathway agreement with Woodbury University[14] in Burbank, CA, soon to be followed by further pathways with Deakin University[15] in Melbourne, Australia, Bond University[16] and Griffith University[17] in Queensland, Australia, Media Design School[18] in Auckland, New Zealand, University of Gloucestershire[19] in the United Kingdom. In 2013, VanArts signed an agreement for its first local degree pathway with the Vancouver campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University.[20]

Local Partners

References
  2. "VanArts - About Us".
  3. "VanArts Launches First Digital Photography Program in North America". VanArts. January 3, 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. "VanArts - William Davis Centre for Actor's Study joins VanArts".
  5. "Chilton Crane". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  6. https://globalnews.ca/author/jordan-armstrong/
  7. https://www.vanarts.com/news-article/acting-graduate-travels-back-in-time-on-outlander/
  8. https://www.vanarts.com/news-article/acting-grad-casts-a-spell-on-sabrina/
  9. "Animation Grads Work for Scholastic/Weston Woods". VanArts. January 31, 2013.
  10. https://www.vanarts.com/news-article/visual-effects-grads-from-mexico-join-forces/
  11. "Elle India Graduates 2016 - Photographer of the Year".
  12. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-visual-effects-society-awards-winners-full-list-1178565
  13. "VanArts - Programs".
  14. "VanArts - Woodbury University".
  15. "VanArts - Deakin University".
  16. "VanArts - Bond University".
  17. "VanArts - Griffith University - Queensland College of Art".
  18. "VanArts - Media Design School".
  19. "VanArts - University of Gloucestershire".
  20. "VanArts - Fairleigh Dickinson University".
  21. "VanArts - BCIT".
  22. "VanArts - Emily Carr University of Art and Design".
  23. "VanArts - Fairleigh Dickinson University".
  24. "VanArts Forms New Partnership with Langara College".
  25. "VanArts - University of the Fraser Valley".
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