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Finally, something about Winter to get excited for! Our biggest Winter session ever begins January 4th and registration continues throughout the term. Over 150 art classes – 56 of them new [...]

Get ready for one action-packed art making week! Running from March 16 – 20, our March Break Art Camps for children and teens offer restorative daily getaways. Choose from a variety of camps in [...]

Be a part of history! This year marks the golden anniversary of DVSA’s Annual Art Auction, a masterpiece 50 years in the making, and we want you to join in the celebration. Five decades later, [...]

Our studios will be filled with a variety of endearing art activities sure to make Valentine’s Day last throughout the Family Day weekend! Sunday February 16, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Our FREE [...]

Full-time study in DVSA’s Advanced Studio offers an innovative and alternative art education for both the post-secondary and mature student. Rather than a conventional approach consisting of a [...]

Our wildly popular First Friday series offers two art options: regular fave Licensed To Draw (and Paint) and the hot ticket item, Licensed To Watercolour. Held on the first Friday of the month, [...]

Part of our DVSA Advanced Studio, Foundation Studies in Visual Art is a 1-year introductory program is divided into four stages, beginning with intensive perceptual, formal, experimental and [...]

Our “For The Petrified” series offers shorter, absolute beginner courses in four key disciplines – Painting, Drawing, Pottery and Printmaking. These courses are designed to offer the [...]

From a simple garden party with a few paintings in 1970 to 2020’s exciting three-day event featuring over 1,600 works of art – join us April 16-18 as we celebrate 50 years of the DVSA Annual Art [...]

2018-19 was an extraordinary year for DVSA, featuring more great artwork from our studios and significant growth in community engagement as we reached a new milestone of 6,337 annual [...]