VanArts

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts) is a private post-secondary school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1995. VanArts offers one-year diploma programs for the visual, media and performing arts plus degree pathways with university partners. VanArts is designated through the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB). History VanArts was founded in 1995 with Lee Mishkin as its founding program director. 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, 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 570 Dunsmuir Street. 2011 brought new departments for Web Development & Interactive Design, and the addition of Broadcasting and Online Media. In 2021 the school moved to its current location, a custom made floor at 333 Terminal Avenue.