See more at www.ocsarts.net The Visual Arts Conservatory is the 2nd largest of the 14 after school Arts Conservatories. Founded in 1985 as an after school arts conservatory program at Los Alamitos High School. Moved into Santa Ana in 2000 and became a full academic and arts charter school. Celebrating 30 years of arts existence this year, 2017, and 20 years in Santa Ana as of 2020 and still going strong. The Visual Arts Conservatory is the second largest Conservatory here at OCSA. Students signup for a placement activity and all completed applications are subject to a public lottery. See the school web page for more information about public preview days and application requirements, www.ocsarts.net
Because the Orange County School of the Arts is situated in a Downtown environment, our students have access to a greater opportunity for group and individual discovery of Art and Culture; Business and Technology, Civic, Political, and Individual activism. For the Visual Arts Conservatory being walking distance from a vibrant Santa Ana Artist's Village (CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santora Building of the Arts, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art and many individual galleries and exhibition spaces) gives our program a richer context. We regularly have students use the surrounding environment as source material for their paintings, photography and personal visual expressions.
