Orange County School of the Arts

About

(OCSA) Orange County School of the Arts is a public charter school in the Santa Ana Unified school district, California, USA. See more at www.ocsarts.net The Visual Arts Conservatory is the second largest of the eleven Arts Conservatories

Story

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 25 years of arts existence this year, 2012, and still going strong

The Visual Arts Conservatory is the second largest Conservatory here at OCSA. Students have to sign up for an audition were they bring a portfolio of artworks and do some on site drawing. See the school web page for more information about public preview days and admissions 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.

Mission

We provide a creative, challenging, and nurturing environment that offers bright and talented studetns unparalleled preparation for higher education and a profession in the arts.