The Visual Arts Centre is a thriving not-for-profit arts education institution in Montreal. The Centre’s School of Art is Canada's largest bilingual independent art school, serving almost 4,000 students annually, from absolute beginner to working professional artist. As a studio based art school, we believe in hands-on education where students work closely with practicing artists to learn and explore both traditional and contemporary approaches to art-making. Our McClure Gallery offers a dynamic selection of ten annual exhibitions by contemporary artists as well as seminars, lectures and a publication program. ARTreach, our community outreach program, fosters alliances with other centers and institutions to realize public art projects that contribute to social well-being. The Visual Arts Centre's mission is to offer excellence and accessibility in the education and presentation of the visual arts, to nurture a sense of community, as well as to promote and advocate for the visual arts in the broader society through collaborative, community based engagement.