The Bronx High School for the Visual Arts (BHSVA), familiarly known as Visual Arts, is a

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established as an

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in 2002 under

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's ''Small Schools Initiative'' program (officially, the New Century High Schools Initiative). It is a New Visions for Public Schools institution which oversees funding for the various small schools created by the program but is served by the

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. The school once was housed in the Christopher Columbus Educational Campus before moving to the old Mercy College Bronx campus building in late 2004. The school is within walking distance of the

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and the

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. Since its inception in 2002, Visual Arts has hosted consecutive End of the Year art exhibitions at the

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Art Gallery, highlighting the years best art by students.
As of 2005, it also holds a second art exhibition at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

In popular culture

The school hosted Mayor Bloomberg's 2005 address focusing on the success of the city's newly formed small high-schools and the creation of even more
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