LaSalle College Vancouver (formerly the Art Institute of Vancouver) is a Canadian-owned private post-secondary arts and design school located in

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. The school provides education in fashion, culinary, interior design, graphic design, audio & film, and game design & VFX. LaSalle College Vancouver is part of the LCI Education network of schools which encompasses 23 campuses around the world. These specialize mainly in design education and include

LaSalle College LaSalle College ( French: Collège LaSalle) was founded in 1959 by fashion designer Jean-Paul Morin. The college offers over 60 pre-university, technical and professional programs and is the largest bilingual college in North America. The coll ...

Montreal, LCI Barcelona in Spain, LCI Melbourne in Australia, and LCI Bogota in Colombia, among others. The school is a registered post-secondary institution and is designated by the Private Training Institutions Branch of the Ministry of Advanced Education of British Columbia.

Programs

LaSalle College Vancouver (LCV) offers programs in the following areas: * Game Design & VFX * Associate of Arts * Graphic Design * Culinary * Interior Design * Fashion * Audio & Film * E-Learning

Art Institute of Vancouver

In 2017, The Art Institute of Vancouver was acquired by ''LCI Education Network'' and the 80,000 square foot building has been rebranded to reflect its new association as LaSalle College Vancouver. The original main location of The Art Institute of Vancouver used to be in Burnaby, which was founded in 1979 and originally called the Center for Digital Imaging and Sound (CDIS). The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Vancouver was founded in 1982 and originally called Dubrulle International Culinary & Hotel Institute of Canada. Since 2010 all the programs have now moved to its present location at the new Renfrew Campus. The Art Institute of Vancouver is registered with and accredited by th
Private Training Institutions Branch
The Art Institute of Vancouver has been part of the LCI Education Network since February 1, 2017, who acquired it from Education Management Corporation. The Art Institute of Vancouver, now LaSalle College Vancouver, offers courses in Visual Effects, Animation, Recording Arts, Baking & Pastry Arts, Culinary Arts, Music Production, Event Management, Digital Film & Video,

Graphic Design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...

, Interior Design,

Fashion Design Fashion design is the Art (skill), art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction and natural beauty to clothing and its Fashion accessory, accessories. It is influenced by culture and different trends, and has varied over time and plac ...

, Game Art & Design, Game Programming, and other art disciplines. Since 2009 The Art Institute of Vancouver offers a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design.

Game Art & Design program

The Calgary Sun reported that in 2005 over 200 students were enrolled in The Art Institute of Vancouver's 18-month game art and design diploma program. And in 2006 The Art Institute of Vancouver partnered with the

International Game Developers Association The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is a nonprofit professional association whose stated mission is to "support and empower game developers around the world in achieving fulfilling and sustainable careers." The IGDA is incorpo ...

and

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company

Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the d ...

(EA) to host the ARTmageddon game industry festival. The school's teachers and students have been interviewed about game design and education by publications such as the

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Notable alumni

Nathan Fong Nathan Mark Fong (March 16, 1959 – March 30, 2020) was a Canadian chef, food stylist, media personality and activist. Early life and education Nathan Mark Fong was born in West Vancouver on March 16, 1959. His parents were Edna and Robert Fong ...

(1959-2020), Canadian chef

References

External links

LaSalle College Vancouver Official Website

LCI Education Official Website

LCI Education network agrees to acquire The Art Institute of Vancouver.
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