Chautauqua Visual Arts

Centered on four pillars—School of Art, Galleries, Lecture Series & Events and Community Classes—this is a space to experience all that our Chautauqua Visual Arts community has to offer. The Chautauqua School of Art residency program is a centerpiece of the Chautauqua Visual Arts (CVA). Founded in 1909, the School is an incubator of inclusive and expansive programming in the visual arts composed of workshops and one-on-one time with mentors covering all media. The curriculum intentionally breaks apart the traditional methods that silo disciplines from each other and instead embraces a full range of studio and pragmatic studies including professional development for artists, the art of pedagogy, writing in the 21st century, archiving and the relevance of art history today. Our program is inclusive, which is reflected not only by our team who teach at Chautauqua Visual Arts but also conveyed by the knowledge they share.