Visual Arts Career Orientation Program
The Visual Arts Career Orientation Program (VACOP), presented by the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, is a pre-professional experience that provides high school students with an opportunity to work with practicing Pittsburgh-based artists. Students will tour studio spaces, learn new techniques from teaching artists, and hear about different career paths in the arts. Experiences may include tours of local universities, community art spaces, and cultural institutions. Students will experiment with a wide range of processes and media that artists are exploring today.
Associated Artists’ VACOP program is administered through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Registration for the VACOP program is done through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. You can register a student for VACOP by clicking the button below.
Past Sessions
Fabric Collage with Jamie Earnest at Creative Reuse
Assemblage Sculpture at Brenda Stumpf Studios
CMOA with Laurie Barnes and Valerie Herrero
Mattress Factory with Education Coordinator Laurie Barnes
National Council for Education of the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) - March 2018 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Biological Illustration with Ashley Cecil at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Sand Molds and Metal Casting at Carrie Blast Furnace with Chris McGinnis
Funding for the VACOP program is provided by the Buhl Foundation, materials for the program are sponsored in part by Artist & Craftsman Supply
