Institute for Visual Arts
Institute for Visual Arts, 3229 Glendale Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90039
About
Institute for Visual Arts offers a comprehensive art education program for children, teens, and adults that includes a Core Program of ongoing courses throughout the academic year, short-term session classes, and workshops. The program also includes six weeks of children’s camps, teen intensives, and one-night workshops for adults and advanced teens. The curriculum is designed sequentially with in-depth, rigorous study of the visual arts in a small, diverse, creative peer group learning environment, and takes place in a space that serves as both a studio and an art gallery.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Core Program during the academic year, plus 6 weeks of children’s camps, teen intensives, and one-night workshops for adults and advanced teens
Institute for Visual Arts was founded in 2011. It is led by founder and director Shannon Rae Fincke, an artist, educator, administrator, curator, and gallerist with 30 years of art program leadership, curriculum development, and teaching experience. Shannon holds a Master’s Degree in Painting and Art Education from New York University and PreK–Adult art teaching credentials in New York and California. The leadership and teaching team also includes Natasha Kassyutina (Special Projects Coordinator and Exhibition Designer), Raea Lee (Substitute Teacher and Administrative Assistant and Events), Delilah Lee (Art Education Intern and Studio Assistant), Lisa Carter (Administrative Assistant and Events), Sabina Annis (Administrative Assistant and Events), Todd DePauw (Projects, Events, DJ), Molly Segal (Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing), Casey Baden (Adjunct Faculty, Fibers and Mixed-Media), and Leslie Lanxinger (Adjunct Faculty, Drawing in Black and White).
Institute for Visual Arts states that it provides an outstanding, comprehensive art education program in a community setting and considers the study of art integral to a complete education and imperative in fostering creativity, self-expression, and independent and critical thinking skills. It is dedicated to inspiring and enriching the lives of students of all ages through the study of art and the advancement of visual arts in the greater community and society, and is described as an invaluable community resource.
Parents and students describe Institute for Visual Arts as offering a rigorous curriculum of study and practice in a supportive, warm environment, with annual art shows that feature student work. Longtime families report that they have participated in children’s classes, teen programs, adult workshops, and the Core Program over many years, and note Shannon’s ability to teach multiple age groups and levels of proficiency, her extensive knowledge of art history and technique, and the studio’s atmosphere, which some describe as feeling like a family.
Last updated March 24, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Core Program during the academic year, plus 6 weeks of children’s camps, teen intensives, and one-night workshops for adults and advanced teens
Institute for Visual Arts was founded in 2011. It is led by founder and director Shannon Rae Fincke, an artist, educator, administrator, curator, and gallerist with 30 years of art program leadership, curriculum development, and teaching experience. Shannon holds a Master’s Degree in Painting and Art Education from New York University and PreK–Adult art teaching credentials in New York and California. The leadership and teaching team also includes Natasha Kassyutina (Special Projects Coordinator and Exhibition Designer), Raea Lee (Substitute Teacher and Administrative Assistant and Events), Delilah Lee (Art Education Intern and Studio Assistant), Lisa Carter (Administrative Assistant and Events), Sabina Annis (Administrative Assistant and Events), Todd DePauw (Projects, Events, DJ), Molly Segal (Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing), Casey Baden (Adjunct Faculty, Fibers and Mixed-Media), and Leslie Lanxinger (Adjunct Faculty, Drawing in Black and White).
Institute for Visual Arts states that it provides an outstanding, comprehensive art education program in a community setting and considers the study of art integral to a complete education and imperative in fostering creativity, self-expression, and independent and critical thinking skills. It is dedicated to inspiring and enriching the lives of students of all ages through the study of art and the advancement of visual arts in the greater community and society, and is described as an invaluable community resource.
Parents and students describe Institute for Visual Arts as offering a rigorous curriculum of study and practice in a supportive, warm environment, with annual art shows that feature student work. Longtime families report that they have participated in children’s classes, teen programs, adult workshops, and the Core Program over many years, and note Shannon’s ability to teach multiple age groups and levels of proficiency, her extensive knowledge of art history and technique, and the studio’s atmosphere, which some describe as feeling like a family.
Last updated March 24, 2026.
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