The Da Vinci Initiative (sponsored by the ARC)

One student of the programme, 17-year-old Yeats Ihrig, has gotten media attention for his style, focus and precision gained from his time in the Vosler Young Artists' Studio. As one of the five winner in the Smithsonian's Teen Portrait Competition, Yeats is now taking his artistic skill to the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy.

Many of the student drawings are roughly based on the Bargue-Gérôme Drawing Course, a complete reprint of a famous last 19th century drawing course.  It contains 200 masterful lithographs of subjects for copying, The Da Vinci Initiative has prepared a Bargue Plate lesson plan for high school art students if you are interested in this teaching method for your classroom. 

Bring Skill Based Art to Public Schools

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Help! - Bring Skill Based Art to Public Schools!!

Greater amounts are of course welcome, but even a $1 donation will help the DVI Kickstarter come up with greater frequency within Kickstarter Searches. If even a small portion of our subscribers were to donate $1 we would easily fund this Kickstarter campaign. We need your help. The Da Vinci Initiative has started a major fundraising campaign through Kickstarter to bring skill-based training in the visual arts to public schools K-12. Teaching realist based art skills such as those implemented by Da Vinci and Michelangelo not only aligns with current educational research that other subjects currently embrace, but it also enhances the number of choices students can make when creating their own work. To view the Kickstarter project and video or to donate, click here. The Da Vinci Initiative is officially endorsed by the Washington Art Education Association.

To view the Kickstarter project and video or to donate, click here.

Fun fact: Both alumni Teresa Oaxaca and Nancy Hines are Da Vinci Initiative Ambassadors! More about what they are doing for the DVI coming up... stay tuned!