​At West California Academy of Art and Design, we provide developmental caring and dynamic counseling and expertise services.  Families and students alike can learn about colleges and specific factors of how to create an individual plan with our credentialed professionals.  For students applying to Ivy League schools, Art University, college transfers or supplemental, our counselor can help you showcase your talents in a creative and engaging ways by providing guidance, plans and feedback on portfolios and arrangement including: essays/artists statements, applications etc. We can help consult on how these, and additional factors can fit to specific applications depending on schools. Art production can play a crucial role into the admissions process, and though our experienced team will explain the admission process from the perspectives of a highly selective university, and various institutes for a better understanding of career options and education. Through our quality education and resources, as well as critiques and prepare high quality digital portfolios, we will discuss option for optimal results and help achieve dreams! Our students have applied to and been accepted to schools such as Colombia, Harvard, Art Center, RISD, California.
At West California Academy of Art and Design, we provide developmental caring and dynamic counseling and expertise services.  Families and students alike can learn about colleges and specific factors of how to create an individual plan with our credentialed professionals.  For students applying to Ivy League schools, Art University, college transfers or supplemental, our counselor can help you showcase your talents in a creative and engaging ways by providing guidance, plans and feedback on portfolios and arrangement including: essays/artists statements, applications etc. We can help consult on how these, and additional factors can fit to specific applications depending on schools. Art production can play a crucial role into the admissions process, and though our experienced team will explain the admission process from the perspectives of a highly selective university, and various institutes for a better understanding of career options and education. Through our quality education and resources, as well as critiques and prepare high quality digital portfolios, we will discuss option for optimal results and help achieve dreams!
Set Sail for A Creative Life!

​Congratulations to Qier Wang on her awards in the 2022-23 Scholastic Art and Writing Award. She was awarded the following:
 
1 Golden Key Award
2 Silver Awards
2 Honorable Mention Awards

​Congratulations to the following students in their admission to college . Here are the current results :

​Chinese American Construction Professionals (CACP) recognized Ms. Lei Wang for her 50-year contribution to children’s art education on Jan 27, 2023.

Two art contests themed Stop Hate are now calling for entries, encouraging young artist to create a work of art that demonstrates the chosen medium’s potential to create a visual dialogue and promote community.
 
Note: one artwork can only be submitted to one of the two contests.
 
Contest One:
Juried High School Art Competition
Theme: Stop Hate
Organized & Sponsored by: KJC International Inc. & West California Academy of Art and Design
No registration fee--Free to enter!
Submission Deadline: March 11, 2023
Announcement of results: March 15, 2023
Total of 7 winners selected.  Trophies & certificates. One Grand Prize with $200 scholarship and $100 each for the rest 6 winners.  The Grand Prize artwork will be published online.
Medium:  Any medium on any surface. Size restriction: 11X17
Digital art is accepted.  Only ONE entry accepted per submission.


​​​Submit Link: http://www.myarteducation.com/2023-art-contest.html

In art and design creativity, curiosity, empathy and mindful connection, create what we imagine as an open mindset. At WCAAD we encourage to have learners, construct, and assimilate our connections to the world and each other, through stories, inquiry, investigation, reflection, and art. Art has the emotional connectivity to our world and our communities, because they are us and we are them.
As a philosophy of learning, we value learning through creative processes as authentic catalysts for social change in our arts education. Creative learning is the change needed in education that creates a connected community and therefore a connected society.  One that cares for one another and values inclusivity and diversity and equality in our shared experiences. as a creative process.
KJC International Inc. and West California Academy of Art and Design invite students in high school in valuing arts integration and promote engaging students in participation and contribution to help our community learn through self-expression, identifying multiple perspectives and sense of self and voice.
We invite participants to think about but not limited to issues and uplifting of interconnectedness, equity, stewardship, mindfulness, curiosity, culture, age, race, gender, sexual diversity, and disability. A visual image that cultivates creativity, curiosity, empathy, and connection, as a mindset mindfully relating to our shared experience in a more united world.
Authenticity & Liability: Do not copy or plagiarize. Artwork must be original and not copied. KJC International Inc. & West California Academy of Art and Design are not responsible for any copyright issues. We have the right to disqualify any entry whose authenticity is questioned.
All art should be picked up 30 days after competition ends before April 6, 2023.
Drop off address: 420 S. Pine Street, San Gabriel, CA91776
Tuesday—Friday 3:00—6:00pm
Digital entry submitted to Email: [email protected]
Web: www.MyArtEducation.com
Tel: 626-558-7777
 



​Contest Two:
Digital Art Contest 2023
Theme: Stop Hate
Organized & Sponsored by: Asian Youth Center (AYC)
Submission Deadline: Mar. 19, 2023
Age category: 13 and under, 14-18, 19 and up
Prize: $150 gift card per winner. Winning entries will be printed on AYC Stop Hate materials (T-shirts and tote bags, etc.) to spread your message in the community!
For full details and entry form, scan the QR code or go to the link: bit.ly/StopHateArtContest
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Send us your original art or design to raise awareness about the dangers of hate and promote diversity and inclusion in our community!
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Children’s Beginning Art  Age: 3-5
Preschoolers draw their reality and what they know about the world. Rather than attempting to capture a photographic image of reality, this stage of development is dedicated in creating representations using symbols formed with circle, squares, lines, etc., as they associate common objects such as, flowers, trees, sun, cats, etc. This is an introductory stage for creating, challenges, development & expressing ideas. Student use learnt skills, language, techniques, & processes of art making (line, texture, shapes, color mixing, pattern & design recognition, etc.); but most importantly imagination! Here at WCAAD, we encourage open-ended exploration of art materials, self-confidence, & enjoyment in art & learning. Student collaborate & independently explore creating, making, & presenting for a range of audiences. Observation & anecdotal responses, assist students, in various situations where they choose more personal artwork. Eventually children will reach a benchmark where habitual repetition of associative symbols on familiar objects are used as subjects evolving into balance & consideration of a picture as whole.