UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education

The UCLA Arts VAPAE Program encompasses arts education courses, internships, projects, and public presentations for students and the community at large. With the goal of being at the center of the statewide and national debate regarding the importance of the arts for all students, and to be a catalyst for positive change in urban arts education, the mission of the Visual and Performing Arts Education (VAPAE) Program in the School of the Arts and Architecture is to expose UCLA undergraduates to the rich history of arts education in the U.S. and to highlight its role in a diverse society. 

The VAPAE Program supports the creative and intellectual growth of UCLA undergraduates while providing much needed arts education curricula to students throughout Los Angeles. VAPAE provides UCLA students with experiential opportunities to develop into qualified teaching artists, and to introduce them to a range of possible careers in the arts.