Violette de Mazia Foundation

Violette de Mazia Foundation

Teaching the art of creative understanding

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    We teach children to see the art in art.

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    We encourage student participation.

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    We help students find inspiration and meaning in artistic expression.

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    We teach students the visual language of art.

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    We help students make connections between art and life.

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    We engage every student in lively in-class activities.

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    We develop children's powers of observation.

Welcome to the Violette de Mazia Foundation

Art As Experience 

Our courses teach students of all ages an approach to visual understanding that provides them with a unique lens for interpreting, understanding, and communicating what they experience.

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Learn About Our Courses

Join us for an educational journey which will teach you creative understanding.

Perspectives

For a new perspective on perception, visit our ongoing aesthetic forum.

  • Thoughts in a Tranquil Night, Poem of the Week
    07/27/2010

Learn About Our History

Violette de Mazia believed that life and art are inextricably linked.

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Featured Course

Part I: Informed Perception

Join us at our newest location, Franklin Commons in Phoenixivlle, to learn to see the art in art.

Featured Content

  • News
    Classes Open Children's Minds

    I am writing this letter to share the excitement the students at B.B. Comegys have felt about the VdMF program...read more.

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    Philadelphia Museum of Arts' Late Renoir

    Late Renoir follows the renowned painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir through the final decades of his career...read more.

400 E. Lancaster Avenue · Wayne, PA 19087 · Phone: 610-971-9960 · Email: info@demazia.org

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