Vantaan sanataidekoulu ry

Founded in 1994, Vantaan sanataidekoulu ry is a non-profit association based in Vantaa, Finland working on arts & culture, education, children & youth.

Vantaan sanataidekoulu ry is a non-profit association that has run literary arts education in Vantaa, Finland since 1994 and provided arts education in literary arts there since 1995. It offers basic arts education (taiteen perusopetus) courses for children, young people and adults, afternoon clubs for first and second grade pupils, workshops and training for schools, early childhood education and libraries, and summer camps. It also organises the Virtaa! festival and the annual anthology of pupils' work. The school operates in several locations in Vantaa and Espoo, serves the Helsinki capital region, and is supported by the City of Vantaa. Its founder was Aulikki Rundgren, and it is a founding member of the Finnish Literary Arts Education Society.