the curriculum. The Vancouver College of Art and Design was, and remains, a career college with courses in various aspects of fashion, graphic design, and interior design. Five months after the Vancouver College of Art and Design opened, Peter Such and his brother Lionel bought the Victoria College of Art and Design from Eminata. Such, a Professor Emeritus of York University, had originally been hired by UCW to revive the art school's fortunes after the drastic drop in enrollment. He had been paying the art faculty's salaries himself since June 2009 and paid a further Can$20,000 in September for the school's assets and liabilities. At the time of the purchase, Such said that he planned to finance the school with his own funds until it was on a viable footing and then turn it over to a non-profit board and arts agency. Eminata retained ownership of the Vancouver College of Art and Design and rebranded it as the "Visual College of Art and Design". Following its purchase by Such, the school returned to the "Victoria College of Art" name and started over again with approximately 100 students. The new start was celebrated with an exhibition of work by some of the school's past 2000 graduates. Peter Such remains the president of Victoria College of Art as of 2018 and has also served as the president of the Victoria Arts Council Board of Directors. Under his leadership, VAC added applied arts programs in digital animation and illustration. The college holds a student art exhibition and sale each December at the college and a graduate exhibition each Spring at a local gallery as well as occasional faculty exhibitions. The Victoria Visual Arts Legacy Society was originally formed to provide bursaries and scholarships to students at Victoria College of Art. When the college was taken over by University Canada West, the society became an independent non-profit organization and expanded its mandate to include four other Greater Victoria post-secondary art institutions—Camosun College, the University of Victoria's Education and Fine Arts schools and the Vancouver Island School of Art. As of 2018, the society awards five bursaries annually to one student from VCA and to one student from each of the other four institutions. Academics Victoria College of Art is accredited by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. It is also on the Ministry's