High Institute of the Arts

The High Institute of the Arts is a T'vaqi learning academy at the highest level of education.

History

The front entrance of the Institute. Ideation of Self, the most famous painting of Rona Apilo, can be seen framed on a pillar.

The Institute was founded in 234 TT one year after its sister academy, the High Institute of the Sciences. Hrso Vinshasi, the inventor of the Cognitive Capacity Scale, served as headmaster for both Institutes until 226 TT; each Institute has been led by a separate headmaster since. Similarly to its sister institute, the High Institute of the Arts boasts numerous notable alumni, including former Grand Magister Dimasi V'sha.

The two High Institutes are symbols of national pride, hailed as the largest wealth of knowledge on the island. Delegates from both Institutes have been sent to Kalam and Deysachin to further collective cultural understanding; Kalam's first academies hired these delegates as foreign teachers.

Academics

The High Institute of the Arts offers a variety of classes on various art forms and techniques, ranging from painting to sculpting to color theory. The subject matter of these classes is typically based on the perfection of the art form; the more mathematically perfect a piece of artwork is, the greater value it has.

As the minimum CC Score for enrollment is 25, the Institute places much higher expectations on its students than other T'vaqi academies. It is estimated that at least 9.7% of students drop out in their first year of classes.