Classes here were excellent. The teacher was on point and took extra time to make sure our pieces…read moreturned out well. One person didn't listen and her piece didn't turn out as well. My advice is to listen to what Cynthia tells you.

CA Swan Art Studios and gift shop are a true delight. Cindy's artistry and creativity is…read moreabsolutely stunning, and her depth of knowledge is truly amazing. The classes are very fun and make for a wonderful couple of hours to learn about the process and make a piece of your own. John is also really great and they make a fabulous team. Highly recommend!

We absolutely love Mrs.Zsofia. My daughter looks forward to art class all the time and has grown so…read moremuch in both her skills and confidence. The lessons are fun and creative and I love that my child gets to learn different mediums like water color, graphite, and ink. Zsofia is very kind and caring and my daughter loves spending time there- you can tell she genuinely cares about her students and wants them to enjoy the process of creating. Highly recommend for any child who loves to be creative and wants to gain new skills in different types of art styles!

My daughter Emily had a private piano teacher for a couple of years but never really showed much…read moreprogress. After joining this academy, she since then has really grown as a pianist and has also enjoyed it more at a personal level. Highly recommended.

I did not take the name from the staff member, but I was baffled when it seemed that I was being…read morediscouraged from even trying to look into the RN program. The staff mentioned it was very difficult and competitive. And maybe it is but it is not their job to discourage or feel anyone discriminated. Not sure if my age or I hate to even say that status also was part of it. A more professional way to handle it would have been just to say "talking to a counselor would give you a better understanding of what fits better for you". Unfortunately this is the second bad experience I have at AVC I can now see why people I know decide to go to COC or moopark

Let me start by saying the campus is very nice and clean! The admissions and financial aid staff,…read moreon the other hand, is pretty much useless. They are decently friendly, but it seems like no one at the desk is ever authorized to actually do anything aside from taking your info down and saying they'll reach out to you (no one ever reaches out, by the way, shocker). I've visited over 8-10 times in the last 5 months, and the "higher-ups" are always out of the office or in meetings--every single time. I applied in August 2025 and it took 2 weeks and 3 visits just for them to even find my application because it supposedly got "filed into spam." Most CCs take 48 hours MAX. Because of that "spam incident," my financial aid was severely delayed. Even though I'm a California native, they flagged me as a non-resident and said they needed my official high school transcripts to prove it. Contacting LAUSD for transcripts is a nightmare and takes 3-4 months, but the admissions supervisor gave me a verbal green light to take my Fall classes anyway. She promised they would backdate the waiver and clear the non-resident tuition once the transcripts arrived. I finally brought my transcripts in today, and now they're saying it's 50/50 if the dean will even honor that since the Fall semester is already over. To make it worse, the dean has been out for the last 2 days and they had no idea when she'd even be back. They refused to even schedule an in person appointment with her for me. I even offered to set it for this Friday or even weeks out and told them they could just call to cancel if she wasn't in, and they still said no. If someone is going to be out indefinitely, they need to bring in someone else to fill in and handle their responsibilities! I understand things and emergencies happen, but there is still business to be handled. Now they're saying they can guarantee Spring will be cleared, but I can't enroll in any classes until the $500 Fall balance is paid. What sense does that make?? Had I known this would happen, I never would've enrolled for Fall, but I trusted the supervisor's word. I'm beyond disappointed. The staff is friendly, but they need a new chain of command if the bosses are always gone. It shouldn't be this hard to better my future. I'm now pursuing enrollment at another college because I can't deal with this faulty system anymore. Advice to future students: save yourself the headache and explore other schools if you can. If you do happen to end up here DO NOT take verbal promises here. Get everything time-stamped and in writing or you'll end up stuck with a bill you weren't expecting.

Great caricatures. You really nailed their faces... and fast turnaround. Thanks Alberto.read more

Hired him for my sons first birthday and everyone loved it! His drawings were spot on he was right…read moreon time and even stayed a little after just too finish some last minute details :) will definitely have him again

The classes themselves are great. Whoever does their logistics and interaction with parents is a…read moretrain wreck. Performance dates get moved around with little notification (to the point where we saw one student show up in a leotard to an evening music recital when her dance performance was a week away - students had been told at least three different dates by the time it actually happened), classes get merged to different school sites with less than a week's notification, and classes get cancelled with 24 hours notification. If your family has a stay-at-home parent who is able to completely adjust their schedule at a moment's notice, this is a great program. If it's difficult to adjust to picking up your kids an hour earlier than normal and transporting them to a location 10 minutes away with only a day's notification that you will need to do that... well, this might not be the best bet for you. And I'm not holding my breath that I'll either see a costume or get my money back for that costume fee I paid eight months ago either.

My 13-year-old son took Kassie's 8-week workshop class and he absolutely loved it! He created a…read morecouple pieces of art that he is very proud of and had a lot of fun learning the process on how this type of art is made. Kassie has great patience in teaching and I highly recommend this business for wood work creations and classes.

Amazing experience! Highly recommend! The place is very organized, super cute, and the people that…read morework there help every step of the way! Such a fun time!!!

i was a student here... i had fun and the best students were me, presley, johannah, and riley.. the…read moremath teacher mrs alexander or whatever was rude to me a lot.. also i hated the quilting class it was so bad!! the teacher assumed i knew how to sew when i couldnt so the students had to show me cus she didnt.. no hate to her though.. also there were these aids that were out to get everyone.. we called them the british.. just in everyones business.. mr z and mr strazzari were the best teachers... mr strazzari gave people jolly ranchers.. mr z gave me therapy...

Wonderful educational homeschooling program!…read more The campuses are large but, for example, one of the campuses has a beautiful football field that has not been catered too; therefore, the children cannot utilize the track and field. How many years will Gorman let this field go unattended? I understand there may be a lack of funding. Also, there is no microwaves available to students to have hot lunches. This is possibly due to state regulations. When will Gorman address this? No worries because on campus learning is completely optional. Furthermore, it seems that Gorman learning center is turning into a brick-and-mortar style school system which will perhaps develop into overpopulated classrooms if they keep letting students enroll. I understand on campus course and activities are optional tho.....No worries Well, if your considering Gorman Learning Center you're on the right track, as there are more benefits to this establishment than my own selfish and perhaps petty gripes. And...... to end on a positive note: -The Administrative Staff are nice -The Teachers and Facilitators are great! -Students are phenomenal and smart -PLTs are absolutely fantastic and knowledgeable on all subjects -Courses Offered are well equipped with tools needed to successfully support the objectives Thank you for reading and hopefully by next year I can give this school a FIVE STAR