Re: California Sculpture Academy is now homeless [Village News letter, 11/16/17]

This letter is in response to a recent letter regarding landlord-tenant issues at the Fallbrook School of the Arts campus. When we learned that our current tenant had excluded VetArt from using our campus foundry facility, the Fallbrook Arts Inc. Board of Directors was faced with a decision and elected not to renew our current tenant’s lease.

Our Board of Directors is proud to announce VetArt’s return to the Fallbrook School of the Arts as its new tenant effective Jan. 1, 2018.

VetArt's programs provide free art classes to hundreds of active duty, veterans, their families, and veteran's advocates. VetArt not only teaches art-making skills, but it reaches out to connect veterans with each other and their communities.

FAI has been assured by VetArt that the foundry will be available to local artists to rent on a space available basis, as it has been in the past.

FAI, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is dedicated to providing exemplary art venues and a vibrant arts education program. We have been a strong supporter of the Fallbrook community for over 20 years through partnerships with the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District, Ivy Continuation High School, the Migrant Education Program and the Boys and Girls Club of North County.

Our Art Center and the Fallbrook School of the Arts also provide ongoing support to the area’s low income and at-risk students and families.

The Board of Directors of FAI is pleased to welcome the VetArt program back to our community. In addition to utilizing the art making process as a means for connectivity, completed bronze pieces provide a powerful tool for public outreach, education and communication that reaches far beyond the classroom.

VetArt is transforming lives, one art piece at a time! Welcome vetart.org.

Jerri Patchett

President, Fallbrook Arts, Inc.