Since its establishment, Xi Academy of Fine Arts has recruited talents, gathered famous teachers, based on the excellent Yan 'an spirit and rich historical and cultural traditions, inherited the red gene, formed a unique concept of art education, cultivated a large number of outstanding artistic talents for the construction and development of the country, and created many works with far-reaching influence in the contemporary art history of China, which made important contributions to the prosperity of socialist art and produced a good social reputation and influence.
Since the reform and opening up, Xi Academy of Fine Arts has taken educating people as the foundation, teaching as the center, teachers as the main body, quality as its life, and prosperity of culture as its responsibility, adhering to the spirit of "striving for strength and pursuing Excellence", adhering to the school motto of "promoting beauty and virtue, borrowing the past to open up the present", giving full play to regional advantages and highlighting the characteristics of the western region, and taking the lead in bringing calligraphy and Quyi into classroom teaching. Long-term adherence to and attention to the four traditions of Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, Yan 'an revolutionary literature and art, northwest ethnic folk art, contemporary Chang 'an painting school and Loess painting school, as well as the teaching of painting, calligraphy, art history theory and China folk art, has gradually formed an art education system with a solid foundation, reasonable structure and distinctive features.