Courses
Onsite Classes & Workshops
Onsite Classes & Workshops
The New York School of the Arts offers a broad spectrum of art workshops that consider the traditional, contemporary, and experimental approaches. Our goal is to experiment, explore and develop the artistic passion of our students and artists.
Click the “ENROLL NOW” buttons below or call the school office at 646-880-9050
Monday – Thursday, 9 AM – 5 PM
Friday and Saturday, 10 AM – 4 PM.
Academic Year 2026
SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 - MAY 22, 2027
FALL SESSION I:
Tuesday, September 8 - Monday, November 2, 2026
FALL BREAK:
Tuesday, November 3 - Saturday, November 8, 2026
FALL SESSION II:
Monday, November 9, 2026 - Saturday, January 23, 2027
THANKSGIVING BREAK:
November 23 - 28, 2026
WINTER BREAK:
December 21, 2026 - January 2, 2027
SPRING SESSION I:
Monday, January 25 - Saturday, March 20, 2027
SPRING BREAK:
March 22 - 27, 2025
SPRING SESSION II:
Monday, March 29 - Saturday, May 22, 2027
SUMMER SESSION I:
June 2027
SUMMER SESSION II
July 2027
Application:
Enroll nowOur Courses
- All Courses
- Specialized Courses
- Workshops
- Summer courses
- Drawing
- Painting
- Watercolor
- Printmaking
- New Media
- Sculpture
- Mixed Media
Professor:
Maurizio Pellegrin
Paintings, Sculptures, Installations: A workshop
In this two-day workshop, led by Maurizio Pellegrin, participants will work on one or several compositions in a large format.
The participants will develop a specific project with any material and technique. This will offer the chance to see how a different scale can be introduced in the current body of work.
Participants will need to bring the materials that currently are working with.
Intensive Students and Hub Members 30% discount.
Additional Information:
Participants will need to bring the materials that currently are working with.
Some experience required
2-day Workshop, Monday & Tuesday
$300
July 13 & 14
Professor:
Fay Sanders
Narrative Painting In Figurative Art
In this class, students will create figurative paintings that include narrative elements, such as scenery, objects, symbols, etc. Students will work from their individual source material (photographs, collage material) to serve as a reference for their paintings. In this three-day workshop, students will develop the ability to use the language of painting to tell a meaningful and personal story.
Open to all Levels
3-day workshop; Mon - Weds, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
$180
August 17, 18 & 19
Professor:
Stuart Elster
Still Life Painting
Still-life Painting has often been seen as the neglected or overlooked sibling of the three major painting Genres. Still-life distinguishes itself from Portraiture and Landscape painting in its unique ability to express historical, cultural and Personal life from the scale of an individual life.
In this course students will paint Still-Life subjects from a variety of perspectives and styles. We will look at historical and contemporary Still-life paintings as models helping us to create our own personal compositions.
Oil paint is preferred but Acrylic paints can also be used. This course is open to all experience levels.
All levels are welcome.
4 Thursdays, 9:00AM - 12:00PM
EACH SESSION: $200
SUMMER SESSION 2: July 9, - 30, 2026
Professor:
Michele Liebler
Color Intensive Workshop
In this 3-day workshop, students will learn techniques for mixing colors, from highly saturated colors to more muted colors and everything else in between. This will improve students' understanding of color mixing and structured mixing workflow, which will add clarity to their own painting process.
We will be creating color combinations as a resource that students can refer to when doing their own paintings. We will also analyze how certain artists throughout history used color to express harmony and vitality. Students will come away mastering basic understanding of color mixing and its inherent visual impact.
All painting mediums are welcome.
Open to all Levels
3 days, 1PM - 4PM
$150
August 18, 19, 20
Professor:
Arslan
Exploring Pastels
n this class students will learn to use pastels and explore this versatile and exciting medium. General formal artistic qualities such as composition, color theory and tonal values will be addressed, as well properties specific to pastel such as blending, layering, mark making and texture. We will have a model to work from every other week, and on non- model class days students will investigate subjects and themes such as still-life, landscape, portraiture and abstraction while learning the fundamentals of working with pastels. All levels of experience are welcome.
Open to all Levels
8 Tuesdays, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Each Session $400
FALL SESSION 1: Tuesday, September 8 - Tuesday, October 27, 2026
FALL SESSION 2: Tuesday, November 10, 2026 - Tuesday, January, 19, 2027
SPRING SESSION 1: Tuesday, January 26, 2027 - Tuesday, March 16, 2027
SPRING SESSION 2: Tuesday, March 30, 2026 - Tuesday, May 18, 2027
Professor:
Stuart Elster
Color Theory in Oil Painting
This course is an examination of color theory through the practical application of mixing paint on the artist palette. The structure of this course is designed to present the theory of color while helping artists build specific color relationships in the foundational stage of the painting process. Students will negotiate the contradictions between color as theory and its physical realities by working directly with the material of oil paint.
The course will help students to develop their comprehension and control of color wheel organization, made of the three primary subtractive color contrasts- Tone, Hue and Saturation. Study will also include complementary pairs as both opposites and gradients. Mixing scales of color transitions, harmonies and discords. Properties of oil paint; painting mediums, including variations in viscosity, extending or reducing drying time.
We will also study how palette organization translates into pictorial elements of painting through study and analysis of master paintings. How conditions of light, atmosphere, mood, location, time, content and meaning are all extensions of color relationships worked out in the mixing on the palette before the painter applies color to canvas.
Open to students of all skill levels, although prior painting experience is highly recommended.
Open to all Levels
8 Thursdays, 1pm - 4pm
Each Session $400
FALL SESSION 1: Thursday, September 10 - Thursday, October 29, 2026
FALL SESSION 2: Thursday, November 12 - Thursday, January 21, 2027
SPRING SESSION 1: Thursday, January 28 - Thursday, March 18, 2027
SPRING SESSION 2: Thursday, April 1 - Thursday, May, 20, 2027