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.
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Monday – Thursday, 9 AM – 5 PM
Friday and Saturday, 10 AM – 4 PM.
Academic Year 2025
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 - MAY 23, 2026
FALL SESSION I:
Monday, September 8, 2025 - Saturday, November 1, 2025
Fall Break:
Monday, November 10, 2025 - Saturday, January 24, 2026
FALL SESSION II:
Monday, November 10, 2025 - Saturday, January 24, 2026
THANKSGIVING BREAK:
November 24 - 29, 2025
WINTER BREAK:
December 22, 2025 - January 3, 2026
SPRING SESSION I:
Monday, January 26 - Saturday, March 20, 2026
SPRING BREAK:
Monday, June 30 - Saturday, July 5, 2025
SPRING SESSION II:
Monday, March 30 - Saturday, May 23, 2026
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- All Courses
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- Drawing
- Painting
- Watercolor
- Printmaking
- New Media
- Sculpture
- Mixed Media
Professor:
Karen Lindsay
Museum & Gallery Visits
Explore New York City’s vibrant art scene. Guided visits to a wide range of art galleries, outdoor installations, and museums will provide opportunities for discussion and inspiration. We will visit a different neighborhood each week and cover topics from classic to contemporary.
Fridays, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Each Session: $240
FALL SESSION: September 26, October 17, November 14, December 5
Professor:
David Dixon
DIY Artists’ Curatorial Guide
This course will explore what we as artists can do for our art after the art is made. How to get our art out of the studio and into the world. How to get others, other than ourselves, to care about the art that we have made.
Applying for opportunities, residencies, grants, approaching galleries is certainly a part of this, also promoting on Instagram, we will learn about these. But also, a Do-It-Yourself attitude can take us way beyond established norms. Some have said that art is not art until it is exhibited, so how to take control of this aspect of art production? How to factor into our self conception not only making art but its distribution, its curation? Finishing the painting, or sculpture, or photograph is just the beginning, how then to install it, where and with whom?
We shall explore historical examples of artists who circumnavigated the status quo to get their work seen, most specifically 19th-century painter Gustave Courbet who is considered the first Modern partially due to how he addressed these questions as an artist. We shall visit artist-run spaces in the New York City area and meet the people behind these, often, communal situations. We shall explore commercial and non-profit financing and the legalities that come with self-starter endeavors. How to help ourselves while helping our fellow artists? How to create art as well as a context, a scene, a platform? How, indeed, to make art function not only in the studio but in the world?
8 Mondays, 2pm - 5pm
Each Session: $400
FALL SESSION 1: September 8 – October 27, 2025
FALL SESSION 2: November 10, 2025 – January 19, 2026
SPRING SESSION 1: January 26 – March 16, 2026
SPRING SESSION2: March 30 – May 18, 2026