About
The New York Studio School is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist that can last a lifetime. Our aim is to reveal to the entering student appropriate questions about drawing, painting and sculpture and to encourage them to work hard and think rigorously at all times, enabling them to construct an ethical and philosophical framework for their life's work.
The graduating Certificate or MFA student leaves the School with a developed understanding of the language of art; an enlarged imagination stirred by an established work ethic, with the passion and ambition to be an artist for years to come.
Dean’s Statement »
The New York Studio School is where drawing, painting and sculpture are studied in depth, debated energetically and created with passion. Our goal for young artists is for them to find their own personal vision through the investigation of art and the visual world around us. Abstraction and figuration rub ...
History of the School »
To appreciate the New York Studio School, one should know why and how it came about. In September of 1963, an article appeared in ARTnews by painter and educator Mercedes Matter, which gave voice to the grievance of many art students who felt frustrated by the frantic pace and fragmented ...
History of the Building »
The School occupies eight historic buildings with an extraordinary cultural and artistic history. Occupied by various artists, and the original home of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the School's physical home has been a place where art has been created, discussed and displayed for over a century. Gertrude Vanderbilt ...
Board of Trustees »
Board of Trustees Officers Chairperson Maria Antonia Paternò-Castello Treasurer Ernest von Simson Dita Amory Margaret C. Ayers Bonnie Burnham Jane Chace Carroll Jane Clark Chermayeff Miles C. Collier Lois E. Dickson Asher B. Edelman Christopher M. Harland Ashton Hawkins Geoffrey R. Hoguet Philip H. Isles Hilton Kramer Gerald ...
Location & Directions »
The School is located on West 8th Street, between Sixth Avenue/Avenue of the Americas and Fifth Avenue. Directions By subway or PATH The School is a short walk from the following subway lines: 6 train to Astor Place: Walk west 3 blocks along 8th Street N/R/Q trains to 8th Street: ...