Welcome to New Studio Year 2026-2027

Monday Aug 31

to and including

Friday, June 25, 2027

Rolling admissions all year long 

Most seats fill by September 

For ages 7 through adulthood

 We teach each person individually in every class

Important Dates 

for Student Enrollment & Free Trial Classes

For Returning Students who attended studio in the SY 2025-2026 and/or Ongoing Students who attended Summer Studio:

Online Registration opens on Aug. 15, 2026 

FREE TRIAL CLASSES for Prospective Students: Come in! Free class offerings start Sept. 1, 2026. Book yours now. Please click the button at the top of this homepage to reserve your 1 hr. free class, no strings attached!

,-  We offer individualized classical studio teaching to each and every student practitioner, day after day, week after week, year after year.

–  Our student practitioners enjoy deep practice across our 12 years of syllabi, featuring over 30 different media, and many visual vocabularies.

–  Young practitioners ages 7-9 work with an additional private Coach, in addition to working with the Chief Instructor.

–  We honor unlimited makeups across the studio year, while student is actively registered

–  Tuition covers all in-house use of professional materials, tools and instruments.

–  Select your preferred class slot/s. Change your preferences as needed (all subject to seating availability)

–  Enroll for 1, 1.5, or 2 hour weekly classes under subscription. Cancel anytime.

–  Manage your own account and attendance from home through our online student portal

–  We have real people available five days a week through email, phone text messaging, phone call, or Zoom to serve you best!

Secure Your Seat!

Welcoming returning,

continuing, and new students!

*

New students can enroll

after taking a 1 hr free class for ages 7 and up, through adulthood

(Take a free class button at the top of this page)

Total Beginners Totally Welcomed

Enrollment is open year-round, but seating is limited and fills fast, with almost all students keeping their seat for the entire studio/school year through June 2027.

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Untitled (2026). Ink marker on drawing paper.

By teen practitioner Ada.

Our studio’s guided field drawing for youngsters,

Princeton University Art Museum, 2026

I Eye (2026). Graphite on 80lb drawing paper.

By adult practitioner Irene.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your Course Offerings?

We do not offer time-limited courses: classes begin when you join us, and stop when you leave the studio. We have 15 years of syllabi and, beyond that, off-syllabus programming.

All ages begin with our Foundations of Drawing syllabus. Drawing is many things, and our course covers 11 different projects, using as many as 16 different media, so as to explore many art forms, countless techniques in drawing, and most of all, process.

If you already excel in naked eye observation for scale and proportion, and know when to break the rules; if you build only strong linear compositions; if you know the how-to and why-do as you build forms, spaces and movement despite the flatness of your supports; if you already know your logic of the light, gray scales, and application techniques; if you know that it’s not about copying, but about interpreting and portraying your encounters with the world, then please make alternate arrangements with our Chief Instructor, Ms. Ana, to enter any of these courses: Portraiture (Graphite pencil, charcoal, pastels), Inkworks, Watercolors, Oil Painting, Acrylic Painting, Fabric Collage.

What are your class schedules?

We are open 5 business days a week, offering select morning, afternoon and evening classes, year-round. Holiday schedules apply.

Am I attending online? Or in the live studio?

There are no online classes being offered at this time. 

 We only provide in person studio classes. 

How do you teach?

All individuals are taught individually and at their own pace, in small groups defined by age (children, teens, adults). We closely guide all practitioners as they develop the many skills and sense-abilities that drive studio practice.

We work by naked eye observation and interpretation: we do not copy photographs or imagery made by other creators or machines. Here, you are the author and builder of new things.

What is your studio culture like?

We are very fun, and many of our works are whimsical and fantastical, but we are not splashy, sloshy or recreational.

We are a learning space for deep studio practice, and love introducing total beginners to the joy of invention and construction through the visual arts. We also welcome all experienced practitioners, and those advancing into yet higher and higher levels of practice.

Reflections on an arts fair somewhere in NJ…

When asked to serve as judge at juried arts events, I am most often called to judge entries in painting, graphics and sculpture, in any media. At our recent Arts in the Park 2024 here in our lovely town of Highland Park, I was asked to judge works by creatives who work with a multitude of forms, in diverse arts and crafts, with many different media–which you may know is not the same as painting and graphics or sculptures done with mixed-media.

Geez, my given list of creatives was long, but it was my delight to stop to meet all 30 contestants of all ages among dozens and dozens judged under other categories!

It was my pleasure to award the 1st Prize (blue ribbon) to adult artist Saya Okayama, for her exquisite and innovative folding (no pun intended) of traditional Japanese origami into another art form—collage.

Rosa Hodges won 2nd Place (red ribbon) for her very skillful and ingenious reuse of paper ephemera into new and useful objects for writers and readers.

Alessandra Messenzani (not pictured) took home 3rd Place for her dynamic compositions in paper collage.

I also caught up with more than two dozen individuals who have been part of our studio across the years, and including new folks joining us these days!

Thanks to Rebecca Hersh Executive Director at Main Street Highland Park and her awesome staff of employees and adult and teen volunteers. They always put on a great arts fest. And a shout-out to all other fellow judges! And last but not least, thanks to all of you who came out to support the arts and crafters, the singers and musicians, and all those yummy food truck vendors and restaurants! This is how we keep our community alive and well for us locals, and for all our friendly visitors!