New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture

Art education: dedicated to conveying a deeper understanding of the language of art and to providing artists with the tools to follow any artistic path they choose, the School offers a master of fine arts program, a certificate program, evening & weekend classes, and its signature marathons. These programs typically require intensive work in the Studio and feature small, close-knit cohorts, extensive contact and critiques with artist-faculty, exhibition opportunities, and engagement with contemporary art discourses and the historical sweep of millenia of creative mark-making.in fy23 the School had an enrollment of 60 f/t students and 317 p/t students and provided 88 course offerings.

Public programming: for nearly 60 years nyss has organized public programming that is free and open to all. Since 2020, these events have also been livestreamed and digitally archived, greatly expanding nyss' reach. The exhibition programs and twice-weekly evening lecture series bring the student body and a wider art community from nyc and beyond into dialogue with both emerging and acclaimed artists, curators, historians, critics, and others. The School organizes approx eight exhibitions in its main gallery each year, provides additional opportunities in the student gallery for student-curated exhibitions, and hosts a series of other events creating opportunities for engagement with a wider art world.

Student services:nyss takes care to provide crucial auxiliary programming and support services to its students to foster their intellectual, creative, and professional development. The library connects students, faculty, and other researchers to its resources and collections as well as to those of other nyc collections. The office of student services organizes professional career development events, field trips, and other extracurricular activities, in addition to community building and networking. Nyss also runs a residency in dumbo designed to support select recent graduate awardees with their transition to a postgraduate working practice.