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Portfolio Prep
Build a strong art portfolio for college that reflects your unique strengths and creative direction. Choose the painting classes or drawing classes or any other art and design classes for school admission.
Art Classes
Build a strong foundation in art and design through personalized projects that match your interests and goals, no matter your age or experience. Our hands-on, individual approach in art classes for beginners , art classes for adults, and art classes for teens and kids helps develop both your creative vision and technical abilities.
International Students
As a federally SEVP-certified international art school in the USA, we offer an Art Portfolio Preparation program with three different tracks for non-immigrant international students who want to study art seriously in the US.
Targeted Instruction
Based on each student's objectives and intended art portfolio program, we provide one-to-one instruction that caters to their unique needs, goal, and creative vision. We keep our class size small to create the best learning experience for all our students. Through our personalized approach, students develop strong portfolios specific for their objectives and schools of choice.
Years of Experience & Expertise
We have over two decades of expertise as an art and design school and an extensive database on art school admission. Our classes encourage creative thinking and artistic risk-taking. Our instructors, who are professional artists and designers from esteemed art institutions, will elevate your art skills and portfolio to new heights.
Unbeatable Results
Our Art Portfolio Development program holds the top track record of student acceptance to the nation's most renowned art/design schools and programs. Numerous students receive not only admission but also scholarship offers from their intended art schools.
Flexibility
All our courses are available in-person and online live. We offer flexible scheduling so that students can schedule their portfolio prep classes based on their desired frequency and availability. We are located in Midtown, Manhattan, across fromthe Empire State Building. Access to various major transportation lines is within walking distance.
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Track Record of Art Graduate Program (MFA) Admissions
of our Summer Portfolio Intensive alumni have been accepted to their top-choice schools
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of Alumni Accepted to Top Art Schools in the USA and Abroad
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of our students receive scholarship offers with admission
Without New York Studio, I would have been nowhere near going to one of the most prominent fashion design schools in such a short time.
Chloe Accepted To Parsons The New School With Merit Scholarship
“Being part of the art portfolio development program at New York Art Studio has been one of the smartest choices I made toward getting accepted one of the top architecture schools!”
IsaacAccepted to Cornell, Cooper Union with Full Scholarship; Pratt Institute with $72,000; Syracuse; & RPI
“All I can sincerely say is that if you choose New York Art Studio, you don’t just gain new skills, you also get new inspirations. They helped me see how deeper my creative thinking could get.”
NicholasAccepted to RISD, Pratt Institute, & SVA
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