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It is a policy of the New York Academy of Art that all students must be 18 years or older.

Student Testimonials

“Living far away from NYC I never thought I'd be able to take a course at NYAA - the online modality offered made it possible! ”

“I have taken several online classes and workshops over the past 2 years from a variety of artists and schools. I have found your format and instructors to be top notch. I am a high school art instructor…and working artist. I have personally grown as an artist and have shared what I have learned with my students. ”

Gayle

“You provide varied options which are both traditional and on trend. These are delivered by instructors who have each been uniquely expressive and passionate about their art, have been able to walk the line between structure and expectation and encouragement of personal artistic growth. Some classes brought in diverse and fascinating influences which widened the focus of the class and in so doing you were in an atmosphere of total inspiration! ”

“It allows me to take a high quality class that has helped me to improve as an artist remotely. I don’t live in New York and though I would love the opportunity to study in person, I would never be able to do so. Online classes make what was previously impossible possible, I’m very grateful for the opportunity. ”

“I loved Zane York's still life class. I took it twice. Part of me always wished I'd gone for an MFA, but thats not something thats accessible to me. I feel like I get an opportunity to take a really challenging masters level course that I could not get anywhere else. It was honestly the most wonderful thing. I learned so much from him. I can't wait to take his course again. ”

“Often continuing ed. classes are thin of content and lacking in teacher concern but these classes were rich in both. I'm already looking at your March offerings, trying to figure out how I can make time for another class.”

Fran

“Your teachers are absolutely fantastic. I've taken lots of online courses, but never felt as much of a connection to my teachers as with NYAA.”

NEW COURSE: Color and Composition as Visual Poetry - In-Person

Laura Romaine | Fall II | Mondays, Oct 26 - Dic 07

Explore still life as a space for technical growth and creative expression, developing color, value, and composition through oil painting from direct observation. A still life setup can be so much more than a stack of objects. It's a small, self-contained world where an artist can direct light, tension, and mood entirely on their own terms. This course combines technical training with expressive exploration, using oil painting from direct observation to enhance one’s craft and creative voice. Through a series of still life setups, students will develop practical skills in color mixing, value structure, and compositional design. Each session balances skill and creativity, so that technique becomes not an end in itself, but the foundation for a more poetic and individual approach to painting. In six weeks, students will complete three still life paintings that use value, color, and style as a vehicle for self expression.
Landscape

NEW COURSE: Visual Composition - Online

Robert Dale Williams | Fall II 2026 | Oct 29 - Dec 10

This course invites students to explore design strategies that organize subjects, light, and space. By integrating their sketches, studies, and reference images, students will learn how to shape visual narratives with heightened intention and clarity. The class will examine a variety of compositional tools and techniques, including compositional grids, using light and shadow to guide the viewer’s eye, manipulating crisp versus blurred edges to suggest focus and atmosphere, and experimenting with both open compositions that feel expansive and closed compositions that feel contained. Utilizing these approaches—supported by digital paint-over demonstrations from Williams—students will build more dynamic and expressive visual compositions.
painting of still life with magnifying glass

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