One River School

Directions Website

One River School Founded in 2012, One River School has been transforming art education for all ages and skill levels.

Founded in 2012, “one river” west of New York City, One River School® has developed a unique method for teaching art and digital design classes to people of all ages and all levels. Today, our innovative program teaches thousands of students in fourteen locations across the U.S. Here at One River School, our students simply have more fun learning to create and produce compelling art. It is our belief that we are transforming art education®, as well as providing an experience that changes lives in the communities that we serve.

Meet Gillian. She’s a mentor at One River and a published cartoonist. She wrote The Archie Encyclopedia and colors for A...
10/14/2026

Meet Gillian. She’s a mentor at One River and a published cartoonist. She wrote The Archie Encyclopedia and colors for Archie Comics.

Gillian joined One River Frisco (TX) in high school, after taking a trial class on opening day. She became a member, then an assistant, then left for art school. “Four years and one degree later, I returned to One River as a teacher! After all those years away, I love our school so much and am so happy to be back.”

Her favorite classes to teach are grades 3 to 5 cartooning. It’s the age she makes her own comics for.

She shows young makers her work and how the skills they’re learning now can go professional.

Outside of class, she sews, reads books and comics (she owns thousands of them!), and sells her own comics at conventions.

One of her digital makers had gotten really good at Photoshop. Gillian asked where she learned it. “She had to remind me that I was the one who taught her Photoshop,” Gillian says.

Read more about what makes Gillian a standout mentor at https://hubs.la/Q04Bc1H00

10/11/2026

Contemporary artist Rachel Jackson shares wisdom with art students at her One River School Artist Talk and Opening Reception. Her collection Five Years In Horse Time is on display now at One River through November 16th.

Learn more about Rachel and see her work and make plans to visit the gallery at https://hubs.la/Q04zPB7c0

Bio:
Rachel Jackson (b. 1985, Massachusetts) works in drawing, painting and sculpture. She studied at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and received a BFA from the Art Institute of Boston. She has exhibited at Kishka Gallery, Utopia, Shelter Gallery, Swivel, Stellarhighway, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Left Field, Hexum Gallery, Good Naked Gallery and The Drawing Stall Fair, among others. Jackson’s work is in the collection of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and has been written about in BOMB Magazine and The Coastal Post. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

10/08/2026

Words of wisdom from a young maker.

10/04/2026

Do you believe creativity is a skill or a talent? Why? Let us know in the comments.

10/03/2026

SPRING/BREAK Art Show in NYC was the perfect way for our team to connect. Everyone had a unique perspective on what they enjoyed about the experience and which artworks sparked curiosity in them.

One overarching takeaway was the sense of community. Having the opportunity to converse with new and emerging artists, talk about the inspiration behind some of the work, as well as spend time with one another, were highlights for most of us.

We’re incredibly grateful for the opportunity, and looking forward to our next One River team outing!

It's October, and that means it's time for One River Inks! Join the fun by creating daily with the prompt, then post you...
10/02/2026

It's October, and that means it's time for One River Inks! Join the fun by creating daily with the prompt, then post your creation using the hashtag and tagging so we can share your work.

Happy inking!

10/01/2026

It's the first day of One River Inks! Join the fun by tagging us and using the hashtag .

Today's word is "Time." Tune into our stories daily for the prompt and save this post and others to improve your skills.

We can't wait to see your work and how much you improve over the course of this month.

10/01/2026

"All the teachers make me feel like I'm included, and like I'm respected."

Words from one of our teen makers.

09/27/2026

Join Viviana (Director of Education) and Pumpkin (a brand new One River Maker) as they make a list of the supplies needed to complete a successful month-long One River Inks challenge.

Are you ready for October 1st? What other supplies would you recommend?

Thank you for a quarter century of bringing contemporary artists and their work into the light. We've learned so much f...
09/26/2026

Thank you for a quarter century of bringing contemporary artists and their work into the light. We've learned so much from you.

09/24/2026

Earlier this year, we visited the Brooklyn studio of contemporary artist Daniel Heidkamp and walked out full of ideas and inspiration.

Standing where Daniel works, surrounded by paintings (some in progress), showed us what a creative practice looks like through Daniel's lens, and that perspective was invaluable. Daniel took every question we asked and gave us much more than we asked for.

One River CEO Agnes Mauro wrote about the visit on our blog. Read it here: https://hubs.la/Q04ygWlZ0

Michael Brennecke grew up surrounded by artists and started painting seascapes at twelve before falling in love with abs...
09/23/2026

Michael Brennecke grew up surrounded by artists and started painting seascapes at twelve before falling in love with abstraction, art school, and painters like Paul Klee and Jean Dubuffet. The way he describes when he paints, it seems he doesn't really plan it out. He begins, and if something starts to look like a rock or a face or a place, he treats it like he found buried treasure and has to figure out its story.

Fall is a beautiful time at One River. Every One River School is hosting their own Artist Exhibit with a contemporary practicing artist.

Visit https://hubs.la/Q04yb7B20 to find out and RSVP what's coming up near you!

09/20/2026

We brought in a panel of college art students, all former One River makers, to talk with our current Teen Portfolio class as they start deciding what comes after high school.

These artists showed up with knowledge and wisdom well beyond their years.

Thank you for sharing your time and your journey with us. What a night.

09/19/2026

One River Inks will be here before you know it. What word are you excited about??

09/18/2026

What’s better than making art?

Making art around other people who also like to make art.

Peter Max has passed away at 88, and it's hard to think of an artist whose work you'd recognize faster. Those posters! H...
09/17/2026

Peter Max has passed away at 88, and it's hard to think of an artist whose work you'd recognize faster. Those posters! He made the '60s look the way we imagine (or recall) it now. Swirls and rainbows and optimism, from record covers and stamps, to the World Cup and a handful of Super Bowls. He defined an era, visually. What a gift he gave us all.

09/16/2026

What's better than making art??

Making art around other people who also really like making art...

Address

6 Seymour Plaza
Montclair, NJ
07042

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 8:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 7:30pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 3pm

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when One River School posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category