The Art Students League of New York

Thank you for attending this year’s Dream Ball! Inspired by League alumnus Alexander Calder, this year’s theme was “Circus of Wonder”. Guests pulled out all the stops to make it a wild night of joyful spectacle.

The Dream Ball helps keep high-caliber art education accessible to everyone who walks through our doors. We’re grateful everyone who helped make this year’s event a success! If you’d like to support the League’s efforts more, you can donate at the link in bio.

Tickets are going fast, so grab yours today (🔗 in bio!)

For one unforgettable night, our historic building will transform into a vibrant carnival of creativity filled with daring performances, curious characters, live music, and unexpected delights inspired by League alumnus Alexander Calder and the joyous spectacle of his Circus performances.

Huge thanks to instructor for his words of wisdom during our Dream Ball Costume Workshop at ❤️

Dream Ball 2026: The Circus of Wonder is this Friday, May 29 — see you there!

Join us for an oil painting portrait competition on Sunday, June 28 from 10am – 5pm! Participants will work on canvases no larger than 16 x 20 inches and compete for cash prizes up to $2,000. Models will hold a single pose for five hours (breaking every 20 minutes for 5 minutes).

The final portraits will be judged blindly by distinguished artists Jules Arthur, Luis Alvarez Roure, and Sharon Sprung. Participants may sell their works to the viewing public at no commission following the awards announcement.

This event is officially sold out, but stay tuned for announcements on our next events!

Applications are now open for Works in Public, the League’s fully-funded program that invites artists to conceive of, create, and install site-specific sculptures.

Selected artists must commit to taking classes at the League during their participation in the 2-year program. A successful application is based on the strength of the proposed concept and portfolio. Artists working in all media are invited to apply.

Deadline for submissions is July 12, 2026, 11:59 PM EDT. See our link in bio for more info and the online application form.

Workshop: Plein Air Painting in Porto
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Instructor | Gregg Kreutz ()
Days | Sep 8 - 16
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Join us for a plein-air painting retreat in the north of Portugal, where the winding streets and sweeping vistas of Porto become your open-air studio. It’s a painter’s dream and a daily spectacle. Porto’s roads can be steep, so pack a light, portable painting kit and comfortable walking shoes.

We’ll paint each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., exploring sunlit hilly neighborhoods, palatial gardens, dramatic overlook points, and riverside scenes in the Ribeira district. Gregg Kreutz will demonstrate approaches to painting with immediacy—translating shifting light and shadow into dynamic color relationships and confidently navigating the challenges of perspective in a city built on layers.

Cost includes:
• Art Instruction
• Hotel
• Hotel breakfast
• First night’s dinner⁠

More info with the link in bio.

Grab the latest issue of Seeds Magazine in the office, or check it out online at the link in bio!

Featured: Diego Mora (), Regina Furtek (), Johnathan Carrera (.art), Daren Condor (), Tabitha Theogene ()

Abstract Painting: Future, Past, Personal
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Instructor | Jill Nathanson ( )
Days | Monday - Tuesday
Hours | 8:45 AM to 12:30 PM
Tuition Fee | $391.40
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Over 100 years since abstract painting emerged, how can one hope to innovate; to avoid repetition? The perspective in this class is that through deeper engagement with visual structures and meaning in one’s own work and in the art of the past, we might discover ways forward.

Working with each student’s goals, experience and artistic influences, students will develop skills in becoming both more experimental and analytical in response to their own and other works of art.

Projects will encourage new ways to consider color, form, scale, pictorial forces and structure and will encourage personal experimentation in developing an increasingly vital painting process.
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More info with the link in bio.⁠