Dive into 92NY’s painting studios to further hone your oil painting skills and artistic voice.
In this intermediate/advanced class, students will work on class prompts, individual assignments, and independent projects to challenge their technical and conceptual skills. Classes focus on advanced level representational topics, abstract ideas, and technical application skills to create form, surface, and space.
Did you know that donations cover nearly half of our costs? As a nonprofit community and cultural center, The 92nd Street Y, New York relies on support from people like you. Your donation today helps us continue connecting you to the programs you love, no matter where in the world you are. DONATE NOW
In-Person programs:Plan Your visit
Online programs:An access link will be emailed to you after purchase.
Eric Michelson, BFA SUNY Stonybrook; portrait and mural painter; commissions include Pierre Deux and the Plaza Hotel.
Oil Painting (Intermediate/Advanced)
Michael Sherman is a painter, public artist and teacher. His work explores the line between figuration and abstraction, direct observation and memory, and often depicts the intersections between natural and man-made environments. For ten years he has taught watercolor, drawing and oil painting to students ranging from 14 to 92 years old. Michael trained at RISD (03), and has exhibited his landscape paintings and drawings at solo and two person shows in Basel, Switzerland, Los Angeles and New York. One of his public works is on permanent display at 125th Street and 5th Avenue. He’ ...
Michael Sherman is a painter, public artist and teacher. His work explores the line between figuration and abstraction, direct observation and memory, and often depicts the intersections between natural and man-made environments. For ten years he has taught watercolor, drawing and oil painting to students ranging from 14 to 92 years old. Michael trained at RISD (03), and has exhibited his landscape paintings and drawings at solo and two person shows in Basel, Switzerland, Los Angeles and New York. One of his public works is on permanent display at 125th Street and 5th Avenue. He’s currently a resident artist for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SUCASA program and a recipient of a LMCC Creative Learning Grant. He has been a resident artist at Cill Rialaig Arts Center, Ireland (2016), CHASHAMA’s Spaces Program, NYC (2011) and the National Academy Museum, NYC (2009), and a recipient of an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, Canada (2008).
Digital Drawing: Skills to Sketch and Draw with Digital Media
Painting Instructor, Melanie Kozol, received an MFA from the School of Visual Arts and a BA from Connecticut College. Kozol’s awards include an NEA Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, a grant to study drawing at the New York Studio School and the Bill Prize at Connecticut College. She has been awarded residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY; Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA; and the Clipperton Project, North Sea, Scotland. Melanie’s work has been exhibited with Kenise Barnes Fine Art, ...
Painting Instructor, Melanie Kozol, received an MFA from the School of Visual Arts and a BA from Connecticut College. Kozol’s awards include an NEA Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, a grant to study drawing at the New York Studio School and the Bill Prize at Connecticut College. She has been awarded residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY; Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA; and the Clipperton Project, North Sea, Scotland. Melanie’s work has been exhibited with Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Weber Fine Arts, Project Room 88, Alexander Gallery and DFN. Recently her work has been shown at the Painting Center, bfpcreative, BRIC and the Lake George Courthouse Gallery. Her paintings are in numerous public and private collections including the Comptroller of the Currency, the Pfizer Corporation, Deutsche Bank, Bellagio Hotel and the Triomphe at the Iroquois Hotel. In addition to teaching at 92nd Street Y she is a professor in the Pre-College Division at Pratt Institute. She lives and works in Brooklyn. www.melaniekozol.com.
Watercolors for Absolute Beginners
Watercolor Painting (Intermediate/Advanced)
Watercolor Painting & Sketching for Travel
Painting in Ireland Masterclass
Born in South Carolina, Brian Rutenberg has been based in New York City for the past twenty years. He received his BFA from the College of Charleston in 1987, and earned his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1989. Brian has been in over 100 exhibitions throughout North America and Europe, and he is included in numerous museum and corporate collections, including the Butler Institute of American Art, Yale University Gallery of Art, Arkansas Art Center, Morris Museum of Art, Springfield Museum of Art, and others. He is a Fulbright Scholar, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fe ...
Born in South Carolina, Brian Rutenberg has been based in New York City for the past twenty years. He received his BFA from the College of Charleston in 1987, and earned his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1989. Brian has been in over 100 exhibitions throughout North America and Europe, and he is included in numerous museum and corporate collections, including the Butler Institute of American Art, Yale University Gallery of Art, Arkansas Art Center, Morris Museum of Art, Springfield Museum of Art, and others. He is a Fulbright Scholar, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, a Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Grantee, and has won many other awards. He is represented by Forum Gallery, New York & Los Angeles, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco and David Lusk Gallery, Memphis.
Melanie Baker lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Pratt Institute graduating in 1977 with a BFA and received her MFA from Stony Brook University in 2001. She has had solo exhibitions at Cristin Tierney and Roebling Hall, among others, and group exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Jersey City Museum, White Box, NYU Gallatin, the Nerman Museum, Platformart, Albany University and Weslyan University. She has received numerous awards and fellowships. She has twice been a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, and in 2003 received the NYFA Prize, awarded across all disciplin ...
Melanie Baker lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Pratt Institute graduating in 1977 with a BFA and received her MFA from Stony Brook University in 2001. She has had solo exhibitions at Cristin Tierney and Roebling Hall, among others, and group exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Jersey City Museum, White Box, NYU Gallatin, the Nerman Museum, Platformart, Albany University and Weslyan University. She has received numerous awards and fellowships. She has twice been a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, and in 2003 received the NYFA Prize, awarded across all disciplines. She is a Sacatar Foundation Fellow, in 2004 and 2022. She has attended many residencies including Art Omi, Yaddo, Djerrassi, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and LMCC’s Workspace Program. She is represented by Cristin Tierney Gallery.
Drawing (Intermediate/Advanced)
Drawing for Beginners
Drawing and Painting (Intermediate/Advanced)
James Sheehan studied art history and fine arts at U.C. Berkeley and pursued graduate work at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and in Rome, Italy. He moved to New York City in 1994. Recently, he has shown in various group exhibitions at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany, The Contemporary Art Factory in Tokyo, Japan, and the Brooklyn Museum, Rotunda Gallery and Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York. His solo exhibitions include the M du B, F, H & G Gallery in Montreal, Québec and the Galerie Schedler in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2001, he spoke about his work with Mouhktar Kocache at the Whitney Museum of Art as part of a program entitled "I.P.O. New Artists, New Curators." His awards include the ARCUS residency in Japan, LMCC 'World Views' residency in 2000, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner grant. His website is www.jamessheehanwork.com.
Painting and Composition (Intermediate/Advanced)
Figure Painting with Acrylic: A Creative Approach
Chris Wright received his BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and his MFA from Pratt Institute. He has taught painting at Pratt Institute since 1999. Wright has taught with the Pratt in Venice Summer Program, Montserrat College of Art, the New York Academy of Art and the 92nd Street Y among others. He has been awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a MacDowell Fellowship and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in painting. He has had one person shows at the George Billis Gallery in New York City and Los Angeles, the Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College in Allentow ...
Chris Wright received his BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and his MFA from Pratt Institute. He has taught painting at Pratt Institute since 1999. Wright has taught with the Pratt in Venice Summer Program, Montserrat College of Art, the New York Academy of Art and the 92nd Street Y among others. He has been awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a MacDowell Fellowship and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in painting. He has had one person shows at the George Billis Gallery in New York City and Los Angeles, the Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. His work has been included in exhibitions at Cal State Fullerton, and the Hampden Gallery, UMass Amherst. His work has appeared in the following publications: New American Paintings, New York Spaces Magazine and American Art Collector. Wright’s works on paper are included in the Pierogi Flat Files, New York City.
Oil Painting for Absolute Beginners
Anthony DiPaola is an American painter who lived in Germany for a decade and recently returned to New York where he lives and works. He holds a BFA and MFA in painting in addition to an MA in Philosophy. He has had international solo exhibitions, primarily in nonprofit spaces and various college and university galleries including the Ruhr-Universität (Bochum, Germany), Gudelsky Gallery (Maryland College of Art and Design), Harry Wood Gallery (Arizona State University) and was included in a group exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery (Washington DC).
In 2019 Anthony received a project ...
In 2019 Anthony received a project grant for a large street art mural near the UN Campus in Germany highlighting their Sustainable Development Goals. In 2020 he received a stipend for artists awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. His conceptually motivated artwork is a blend of abstract form, text based images and figurative references using various media including painting, work on paper, video and animation.
www.anthonydipaola.com
Figure and Portrait Drawing Combined
Figure Drawing
Acrylic Painting for Absolute Beginners
Contemporary Art Scene
Drawing at The Met
Portrait Drawing Intensive
Make a gift to 92NY today and your support will be doubled.
I would love to support you but cannot make a donation right now