grow your art and your career by taking a mentorship with a renowned artist
With each mentorship you get:
14 weeks of 3 hour sessions in a small group
Highly interactive online instruction tailored to your needs as an artist
Insight into the career and working life of your professional artist mentor
A special industry guest who visits the class--guests are usually high level art directors or gallery directors. You get to hear their perspective and they see student work.
Free entry into art prize competitions where MORE great art directors see your work. We have held these competitions every six months since July 2020. (mentorships above beginner level)
We want you to succeed! Click on the image by an artist you want to study with, or scroll to the bottom for more information about our programs.
Smart school perks
We are an artist-run school. We understand the need for a creative community that continues beyond class time. So we do all kinds of extra things to broaden student's educational opportunities, professional contacts, and publicity.
Every student who enrolls in a full mentorship also gets a FREE Course Audit. It's almost like getting two courses for the price of one. You get to watch another course for free. More about course audits here.
Every student who completes a full mentorship beyond the beginner classes also has the option to have a free portfolio on the Alumni Portfolios page.
All alumni with portfolio pages can also join competitions where industry professionals, such as Art Directors or Gallery Directors, review alumni work. The competitions are free for alumni.
We also have an Alumni News page where we broadcast the successes of our alumni.
We also regularly broadcast alumni achievements on our Instagram Check it out! It has lots of fun work by emerging and established talent.
Email us
smarterartschool@gmail.com No portfolio review is necessary to enroll. But please send us images of your work if you're wondering if you are ready for a mentorship, or if you want guidance on which mentorship would be best for you.
class times
All classes meet live. All class times are listed in US Eastern Time--the time zone of New York City. This time zone observes Daylight Saving Time. For international students it is wise to look up how Daylight Saving Time may influence class time.
Fall 2024 calendar
There will be no classes on these days:
October 22-27 Illuxcon
November 25-29 Thanksgiving/Indigenous People’s Day
December 21 - January1 Christmas & New Years
Each mentorship runs is guaranteed to run for 14 sessions. Mentorships will run from the first week in September. They may finish in December, but will more likely run through mid January.
course audits
Course audits have also become a popular item. In a course audit an artist watches a full mentorship as an observer. Learn more about course audits here.