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Independent educational visual arts institutions that are not colleges or universities.

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• Academy duCret

  http://www.academyducret.org/
  This program is based on the teaching method of the 19th century Academic tradition. Our curriculum is designed to not only teach the student how to effectively draw and paint, but also how to develop their ability to think creatively. (Plainfield, New Jersey USA)

• Accademia del Giglio

  http://adg.it/
  A private school aimed at helping international students to gain proficiency in Italian language and understand many aspects of Italian culture including basic art courses. Accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education. (Florence, Italy)

• Accademia Italiana

  http://www.accademiaitaliana.com/
  International school of art, fashion design, interior, graphic and textile design. Courses of Italian language and culture. Academic courses and monthly courses offered. (Florence, Italy)

• Anderson Ranch Arts Center

  http://www.andersonranch.org/
  Campus located near Aspen, Colorado offers summer workshops, residencies, field expeditions and studio concentrations program. Includes news and events, and registration information.

• Angel Academy of Art

  http://www.angelartschool.com/
  School offers an intensive program in classical drawing and painting. (Florence, Italy)

• Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

  http://www.arrowmont.org/
  Visual arts complex offering one and two-week sessions. (Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA)

• Atelier de Brésoles Figurative Art Instruction

  http://www.atelierdebresoles.com/
  Atelier de Brésoles is a figurative art school offering an intensive training in Cast Drawing, Artistic Anatomy, Grisaille Painting, and Historical Techniques of Painting and Drawing. (Montréal, Québec)

• Atelier Maui

  http://www.ateliermaui.com/
  Classically based, independent art school providing part and full time classes in drawing, painting and sculpture.Includes profile, curriculum, information on the founder, classes, facilities, location, and admissions, gallery of student work, FAQs and contact details. [Hawaii, USA]

• Atelier Stockholm

  http://www.atelierstockholm.se/
  A new school of fine art in Sweden focused on training students to draw and paint realistically using the traditional techniques of the Old Masters. Founders formerly ran Pantura Studios in America and now moved. (Stockholm, Sweden)

• Barry John Raybould Courses

  http://www.bjrgallery.com/
  Barry John Raybould, MA. is an award-winning artist on the central coast of California who offers workshops around the country. Site contains artist paintings, painting courses, workshops, resources, news, and contact information. (USA)

• Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier

  http://www.bacaa.org/
  Established to further the practice and education of painters working in the Classical Realist tradition. (San Francisco, California, USA)

• Bridgeview School of Fine Art

  http://www.academicart.com/
  Instruction in painting, drawing and sculpture in the Russian classical tradition. Full-time or part-time, adult and youth programs. (Long Island City, New York USA)

• C. Barton McCann School of Art

  http://www.mccannart.org/
  Art school dedicated to providing instruction, education, and guidance to interested and talented young adults who wish to pursue college level training. Information about the location and campus. (Petersburg, Pennsylvania USA)

• Callington School of Art

  http://www.callingtonartschool.com/
  A residential art school offering 1-6 day art courses in a wide variety of media for artists of all abilities. Site contains courses dates, Prices, accommodations, FAQ, and contact information. (Callington, Cornwall, UK)

• Charles H. Cecil Studios

  http://www.charlescecilstudios.com/
  School of fine art that offers a thorough training in the traditional techniques of naturalistic drawing and painting. Site contains information on Charles H. Cecil, the studio, the staff, the curriculum, texts, events, charitable trusts, and contact information. (Florence, Italy)

• Children's School of Art Houston

  http://www.childrensschoolofarthouston.org/
  Visual arts school offering classes to children from ages 3 to 7. (Houston, Texas USA)

• Fine Art Studio

  http://www.fineartstudio.org/
  An advertising graphic design, illustration, art school learning center. Includes gallery of artwork. (Tustin, California USA)

• Firenze Arti Visive

  http://www.firenze-artivisive.org/
  A unique and special contemporary studio arts program. Offering beginning to advanced courses where students can completely devote themselves to working and learning while being immersed into the Italian culture. (Florence, Italy)

• Firework Studio

  http://fireworkstudio.com/
  Glass studio offering fused art glass household items and jewelry making. Site contains class and workshop information, registration, student gallery, and contact information. (Los Angeles, California USA)

• Florence Art Academy

  http://www.florenceartacademy.it/
  Training in painting, sculpture, and drawing. Provides classical academic training for the serious artist. Site contains list of classes and programs, contact information, and alumni pages. School founded by Daniel Graves. (Florence, Italy)

• Gage Academy of Art

  http://www.gageacademy.org/
  An independent art school in the tradition of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the Art Students League in New York, offers the technical foundations of an artist’s training, as well as programs that nurture the artist’s vision and creative potential. With a focus on the humanist tradition, the Academy presents the broadest range of figurative studies on the West Coast. (Seattle, Washington USA)

• Gail Adams School of Art

  http://www.gailadamsartschool.com/
  Offering instruction to children and adults of any age or ability level in a variety of mediums for over 20 years. Weekly classes, workshops and summer camps. (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada)

• Guilford Art Center

  http://www.guilfordartcenter.org/
  School, gallery, and shop of craft and art on the Connecticut shoreline. List of classes offered, schedule exhibits, and shop hours. (Connecticut USA)

• Institute of Mosaic Art

  http://www.instituteofmosaicart.com/
  Education and resource center with professional instruction in all levels of mosaic, both traditional and contemporary. Site contains information on classes, programs, resources, and basic information. (Oakland, California, USA)

• International School of Art

  http://www.giotto.org/
  An intensive studio program in drawing, painting and sculpture. (Umbria, Italy)

• KidsArt

  http://www.kidsartclasses.com/
  Individualized fine art instruction to students ages 4 - Adult. Site contains student gallery, class list, schedules and basic information. (California, USA)

• Lake Country Fine Arts School and Gallery

  http://lakecountryfinearts.com/
  A fine arts gallery and studio offering classes in pottery, painting, and drawing. Birthday parties and multi-media also available. (Wisconsin, USA)

• Lanai Art Center

  http://www.lanaiart.org/
  A multi-purpose community arts program open to all residents and visitors through ongoing classes, workshops, studio access. Our programs include the fine arts such as drawing and painting; practical arts and crafts such as fiber and fabric arts; children's arts and craft instruction; writing, photography, digital arts, woodworking, ceramics and traditional Hawaiian crafts. (Lanai, Hawaii USA)

• Lavender Hill Studios

  http://www.lavenderhillstudios.com/
  Offers representational and figurative art courses, for the beginner and the advanced painter. Instructors include established artists: Nick Bashall, Scott Pohlschmidt, and Ann Witheridge. (London, United Kingdom)

• Libera Accademia di Belle Arti

  http://laba.biz/
  Art school that mixes contemporary artistic tendencies, traditional techniques, and new research and experimentation. (Florence, Italy)

• Long Island Academy of Fine Art

  http://www.liafa.com/
  Founded in 1999. Established as a studio school for the study of traditional painting and drawing through the art of direct observation. Site contains general information, instructor biographies, course information, notes on portfolio preparation and contact information. (Riverhead, New York USA)

• Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art

  http://www.laafa.org/
  Traditional and modern representational drawing, painting, and sculpture. (Van Nuys, California USA)

• Marvin Mattelson Workshops / Classes

  http://www.fineartportrait.com/teaching.html
  Classes offered by award winning portrait artist Marvin Mattelson. Site shows classes and artist's work. (USA)

• National Academy

  http://www.nationalacademy.org/
  Art students have a unique opportunity to work in studios with natural light under the instruction of a highly qualified faculty in a small class environment. Site contains information about the school, museum, public programs, space rental, general information, and shop. (New York, New York USA)

• Neo Art School

  http://neoartschool.com/
  An award-winning children's art school founded by Linda Demirel in 1982. The school offers classes for after-school, summer and school breaks, homeschoolers and private sessions. (Seattle, Washington USA)

• Ox-Bow

  http://www.ox-bow.org/
  Ox-Bow is a 95 year- old summer school of art and artists' residency that offers one and two week intensive courses. Located in , Ox-Bow is proudly affiliated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. (Saugatuck, Michigan USA)

• Palette Art Studio

  http://www.paletteartstudio.com/
  Artist Natasha Piskunova teaches paintings and drawings to children. Still life, landscape, portrait, abstract and fantasy are all key areas for developing advanced art skills in students. (Cheshire, Connecticut USA)

• Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts

  http://www.summeracademy.at/
  The aim of the Academy is to explore differing approaches to all forms of the visual arts, and students receive expert training and supervision in artistic techniques ranging from the traditional to the most recent and avantgarde. Programs in painting, photography, sculpture, architecture, illustration, graphic arts and other subject areas. (Salzburg, Austria)

• Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial

  http://www.fleisher.org/
  Tuition-free visual art school offering classes, workshops, and exhibitions. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA)

• San Francisco Studio School

  http://www.sfstudioschool.org/
  Contemporary study of drawing, painting, photography, mixed media and critical studies. Site contains school information, curriculum, faculty, admissions, sponsored-tuition, lectures, events, and gallery of art. (San Francisco, California, USA)

• School of Living Arts

  http://www.angelfire.com/co2/SchoolofLivingArts/
  Located in The School of Living Arts is an institute offering classes, exhibitions, lectures, workshops and residencies that foster creativity and promote a culture that is in harmony with nature. (New York / Colorado USA

• Schuler School of Fine Arts

  http://www.schulerschool.com/
  Since 1959 the school has been training students in the methods and techniques of the European Old Masters. Site contains history, about the instruction, faculty, the art of Ann Didusch Schuler, class schedule, admissions, graduation requirements, application procedure, events, and links. (Baltimore, Maryland USA)

• Scuola Internazionale di Grafica

  http://www.scuolagrafica.it/
  Independent center for the visual arts offering international programs, summer workshops and an Artist in Residence program. (Venice, Italy)

• Studio Escalier

  http://www.studioescalier.com/
  An intensive studio art school and international arts residency program designed by master practitioners, and dedicated to the contemporary classical study of drawing and painting from life. (Argenton-Chateau, France)

• The Academy of Realist Art

  http://www.academyofrealistart.com/
  The Academy of Realist Art (ARA)is a private institution that teaches drawing and painting in the old master tradition. Site contains information on curriculum, program, faculty, secrets of the masters, craftsmanship, prospectus, the art business, student gallery, workshops, general information, enrollment, news and notices. (Toronto, Canada)

• The Art Institutes

  http://www.artinstitutes.edu/
  Offer three different ways to earn your degree, in class, online or a combination of both. Each method is tailored to your schedule, lifestyle, and what you need to get moving on your career goals right now. (Pennsylvania, USA)

• The Art Students League of New York

  http://www.theartstudentsleague.org/
  Artist run school since 1875, making available to the general public low fee classes in drawing, painting sculpting, and printmaking taught by international professional artists. No portfolio review. Site contains class schedules, events, instructor biographies, and general information. (New York, New York USA)

• The Atelier School of Classical Realism

  http://www.atelierschoolofclassicalrealism.net/
  A fine art school teaching classical painting and drawing techniques in the San Francisco Bay Area. (San Francisco, California USA)

• The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art

  http://theatelier.org/
  Focuses primarily on teaching fine draftsmanship and painting skills leading to the creation of well constructed artwork. Method of instruction is teacher to student which melds formal academic training with influence of the French Impressionists. Formally Atelier Lack (Richard Lack) now run by Dale Redpath and Cyd Wicker. (Minneapolis, Minnesota USA)

• The Chicago Mosaic School

  http://www.chicagomosaicschool.com/
  The first Mosaic Art School of its kind in the Americas, The Chicago Mosaic School fosters the creation of mosaic art using both ancient and contemporary techniques. (Chicago, Illinois USA)

• The Florence Academy of Art

  http://www.florenceacademyofart.com/
  Founded to provide the highest level of instruction possible in the classical methods of drawing, painting and sculpture for the training of select students wishing to pursue careers as professional artists in the Realist tradition. (Florence, Italy)

• The New England Craft Program

  http://www.snowfarm.org/
  Glass blowing, flame working, glass bead making, kiln-fired glass, stained glass, beginners to advanced. Open year round,located on historic 50 acre farm in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts. (Williamsburg, Massachusetts USA)

• The Reniassance Project Studio Workshop

  http://www.renproject.com/
  A classical Chicago fine art studio that works in traditional figurativism in the areas of portrait and mural art.

• The School of Color

  http://www.schoolofcolor.com/
  Artists mix the colour you really want every time at The School of Color. Home study courses, mini courses, color notes, educational video, workbooks and CDs everything for the true colorist.

• Torhild Ramberg Studio

  http://www.trstudio.no/
  A school of fine art which offers a two year education and thorough training in classical drawing and painting. The idea of the school is to draw and paint accurately from nature in the light of the great masters. Torhild Ramberg was trained at Charles H. Cecil Studios (Florence, Italy). (Steinkjer, Norway)

• Urban Glass

  http://www.urbanglass.org/
  A not-for-profit international center for the creation and appreciation of new art made from glass with a public access glass facility offering classes and workshops. Site contains class and workshop information, glass resources, and studio and residency information. (Brooklyn, New York USA)

• Watts Atelier

  http://www.wattsatelier.com/
  Classical art atelier of Jeffrey R. Watts. Site contains information about the atelier, mission, art instruction, faculty, frequently asked questions, gallery of work, about the location and contact information. (Encinitas, California, USA)

• Woodstock School of Art

  http://www.woodstockschoolofart.org/
  Founded in 1968 from a former artist colony, classes and workshops are given in painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking on 38 acres. Tuition scholarships, work exchange scholarships, artist residencies, and studio workspace, the dedication of teachers, student body, and administrative staff all combine in an atmosphere of freedom and seriousness. (Woodstock, New York USA)

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