Art History Classes in NYC, New York

NYSID - Intro to Interior Design - This course is intended for people who are considering a career in interior design. It provides a broad introduction to the profession and an overview of the education and requisite skills. The emphasis of this course is residential, a branch of interior design that typically includes specialties such as kitchens,...

Gene is absolutely certain that anyone can understand art. Regardless of your background, occupation, or creative skill set, this informative, lively, and entertaining presentation can teach anyone how to experience art from an artist's viewpoint.  Whether you’re looking for new ways to understand visual art or you want to wind down after work,...

How can works of art shed light on historical events such as the Vietnam War, the Kent State massacre, and the Holocaust? Join us for a full-day workshop using original art and artifacts as primary sources. Hear from an expert in the field and respond to works of art through writing and art-making. 

By the turn of the 20th century, luxury mansions, carriage houses, and social clubs began dotting the area now known as the Upper East Side. This social dynamic kept gallery owners and their wealthy patrons close together. Then, large residential and commercial buildings came into the neighborhood hiding one of NY’s oldest gallery districts. Hidden...

Art appreciation/art history lectures  Art appreciation is Art History. Here you will find Slide Presentations in an Informal setting, where we will discuss both Ancient Art History and Modern Art, as well as presentations on Individual Artists.

Learn the basic principles of how to approach, analyze, and appreciate great works of art the way an artist would. Included are discussions on viewing art as both a physical object and the expression of an idea, art in the context of its time, and the elements of composition.  An abridged version of this lecture is included in The Six-Hour Art...

Our experience is a journey from the 1500s to the present day. We’ll start with explorers trying to find a route to Asia but then encountered a new land. I’ll share Harlem’s role in the American Revolution and the meeting of Alexander Hamilton and General George Washington. Our group will discuss the Trans Atlantic Slave trade in North, Central...

Understand primary, secondary, tertiary, and analogous colors, and how they fit into the complementary color circle.  Learn about hue, value, and intensity and how these terms translate to the Adobe suite of graphic design software. Students will work from digital color palettes, mix acrylic paints to see how colors affect each other and explore...

Take advantage of the functionality and productivity found in AutoCAD. Learn the fundamentals of AutoCAD in this hands-on course and discover how to efficiently prepare 2D digital drawings. Specifically designed for interior designers and using the Microsoft operating system, this course will cover the basics of AutoCAD drawing software.  Topics...

This course is specifically designed for those who have a working knowledge of intermediate AutoCAD 2D drafting using the Microsoft operating system. Build on the fundamentals of AutoCAD through hands-on exercises that explore the creation of 2D construction drawings using more advanced drawing production and management commands such as edit, annotate,...

In celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, this mini-course explores the significance of the famed and influential design school illuminating its legacy. Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius by merging two existing schools in Weimar, Germany, the school was the design playground of such famed designers as Josef Albers, Marcel...

This two day intensive introduces students to the world of beautiful, accessible, and sustainable botanical dyes. Students learn the basics of selecting and preparing fibers, extracting color from a variety of plant materials, and fixing natural dyes to fabric. We’ll discuss the history of natural dye use, and explore some contemporary applications...

Learn to screenprint with dieFirma team member Noelle and take home a hand-printed tote bag. Attendees of this workshop will learn the history of serigraphy (“silkscreen/screenprinting”), as well as how to create stencils, prepare screens, expose images, and print an image onto fabric. Fee includes workshop, materials, printed tote bag, and a...

Art appreciation/art history lectures with Walking Gallery tours This is the 2-in-one day in the Art World, where we will present Art History, and after lunch we will visit Art Galleries and Museums.  Schedule: 12 pm to 2 pm - Art appreciation/art history lectures 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm - Break 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm - Walking Gallery...

This Crash Course will cover the basics of gilding, gold leaf, and its history. Various techniques of both modern and traditional gilding will be explored, including traditional water gilding, gesso, oil gilding and verre eglomise (reverse glass gilding). Students will each have the opportunity to gild a small piece of work. Bring the following: ...