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About Ashcan
Ashcan Art’s programs provides middle school, high school, and college students with an intensive visual arts learning experience. Together, faculty and students prepare for the art school admissions process and the creative development of an outstanding portfolio.
Our institution takes pride in being a welcoming, diverse, and supportive environment for the fostering of unique and creative talent.
VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM
Ashcan Art’s Visual Arts Program is developed to encourage artistic expression and experimentation to develop confidence, and openness to new creative ideas. Our courses will benefit the most inexperienced artists up through advanced art students.
Under the guidance of our instructors and specially designed curriculums, students will create outstanding visual works and learn historical and contemporary art techniques of painting, drawing, sculpture, design, and more.
COLLEGE PORTFOLIO PREPARATION
Which school and major are more profitable for me?
Which school and major are more suited for me?
What should I submit for my portfolio?
When are the deadlines for the school applications?
How should I prepare for the applications, portfolio, essay, interview, and home test?
If these are your concerns, Ashcan Art can help you make an informed decision on schools, as well as walk you through the application process and the preparation of your portfolio.
Ashcan Studio of Art is an art school geared toward creative development and portfolio preparation.
Our curriculum is an individualized program in which each student’s personal interests and skills are the focus. With a lot of hard work, and with the resources of New York City’s arts community, 100% of our students have excelled to their greatest potential and have earned admittance into many of the highest-ranked BFA and MFA programs, most have received scholarships.
At Ashcan, we believe that artistic growth and development should take place in a diverse and supportive environment. Our students come from around the region and from around the world to study at our studios in midtown Manhattan and Queens. Our instructors are professionals in the visual arts with a passion for teaching. They offer a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Illustration, Animation, Theater, Industrial Design, Digital Arts, Graphic Design, Fashion, Interior Design, and Architecture.
MISSION STATEMENT
Ashcan Art is a New York-based art institution that offers high-quality art education to students of all levels and ages.
The artists of our namesake, The Ashcan School, were known for studying the underrepresented angles of New York urban life and encouraging young artists to express their raw visual energy in the New York art community. In that same spirit, Ashcan Studio of Art is committed to cultivating the intellectual curiosity within our students to explore the unique creativity of each individual.
Our goal is to develop a nurturing, open, and creative community in which young and new artists can advance their talents and grow as individuals. Ashcan’s Visual Arts Program is for students who wish to improve their skills and create a body of portfolio to advance to higher education. We are dedicated to helping them achieve their dreams.
Faculty
Shin Young Rho / Director
MFA, Lighting Design
Parsons The New School of Design, New York
Hayley Palmatier / Director
MFA, Illustration
The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Ki Jong Do / Director
MFA, Painting
Hong-Ik University, Seoul
Seung Ran Woo / Director
MPS, Interactive Telecommunications
Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York
Eunyoung Kang / Director
MPS, Interactive Telecommunications
Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York
Sophie Bingham / Instructor
BS, Visual Arts
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Brigid Coleman / Instructor
BFA, Illustration
FIT, New York, NY
Naomi Cusimano / Instructor
BFA
MESSIAH UNIVERSITY, Mechanicsburg, PA
Michael Dispensa / Instructor
BFA, Illustration
School of Visual Arts, New York
Yalda Foroughmand / Instructor
BFA
Rhode Island School of Design
Fang Fu / Instructor
MFA, Illustration Practice
Maryland Institute College of Art
Zhiyang Gao / Instructor
BFA, Illustration
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Anne Glass / Instructor
B.A
Hunter College
Piper Grant / Instructor
BFA, Studio Art
Converse University, Spartanburg
Connor J. Henchey / Instructor
BS, Industrial and Labor Relations
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
John Van Houten / Instructor
MFA, Studio Art
University at Buffalo, New York, NY
Xinmiao Huang / Instructor
BFA, AnimationCa
lifornia College of the Arts
Hyun Joon Bae / Instructor
BAH, Architecture
Pratt Institute
Kimberly Kim / Instructor
Active Illustrator
Kyung-Jin Kim / Instructor
MFA, Sculpture Program
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
MJ Kim / Instructor
MFA, Illustration
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Yong Hyun Kim / Instructor
BFA, Advertising
SVA, New York, NY
Leah Levine / Instructor
BA, Studio Art and Psychology
Wesleyan University
Elizabeth Lim / Instructor
BFA, Illustration
SVA, New York, NY
Joshua Olsen / Instructor
MFA, Community Art / Teaching of Art
MICA, Baltimore, MD
Kieran Pagano / Instructor
BFA
ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, Garden City, NY
Hirah Park / Instructor
BFA, Painting
Mason Gross School of the Arts, NJ
Jaewon Park / Instructor
BA, Painting
Minor, English
Gordon College, MA
Dan Patino / Instructor
MFA, Visual Development
Academy of Art University, San Fransisco, California
John Pierce / Instructor
BFA, Printmaking
SUNY Purchase
Carlos E. M. Ramos / Instructor
MFA, Painting
Yale University School of Art
BFA, Fine Arts
The Cooper Union School of Art
Anthony Shagan / Instructor
BFA, Illustration
School of Visual Arts, New York
Stefani Tolchin / Instructor
BFA, Fashion Design
The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
NuoMin Wei / Instructor
BFA, Illustration
SVA, New York, NY
Dawn Yang / Instructor
MFA, Visual Studies
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Yoon Sung Yang / Instructor
MFA, Interior Design
New York School of Interior Design, New York, NY
Jane Zhang / Instructor
MFA, Illustration
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, US
Maryam Ghanem / Manager, Little Neck location
BA, Studio Art and Media Studies
University of Virginia
Huishan Jin / Manager, Flushing location
MBA
Monroe College, New York
Sora Kim/ Manager, Manhattan location
BS, Emerging Media
Hunter College, New York
Kelly Wang / Manager, Syosset location
BS, Biochemistry
Stony Brook University