Jersey City Art School - Jersey City, New Jersey

N Rodriguez

I have been attending the Jersey City Art School for 3 months now (4/2023 -7/2023) and my experience has been absolutely amazing! Thomas is such an experienced and knowledgeable art instructor. He is extremely detailed, helpful and will guide you each step of the way.
I started by taking the Figure Drawing/Anatomy Workshop and loved it. I personally believe most people would benefit from this class not just artists. I learned so much about the human body and how it moves and I'm glad this was my first experience at JCAS.
I've also taken the Beginner Drawing & Painting, Portrait Painting and most recently the 5-hour Digital Introduction Workshop and all classes have been GREAT! I've learned different techniques, became more comfortable with oils and had the opportunity to get my feet wet with digital art!
The past 3 months have been educational, fun, therapeutic and inspiring. I look forward to taking on some more classes this year!

Jena Saavedra

This summer my 8 year old son took art classes here (5 classes). It was a great experience for him, where he was exposed to many different art techniques. He enjoyed himself and looks forward to going back. The instructors are extremely talented, knowledgeable, and patient. I highly recommend Jersey City Art School if you’re looking for a place to expand your (or your child’s) art skills.

Elizabeth Moskalenko

Excellent and extremely technically skilled teacher who will give you a through historic understanding of the background and work with you individually even in a group class so you can learn at your own comfortable pace! Highly recommend classes with Thomas!

Ritika Pahuja

I signed up for the class that was supposed to begin from Jan 8th. It was a 6 week program so I had made sure that I was available for the next 6 weekends. Firstly, the class did not start on the intended date. Secondly, after only 1 session, the class got moved to March and I could not accommodate the class in my schedule.

Not only am I not being given the refund for the class, but also not being offered an alternate program. It’s soo soo hard to get a response over email. For every 4 emails I sent to the school, I get response to 1 of them back. Now I do understand that the class schedule was altered because of the teacher’s heath issues and there’s not much anyone could have done about it. But I don’t think it’s professional to not respond to the emails/accommodate students if the class schedule was moved by 3 months!!
I practically paid $400 for 1 class. My experience with the studio has been nothing short of painful and I wish I had taken the reviews more seriously.

Lynn Carlson

This is a fantastic environment to either learn new skills or further develop your existing artistic abilities. Amazingly talented instructor and flexible policies. Highly recommend!

Rachel Hendricks

I attended a painting class here and couldn’t be happier!! Thomas is incredibly skillful as an artist and as a teacher. I can’t wait to take another class and learn more from him!

Sotirios Gountas

Came here with a LivingSocial voucher for a 2.5-hour brunch / painting class. Tanya, the instructor, is a wizard with her students. She is affable, patient, and attentive. We created a full painting in the course, and learned some great techniques along the way. No experience is necessary!

Yan Cheng

I really hate to leave a bad review, but I have been chasing my studio deposit back from the place for more than a half year. Radio silence and dishonesty are not how you should treat people. I'm willing to take time out of my day to leave this feedback because I want to tell people about this bad encounter, and maybe help you make a decision.