Ashcan Studio of Art Inc. is the leading art and design portfolio preparation school in New York. We offer Portfolio Preparation Programs, Visual Arts and Youth Art courses to the local, national and international community. We assist all aspiring students, regardless of their experience level in the visual arts, gain entrance into the country’s top art programs. We offer courses in Portfolio Preparation which include Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Figure Studies, Film/Animation, Fashion Illustration, Fashion Design and Garment Construction. Visual Arts education has been our field of focus since 2006. We are committed to cultivating within our students the curiosity to explore creative intellect and aesthetics. Our students enjoy small class sizes taught by Instructors whose commitment to teaching and scholarship is remarkable. . Ashcan Studio of Art has established an excellent reputation at colleges and universities for the preeminence of portfolios submitted to them by our students. These students have been accepted to major visual arts schools and they have been offered extraordinary amounts of merit-based scholarships. In addition we have beneficially partnered with The School of Visual Arts in the form of a 1 + 3 agreement, through which our students can earn transferable credit hours at our studio. As well as The Joan Mitchell Foundation, which funds scholarships for students in the community to study with us.