Avenue Road Arts School

I took a watercolors course there and really enjoyed the class. My instructor Moira was very knowledgeable and I learned a lot. This was a morning class, so there were not so many students in the class, and I was getting a lot of personal attention. I signed up my son Mark to the summer camp there, unfortunately he didn’t enjoy the camp as much as I expected, looks like his instructor wasn’t so good with kids.

A great place to take a couple of courses. The space is nice, the classes are intimate (at 10 ppl maximum usually) and the instructors are very theoretical. If you’re looking for a technical course, consider this place over some of the colleges. You’ll get interesting diversity in the students.

I have been taking classes for years at Avenue Road Arts School. I have found that I can take the same class multiple times and each time I learn something new. I have been fortunate enough to develop friendships with classmates and look forward to my class each week.
The instructors are knowledgeable artists and are excited to share what they know with you. The school itself is a warm inviting atmosphere, located in an large old house. Class sizes are small, which allows for quite a bit of one on one time with instructors.
Thoroughly recommend!

Been attending classes and workshops for 2 years, and I somewhat recommend this facility to anyone who is interested in arts or wants new hobbies to pursue. This isn’t a professional school where respected people in the fields teach you so you can become artists. It’s more like some skilled people give you knowledge on techniques to help you discover your new hobby. This isn’t just school where they offer painting lessons but also available are photography, stage performance arts and so on and such.
All instructors I’ve had are inspiring, caring and kind albeit their fake encouragements and rushed attitudes. They make sure everything is understood and help you develop artistic senses, and find areas where you can improve. What came off as disappointment is that they were not willing to engage in interesting discussions because they have to stick to schedule.
Classes are very small but it is perfect for people who have school or work during daytime, and enrolment fees won’t break the bank, so might as well take it lightly instead of a serious school where you learn to become artists.
I took various painting and drawing classes and photography lessons, with which I am happy as I became knowledgable with those activities but there were some cancelled classes time to time. And sometimes classes are boring as not many people are enrolled and instructors would end early where he would not know what to do with remaining time.