The Art Students League of New York's main campus, an 1892 landmark building, is situated in the heart of Manhattan on West 57th Street, minutes from Central Park, Museum Mile and the 57th Street gallery district.

The League's 15-acre Vytlacil Campus in an idyllic Hudson River Valley setting, just a half-hour drive from New York City, offers a landscape that lends itself to the study and advancement of the visual arts inspired by the connection between nature and humanity. Residencies, workshops and courses from painting to large-scale sculpture are offered.

The following is some basic information about the resources available at each facility. If you'd like to find out more, please contact us.

 

Archives
The Art Students League's archives include material spanning from its inception  in 1875 to the present. We welcome formal inquires on the League's history in writing. Please submit a request to the archivist by post, fax: 212- 541-7024 or e-mail: stephanie@artstudentsleague.org.

Store
The League maintains a store in the school that serves the needs of the students, concentrating on art supplies and materials recommended by the instructors. Items are very competitively priced.

 

Hours:            Mon - Fri:  8:30 am - 8:30 pm
                        Sat - Sun: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
 

Gallery
The Art Students League presents in its Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery on the second-floor, a lively series of exhibitions,with works from the League's Permanent Collection, works by prominent artists, including League instructors, and grant winners. The Student Concours, which is a series of exhibits of the work of all the classes, occupies the gallery from January through May, with each exhibition running for one week.

 

The gallery also hosts annual exhibitions of work by students who are awarded travel grants and merit scholarships. In addition, special loan exhibitions feature work by notable League alumni and on themes of interest to the students. Recent exhibitions have presented works by Al Hirschfeld, Maya Lin, Gary Hill, Philip Pearlstein, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Tony Oursler and Will Cotton.

 

Hours:           Mon - Fri:  9:00 am - 8:30 pm
                       Sat - Sun:  9:00 am - 4:00 pm

                       Closed Sundays, January through May

Library
The League offers to its students the use of a library containing a collection of art books, art magazines and portfolios of reproductions of the works of the masters. The ASL Library now subscribes to the Foundation Center's powerful Grants to Individuals Online Database, which can be accessed only in the Library. For a bibliography of career and professional development books related to art, click here.

 

Hours:             Mon - Fri: 8:30 am - 8:30 pm

                         Closed Weekends

Cafeteria
The Art Students League has a cafeteria on the third floor. The cafeteria has a history dating back to 1892. Many famous artists drank coffee and held court with students there. Its walls have featured exhibitions of paintings, drawings, and prints by League students. Students from different classes, as well as monitors, models and League staff, exhibit regularly in the cafeteria.

 

Hours:             Mon - Fri:  8:30 am - 8:30 pm

                          Sat - Sun: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Lockers
Lockers are available to registered students for a monthly fee of $12 plus a one-time key deposit of $24. Students must be enrolled in a class in order to maintain a locker. Members may rent lockers in the basement without being enrolled in a class.

Kiln
In addition to the standard amenities in the sculpture department, the Art Students League also has a kiln. It is available to all registered sculpture students, whose work can be fired for a nominal fee. Firings are done on an average of once every other week. For details, call the main office.

Metal Sculpture
The Art Students League maintains metal sculpture facilities at its 57th Street and Vytlacil campuses. The program includes welding, bronze casting, and the mold-making and finishing processes associated with bronze casting.

Service Department
The Art Students League offers metal fabrication and bronze casting services both at its 57th Street campus and Vytlacil campus. For more information, contact the Vytlacil office at (845) 359-1263 or send an e-mail to gary@artstudentsleague.org.

Vytlacil Campus
Store
The Vtytlacil Campus maintains a store in the school as a convenience to the students, concentrating on those items in greatest demand. It sells all art materials at a reasonable price. It is open during the day and evening sessions, and on Saturdays and Sundays.

Library
Vytlacil Library  offers a collection of art books, art magazines and portfolios of reproductions of the works of the masters.

Service Department
The Art Students League offers metal fabrication and bronze casting services at both its 57th Street campus and Vytlacil campus. For more information, contact the Vytlacil office at (845) 359-1263 or send an e-mail to gary@artstudentsleague.org.

Kiln
The kiln is available to all registered sculpture students, whose work can be fired for a nominal fee. Firings are done on an average of once every other week.