Vytlacil Campus Schedule:
Workshops, Open Studio Sessions and Critiques

The Art Students League educates students in the language and process of making art in an environment where anyone who wishes to pursue an art education can realize their full potential. Workshops at Vytlacil are taught in the League's traditional atelier method teaching students at all levels in a hands-on studio environment with a working artist.

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Exhibitions
The Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery at the Art Students League's Vytlacil Campus is dedicated to exhibiting the finest in visual arts. Hosting six exhibitions per year and showing a broad range of artists including modern masters and Vyt alumni, the Gallery focuses on solo exhibitions by the League's exceptional faculty. Click here for a listing of past and upcoming exhibitions at the Gallery.

Open Studios
Toward the end of each month, the Vytlacil Artists-in-Residence invite the public to their studios to discuss their work and processes. Light refreshments are served. Round Trip Transportation to Vytlacil's beautiful campus is FREE. Please reserve your spot in the "Vyt Van" with the League office by calling 212-247-4510. Please click here for directions to Vytlacil Campus.

Workshops at Vytlacil
The Vytlacil Campus offers ongoing instruction with weekly, seasonal and special workshops, including forging with James Garvey which meets every Saturday. Knox Martin, Deborah Winiarski, Frank O'Cain, Timothy J. Clark and Dean Hartung have used the inspiring Vytlacil Campus as their canvas for workshops like "The Figure in Nature" and "Abstracting the Landscape."

Forging with James Garvey
Saturdays, 10:00 am–1:00 pm
Monthly fee: $107 + $30 (materials fee)

The Vytlacil Campus offers workshops in forging and metal fabrication with instructor James Garvey. Work with fire, anvil and steel to learn how to forge metal.   

Vytlacil Campus Workshop: Frank O’Cain
Abstracting the Landscape

April 20
Saturday, 10:00 am–4:30 pm
Fee: $140
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 16 students

Free roundtrip shuttle leaves the Art Students League at 9:00 am and leaves Vytlacil at 4:30 pm to return back to the Art Students League before 5:00 pm. You must have registered for the workshop to use the shuttle and you must have pre-paid for it. Please notify security in the ASL lobby that you wish to be on the shuttle and they will notify you when it arrives.

Bring your own lunch or bring $10/d cash for lunch ordering.

Using our senses, we will explore the landscape by combining the physical and the illusionary. Instead of only copying what we see, we will learn to create from what we see by using the imagination and some courage. We will discuss the process of abstracting. Students will gain knowledge and understanding of spatial structure; arrangement and organization of forms; and the impact of color and rhythm needed to make a work of art complete. All of this will give the students a creative vocabulary. Demonstrations will be provided, along with handouts to use as a guide. A critique and group discussion conclude the session.

Frank O'Cain studied at the Art Students League of New York, with part of that time under Vaclav Vytlacil. He has had one-man shows at Purdue University; the Miriam Perlman Gallery in Chicago; the Saginaw Art Museum and the Ella Sharp Museum in Michigan; the Princeton Art Association; Levitan Gallery I and II in New York; and Northern Illinois University.  He also had one-man shows in both Basel and Zurich, Switzerland, and was represented by the Theano Stahelin Kunstsalon in Zurich. Mr. O’Cain is represented by the Midwest Museum of American Art in Indiana, the Saginaw Art Museum in Michigan, and the D. D. and B. Gallery in New York. Mr. O'Cain is an instructor at the Art Students League of New York.

Vytlacil Campus Workshop: Deborah Winiarski
Encaustic Monotype Printmaking

May 18-19
Saturday–Sunday, 10:00 am–4:30 pm
Fee: $330 (includes $30 materials fee)
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students

Free shuttle leaves the Art Students League at 9:00 am and leaves Vytlacil at 4:30 pm to return back to the Art Students League before 5:00 pm. You must have registered for the workshop to use the shuttle and you must have noted upon registration that you will take advantage of it. Please notify security in the ASL lobby that you wish to be on the shuttle and they will notify you when it arrives.

Bring your own lunch or bring $10/d cash for lunch ordering.

Let the beauty of the natural surroundings inspire you as you create encaustic monotypes at Vytlacil.  This workshop combines the directness and immediacy of the monotype with the richness and luminosity of encaustic painting.  This versatile process eliminates the multiple steps of encaustic painting, and the toxicity of inks and solvents of traditional printmaking on a press. Drawing with pigmented wax, students will create one-of-a-kind prints by ‘pulling’ their painted image directly from a heated plate—no printing press required!  Encaustic monotype lends itself to natural and spontaneous mark making, allowing for extensive creative exploration.  Additional techniques including stenciling, stamping and blocking will be explored the ‘encaustic’ way.  Demos and discussions will include paper possibilities, wax recipes, basic studio set-up, etc. Whether used as a primary body of work or combined with mixed-media, collage or book arts, encaustic monotype offers endless possibilities for today’s artist. Ample time for hands-on work will be provided.  No prior experience in encaustic painting or printmaking is necessary for this workshop.  Prior workshop registrants are welcome.

Deborah Winiarski has been teaching encaustic workshops at the Art Students League of New York since 2009.  Her encaustic work has been exhibited at venues in New York City and across the United States.  In 2012, her work was included in the National Encaustic Art Exhibition at The Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM; The Wax Book:  Altered, Repurposed, Remade at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA; and WAX:  Contemporary Encaustic Works at Pajaro Valley Arts Council in Watsonville, CA. Her work will also be included in the upcoming 3rd edition of Embracing Encaustic.  For more information about the instructor, please visit: www.deborahwiniarski.com.

Vytlacil Campus Workshop: Dean Hartung
Plein Air - Composing a Landscape

June 15-16
Saturday-Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Both days: $275
One day: $140
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 20 students

Free shuttle leaves the Art Students League at 9:00 am and leaves Vytlacil at 4:30 pm to return back to the Art Students League before 5:00 pm. You must have registered for the workshop to use the shuttle and you must have noted upon registration that you will take advantage of it. Please notify security in the ASL lobby that you wish to be on the shuttle and they will notify you when it arrives.

Bring your own lunch or bring $10/d cash for lunch ordering.

Picture making sometimes gets lost in the quest to improve skills like drawing and painting—but what is more important than the impact your art makes from across a room? How do you attract the eye of a viewer, and make the viewer linger on your work? Fortunately, the more you learn about your compositional tendencies, the more you learn about yourself as an artist, and about what you want to express in your work. Color relationships, design, composition, simplifying all that information, and the benefits of outdoor painting will be discussed. We will focus on massing in shapes, values, color, brushwork and edges while working wet into wet in order to complete a painting in one session.

Dean Hartung studied at Kent State University in Ohio; the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Cleveland Institute of Art; and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.  He assisted Jack Beal on several large paintings, including the mosaic subway mural commission in NYC. Dean attended the La Napoule Art Foundation on a fellowship and was invited to paint at the Forbes Trinchera Ranch in Colorado. His paintings are in private and public collections. He has exhibited in a number of galleries and museums and has been commissioned to create several important murals, including nine murals for Montefiore Hospital and six murals for the Delaware County Courthouse. He has taught at several institutions including the New York Academy of Art, the National Academy of Design, Penn State University, Swarthmore College and Community College of Philadelphia. He received special recognition from the Ohio House of Representatives in 1998.

Open Critiques at Vytlacil
On the second and third Wednesday of every month, League instructors Grace Knowlton, Mark Safan, G. L. Sussman and Hans Witschi or invited guest critics offer interested artists feedback on their work, alongside a communal lunch with residents and guests. Read more about regular Vytlacil instructors and critique artists. A League student or member of the public may receive a 20-30 minute critique of his or her work for $12. Call in advance to find out who is giving the critique, to schedule a time and to check about the availability of the Vyt Van: 212-247-4510 or 845-359-1263.      

The "Art &" Workshop Series
After the groundbreaking success of the collaborative workshop by the AAFPRS and the Art Students League of New York, a second intensive session of "Art & MEDICINE" : Facial Sculpture for Surgeons  will be held in October 2013 at the Vytlacil Campus. (Please note: the Vytlacil Artist-In-Residence Program does not run during the month of October due to this workshop.)

Registration Information: Class registration is by phone or in person. If you are registering for the first time and wish to register by phone, please first fill out the online Student Information Form. All non-residency students are required to pay an annual $25 League Registration Fee. Registration entitles you to receive notification of upcoming events, lectures and exhibits, as well as to participate in League exhibitions. You may register in person at the main desk of the Vytlacil Campus. The Art Students League admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin. To learn more, call 845-359-1263.

Workshop Refund Policy
In the event a student chooses to withdraw after registering for a workshop, a 75% tuition refund will be granted when a student submits a Request for Refund Form by fax: (212) 541-7024, email: info@artstudentsleague.org, or in person at least five (5) business days before the start date of the workshop. No refunds will be given within four (4) business days of a workshop. Refunds are by check or ASL credit, only. Materials fees are not refundable.

Workshop Cancellation Policy
Workshops are subject to cancellation. In the event of cancellation by the Art Students League, registered workshop students will receive a 100% tuition refund. Workshops may be cancelled on short notice. No refunds are given for travel expenses due to cancellations or schedule changes.

Admission to our workshop is on a first come, first serve basis. Admission will not be in excess of our studio capacity and therefore a waiting list will be generated. Tickets can not be reserved and are not guaranteed and are subject to change.