About Us

Studio 0ffers art classes, painting and drawing workshops, art history programs, and museum tours in the NYC/ NJ/CT area for children, teens, and adults of all levels.

The classes are taught by Elena Kruchkova, Boris, Sasha, and Dasha Kuznetsov, experienced art educators who are also professional artists.

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  • Our vision:Every person is potentially talented. Our goal is to find that talent in a child and nourish it.

    We help our students to unfold, find trust in their artistic abilities, make a friendship with pencil and a brush, become familiar with different media and techniques…In other words to become confident in art.

    And in a few classes, they are focused and joyful young artists who are confident in what they’re doing! We also think art helps our pupils to grow and makes them well-balanced and happy.

    Not only is it a pleasure to create, but also it helps to

    build one’s future life in any career. We are very happy with our teacher’s experience. It’s amazing to see, how often, we get children or teens, who have to start from scratch… And in a few classes, they are focused and joyful young artists who are confident in what they’re doing!

    Their artistic abilities get stronger with every class as well as their coordination (fine motor skills), perseverance, and concentration. The fact that they can create a piece of art on their own and share it with others makes them very happy!

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• -What we do in classes:Our usual semester is made up of different classes with painting, drawing, and sculpting as the base core. It’s mostly figure drawing, still lives and landscapes, balancing the colors and shapes. Following, we always have some applied art, like prints, silk painting, work with ink, charcoal, and pastel. We study different styles and movements, important artists, and art history from a cultural aspect. We do modeling, study design, and work with color and composition. We avoid copying or step-by-step painting, we want our students to work independently and feel art from the inside. The exception is only a once-semester class of the old master copying. Mostly, we give out a specific assignment and see how children can unfold and create, being helpful with making suggestions on improvements while students are creating.

  We work in a friendly, comfortable atmosphere, building trust and joy. We are always positioning ourselves as friends, who are more art experienced, but not as an art authority.

• In the Blog, you can find our schedules and locations, and our students ‘ artwork/ video presentations.

  To sign up for a class please visit ticketing site

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  @ 914-772-6919

  Or email:

  [email protected]