A global art school for artists building a serious life in art.
Join a community of working artists for live talks, critiques, and direct access to leading artists and curators.
New Cohort
Begins June 1.
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● ProgramsA Typical Month at TAAS
Membership is an active, ongoing practice. Here's a real sample of what's on offer:
Week 1
Professional Development Session
Visiting Artist Lecture + Live Q&A
Crit Club
Week 2
Workshop on Art & Life
Visiting Curator Lecture + Live Q&A
Book Club
Week 3
Professional Development Workshop
Visiting Artist Lecture + Live Q&A
Crit Club
Week 4
Workshop on Art & Life
Visiting Curator Lecture + Live Q&A
Art & Witchcraft Club
Plus:
Access to video archive of 100+ past talks, quarterly exhibition opportunities, a curated feed of grants, residencies and open calls, and a global peer community of hundreds of artists in every medium.
No debt. No gatekeeping. Just the art education you actually need.
Our Membership-based program connects you to hundreds of other artists working in all mediums, and offers access to established curators and world renowned artists. Students are inspired and informed through regular artist/curator lectures with Q&As, studio visits and crits, group mentorship and shared resources. Exhibition opportunities included.
● Testimonials“This is utopia, where everybody learns from each other and can share their work with artists from around the world.”
– Quynh Lam, VIetnam & Germany
Wherever you are, you're not working alone — 36% of members are outside the US.
United States 64.8%
Australia 3.3%
Brazil 3.0%
India 3.0%
Turkey 3.0%
Italy 2.3%
United Kingdom 2.3%
Canada 1.7%
Thailand 1.7%
South Africa 1.3%● ProgramsPrograms to Explore
Professional Development
Build the career infrastructure your art practice deserves.
Visiting Artist & Curator Lectures
Get inside access to the people actually shaping the art world, and get to ask them anything.
Exhibition Opportunities
Your work deserves to be seen. We help make that happen.
● Staff & InstructorsPast Instructors
Janine Antoni
Guggenheim Fellow & MacArthur Award–winning artist
Mark Dion
ARTIST & GUGGENHEIM FELLOW
Raqs Media Collective
artist COLLECTIVE
Gridthiya “Jeab” Gaweewong
CURATOR
Nato Thompson
Author, curator & founder of The alternative Art School
Cassils
Transgender artist Trevor Paglen
MacArthur Award–winning artist Vashti DuBois
Founder, The Colored Girls MuseumMarinella Senatore
Italian multidisciplinary artist
Yael Bartana
ARTIST, featured in the 54th Venice Biennale
Jeremy Deller
London-based artist, featured in the 55th Venice BiennaleMario Ybarra Jr.
Mexican-American conceptual artist
Guadalupe Maravilla
visual artist, choreographer and healerZoe Butt
Curator and writer based in VietnamTania Bruguera
Artist, Activist, Guggenheim Fellow & Prince Claus Fund LaureateMel Chin
ARtist & MacArthur Fellow
Become a Member
TAAS is your toolkit for being an artist in the 21st century.
New Cohort
Begins June 1.
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