Member Programs
The Alternative Art School is a Membership-based, global, artist-led school founded to expand access to critical art education. Artists across 25+ countries participate in professional development, workshops, lectures, critique groups, and resource sharing that strengthen practice through dialogue and exchange. TAAS offers a flexible, networked alternative to traditional art school models for artists with or without previous art degrees.
TAAS Member Programs
Professional Development
Build the career infrastructure your art practice deserves.
Workshops on Art & Life
Make better work. Think more clearly. Feel less alone in your practice.
Crit Clubs & Studio Visits
Turn inspiration into insight with a global community who understands.
Video Archive & Artist Resources
Everything you need to grow your practice, on your schedule, from your phone.
Global Peer Community
Your next collaborator, advocate, or exhibition opportunity might be in Nairobi, Seoul, or São Paulo.
Visiting Artist & Curator Lectures
Get inside access to the people actually shaping the art world, and ask them anything.
Pro Members
A masterclass in artistic practice and inquiry.
Independent Study with Nato Thompson
Pro MembersOff-Times Newspaper Independent Study
See your work published, printed, distributed to a global audience, and celebrated in your own city.
Exhibition Opportunities
Your work deserves to be seen. We help make that happen.
Independent Study
Become a Member
TAAS is your toolkit for being an artist in the 21st century.