For more than 140 years, this school has provided art classes for both amateurs and professionals (artists as diverse as Jackson Pollock, Norman Rockwell and Ai Weiwei studied here) without a formal degree program. Upcoming workshops include Wood and Linoleum Block Printing, Large Scale Figure Drawing and The Art of Caricature, so you’ll have no shortage of options.
It's hard to make it out there as an artist, especially in a city already stuffed with masterpieces. But these eight schools give you the opportunity to take fine arts classes, from painting to photography to caricature drawing (yes, really). So sign up at one of these art schools ASAP—even if you don’t become Instagram famous, at the very least you’ll finally be able to call yourself a real art fan.