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Multi Arts Academy
“Great music and dance school, with an excellent team of teachers.”
Best Art Classes near Newark, NJ
2 of these schools are based in Newark; the others serve Newark from towns including New York, NY (13 mi), Brooklyn, NY (13 mi) and Jersey City (5 mi).
19 open weekends · 23 rated 4.5+
Data verified October 16, 2026
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Newark School of the Arts
“The school of Arts is an institution whereby you can send your child or ward to learn so many art forms, like dancing, how to play musical instruments and a lot more.”
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Art Mango
- Atmosphere
- Drinks
- Patient
“When my grands come in the summer time we will definitely be there.”
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Drawing New York
- Space
- Artists
- Models
“Simon is a charismatic, encouraging, very helpful teacher, the Drawing NY models are always top notch, and for some reason only cool people come to these classes (I'm not cool, but it's cool to be a dork surrounded by cool artists haha.”
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The Paint Place
- Energy
- Patient
- Night
“No rushing but timely painting, she assisted frequently with whatever questions you asked, and she took her time to come around to see how your doing and if you needed advice or help on your painting progress, she is more than happy to assist..”
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Genius Lab Steam Center
- Homework
- Stem
- Summer Camp
“Each week there is also a science-related trip which the kids love (and projects during the week prepare the kids for some of the science themes/issues that come up during the trip).”
The 24 schools listed for Newark, NJ teach drawing and painting. Which media they cover, what the fee includes and whether they run model sessions all come from what each school publishes itself.
Area overview: Newark, NJ
The 24 schools on this page are rated from 4.4 to 5.0 across 1,415 reviews; 8 have 50 or more reviews and 23 are rated 4.5 or higher. When customers rate these schools on specific qualities, they most often praise professionalism (90%), quality (75%) and communication (70%). 19 are open on Saturdays and 12 on Sundays. 1 has a BBB rating of A or A+. Domain records put 14 websites of the schools on this page at ten or more years old; the oldest dates from 1998. 1 is family- or locally-owned and 3 list coupons or special offers. We have a website on file for all 24 of the schools on this page; 19 publish a contact page; 20 list a public email and 1 takes bookings online. We count these figures across the schools on this page; distances are straight-line, and hours and prices change, so confirm the details with the school before you enroll.
How are the painting schools on this page rated?
On this page, 23 schools out of 24 carry a public rating at or above four and a half stars. Read what the reviews praise. A studio can score well for a warm room and good coffee and still teach very little drawing.
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Paint & Sip Studio New York
- Artist
- Birthday
- Music
“Daniel, our fabulous teacher was so patient even when a bunch of us came late ( there was an emergency right before and 2 people from our group had to be no shows!”
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The Writers Studio
- Led
- Poetry
- Craft
“The writer's studio method is an American version of this in that one learn's craft from copying the techniques of masters while applying those techniques to one's own very individual material.”
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The Bob McAndrew Acting Studio
“Woke up my inner power and gave really hands on specific helpful tools to handle auditions, filming on set, monologues and mainly fine tuning your instrument to be your emotional arsenal on command.”
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Painting Lounge
- Book
- Artist
- Room
“Teacher @Cray C was very good 😌 I would have preferred more directions on how to correctly paint the flowers / vase so that it would look more realistic and less amateur.”
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Harlem School of the Arts
- Mother
- Ballet
“When I had problems with registering multiple classes online, Amy was so patient and helpful answering my calls and later helped me register class by class when they found out there was something wrong with the system!”
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Spark- Art
- Portfolio
- Summer Camp
- Learned
“I highly recommend working with Sebastian and SPARK if your child is interested in art and looking to either assemble a portfolio for school or just deepen their learning.”
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Manhattan Edit Workshop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Students
- Resources
“They got a lot covered, not only how to work with all the software, but from the history of editing and its technicalities to building resume and cover letters.”
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Brushes & Berries
- Microphone
- Birthday
- Party
“During the class she was patient with me (as a painting rookie) and with my boyfriend (as someone who knew how to paint and took forever trying to execute his artistic vision).”
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Pottery NYC
- Clay
- Wheel
- Studio
“She explained the process in detail at the beginning of the class and then gave us time for the rest of the class to try it out ourselves (while always being present to provide assistance/guidance/advice).”
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Panache Art Studio
- Project
- Creative
- Feedback
“All the kids had a really great time at the paint party and even the ones who thought they were not doing so good initially were really impressed with and proud of their creation at the end.”
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DEA Music and Art
- Knows
- Learning
- Patient
“At the very first online lesson, we had some hard time to adjust to the new way of having remote instrument lesson, I believe this is the first time ever for a lot of children, my daughter feels "distance" in class with her teachers, lol.”
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Popular Painting Field Inc
“Excellent service, would highly recommend them to anyone looking for any of their painting needs”
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Cre8sart School Fort Lee NJ
“It is easily understood, and great for an art enthusiast's like myself, as well as teachers of other subjects who wish to incorporate more art into their classrooms.”
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Nersel Fine Art
- Eye
- Artist
- Oil Painting
“Nersel is an amazing art teacher, in my first set of sessions for oil painting we went through many important techniques like holding a brush properly, different colors, perspectives, shading and blending techniques.”
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Creative Color Palette
- Dance
- Patient
- Skills
“Maka has demonstrated great commitment and dedication to help create quality art pieces, at the same time showed much flexibility when my daughter required additional days during a week or weekends to finish the work.”
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The Ninth Cloud
- Notes
- Patient
- Learning
“My name is Valerii, I love music and I very glad that Sergey is my saxophone teacher, he is a great musician, a professional teacher and a wonderful person, he finds a special unique approach to each student....”
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Music Box School of Music and Art
- Violin
- Son
- Piano
“An example of their great customer service: I called to cancel a lesson because of my own forgetfulness, not knowing I had a party I had to take my daughter to.”
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Painting Pottery Cafe
- Speaking
- Studio
- Price
“We have only done pottery painting and when you go in, you choose the piece that you want (theres a lot in all different price ranges) they provide 3 colors, you paint for 2hrs and then yiu have to leave the piece to be glazed and baked.”
Visual Arts Tutoring Services in Newark, NJ Cost Estimates
Minimum cost
$160
Maximum cost
$1476
National Average
$296
Avg Per Hour Rates
$115
$222
$615
Average price range is based on 425 cost profiles
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