"What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links that exist. It's not what you see that is art; art is the gap."
Marcel Duchamp
Mission
The New Art School is an international online programme suitable for artists anywhere in the world. It is designed to offer contemporary art education and support structures at an affordable rate - an art education for everyone, not just the few.
It is important for art schools to stay up to date and offer relevant educational opportunities for future generations of artists. We offer a unique opportunity for the artists of tomorrow to cut away the unnecessary costs associated with traditional institutional structures.
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Our Programmes
Contemporary Fine Art Mentoring
Our Contemporary Fine Art Mentoring course is an online learning programme designed to build, support and ultimately strengthen your artistic practice through a bespoke and individualised programme of guided practice and feedback. Through one-on-one mentoring the course will help you to develop your work by discussing the issues, debates and contextual nuances relevant to your current artistic practice, ultimately helping you to make a contribution to the rich field of contemporary art. The course is about receiving the best quality bespoke and timely advice and acting upon it. It is therefore particularly appropriate for artists seeking an alternative to MA or even BA studies, as well as being relevant to candidates who are post-MA such as those who are looking to refresh their practice or re- establish connections and foster discourse.

Contemporary Fine Art Mentoring
Our Contemporary Fine Art Mentoring course is an online learning programme designed to build, support and ultimately strengthen your artistic practice through a bespoke and individualised programme of guided practice and feedback. Through one-on-one mentoring the course will help you to develop your work by discussing the issues, debates and contextual nuances relevant to your current artistic practice, ultimately helping you to make a contribution to the rich field of contemporary art. The course is about receiving the best quality bespoke and timely advice and acting upon it. It is therefore particularly appropriate for artists seeking an alternative to MA or even BA studies, as well as being relevant to candidates who are post-MA such as those who are looking to refresh their practice or re- establish connections and foster discourse.
Contemporary Painting Mentoring
The Contemporary Painting Mentoring programme is an online learning programme. The aim of the programme is to provide an opportunity to further strengthen your specialist painting practice and help you on your way to forming a career practicing as a contemporary painter by working with and responding to guidance from an experienced contemporary painter with a “research active” practice.
Working with professional painters with years of exhibiting and teaching experience we aim to expose you to many of the conditions, questions, contexts and techniques appropriate to current international painting practice and discourse. We specialise in guidance aimed at improving techniques as well as providing contextual and conceptual understanding of the potential role of painting within the contemporary art sphere as well as the wider world.

Contemporary Painting Mentoring
The Contemporary Painting Mentoring programme is an online learning programme. The aim of the programme is to provide an opportunity to further strengthen your specialist painting practice and help you on your way to forming a career practicing as a contemporary painter by working with and responding to guidance from an experienced contemporary painter with a “research active” practice.
Working with professional painters with years of exhibiting and teaching experience we aim to expose you to many of the conditions, questions, contexts and techniques appropriate to current international painting practice and discourse. We specialise in guidance aimed at improving techniques as well as providing contextual and conceptual understanding of the potential role of painting within the contemporary art sphere as well as the wider world.
Portfolio Preparation
Securing a place on a Fine Art course at a credible art school with a proven track record can be a big challenge. Our Portfolio Preparation course offers guidance and help in achieving that goal. Over the course of ten months you will work with a mentor – being given set tasks/projects to develop your skills and demonstrate your abilities to their fullest as you build up a varied and skill-packed portfolio. You will receive bespoke/personal feedback from the mentor designed to help you obtain a place at the institution of your choice.

Portfolio Preparation
Securing a place on a Fine Art course at a credible art school with a proven track record can be a big challenge. Our Portfolio Preparation course offers guidance and help in achieving that goal. Over the course of ten months you will work with a mentor – being given set tasks/projects to develop your skills and demonstrate your abilities to their fullest as you build up a varied and skill-packed portfolio. You will receive bespoke/personal feedback from the mentor designed to help you obtain a place at the institution of your choice.
PhD Application Mentoring
In order to teach at university level these days you need a PhD. In recent years the number of contemporary artists undertaking the qualification has sky-rocketed. The "PhD Application Mentoring" course is designed to help you build a credible application to obtain a place on a practice-based Fine Art PhD course. Properly understanding how you might go about generating a research question is a difficult process. If you are serious about your success in undertaking a post-graduate course of this nature then maximise your chances of success with the PhD Application Mentoring course. This is an online programme taking place over three hour-long tutorials designed to help you strengthen your application. The course will set you on the right track by helping you to more clearly identify your methodology, field, and research question. The course will introduce you to the terminology and “frequently asked questions” associated with doctorate level Fine Art projects.

PhD Application Mentoring
In order to teach at university level these days you need a PhD. In recent years the number of contemporary artists undertaking the qualification has sky-rocketed. The "PhD Application Mentoring" course is designed to help you build a credible application to obtain a place on a practice-based Fine Art PhD course. Properly understanding how you might go about generating a research question is a difficult process. If you are serious about your success in undertaking a post-graduate course of this nature then maximise your chances of success with the PhD Application Mentoring course. This is an online programme taking place over three hour-long tutorials designed to help you strengthen your application. The course will set you on the right track by helping you to more clearly identify your methodology, field, and research question. The course will introduce you to the terminology and “frequently asked questions” associated with doctorate level Fine Art projects.
Our Staff

Sara Barker

Karla Black

Paul Becker

Monster Chetwynd

William Daniels

Haroun Hayward

Rae Hicks

Harminder Judge

Andi Magenheimer

Lorna MacIntyre

Hardeep Pandhal

Alexander James Pollard

Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Gregor Wright
Programme Costs
Note: With support from Creative Scotland, the NAS Bursary scheme is currently offering ten-fully funded places on our Contemporary Painting and Contemporary Fine Art courses.
The scheme seeks to address the clearly identified lack of diversity in the sector and challenge the barriers that many artists face as a result of their socio-economic background, race, ethnicity or disability.
If you think you might be eligible and would like to apply, please take a look at the open call.
Contemporary Fine Art Mentoring
£1,440
- Spend one year in regular direct contact with your assigned tutor. Develop your own unique working practice as you gain a thorough understanding of contemporary fine art production and learn how to apply it to your own work.
Contemporary Painting Mentoring
£1,440
- Spend one year in regular direct contact with your designated tutor. Develop your own unique approach to painting as you gain a thorough understanding of contemporary painting practice and learn how to apply it to your own work.
PhD Application Mentoring
£440
- This short course consists of three bespoke feedback reports or Skype tutorials from your personal mentor, made in response to your Research Proposal and examples of practical work.
Pre-Degree Mentoring
£1,440
- Spend one year in regular direct contact with an assigned tutor to develop your art making skills and build a portfolio suitable for application to an undergraduate course at a UK art school.
How Do I Apply?
Application is free and open to everyone. Courses begin all year round upon successful application and enrolment. Applications are now open.