Montclair’s premier art studio. Come to tap into your creativity! At Bass Arts Studio, each student is given the support they need to develop their own personal style and the skills they need to grow as artists.

Students are encouraged to playfully explore and experiment with a variety of media, engage in creative problem solving, develop critical thinking skills and have a great time!

Bass Arts Studio offers classes throughout the year. There are 3 semesters, Fall, Winter and Spring, in addition to a Summer Art Camp for children ages 7-12. For teens, we offer a Summer Teen Art Studio Intensive as well as Fashion Camp.

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March 15, 2017

8 Week Spring Session Begins April 15
December 5, 2016

Graphic Design: Creating Images That Communicate Ideas

This winter, Bass Arts students will be learning how to create striking eye-catching visuals that communicate an idea. I am sure the next four years will present plenty of issues that will necessitate the creation of…
November 2, 2016

Bass Arts Students Create Giant Heads!

This summer, Bass Arts Students channeled The Bread and Puppet Theatre as they built their own giant heads! The students began with choosing a pop culture figure like Harry Potter,…
September 14, 2016

The Class of 2020: Bass Arts Students Head To Art School

Julia O’Donnell, FIT, Class of 2020 Julia began taking classes at Bass Arts Studio in the spring of 2009 and spent several summers at Bass Arts Studio’s Portfolio Intensive, where she focused on…
September 12, 2016

Kai Rubin-Wish, a longtime Bass Arts Student is Accepted Into School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University

Kai Rubin-Wish, a sophomore at Montclair High, started attending Bass Arts Studio when he was 8 years old and continued taking classes and attending camp for 5 years. This…
January 6, 2015

Student Spotlight: Kai Rubin-Wish

Kai Rubin-Wish, age 10, has been a student at Bass Art’s Studio for the past 4 years. He has not missed one session during the year and has returned to the art camp…
May 28, 2013

Two Handed Drawing

“Merely to see, therefore, is not enough. It is necessary to have a fresh, vivid, physical contact with the object you draw through as many of the senses as possible—and especially through the sense of touch.” — Kimon Nicolaides,
October 8, 2012

Teen Portfolio Project: Self Portraits

When Art school admissions officers are going through the hundreds of portfolios submitted each year, they are on the look out for standout pieces that show evidence of original thinking.
September 21, 2012

DIY Dress Forms

Who needs to buy a dress form when you can make your own? In this fashion class, Fabiola Arias taught the girls how to make a custom dress form, tailored to each individual students’…
September 17, 2012

Hannah’s Birthday Suit (Don’t Get Nervous, It’s A Costume)

Hannah, an 8 year old student in my Sculpt It class, poses in her “birthday suit”. The materials she used to create this costume were Rigid Wrap (plaster impregnated gauze cloth available at most art supply stores), and my favorite, paper mache.