What we can offer your school or educational institution.

What to Expect

WorkshopsNYC is a structured educational concept developed for educational institutions offering immersive, year-long creative programs. We’re seeking to combine visual practice, critical reflection, and international learning.

The program is built around experiential learning, small groups, and close mentorship, and is designed to function as a full-year program within an educational structure. A curated study module in New York City serves as an integrated culmination of the academic year.

❋ Academic framework

A fully developed pedagogical framework tailored for educational institutions, including methodology, progression, and learning outcomes.

❋ Program Leadership

Academic leadership and selected teaching modules delivered by the concept holder, both on-site and digitally.

❋ International Study Module

Planning and execution of a curated 7–10 day study module in New York City, integrated into the academic progression.

❋ Professional Network Access

Access to an established international professional network through the program’s academic lead.

A Structured Educational Collaboration

WorkshopsNYC is designed as a collaborative educational framework rather than a standalone course or short-term workshop. The concept is developed to integrate into an institution’s existing structure, functioning as a year-based program with clear progression, defined roles, and shared responsibility.

The program combines hands-on visual practice, structured critique, and professional orientation, offering students an immersive learning environment where creative development is closely connected to reflection, dialogue, and real-world context. Learning is centered around active participation, project-based work, and continuous feedback, with an emphasis on developing both artistic clarity and personal responsibility.

A defining component of the program is the New York City study module, which serves as an integrated culmination of the academic year. Rather than functioning as an isolated trip, the NYC module is embedded in the pedagogical progression, building directly on the work students have developed throughout the year. The module is intentionally intensive and limited in size, ensuring close mentorship, high engagement, and a learning environment that prioritizes quality over scale.

The program is delivered through a shared model in which the host institution retains ownership of daily operations, student follow-up, and local teaching, while WorkshopsNYC provides the pedagogical framework, academic leadership, selected instruction, and full responsibility for the design and execution of the NYC module. This structure allows institutions to offer a distinctive, internationally anchored program without the need to develop or maintain the entire framework internally.

WorkshopsNYC is particularly suited for institutions offering non-degree, experience-based education for young adults, where learning extends beyond technical skill acquisition to include critical thinking, collaboration, and professional awareness. The concept is flexible in thematic focus—such as street photography, portraiture, fashion, or analog practice—while maintaining a consistent methodological core centered on experiential learning and structured critique.

Collaboration with WorkshopsNYC is intended to be dialog-driven rather than transactional. The framework provides a clear structure while leaving room for institutional input, local adaptation, and long-term development. The goal is not to replicate a fixed program across multiple institutions, but to establish a sustainable partnership model where educational quality, clarity of roles, and shared ambition are central.