OUR LOCATION IN THE CATSKILLS
@NarrowsburgUnion
in Narrowsburg, NY
The Catskills Digital Arts School is located in the charming little town of Narrowsburg, NY, 2.5 hours from of New York City, in the Catskills Mountains in western Sullivan County, NY. We hold our classes in the computer lab, inside the wonderfully restored Narrowsburg Union school building perched on the hill above town.
CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS FOR ARTISTS
Digital Skills to BOOST your Career as an Artist
The Catskills Digital Arts School is dedicated to empowering Artists with a range of powerful, digital tools to help them create new artworks, expand sales and broaden their careers. Classes and workshops focus on the platforms of promotion, the software and apps to produce digital artworks, how to create typography, graphics, videos, animations and how to build websites. We offer affordable programs for Young Artists (12-17), and wide range of classes and workshops for Adult (18+) Artists. VIEW OUR CLASSES>
AN INSTRUCTOR WITH PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EXCITING CLASSES
The Catskills Digital Arts School was founded by award-winning Artist Jeffrey Wiener, who built his career as an Art Director and Illustrator in New York. He currently runs a digital design agency called Young Mind Interactive managing websites for national brands, entrepreneurial clients, and educational institutions, producing their content and promoting their businesses.
As a working Artist, Jeffrey has exhibited his own artworks nationally, produced live events and art exhibitions, published a figurative arts magazine promoting artists. He’s also taught workshops empowering artists of all ages to broaden and achieve their career goals at schools like Art Students League of NY and most recently at SUNY Sullivan.
DIGITAL SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For Working Artists
Older, working Artists appreciate classes where we cover the basics of drawing and painting with the iPad. But we also offer classes and workshops that focus on the Business-of-Art, with courses covering Advertising, Marketing, and eCommerce.
The school’s mission is to empower ALL Artists at any level in their career, teaching them graphic design, video and animation production using professional grade APPS. Jeffrey’s approach of keeping the class moving along at the same speed while providing individuals with hands-on tutorials assures that all students learn all of the skills and concepts taught at the CDA.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE
For Young Artists
The Catskills Digital Arts School has classes and workshops designed for young artists aged 12 – 17 to help support and encourage their artistic passions, and provide them with practical arts career skill development. Most Art Schools do not prepare young artists for the marketplace they will face. I’ve mentored young artists and prepped them for careers like mine for decades.
Contemporary artists need to incorporate the software and systems used in business today in order to compete for the new kinds of jobs out there for creative people. It’s ALL digital, and you need to have those digital skills or else you will be left behind. At The Catskills Digital Arts School, we focus our Young Artists on the hard work, discipline, and dedication it takes to build a successful and sustainable career in the Arts. Learn MORE about the CDA’s Mission>
“After teaching Artists how to draw with the iPad for over a decade, I’ve designed this school to be a “Digital Bootcamp”, where we cover the basics, learning how to draw and paint with iPads, and then on to creating simple graphics and typographic treatments. I’m thrilled to work with Artists who want to learn new things. I’ve helped so many artists get over the fears of technology and into a zone of excitement, progress and deep satisfaction.”