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10-27 46 Av, second floor, Long Island City NY 11101
Tel. (718) 937-1300
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Bridgeview faculty fully represents the European classical tradition

Almost every member of the Bridgeview faculty can trace his lineage to a great 19th century artist. For example, the teacher of Samuel Kudish was a student of Pier Bonnard. While artists in Western Europe and America were turning towards abstraction, the Russian academies, isolated by the Iron Curtain, adhered to the classical methods of art education.

Bridgeview teachers received the most rigorous academic training.

The official training of an artist in Russia lasts 16 years.  At the age of 9 gifted children begin attending a special school where along with general subjects they draw, paint and sculpt every day. After high school they have to pass a number of exams to be admitted to an art academy. At the academy they study for six years. The first five are designed to challenge and improve drawing, painting and composition techniques.  The sixth year is devoted to diploma work in producing a sizable, thematic painting or sculpture. 

Bridgeview School's location is also a special advantage.

Located in Long Island City (Queens), which is an emerging art center of New York and a new home to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA Queens), Bridgeview is in the midst of cultural renewal. Its other neighbors include PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, the Noguchi Museum, and the Sculpture Center, just to name a few. On the other hand, we are only one subway stop from Manhattan, the most vibrant art community in the world.


"What I enjoyed most about working with Samuel Kudish was the fact that his passion for art came through in everything he said...He understands the role that honesty plays in making good paintings, and I found this refreshing and incredibly helpful."
~Elizabeth Yoakum, portrait painter.

"Once again, thank you for the wonderful portrait sculpture workshop. Those were five of the best days I've had in a long time. Not only did I learn a great deal from Larissa and Vitaly, but I felt truely inspired by the atmosphere of the class. It was fun without ever being silly or trivial, serious without being oppressive, and very creative without being false. I will recommend your school to the serious students."
~Ted Sheridan, sculptor and graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

"I cannot express how lucky we feel to have found your school. You had a wonderful vision and the students and teachers are merely a testament to that. Thank you so very much"
~Meg LaBarbara (Samantha's Mom)