Bridgeview School of Fine Arts — Attraction in New York

I've taken the adult oil painting class with Leo Kundas once a week for a little over a year at this point. Though relatively artistically inclined before, I have gained much technique and improvement from his teaching in the classic Russian style. His instruction is very clear and to the point. He reads his students well in terms of level and ability and adjusts with each student. For me, if he thought something could be better, he would tell me and I would soon see he was correct, with his guidance. This summer a trip to France, hosted by Anna Filimonova and organized by Bridgeview founders Lena and John Murray, was a fantastic time filled with out of the ordinary tours and locations for painting, following in the footsteps of Monet and seeing the inspirations of van Gogh.

I am often impressed by the works other students, adult and children, are producing after taking classes here at Bridgeview. Great and intimate classes for high...

Exceptional teaching. My children and I have gone up several levels in artistic technique and understanding over the last three years. The teachers take their work very seriously and that's reflected in the students' extraordinary results. Our 11 year old daughter loves going and has created some excellent work. She has developed enormous self-discipline and can work for hours and still can't wait to come back each week. Our teenage boy made enormous progress as well. We travel from PA because there's nothing like this school anywhere else. We just love Lena and all the outstanding teachers, esp Boris and Sasha. They are incredibly gifted artists and teachers and we feel very lucky to get to...

I tried to register my daughter for this program back in august and was told that she had to be 8 yrs old. The director let me know that seats might open up for the winter session so we waited 4 months for her to turn 8 and now they are telling me she has to be 9. Very rude on the phone. No program is that special for us to be treated like we’re being done a favor. *Also see in a review that they admitted an 8 year old 5 months ago.

“We’re not babysitters” “You can go anywhere else” “We have a very long wait list”

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