The school has offered visual arts instruction to the community since 1931.
New Jersey is among eight states making arts instruction mandatory.
They envisioned a community space free to all, making art instruction accessible.
She was encouraged by her father to take up drawing, and received professional art instruction.
He was a pioneer of art instruction and appreciation in the region.
The schools have maintained a modest budget for arts instruction.
The program's lessons were one hour long and feature hands-on art instruction.
For four years he worked eight hours a day, six days a week, followed by hours of art instruction at the academy.
The idea centered on the promotion of more liberal methods for art instruction.
The other half is daily, hands-on music and art instruction as part of the education of the whole child.