New York City & Long Island Art Tour with Ashley Frost
6th-13th October 2025
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Group Exhibtion Clifton School of Arts 19-23 March 2026
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I’m excited to announce an upcoming opportunity to join a small studio class for an immersive painting experience in New York City and Long Island. This extraordinary eight day, seven night tour takes in the historic, cultural and aesthetic delights of this great city and island. The tour will include painting workshops, artist talks, museum and gallery tours as well as plein air painting on long Island and in New York City. The tour will take us historic artist studios in Long Island, to the great galleries of New York City including the Whitney Museum, the Met and the MOMA. where the above work by Joan Mitchell is on permanent display.
The tour will be in two locations starting on Long Island New York in the area better known as the Hamptons where we will spend three nights and four days followed by four nights and five days in Williamsburg Brooklyn. The first leg will begin in the Hamptons, Long Island NY. There we will explore the incredible Jackson Pollock and Lee Kranser Studio and historical house with a private guided tour. This will be followed by an exclusive plein air painting afternoon on the back lawn of the Pollock house overlooking the colourful and timeless landscape of the area of Springs in the Hamptons. There will be a cultural program to engage with local artists with a joint painting workshop over two days on the Art Barge. Note that all transfers while on the island are included and lunches on the days of the Art Barge, Pollock Studio visit and East Hamptons lunch and gallery tour. We will then take a 3 hour train to New York City where we will stay in the groovy art neighbourhood of Williamsburg. From there we will spend 4 days visiting the top art museums and galleries in New York city as well as plein air painting at selected locations in the city. Art Tour Exhibition On return from New York students will be invited to exhibit a selection of their work in a group exhibition being organised at the Clifton School of Arts in March 2026. This will be a wonderfull way to showcase your work and renew friendships from the trip. All gallery hire and opening costs are included in the program price. The exhibition will open Friday 20 March and run through to Monday 23 September 2026. Itinerary To see the full itinerary, including accommodation options, tour description and culinary experience, click here to download the ITINERARY Price: Art Tour is $2800 excluding accommodation See the ITINERARY for the full price breakdown Booking Procedure: To secure your booking on this amazing art adventure see below to pay $2800 to receive booking codes for the hotels and resorts and transfer information. Places are limited to 12 participants. Note: Theme Publishing Pty Ltd is the organiser of this trip and all payments will appear as Theme Publishing. New York City & Long Island Art Tour
A$2,800.00
This exclusive tour is limited to a group of 12 students. Once this is paid you will be sent the booking/discount codes for the selected Resorts and Hotels in Long Island and Brooklyn. You should then aim to book accommodation as soon as possible to ensure you get the hotel or resort of choice. You can choose to book a different hotel or resort but be sure to inform Ashley to discuss ground transport. See our terms and conditions here |