The Art Academy of St. Paul
About
The Art Academy of St. Paul is a fine-arts school on Snelling Avenue with structured drawing, painting, and design programs split tightly by age band from elementary through adult.
Programs
- Basic Elements Program (5-8) - foundational drawing and observation skills
- Fundamentals Program (children 7-8 and pre-teens 9-13) - structured medium progression
- Teen Program - high-school-age studio cohorts
- Adult Program - alongside teen and youth tracks
- Summer Camps & Workshops, Online Classes, and Private Lessons
What's Included
Tuition covers instruction in drawing, pen and ink, watercolor, oil painting, and design. The academy uses its own patented teaching methods centered on "effort over talent" with structured curriculum rather than open-ended exploration.
Experience
The Snelling Avenue studio anchors the Highland Park / Macalester area in St. Paul, easy to combine with neighborhood errands. The structured-curriculum model is the differentiator - it's pitched at families who want classical fine-arts instruction rather than free-form play, which makes it work for portfolio-prep students.