Art school doesn’t need to drain your bank account. Visual Arts Passage offers the kind of mentorship and career-focused guidance you’d expect from a traditional program—without the price tag. Our courses are built to help artists grow and succeed in real careers.
Visual Arts Passage is built on decades of experience in professional art education. Our programs offer the same high-level mentorship and expert guidance that have shaped countless successful artists—now accessible entirely online, no matter where you live.
Our students are becoming the most awarded grads in the game, with recognition from the likes of Society of Illustrators (that’s like our Academy Awards), Communications Arts, American Illustration, and more.
VAP alum Nate Sweitzer set The Folio Society as his dream client—and landed it. With instructor mentorship, he built the portfolio that led to illustrating To Kill a Mockingbird, plus exhibitions at the Society of Illustrators and a feature in Communication Arts.
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John English was raised in the company of New York’s most talented illustrators. He is the co-founder and program director of Visual Arts Passage. He is also the founder and director of The Illustration Academy.
He has received numerous awards from organizations including New York Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, Graphis and Print Magazine. John’s work has graced the cover of Newsweek, the pages of Esquire, Money, and Essence, and the publications of Penguin Books, Bantam Books, Hitachi, 7-Up, NCAA, Sprint Corporation, and the Knoll Furniture Group.
Timmy Trabon started his career as a commercial photographer and editor, working on projects including brands such as Levi Jeans, Wingstop, Ball Jars, Oakley, Patagonia, and more. He also helped co-found Menu Zaddy.
Timmy manages operations and the behind the scenes development at Visual Arts Passage as well as co-hosts livestream events. He helped develop Visual Arts Passage with John English with the main goal of disrupting and revamping traditional art education, making it wildly better and more accessible.
We can help you with any questions related to enrollment, portfolio development, and the student experience.
