Twice a year, the ADC along with the School Art League and New York Board of Education offers a series of Saturday Career Workshops to 50 talented high school juniors from all five boroughs of New York City. This program began in 1997.

Each week, a leading professional discusses his or her career and background and oversees a creative project that allows the students to apply their skills in new ways. These projects help them build competitive portfolios for art school applications.

This program inspires and encourages the students to pursue careers in creative fields. Our workshop leaders are excellent role models who share their experiences, explain the creative process and guide students as they work on their own projects. The quality of the work they produce is truly extraordinary.

Workshops have been led by Gail Anderson, Frank Anselmo & Jayson Atienza, Marshall Arisman, Nicholas Blechman, Mirko Ilic, Stephen Kroninger, Diana LaGuardia, Christoph Niemann, Alex Suh & Boyoung Lee, and Bill Oberlander, among others.

Saturday Career Workshops are made possible by a grant from the Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation.