A community you can walk into.
To inspire the world to paint more and to be more creative.
The Art Classroom was founded by Wencke Lasch. It is a South African online art community where students feel as though they are walking into a real art studio: down a hallway, through a classroom door, to a teacher waiting with an easel.
Wencke travels the country to find art teachers and talented African artists, films their courses in their own studios and brings them together in one place. Alongside the classes, she is building a collection of digital artworks and paintings made with different artists, and a YouTube channel that shows the work as it happens.
The goal is simple: make art education accessible and enjoyable, and create income for South African artists while doing it.
Learn from artists
Choose a medium, choose a teacher and work through filmed lessons at your own pace. Ask questions, share your work and join a club near you.
Teach the country
We film, edit and publish your course, and you earn from every sale. Your work is protected and licensed only to The Art Classroom.
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Art Clubs bring online students together in their own towns to paint, learn and find their ikigai.
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