How a Painter Found Community at The Art Students League of New York

Your Creative Midlife · Jun 25, 2026 · 4m

In this episode, I reflect on my trip to The Art Students League and how it influenced my friend and podcast guest John Kneapler’s journey as an artist.

The Art Students League has been making art education and studio space accessible in New York City. This kind of community is important for making art and also for improving our health. In her book Art Cure, Daisy Fancourt says social prescribing as the practice of referring patients to “community-based activities that can support their health, with arts being one of the most popular.”

John Kneapler is an artist who grew up in Miami, Florida…