The Art School at Old Church (TASOC) is a non-profit art school and gallery in Demarest, New Jersey. Established in 1974, TASOC has enriched the lives of at least three generations through fine art and craft classes for adults, teens, children, and families, as well as through workshops, art exhibits, outreach programs, and more! There's no doubt about it; the challenges of these unprecedented times have been great. With the help of our community, we have been able to stay the course, and are hard at work preparing to fill our studios to normal capacity as soon as it's safe! In the meantime, we have created online classes, operated our in-house studios safely with reduced numbers, fixed our storm-damaged roof, and expanded efforts to keep our community connected on social media: @theartschoolnj. Each and every student, volunteer, donor, teacher, and staff member enables our school to continue thriving and blazing new trails. We hope you will consider purchasing some apparel to support our mission and help us get our name out there in a way that is both fun and fashionable! Our design includes original artwork by John Mungiello, one of our extremely talented teachers. Here's what he had to say about his work: " ...I thought [of] people walking outside, nature, what kind of footprints do we want to leave behind..." John's statement makes us think of another by one of our co-founders: " We now live in a highly technological age, and an amazing fact is that, especially in the United States, there are hundreds of thousands of people young and old making things by hand, leaving concrete evidence of being. There has been growth of art centers and craft centers serving our primal human need to create."- Mikhail Zakin (1920-2012). It's been 47 years, and The Art School at Old Church remains committed to serving that primal human need to create with a wide variety of offerings for students of all ages, and from all walks of life. We hope that you will wear this joyful design proudly and join us in striving to make sure that the artistic footprints we leave behind are lasting and meaningful. Thank you for helping us put our best foot forward into the future!