Project Description
Pursue Your Dream.
Whether your goal is to learn new skills, transform your career, launch your own jewelry line or to work within the jewelry design industry, NYJDI is the perfect place to build the skills and the foundation.
Entrance Requirements
There are no entrance requirements or examinations. Students are not required to have had any previous art experience. Instructors in some advanced classes may require an interview prior to class admission.
General Registration Info
Registration is by the calendar month throughout the year. Students may start class anytime based on availability. Waitlists are maintained for filled classes.
Art Courses

Art Courses
Rapid Rendering
Tuesdays (8) Sessions
$595

Art Courses
Advanced Rendering
Mondays (8) Sessions
$595

Art Courses
Traditional Gouache Watercolor Techniques
Wednesdays (7) Sessions
$695

Art Courses
Illustrator for Jewelry Designers
Thursdays (6) sessions
$595

Art Courses
Photoshop I Design
Presentation
Mondays (6) sessions
$595

Art Courses
Photoshop II Design Animation
Mondays (6) sessions
$595

Art Courses
Jewelry Through the
Decades
Mondays (8) sessions
$595
Business Courses

Business Courses
Business of Jewelry
Design
Thursdays (8) sessions
$595

Business Courses
Building your Jewelry Collections
Tuesday (1) session
$95

Business Courses
Jewelry Merchandising
Thursdays (8) sessions
$595

Business Courses
Jewelry Marketing and Branding
Thursdays (8) sessions
$595

Business Courses
Mastering the Sales
Process
Fridays (8) sessions
$595

Business Courses
Practical Guide to Buying Gemstones
Wednesdays (6) sessions
$595
Cad Courses

Cad Courses
Understanding CAD (private classes)
Private classes
$595

Cad Courses
Shaper Pro &
Retopology
Tuesdays
$495

Cad Courses
ZBrush
Wednesdays (4) sessions
$495
Workshops

Workshops
Jewelry Photography
Saturday & Sunday (2) sessions
$695

Workshops
Origins of Color
Saturday (1) session
$345

Workshops
World of Watches
Workshop (1) session
$95

Workshops
Domestic & Global Jewelry Manufacturing
Saturday (1) session