For the 2025-26 academic year, I've been invited to mentor a 10-artist cohort in The Canopy Program, a wildly popular artist-run mentoring project in NYC. My group will meet on Tuesday evenings via Zoom. Learn more about the schedule for my cohort here. The deadline to apply is July 27 💥

From Press release:

The Canopy Program is a year-long intimate mentorship program, providing artists access to work exclusively with a Faculty Mentor and a Cohort of 10 artists for three semesters.

APPLY TODAY to work with Sharon Butler for the 2025-2026 Canopy Program. Sharon’s cohort will be a great place for artists working in all disciplines: but particularly those who have an expansive approach to painting, that might include drawing, college, and object-based projects.

Sharon’s Canopy cohort boasts an incredible visiting critic and guest speaker lineup:
Mark Tribe (artist and head of SVA MFA Program)
Whitney Claffin (artist, currently on view at MoMA Ps1)
Kari Cholnoky (artist, repressented by Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in NYC)
Tommy White (artist and co-founder of Springs Projects, Brooklyn)
Elyse DeRosia (Founder and Director of DeRosia Gallery in NYC)
Alec Petty (Founder and Director of King’s Leap Projects in NYC)

Artists who are accepted into The Canopy Program have access to additional salons both virtual and in person to offer more mentorship and connection throughout the year.

Each cohort culminates in a pop up show at our beautiful Chelsea Studio.

Additional and asynchronous content we have built into The Canopy Program include Virtual and In-person Salons with artists and faculty: Vic Roth, Sarah Peters, Sarah Faux, and Loren Erdrich

Learn more at The Canopy Program website.