Two weekly evening lectures are held at the New York Studio School during the regular semester. On Tuesdays, established and emerging artists lecture on their own work or on issues in art about which they feel particularly passionate. Art critics, historians or philosophers present pertinent and sometimes controversial subjects in art history and art criticism on Wednesdays.

The Evening Lecture Series, although designed for students, has become a major resource for the vibrant art community of New York City. The Lecture Series provides a forum for discussion of issues in art, referring frequently to contemporary exhibitions in museums and galleries. Public access to the series broadens the scope of the evening's discourse.

Some of the renowned artists, critics and historians who have participated in this series over the years include: W.H. Auden, Leland Bell, Louise Bourgeois, John Cage, Mark di Suvero, John Elderfield, Morton Feldman, Louis Finkelstein, Jack Flam, Andrew Forge, R. Buckminster Fuller, Lawrence Gowing, Clement Greenberg, Philip Guston, Thomas B. Hess, John Hollander, Willem de Kooning, Hilton Kramer, Lee Krasner, Stanley Kunitz, Brice Marden, Joan Mitchell, Theodore Reff, Harold Rosenberg, Robert Rosenblum, Susan Rothenberg, Margit Rowell, Meyer Schapiro, Leo Steinberg, Frank Stella and Edgard Varese.