The Fort Point Studio School is the vision of Lisa Knox, a painter, portrait artist and former art history instructor. Lisa’s goal was to create a stimulating environment for developing artists, art educators and art professionals —a place where they could create artwork, strengthen studio skills, as well as gather, share experiences and refuel.

The setting is Lisa’s studio in the Fort Point Channel district, Boston’s oldest and largest artist community. In fact, 249 A Street, where Lisa’s studio is located, was one of the first artist-owned cooperative in Boston.

The 1,250-square-foot loft is bright, spacious and air-conditioned. Small class sizes ensure individualized instruction. It is also in a convenient location— a short walk from the South Station MBTA and Commuter Rail, minutes from the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route I-90) and all major highways, Logan Airport and the Water Shuttle.

An artist’s studio located in an artists’ building in an artist community: it is an environment that supports creativity.

Lisa Knox, instructor/founder of The Fort Point Studio School, is a painter and art instructor. Lisa received her BFA and MAT degrees from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in affiliation with Tufts University, where she studied with Joel Babb, a nationally recognized realist painter. In addition to teaching art history for three years, Lisa has been instructing drawing and painting for the past fifteen years at various colleges and art centers in Massachusetts and Michigan.

Lisa’s work is in collections throughout the U.S. She has been invited to demonstrate portrait painting at many museums and art organizations, including the University of Michigan Museum of Fine Art and The Children’s Museum in Boston. Her professional affiliations include The Fort Point Artists Community and The Massachusetts Art Educators Association.