Canopy 2.0 Cohort with Michael Berryhill and Catherine Haggarty (Mondays Virtual)
Canopy 2.0 Cohort with Michael Berryhill and Catherine Haggarty (Mondays Virtual)
Program Cost:
$400 Deposit is required upon enrollment to secure a seat for Canopy 2.0.
Course Tuition (Details about tuition and financial aid below)
Eligibility:
Artists who have completed The Canopy Program before September 2026 are welcome to enroll.
Enrollment Instructions:
Enrollment is first come, first served - We encourage you to enroll at your earliest convenience!
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Fall 2026September 14 - December 14, 2026 Meeting day & time Class dates
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Mentorship
Group Critique
Seminar
Visiting Critics
Work with the Fall Mentor for a full semester, meeting with the cohort and curated visiting critics for group critiques and 1 week of seminar. Fall alternates weekly meetings, to allow for focused studio time to develop work! |
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Fall 1-on-1 office hours1-on-1 virtual 30-minute meetings with office hours faculty Meeting day & time |
TBA
Office hours faculty
1-on-1s
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Mini-Winter 2027February 1 – February 15, 2027 Meeting day & time Class dates
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Mentorship
Readings & film
Seminar
Mini-winter is a seminar-focused stretch to dive into readings, theory, films, research, and cohort discussion on topics in contemporary art. Texts will be selected by the mentor based on cohort interests. |
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Winter 1-on-1 office hours1-on-1 virtual 30-minute meetings with your winter / spring mentor Meeting day & time |
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Spring 2027March 1 - April 26, 2027 Meeting day & time Class dates
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Mentorship
Group Critique
Seminar
Group Show Prep
Work with the Spring Mentor in seminar and cohort meetings. Special topics lectureLed by Catherine Haggarty and a guest—TBA based on current topics in painting and sculpture. All 2.0 cohorts will be invited to this virtual session! |
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Spring 1-on-1 office hours1-on-1 virtual 30-minute meetings with office hours faculty Meeting day & time |
TBA
Office hours faculty
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Culminating Group Show at High Noon Gallery68 Reade Street This is a group show with all 2.0 artists at High Noon and will remain open to the public for 2 weeks. |
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Tailored content + criticsAll visiting critics and lecturers are selected by your Canopy faculty according to each cohort’s interests and needs. Your roster will be tailored to you! |
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SalonsSmall-group cross-cohort artist meetings, offered periodically, led by additional mentors. |
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Canopy portal |
While enrolled in Canopy 2.0, you will have access to the Canopy Portal, a hub for recommended podcasts, readings, films, and opportunities. |
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Canopy 2.0 Tuition
The full tuition total is $4,400 ($70 per contact hour)This includes:
| Deposit: | $400 |
| Semester 1 Tuition: | $2000 |
| Semester 2 Tuition: | $2000 |
You may choose to pay the full tuition on September 1, 2026, or enroll in a payment plan of 2-4 equal payments.
Please see Tuition and Financial Aid for more information regarding extended payment plans and Financial Aid.
Scholarships
Canopy 2.0 has scholarships you can apply for:
- Two $1,500 JBH Scholarships of Service and Commitment
- One $1,000 Lumin Wakoa scholarship for Artist Parents
Apply via the enrollment form!
Mentor Bios
Michael Berryhill
Michael Berryhill (b. 1972, El Paso, TX) received his BFA at the University of Texas, Austin, TX and his MFA from Columbia University, New York, NY. He has held solo exhibitions at La Maison des Rendezvous, Brussels, Belgium; Night Gallery, Los Angeles Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain, Writing on his work has appeared in The New York Times, Art in America, and The Brooklyn Rail, among other publications. Berryhill lives and works in Ellenville, NY.
Catherine Haggarty
Catherine Haggarty, b. 1984, is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York.
Haggarty earned her M.F.A from Mason Gross, Rutgers University in 2011. Haggarty is the Founder, Owner and Executive Director of The Canopy Program which is a one year mentorship program within the NYC Crit Club which Haggarty co-founded with artist Hilary Doyle in 2017. In addition, Haggarty is a Visiting Associate Professor at Pratt Institute.
Currently, Haggarty is the Spring 2024 Teiger Mentor for the Arts at Cornell AAP MFA and recently was a Visiting Artist at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (Denver, CO) on the occasion of her Exhibition featuring ten years of work at The Philip J. Steele Gallery.
Haggarty’s paintings and curatorial work have been reviewed by and featured in Bomb Magazine, Artnet, Hyperallergic, Art Forum, Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn Magazine, The New York Times, Art Maaze Magazine, Art Spiel, Pep Talks for Artists, Sound and Vision Podcast and The Observer.
Catherine has been a visiting artist & critic at Cornell MFA (2024), Rocky Mountain College of Art (2024), Western Connecticut MFA (2023), Contemporary Arts Memphis (2023), Vassar College (2023), Rutgers MFA (2022), U. Albany MFA (2022), MICA (2022), UCONN MFA (2022 + 2023), RISD BFA (2022), Pratt BFA (2022), The University of Oregon (2021), Boston University MFA (2021), SUNY Purchase MFA (2020), Hunter MFA (2020), Denison University (2020), Brooklyn College MFA (2019) and in 2018 Haggarty was the Anderson Endowed Lecturer at Penn State University.
Solo & Two Person exhibitions include: Untitled Miami, Lorin Gallery, LA, Geary Contemporary (NYC), Massey Klein Gallery (NYC), This Friday Next Friday (Brooklyn), Bloomsburg University (PA), and Look and Listen in Marseille France. Select group exhibitions include: The PIT (LA), Badr El Jundi (Madrid, Spain), Mindy Solomon (Miami, FL), Andrew Rafcaz (Chicago, IL), Hesse Flatow (NYC), Mrs (Maspeth, NY) and McBride Contemporary in Montreal, Canada.
