Transform Your Community and Your Career
One River School of Art + Design is the most innovative art franchise opportunity in America. We built a proprietary approach for teaching art and design on top of a highly profitable business model. This is a ground-floor opportunity to make money, change your career, and enhance the culture in your community. That’s a compelling and powerful combination.
PROVEN BUSINESS MODEL
Our proven methods and thoughtful hands-on training teach you how to grow your business, execute our experience and build a loyal student base. One River has become the most exciting place to work in the arts and this allows us to hire the most committed and brightest people to help build our schools. We also produce art exhibitions that make us the most compelling cultural business in the community.
THE ONE RIVER DIFFERENCE
Walk into any One River School, and you’ll be immediately welcomed by our friendly staff and engage with a gallery that showcases the most compelling emerging artists on the local and national levels. You’ll instantly feel an experience that’s uniquely ours. We take pride in selecting the most compelling art educators who love our mission and are committed to helping our students grow and have fun.
OUR MISSION & VALUES
COMPELLING FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY
COMPELLING FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY
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ABOUT ONE RIVER
Since 2012, One River has been on a mission to transform art education. Along the way, the company has carved out a unique position in the marketplace, powered by compelling economics and a differentiated consumer experience.
Today, One River is a network of 15 locations in six states, teaching thousands of students in a state-of-the-art facility built to provide the most compelling experience. The company has developed a unique method for teaching art and digital design classes to people of all ages. Very simply, One River's students have more fun, learn faster and produce more compelling creative outcomes. We have created 15 years of original lesson plans that celebrates the art of today by teaching through the lens of living artists. This allows us to provide a consistent, thoughtful, and current experience across all of our schools.
ABOUT FOUNDER MATT ROSS
Matt is the former CEO of the School of Rock and is responsible for building the School of Rock into the largest network of music schools in the world.
In 2012, Matt developed One River School to deliver a new method for teaching art that created the most compelling experience possible. Ross explains, “We created a cool, interactive method that celebrates the most important artists and themes of the last 50 years and we built a proprietary curriculum that has enabled us to deliver an experience that is changing people’s lives.”
JOIN THE COMPANY HAILED NATIONWIDE
One River School’s creative curriculum, innovative methods, and community impact have been acclaimed by the New York Times, Parade Magazine, Franchise Times, Artsy, and many others. We’re actively seeking partners who are looking for a new business opportunity, love the arts, and believe that they can make a difference within their own community. If you have the drive to build a compelling business we’ve developed a sustainable method and training program that makes it possible for you to transform art education in your local community.