A study of art could be done inside and outside the classroom. Formal courses such as Visual Art Major and Visual Communication Design Major in Universities still become foremost preferences for students to deepening their insight and artistic skills. The purpose of this article is to observe the possibilities of art-based communities as an alternative art learning media for students. For it is perplexing and captivating to observe, those that considerably art-based communities were found and grew up lately in Surabaya, such as Jatim Strip, SUB Letter, Koper Jati, and many more. This research using analytic descriptive method and collecting data by interview, literature studies, observation technique, and photo documentation. These data are taken from a sample community, Jatim Strip Surabaya. The approach of this research began with diagnosing the issue, interviewing subject research, following the event, and combining the data with literature references. The finding of this study shed light on the art-based community, with its good and bad point, could be considered as an alternative art learning media.