Monthly Archives: September 2012

My First Week at the New York Academy of Art

By Ian Factor (MFA 2014) Steven Assael Drawing Demo : Drawing I, First Day of Class, 2012 I’ve been trying to come up with catchy and witty metaphores and analogies to describe my first week here at the NYAA, and for a week I haven’t come up with anything that comes close to describing this immense experience. Perhaps beginning a… Read More

Arriving at the Academy

By Madeleine Hines (MFA 2014) I’m a couple weeks into my first semester at the New York Academy of Art and since I’ve started my excitement for the two years ahead has only grown. Every morning I’m increasingly proud to walk into our building at 111 Franklin Street in Tribeca. Before I even enter the classroom, there is artistic inspiration at every turn… Read More

Carrara Part II: Initiation into an Ancient Tradition

June 18 – July 3, 2012, recent Academy graduate Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012) lived and worked in Carrara, Italy as part of a two-week Artist in Residence Program sponsored by ABC Stone and The Oriano Galloni Foundation, and coordinated by artist Stephen Shaheen (MFA 2005). The Apuan Alps, where white marble has been quarried for thousands of years By Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012) Upon arriving in… Read More

Tomorrow: Academy Orientation and First Day of Class

By Ian Factor (MFA 2014) My arrival in NYC about a week ago was interesting to say the least…when I finally found the apartment I had rented and went to open the door with the keys I had been given, none of them worked…locked out with a full bladder, double parked with a full truck. Good start, but the positive… Read More

POST NATURAL: 2012 FELLOWS EXHIBITION

An exhibition of the 2012 Fellows of the New York Academy of Art: Emily Davis Adams (MFA 2011, Fellow 2012) , Ian Healy (MFA 2011, Fellow 2012) and Aliene De Souza Howell (MFA 2011, Fellow 2012).  

Carrara: The Impossible Dream

June 18 – July 3, 2012, recent Academy graduate Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012) lived and worked in Carrara, Italy as part of a two-week Artist in Residence Program coordinated by ABC Stone and The Oriano Galloni Foundation. By Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012) By way of introduction, I’ve always felt I could do anything an artist aught to be able to… Read More

Our Giverny Hamlet

August 13-26, eight Academy students lived and worked at the Terra Foundation for American Art-Europe in Giverny, France as part of a two-week Artist in Residence Program.  Daniel Bilodeau (MFA 2013), Adam Carnes (MFA 2013), Ivy Hickam (MFA 2013), Jacob Hicks (MFA 2012), Gaetanne Lavoie (MFA 2013), Robert Plater (MFA 2013), Amanda Scuglia (MFA 2013) and Valentina Stanislavskaia (MFA 2013)… Read More

The Wonder of Giverny

GIVERNY_NYAA_TERRA FOUNDATION RESIDENCY 2012 from AmandaPants by Amanda Scuglia, MFA 2013Last semester I was selected to participate in an artist residency at the Terra Foundation for American Art Europe in France! The New York Academy nominated eight students and one professor to travel to Giverny for this incredible opportunity. Jean-Pierre Roy, Jacobs Hicks, Ivy Hickam, Robert Plater, Daniel Bilodeau, Valentina Stanislavskaia, Gaetanne Lavoie,… Read More