Monthly Archives: November 2012

Sandy Stir-Crazy

By Maria Teicher (MFA 2013) Now that the affects of Hurricane Sandy have quieted and all is back to normal within the New York Academy of Art community, I’d like to tell you about a group of students who nearly went crazy waiting for the madness to subside.  For anyone that’s ever met us or hung around our studios for… Read More

Get A Head

By Madeleine Hines (MFA 2014)   The Academy’s walls are currently filled with incredible student and alumni artwork. As a first year student, I am especially excited about the “Heads” show that’s up on the Fifth Floor, Third Floor and Garden Level. “Heads” is a student-curated show and is also the first show that first-year students are included in at… Read More

Sandy, Evacuation, Saville, Cotton and other happenings

By Ian Factor (MFA 2014)Well here we are coming through the first weeks after Hurricane Sandy. The good news is that the Academy was untouched and is fine, but is still, at this moment, without power, as is most of the rest of NYC below 39th street. Classes have been cancelled all week and we hope to get back in… Read More

Inside the Studio with Meg Franklin

By Maria Teicher, MFA 2013 Meg Franklin is a fellow artist, New York Academy of Art student and good friend of mine.  She is an incredible talent and one of the most creative individuals I’ve met in quite some time.  Not only does Meg work as a visual artist, she also has her MFA in creative writing.  She runs a… Read More

Artist-in-Residence at Leipzig

During the summer of 2012 Brian Dang (MFA 2013), Robert Fundis (MFA 2013), Elizabeth Glaessner (MFA 2013) and Noelle Timmons (MFA 2013) participated in a two-month Artist-in-Residence Program hosted by Leipzig International Art Programme, in Leipzig, Germany. The Academy’s Leipzig residency is made possible by the New York Academy Travel Fund, the Villore Foundation and Trustees Gordon Bethune and Eric… Read More