By Zoë Sua-Kay After three weeks centered largely around the Shanghai vicinity, the time had come to be whisked away into the Chinese unknown. Traveling with a busload of Chinese printmaking students and several members of the Shanghai University faculty, we drove for nine hours out of the city and through some of the most breathtaking scenery we had ever… Read More
Artwork above by: Nicolas Holiber (MFA 2012, Fellow 2013), Dina Brodsky (MFA 2006), and Mitra Walter (MFA 2006)
By Maggie Mead Images courtesy of Allegra LaViola Gallery Asked what gave her the confidence to start her own contemporary art gallery in 2008, Allegra LaViola rolled her eyes and smiled. “Naivete,” she said. “Stupidity.” Back in 2007, when she made the decision, selling art seemed easy. The economy was booming, and paintings were flying off the walls of… Read More
By Krista Smith (MFA 2014) We are going into week three here at the Spinnerei, and everyone is deep into their own work. For me, the Spinnerei is kind of like one massive production site where artists from all over the world come to nestle into their industrial-sized lofts and make some serious use of its big white walls. Our… Read More
By Elizabeth Shupe (MFA 2014) We were waiting in line for a boat tour at the water town Zhujiajiao, a beautifully preserved relic of old China with canals running through it and majestic half-moon bridges spanning the waterways. Sure, it was touristy–glittering piles of junky plastic souvenirs were everywhere you looked—but having recently hailed from Orlando, Florida, the tourist capitol… Read More
By Maggie MeadPhotos courtesy of Jaclyn Brown Jaclyn Brown in her studio Bushwick Open Studios (BOS)—the three days every spring when artists working in Bushwick, East Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Ridgewood, Queens, invite the world into their workspaces—has become one of the city’s must-attend arts parties and, according to the New York Times, “the coolest place in the five boroughs” during… Read More
By Garrett Cook (MFA 2014) Foreign travel is not something I’ve experienced alone before. I’ve been to various locations in Europe with my family and spent three months on an exchange program in France when I was in high school, but this is the first time I’ve ventured to another country by myself. Friday, May 31, I landed in Mexico… Read More
By Shangkai Kevin Yu (MFA 2014) Krista Smith and I met up with Tim Buckley in Munich to take the propeller plane into Leipzig. I will never forget seeing Tim’s familiar big beard and broad smile when he found us at the airport and listening to him rave about how amazing sitting in a tin can at 37,000 feet… Read More
By Elliot Purse (MFA 2014) Another week in Shanghai and we’re finally beginning to get some traction under our feet! The rainy season in China is here, but we’re not letting that hold us back from getting down to business! The week began with us being chauffeured by our guide, and burgeoning friend, Wang Yi, to a gallery opening… Read More
During the summer of 2012 Daniel Bilodeau (MFA 2013), Adam Carnes (MFA 2013), Ivy Hickam (MFA 2013), Gaetanne Lavoie (MFA 2013), Robert Plater (MFA 2013), Amanda Scuglia (MFA 2013), Valentina Stanislavskaia (MFA 2013) participated in a two-week Artist-in-Residence Program at the Terra Foundation for American Art-Europe. The foundation is located in the village of Giverny, France, next to Monet’s house… Read More
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