Monthly Archives: March 2014

WE’RE ALL JUST THE SAME SILLY PRIMATES

Last fall in Paris the Musee D’Orsay’s exhibition “Masculine / Masculine. The Nude Manin Art from 1800 to the Present Day” was a visual ode to the nude male form captured in paintings.  The landmark exhibition was the first of its kind and raised questions about artistic representations and societal perceptions of the nude male form.  Taking a page from… Read More

IT FEELS AS THOUGH EVERY MINUTE YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH

Zoë Suenson-Taylor was one of two Academy students to try her steady hands at stone carving last summer.  Part of the Carrara, Italy residency, Zoe created a sculpture that will make its American debut tonight at ABC Stone’s Brooklyn headquarters.  Hours before the unveiling we caught up with Zoe to get an insider’s view of the residency and experience in… Read More

Class of 2015 Interviews Part 2: What are your inspirations?

Looking at the Inside – Class of 2015 Interviews (part two) How is it already March?! It’s amazing to think how quickly this first year is going at the Academy.  We’ve got lots of exciting things happening in the next few months as we wrap up our first year.  But before it’s over, I wanted to introduce you to a… Read More

THE TA LIFE

By Megan Ewert (MFA 2013) I knew I wanted to be a teacher the first time I walked out of critiques in my Painting I class in undergrad. Fairly shattered by the less than stellar feedback, I remember asking my painting teacher, “Am I just not cut out for this?” To which she replied, “There are all kinds of artists.”… Read More