Author Archives: jelm

Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception

A Review by Jon Beer, MFA 2012 Alÿs, Untitled from When Faith Moves Mountains During the off-season of the Chelsea galleries in New York, art lovers from all parts come to the lineup of summer exhibitions at the big museums. This line up for this summer is nothing to scoff at – the Met boasts a Richard Serra Drawing Retrospective… Read More

Pattern, Color, Texture – Observing the History

The Academy sends four students to enjoy a two-month residency at the Leipzig International Art Programme in the historic Spinnerei in Leipzig. Holly Ann Sailors, Aleah Chapin, Nicolas Holiber and Alexander Barton blog with us while they’re on residency in Germany. By Holly Ann Sailors (MFA 2012)Its 3:50 am. I am thinking about painting. The birds are beginning to chirp, and the… Read More

A Colorful Roommate

The Academy sends four students to enjoy a two-month residency at the Leipzig International Art Programme in the historic Spinnerei in Leipzig. Holly Ann Sailors, Aleah Chapin, Nicolas Holiber and Alexander Barton blog with us while they’re on residency in Germany. By Aleah Chapin (MFA 2012) “Isn’t it difficult to live in the same room with someone else for two… Read More

Eric Telfort: Keeping the Brushes Wet, part 5

The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present the next installment in this new series on our blog. Eric Telfort, a 2009 graduate of the New York Academy of Art, blogs with us about “keeping the brushes wet.†Follow us as Eric writes about what it’s like to be a working artist. Continued from the last post: I visited the… Read More

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Shin-Young An

The Academy is pleased to share a new ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT series on our blog, to showcase what our graduates are doing. Here, Shin-Young An, MFA 2001. What are you currently working on? Joining Candles for Light, 24×24″ Oil on Prepared Newspaper, Mounted on Canvas I am working on my Limbs series of paintings mostly as a full time artist. The… Read More

Eating my Still Life: The Last Meal

The Academy sends four students to enjoy a two-month residency at the Leipzig International Art Programme in the historic Spinnerei in Leipzig during the summer. Holly Ann Sailors, Aleah Chapin, Nicolas Holiber and Alexander Barton blog with us while they’re on residency in Germany. By Nicolas Holiber (MFA 2012) When I first starting working with animal flesh, in Catherine Howe’s… Read More

Summer Exhibition 2011

This highly anticipated group show brings together a wide range of new work by more than 50 established and emerging talents. Comprised of paintings, drawings, limited-edition prints and sculpture, the chosen works will be selected from over 500 submissions by jurors Matthew Flowers, Carter Foster and Julie Heffernan. Flowers and the Academy have previously collaborated several times, including two 3-person exhibitions… Read More

Eric Telfort: Keeping the Brushes Wet, part 4

The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present the next installment in this new series on our blog. Eric Telfort, a 2009 graduate of the New York Academy of Art, blogs with us about “keeping the brushes wet.†Follow us as Eric writes about what it’s like to be a working artist. Continued from the last post: Delayed gratification. This… Read More

Eating My Still Life

The Academy sends four students to enjoy a two-month residency at the Leipzig International Art Programme in the historic Spinnerei in Leipzig. Holly Ann Sailors, Aleah Chapin, Nicolas Holiber and Alexander Barton blog with us while they’re on residency in Germany. By Nicolas Holiber (MFA 2012)Haben Sie Schweinefüße? “Do you have pigs feet?†was the first complete German sentence I… Read More

Soaking up the Studio

The Academy sends four students to enjoy a two-month residency at the Leipzig International Art Programme in the historic Spinnerei in Leipzig. Holly Ann Sailors, Aleah Chapin, Nicolas Holiber and Alexander Barton blog with us while they’re on residency in Germany. By Aleah Chapin (MFA 2012) In 2005 I stood at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, WA staring at… Read More