We are thrilled to announce that this year’s commencement speaker will be renowned artist Jenny Saville. A Senior Critic at the Academy since 2006, Jenny has frequently imparted her insight to our students through dynamic Master Classes. We are honored to award her an Honorary Doctorate at this year’s Commencement Ceremony and we congratulate the Class of 2011 as they… Read More
The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present UNCHARTED, a group exhibition featuring original paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints by sixty talented emerging artists. Immersed for two years in an intensive learning environment that combines rigorous skills and conceptual training, these MFA candidates are using a time-honored artistic language from which they are creating innumerable distinct dialects. The… Read More
Current student Aliene de Souza Howell (2011) shares her thoughts on a recent critic’s visit to the Academy. The Academy’s Career Development Workshop lunchtime lecture series, created through Elvin Freytes, Sharon Louden and Peter Drake, brings writers, critics, gallerists, alumni, artists and teachers to speak with students and alumni about various aspects of career development. On the threshold of his… Read More
The New York Academy of Art is pleased to share a note by Hilary Harkness. Regularly posting her “Notes from Studio Lockdown,” Hilary blogs with us as she prepares for her upcoming exhibition at Mary Boone Gallery in New York City, on Thursday, May 5, 5–7pm. Dear friends, As I prepare for my May 5th show (please come! the opening is 5-7pm… Read More
The first ever public exhibition of The Peterson Collection of Contemporary Realist Art, Persistence of Vision includes work acquired internationally by Gregory J. Peterson since he began collecting more than twenty years ago. The approximately 75 works on view will focus on realistic representational styles. Born in Harlem, Mr. Peterson has written about Contemporary Realism and has spoken on art… Read More
Ode to Nebraska, oil on canvas, 48x60in. by Emily Adams (MFA 2011)It’s the end of the semester and we’re seeing our MFA Thesis projects through to completion. To close up the posts on my thesis process throughout second year here at the Academy, I thought I’d share several of my most recent paintings, along with some interesting work that has… Read More
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.†Eric will be speaking at the Academy as part of the Career Development Workshops on April 21, 1-2pm. Current Students and Alumni… Read More
The New York Academy of Art is pleased to invite you to our annual MFA Open Studio event on Friday, April 29th from 5-9pm. On the heels of Tribeca Ball 2011, five floors and over seventy studios will be open to the public and will present an amazing array of artwork. We’re so excited about our third annual Open Studios… Read More
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