Author Archives: Nicholas Burkhalter

Roberto Osti Lecture and Book Signing

  On December 14, New York Academy of Art faculty member Roberto Osti will give a talk on artistic anatomy and how to portray the human form. Osti will also sign copies of his recently published book Basic Human Anatomy: An Essential Visual Guide for Artists (Monacelli Press), which presents artists with the same system of line, shape and form… Read More

Facebook Livestream: Drawing Demonstration with Contemporary Masters

  (Fast forward to 11:20) On November 28, the Academy will stage its first-ever Facebook livestream, featuring three of our renowned drawing faculty. Over three hours, Dan Thompson, Vincent Desiderio and Michael Grimaldi will be giving a figure drawing demonstration with a live model, and discussing perspective, light and shadow, and key techniques for portraiture. We’ll be accepting questions over… Read More

China Residency 2016-2017

During the summer of 2016 Tania Alvarez (MFA 2017), Amina Kerimova (MFA 2017), Isaac Mann (MFA 2017), and Pedro Pérez-Guillon (MFA 2017) participated in a four-week Artist-in-Residence Program on the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing campus. At the end of the residency all four artists participated in the group exhibition at Dayungtang Museum. This exhibition includes some of… Read More

Leipzig Residency 2016

During the summer of 2016 Danica Lundy (MFA 2017, Fellow 2018 ), Rebecca Ocutt (MFA 2017), Anastasiya Tarasenko (MFA 2017), and Anna Wakitsch (MFA 2017) 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… Read More

China Residency 2015–2016

During the summer of 2015 Benjamin Craig (MFA 2016, Fellow 2017), Daniela Izaguirre (MFA 2016), Sophia Kayafas (MFA 2016, Fellow 2017), and Taylor Schultek (MFA 2016) participated in a six-week Artist-in-Residence Program on the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing campus. At the end of the residency all four artists participated in the group exhibition at 798. This exhibition… Read More

Artist-in-Residence Leipzig 2015

During the summer of 2015 Marcelo Daldoce (MFA 2016), Valerie Gilbert (MFA 2016), Adam Lupton (MFA 2016), and Charlotte Segall (MFA 2016) 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

Carrara & Mexico Residency Exhibition

Artist in Residence Program in CARRARA During the summer of 2015 Joshua Henderson (MFA 2015) and Marco Palli (MFA 2016) participated in the Carrara Merit Award Artist-in-Residence Program located in Carrara, Italy. The Carrara Merit Award Residency has been made possible by ABC STONE and the Oriano Galloni Foundation, with support from ABC Stone founder Jonathan Tibett and artists Oriano… Read More

Art Miami 2015

The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present an exhibition of alumni work selected exclusively from the Academy’s prestigious Fellows program and curated by New York-based artist Natalie Frank. Frank has had multiple solo exhibitions, including her most recent show of drawings that reconstruct fairytales from the Brothers Grimm at The Drawing Center. Each year, three of the… Read More