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During the summer of 2015 Lowell Poisson (MFA 2016), Saralene Tapley (MFA 2016), Magaly Vega-Lopez (MFA 2016), and Matthew White (MFA 2016) participated in a month-long Artist-in-Residence Program in Moscow, Russia and St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Academy’s Residency Program is made possible by the New York Academy Travel Fund and the Villore Foundation. The Russia Residency has been made possible through the efforts of Stephan Korsakov and Nikolay Koshelev (MFA 2014).

Hannah Stahl (MFA 2015), 2016 Westminster Kennel Club Artwork Contest winner

The Westminster Kennel Club Artwork Competition is a skills contest in which entrants submit artwork for use and inclusion in the promotional materials for the Westminster Kennel Club 140th Annual Dog Show. Coordinated by the New York Academy of Art and the Westminster Kennel Club the competition is open to Academy MFA students and alumni, and current continuing education students.

The 2016 Winner and Finalist works represented the Academy in our gallery booth at the 140th Annual Dog Show.

Congratulations to competition winner Hannah Stahl (MFA 2015), and finalists Dana Aldis (MFA 2000), Shiva Jlayer (CE), Katherine McGough (CE), and Jiannan Wu (MFA 2016).

Generous support and art shipping provided by Cadogan Tate Fine Art.

For further information please contact: 212.842.5971 / exhibitions@nyaa.edu

This exhibit displays 15 clay busts created by New York Academy of Art students during a unique partnership between the Academy and the New York City Office of the Medical Examiner. Each student received a replica of the skull from an actual cold case, and used their artistic training to accurately reconstruct the face of the victim in clay. The New York Academy of Art is the national leader in teaching contemporary figurative art and its students follow a rigorous technical course of anatomical drawing, écorché and drawing from life. This specific artistic training allows Academy students to actively interpret the landscape of a skull and skillfully portray features and flesh. These reconstructions were created in the hope of identifying unknown victims. For more information about the partnership and the cases, contact John Volk.

Special thanks to the Office of the City Medical Examiner Director of Forensic Anthropology Bradley J. Adams and forensic imaging specialist Joe Mullins.

Featured artists include:

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Curated by Peter Drake and Heidi Elbers.
The exhibition is generously sponsored by Cadogan Tate Fine Art.

Inquiries: exhibitions@nyaa.edu