Category Archives: Academy Alumni

Academy Awards – Interview with Michael Meadors (MFA 2010)

Posted on July 21, 2015

By Claire Cushman For our “Farthest show from the Academy” Award, we’ll be featuring Michael Meadors, (MFA 2010), who currently lives and works in Dubai. Meadors arrived in Dubai last September, after accepting a job to teach art at the only Fine Arts program in the UAE: The University of Sharjah. Below, he answers some questions about his experience abroad…. Read More

Academy Awards – Most Experimental Media – Sarah Elise Hall (MFA 2009)

Posted on June 10, 2015

by Claire Cushman (MFA 2015) Ruptured Slab: hydrocal, spray paint transfer, dry pigment, calcite geode (2015) I first met Sarah Elise Hall (MFA 2009) two and a half years ago, in Toronto, where we are both from. I was painting out of a shared studio space, and Sarah happened to stop by to visit the space’s owner. When she mentioned that… Read More

“Academy Awards” – Best Writing, featuring Jacob Hicks and Angela Gram

Posted on June 5, 2015

Jacob Hicks and Angela Gram of QuantumArtReview By Claire Cushman (MFA 2015) The alumni Academy Award for “Best Writing,” was given to Angela Gram and Jacob Hicks (both MFA 2012), founders of “QuantumArtReview.” While some artists, (perhaps the majority) struggle with words, some possess both verbal and visual abilities. Writing helps artists clarify their own ideas and can be a powerful… Read More

“The Academy Awards” Part 1 – Michael Kagan

Posted on June 1, 2015

By Claire Cushman, MFA 2015 Michael Kagan’s Paintings On Saturday, May 30th, the new York Academy of Art held the “Academy Awards” ceremony, as part of the second annual Academy Alumni Reunion. These awards celebrate successful Academy Alumni in a number of categories, from “Most Likely to Break the Internet” to “Best Writing.” For the next few weeks, I’ll be… Read More

The Making of Window Studios

Posted on February 27, 2015

In case you missed last night’s lecture at WINDOW STUDIOS, here’s how it got started. By Nicholas Rispoli WINDOW STUDIOS: How two Academy alumni connected to start a storefront community art center in  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2013 02:47:16 -0700 From: annelafond366@hotmail.com To: (me) nicholas.rispoli@gmail.com Subject: Studio                             … Read More

Chasing Light – Painting and Teaching Within the Magical Landscape of Altos de Chavon

Posted on September 30, 2014

By Lily Olive (MFA 2015) I spent this past August immersed in the magical environment of Altos de Chavon as one of the recipients of the New York Academy of Art ­ Altos de Chavon Artist and Teaching Residency, living and breathing what seemed to be some kind of mirage of an idealized ultimate painter’s paradise. I along with three other NYAA alumni:… Read More

When Plan Change You Go With Them

Posted on August 26, 2014

By IvY HickAM (MFA 2013) When plans change you go with them.  Instead of teaching my planned for week long monotype course I would be teaching a three day intensive workshop.  Last minute, Carmen worked her magic and I ended up teaching the most wonderful group of students.  I was lucky enough to have a few current students of the… Read More

CLASSIC MACAU by Guno Park (MFA 2011)

Posted on May 7, 2014

Last December, the Macau Government Tourism Board hosted ten US based artists to journey to Macau to capture its beauty.   Out of the ten artists chosen were three Academy alumni.  On a cold winter evening, Michael Smith (MFA 2006), Steve Forster (MFA 2010) and Guno Park (MFA 2011) ventured off to embark on an epic seven day adventure.  After a… Read More

THE TA LIFE

Posted on March 4, 2014

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

The Science of Art and the Art of Science

Posted on January 20, 2014

Have you ever been faced with making a “now-or-never” decision that would forever change your life’s course?  When there is a fork in the road, trusting your intuition is the bravest courses of action you can take.  No one knows this better than Henry Jabbour (MFA 2015) former scientist turned painter.  Last month, he sat down with us to share a bit about… Read More