by Jessie Brugger (MFA 2010) The hills are alive with the sound of music! Okay, wrong country, but it was a true story here in Giverny, too. The Musicians for the Chamber Music Festival moved into their residency a few days before we left… and we woke up to nature humming and classical musicians playing away. Don’t get me wrong, its no Tupac… Read More
by Jessie Brugger (MFA 2010) A couple days ago, I woke up at six in the morning with a bolt of energy, so I decided to go for a run through the town of Giverny. That might sound like a huge athletic feat, so I will leave it at that… Okay, truth is…The town is incredibly tiny. But it is incredibly packed… Read More
Hello Everybody! This is Jessie Brugger writing, graduate from the New York Academy of Art on a residency in France. Right now, I’m in the city of dancing girls, big cathedrals and their stained glass windows, haute couture thanks to the “Sun King” Louis 14th, incredible bread and cheese, protesters, the late Victor Hugo (one of my favorite writers), the famous Moulin… Read More
… as is an artist community. DAY THREE – New England Painting Tourby Seth Ruggles Hiler (MFA 2005) Well, the workshop with painter Jon Imber has come to an end. I spent the morning painting on the porch of Penny’s B&B in Deer Isle, Stonington, Maine. Click here to see a short video. And later that afternoon came my final crit. I have shared a… Read More
DAY TWO – New England Painting Tour by Seth Ruggles Hiler (MFA 2005) Seth gazes out over a spectacular vista (wishing he could have hiked his easel and canvas up to the summit!) Although radical to conventional religious belief, the poem “Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church†by Emily Dickinson explains how nature serves as a place of worship… Read More
DAY ONE – New England Painting Tourby Seth Ruggles Hiler (MFA 2005) I traditionally am a studio painter, working from my own digital photography of people and places. My daily life-drawing and painting at the New York Academy of Art has packed my toolbox with anatomical knowledge and an understanding of light that only the naked eye can teach. The… Read More
After my opening for the Monmouth Museum’s “NJ Emerging Artist Series: Seth Ruggles Hiler – Portraits” on July 16th, in Lindcroft, NJ – see video, below – I hit the road, traveling north to Maine. Leaving behind my “20-Something” Portrait Painting Series (I am so over 20-somethings!), I am ready to avert my gaze to the landscape and engage in… Read More
The New York Academy of Art will be holding its inaugural Career Day on Wednesday September 22, 2010 from 12:30pm-2:00pm. The purpose is to encourage students and alumni to think outside the box in terms of opportunities and fields of interest that create options for employment. Career Day will be held in Wilkinson Hall with tables representing possible job, internship,… Read More
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