Category Archives: Eric Fischl

“The Big Picture” According to Casey Read (MFA 2014)

Posted on February 12, 2014

In New York City, I have discovered an overwhelming wealth of information regarding sensory overload. Touching, smelling, tasting, hearing, and seeing everything, like a trip to the grocery store. Touching subway poles, smelling the car exhaust, tasting the worldly cuisines, and watching the masses pass and shove their way through to the next event of the day. But I have… Read More

Artist and Teaching Residency for West Nottingham Academy – Part 2

Posted on October 31, 2013

By Jacob Hicks (MFA 2012)  My experience at West Nottingham Academy has been one of learning in many regards.  Along side my time working in the studio, I teach two high school courses-an introduction to drawing and studio painting.  To teach is to become firm enough in your artistic practice to share it.  It calls for a re-examination of formal… Read More

Artist and Teaching Residency for West Nottingham Academy – Thus Far

Posted on October 14, 2013

By Jacob Hicks (MFA 2012)  My excitement could not be tempered as my father helped me load up a U-haul rental with my current body of work in the early morning hours of an overcast Brooklyn morning.  I had received my Joseph Campbell-esque call to new adventure in the form of an artist/teacher-in-residence acceptance phone call from West Nottingham Academya… Read More