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Milkweed to Mercury
2017 Westminster Kennel Club Artwork Competition
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 141st 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…. Read More
Eye to Eye
Eye to Eye was developed by collector Laura Skoler and Dean Peter Drake. Skoler, a longtime patron of emerging artists, is a founding member of the New Museum and the Daniel and Florence Guerlain Foundation in Paris. For Eye to Eye, Skoler selected works by a diverse group of second-year MFA students at the Academy, and invited each student to… Read More
Piss and Vinegar
Curated by Peter Drake, Dean of the Academy, and gallerist George Adams, Piss and Vinegar unites two generations of provocateurs: five men who came of age in the 1960s and five contemporary female artists. Robert Arneson, Robert Colescott, R. Crumb, Peter Saul, and Robert Williams, whose satirical, sarcastic prints and paintings demonstrate influences from psychedelia to MAD Magazine, will… Read More
Right Left Brain
The New York Academy of Art has a talented staff. Balancing a day job and a studio practice is not easy and yet the Academy’s staff (from the art handlers to the President) do just this. What a positive life lesson for emerging artists and students to learn. Right Left Brain lets the public see the creative talent of the… 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
2016 Chubb Fellows Exhibition
Each year, the Academy selects three outstanding graduating MFA students as Chubb Postgraduate Fellows. Generously supported by Chubb Personal Risk Services, the year-long fellowship is the highest honor the Academy bestows and covers studio space, teaching experience and a stipend. Kathryn Goshorn, Esteban Ocampo, and Sarah Schlesinger were selected upon their graduation in 2015, and on September 6, the Academy… Read More
Call of the Wild: Art Sounthampton 2016
The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present “Call of the Wild”, a special exhibition at the 2016 Art Southampton art fair, co-curated by Academy Board Member Brooke Shields and Academy President David Kratz. “Call of the Wild” will be on view from July 7 -11 at the Nova’s Ark Project. The Academy will celebrate with special reception… Read More