Category Archives: faculty

Robert Taplin: Selections from Three Series 1985-2024

Posted on January 10, 2025

“Robert Taplin: Selections from Three Series, 1985-2024” presents three distinct bodies of work linked by their narrative impulse. The first body of work comes from the mid-eighties with the emotional freight of that neo-expressionist era. They are made from forged steel plates that are hammered into hollow, free standing figures that appear to have emerged from the molten center of… Read More

THOUGHTS BEFORE THE FIRING RANGE

Posted on February 4, 2014

Uttering the words “mid-year critique” in early December to a second-year student is likely to induce an excited and petrified reaction simultaneously.  Can you imagine the courage it takes for a student to stand in front of an audience of their peers with their work as a backdrop explaining their intent and point of view to a group of esteemed… Read More

March Madness

Posted on March 26, 2013

By Madeleine Hines (MFA 2014)   There is so much to learn, see, and create at the Academy that sometimes I experience FOMO (fear of missing out). During Armory Arts Week in early March, this feeling of “so much to do so little time” is heightened with an influx of art in the city and endless booths to maneuver through. It’s all… Read More

John Jacobsmeyer Interviewed and the Winter Moves Ahead

Posted on February 20, 2013

By Ian Factor (MFA 2014) This week’s blog is focused on an interview I did last week with John Jacobsmeyer, my instructor for Theory and Practice of Composition II and the chair of the Printmaking Department here at the Academy.I’ll be interviewing some of my instructors going forward to give a better idea of who I’m learning from and the… Read More

Does Painting Still Matter?

Posted on April 18, 2012

The best way to make a dramatic leap as an artist is to stop working. After Hilary Harkness‘ show at Mary Boone Gallery in 2011, she laid down her brushes for a full month and went to southern India. Personal transformation aside, she will never evaluate art the same way again.  Here are some ideas for ways to push your… Read More

Escape from Studio Lockdown: An Allegorical Tale of a Backpacker in Alappuzha

Posted on April 4, 2012

The best way to make a dramatic leap as an artist is to stop working. After Hilary Harkness‘ show at Mary Boone Gallery in 2011, she laid down her brushes for a full month and went to southern India. Personal transformation aside, she will never evaluate art the same way again.  Here are some ideas for ways to push your… Read More

Escape from Studio Lockdown: In Search of Bhagyanath Chandroth

Posted on March 14, 2012

The best way to make a dramatic leap as an artist is to stop working. After Hilary Harkness‘ show at Mary Boone Gallery in 2011, she laid down her brushes for a full month and went to southern India. Personal transformation aside, she will never evaluate art the same way again.  Here are some ideas for ways to push your… Read More

Escape from Studio Lockdown: Creating in the Multiverse

Posted on February 29, 2012

The best way to make a dramatic leap as an artist is to stop working. After Hilary Harkness‘ show at Mary Boone Gallery in 2011, she laid down her brushes for a full month and went to southern India. Personal transformation aside, she will never evaluate art the same way again.  Here are some ideas for ways to push your… Read More

Escape from Studio Lockdown: Tom Cruise has good taste

Posted on February 14, 2012

The best way to make a dramatic leap as an artist is to stop working. After Hilary Harkness‘ show at Mary Boone Gallery in 2011, she laid down her brushes for a full month and went to southern India. Personal transformation aside, she will never evaluate art the same way again.  Here are some ideas for ways to push your… Read More