Category Archives: germany

Coming to an end…a short but sweet look at the week: Leipzig Residency – Part 6

Posted on August 8, 2013

By Krista Smith (MFA 2014) The past couple of weeks here have flown by. Between painting, panting in our stifling rooms, and making quick escapes to the lake, we managed to put together a great end of summer show. We all crawled out of our studios to help clean and hang the work alongside Kristina and Mareika (interns of LIA)… Read More

Cospudener & The Bauhaus: Leipzig Residency, Part 5

Posted on July 19, 2013

By  Shangkai (Kevin) Yu (MFA 2014) It is my feeling that it would be important to make a post that reflects our time here accurately. Beer drinking, sausage eating, lake swimming, grass and beach napping, museum visiting, and painting are our life in Leipzig. Before going on to the museums and general art talk, here are two pictures that sum… Read More

The Leipzig Residency is–as we would say in Jamaica–‘irie’ (great!): Leipzig Residency, Part 4

Posted on July 9, 2013

By Alicia Brown (MFA 2014) It has been 34 days since we entered the gates of the Spinnerei, and every day from that moment has been a pinch-me experience. Waking up in the mornings to the sound of Neo Rauch working in his studio (located above the large studio space I share with Krista Smith) is definitely my alarm clock… Read More

Spring Break: Day 4 – A visit to Glasmalerei Peters in Paderborn, Germany, with Peter Drake

Posted on March 19, 2013

By Peter Drake (Dean, Academic Affairs)  I’m very happy to announce that I have been commissioned by the MTA Arts for Transit, one of the nation’s largest public art programs, to create site-specific public art for the Long Island Rail Road Massapequa Station. The project will feature 18 glass windows and five ceramic/glass mosaics measuring 463 square feet throughout the… Read More