Category Archives: John Jacobsmeyer

ELIZABETH GLAESSNER’S QUIET CONFIDENCE

Posted on September 27, 2014

Have you had the chance to see the “2014 Fellows Show” at the Academy?  If not, RUN don’t walk to Wilkinson Gallery, 111 Franklin Street, before it closes on Sunday, September 29th.  At the show you will be drawn to Elizabeth Glaessner’s (MFA 2013, Fellow 2014) work. Her post-apocalyptic paintings slowly reveal intricate allegories suspended in time.  Her chromatically vivid, psychologically dense, personal narratives take… Read More

The Final Chapter: China Residency, Part 8

Posted on August 1, 2013

By Zoe Sua-Kay (MFA 2014) After a week in the Chinese capital and having soaked up some of the local culture and scene close to our hotel, we decided it was time to put our tourist hats on and see some of global tourism’s most famous sites – The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and of course, the Great Wall… Read More

The Colors of Beijing: China Residency, Part 7

Posted on July 26, 2013

By Elizabeth Shupe (MFA 2014) Today it rained. We woke up to the sound of the water gently swishing down the gutter outside the window and drip-dripping off of the roof.  When I stepped outside of the hotel to make my way to breakfast, it seemed Beijing was still half asleep, curled into itself like a contented house cat  The rain… Read More

Satisfying the Inner Tourist: China Residency, Part 6

Posted on July 16, 2013

By Elliot Purse (MFA 2014) After a long, post-opening, post-artist talk, post-John Jacobsmeyer hang out, post-spa weekend, all of us subconsciously decided some down time was due. Monday and Tuesday were spent mostly entertaining ourselves and taking care of all the little things we’d put off over our eventful weekend (i.e. laundry, shopping, and getting a little more time to… Read More

Back to Business: China Residency, Part 5

Posted on July 4, 2013

By James Adelman (MFA 2014) So after our action-packed, inspiring, uplifting, perspective-shifting excursion, it’s back to Shanghai and back down to business. We arrived back with six days until opening night and began the final push toward resolution. Of course, being Academy students, we live for this sort of scramble and handle it all with level heads.  The beginning of… 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

Arriving at the Academy

Posted on September 21, 2012

By Madeleine Hines (MFA 2014) I’m a couple weeks into my first semester at the New York Academy of Art and since I’ve started my excitement for the two years ahead has only grown. Every morning I’m increasingly proud to walk into our building at 111 Franklin Street in Tribeca. Before I even enter the classroom, there is artistic inspiration at every turn… Read More