MFA 2012 Archives - New York Academy of Art

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

501-9 at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Education Center

Posted on May 29, 2013

How three Academy Artists put together a pop-up art show — and why they think you should do it too. Two weeks ago (May 9-13), the cutLog Art Fair, sponsored by the Franco-German television network ARTE, was held at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center on New York’s Lower East Side, featuring three floors and 45 galleries chock… Read More

One-Sided Story

Posted on December 10, 2012

By Jacob Hicks (MFA 2012) Detail of Last Supper-Jacob Hicks I feared post-graduation and was unsure of my next step-even before the day arrived. I am sure current second year students can relate (calm down, it will be okay (if only I could have said this to my past, panicked self)). Coming to the conclusion of my degree was a… Read More

Carrara Part III: Reduced to the Dust by Marble

Posted on October 10, 2012

June 18 – July 3, 2012, recent Academy graduate Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012) lived and worked in Carrara, Italy as part of a two-week Artist in Residence Program sponsored by ABC Stone and The Oriano Galloni Foundation, and coordinated by artist Stephen Shaheen (MFA 2005). Steve Shaheen checking measurements on model By Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012) I will forever count myself fortunate for the honor… Read More

Carrara: The Impossible Dream

Posted on September 11, 2012

June 18 – July 3, 2012, recent Academy graduate Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012) lived and worked in Carrara, Italy as part of a two-week Artist in Residence Program coordinated by ABC Stone and The Oriano Galloni Foundation. By Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012) By way of introduction, I’ve always felt I could do anything an artist aught to be able to… Read More

Our Giverny Hamlet

Posted on September 4, 2012

August 13-26, eight Academy students lived and worked at the Terra Foundation for American Art-Europe in Giverny, France as part of a two-week Artist in Residence Program. Daniel Bilodeau (MFA 2013), Adam Carnes (MFA 2013), Ivy Hickam (MFA 2013), Jacob Hicks (MFA 2012), Gaetanne Lavoie (MFA 2013), Robert Plater (MFA 2013), Amanda Scuglia (MFA 2013) and Valentina Stanislavskaia (MFA 2013)… Read More

Impression, Soleil Levant

Posted on August 30, 2012

A Place of Beauty

Posted on August 27, 2012

On August 13, eight Academy students arrived at the Terra Foundation for American Art-Europe in Giverny, France to begin a two-week Artist in Residence Program. Daniel Bilodeau (MFA 2013), Adam Carnes (MFA 2013), Ivy Hickam (MFA 2013), Jacob Hicks (MFA 2012), Gaetanne Lavoie (MFA 2013), Robert Plater (MFA 2013), Amanda Scuglia (MFA 2013) and Valentina Stanislavskaia (MFA 2013) will share… Read More

Inside The Studio With Aleah Chapin (MFA 2012, Fellow 2013)

Posted on August 20, 2012

By Maria Teicher, MFA 2013 Even though Aleah and I are in the same age bracket, going to the same school and she is someone I would consider a friend or confidant, I was nervous to interview her. Risking sounding strange, I admit that I’m a big fan. Her work has always exuded this pure sincerity and it is something I… Read More