Category Archives: New York

The Year Before.

By Maria Teicher, MFA 2013 This time last year I was just beginning to understand my flow within New York and the school that now feels like a second home. I recognized very little faces and was just starting friendships. It was all new and a bit overwhelming. Everything felt a little foreign (which is strange considering I grew up… Read More

Tomorrow: Academy Orientation and First Day of Class

By Ian Factor (MFA 2014) My arrival in NYC about a week ago was interesting to say the least…when I finally found the apartment I had rented and went to open the door with the keys I had been given, none of them worked…locked out with a full bladder, double parked with a full truck. Good start, but the positive… Read More

NYAA Leipzig International Artist Residency (LIA) 2012: Influences in my work

On June 1 Four Academy students arrived in Liepzig, Germany to start an 8-week Artist in Residence Program.  Brian Dang (MFA 2013), Robert Fundis (MFA 2013), Elizabeth Glaessner (MFA 2013), and Noelle Timmons (MFA 2013) will share their experiences here throughout the summer.  by Brian Dang (MFA 2013) Time had gone by so quickly; I still can’t believe it has… Read More

NYAA Leipzig International Artist Residency (LIA) 2012: Falling in Love and Tearing Away

On June 1 Four Academy students arrived in Liepzig, Germany to start an 8-week Artist in Residence Program.  Brian Dang (MFA 2013), Robert Fundis (MFA 2013), Elizabeth Glaessner (MFA 2013), and Noelle Timmons (MFA 2013) will share their experiences here throughout the summer.  by Noelle Timmons (MFA 2013) It’s week six in our residency here in Leipzig, and the multitude… Read More

My First Tribeca Ball, 2012

By Amanda Scuglia, MFA 2013 Photography by Maria Teicher, MFA 2013 In the weeks leading up to the ball, there was a lot of buzz going around the Academy. Party planners came in to discuss the look of the evening and the entertainment. The students cleaned up their studios and displayed their best work. The walls throughout the building were… Read More

This Side of the Red Sticker

Maria Teicher is currently in the first year of her MFA at the New York Academy of Art.  Although painting is her first and foremost, Maria also works as a photographer.  With camera in hand at all the Academy’s events, her perspective is unique as it often changes within each new frame. A new conversation is heard with another focus… Read More