By Claire Cushman (MFA 2015) The New York art world is a big place. This can be intimidating, but it also gives artists opportunities to play different roles, such as curator. While most artists are singularly focused on their own vision, Cara De Angelis (MFA 2011), Diana Corvelle (MFA 2011), Dina Brodsky (MFA 2006) and Michelle Doll (2006) have carved out the… Read More
By Maggie MeadPhotos courtesy of Jaclyn Brown Jaclyn Brown in her studio Bushwick Open Studios (BOS)—the three days every spring when artists working in Bushwick, East Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Ridgewood, Queens, invite the world into their workspaces—has become one of the city’s must-attend arts parties and, according to the New York Times, “the coolest place in the five boroughs” during… Read More
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
Zach Brown reflects on the meaning of his time at the Academy. By Maggie Mead Painting student Zach Brown was nominated by his fellow classmates to deliver the student speech on commencement day, Friday, May 24. Such an assignment might have struck fear in the hearts of some students. (How do you sum up the experience of your class? How… Read More
Christina Duarte, Class of 2013 Studio location: 4th Floor http://christinaduarte.com/
By Maria Teicher, MFA 2013 On my bus ride from New York to Philadelphia this evening I found my mind trailing towards the ideas behind my work. I am just beginning to be able to articulate and speak about them. It feels like an artist statement that is taking years to be able to write, but it’s slowing surfacing. I… Read More
By Maria Teicher (MFA 2013) Now that the affects of Hurricane Sandy have quieted and all is back to normal within the New York Academy of Art community, I’d like to tell you about a group of students who nearly went crazy waiting for the madness to subside. For anyone that’s ever met us or hung around our studios for… Read More
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