Category Archives: student

Welcome to the Spinnerei: Leipzig Residency, Part 1

By Shangkai Kevin Yu (MFA 2014)   Krista Smith and I met up with Tim Buckley in Munich to take the propeller plane into Leipzig. I will never forget seeing Tim’s familiar big beard and broad smile when he found us at the airport and listening to him rave about how amazing sitting in a tin can at 37,000 feet… Read More

A Chat with the Speaker

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

Recounting the Final Weeks of First Semester

By Ian Factor (MFA 2014)Tomorrow is New Years Eve 2013…We’re Still Here…Ready For More!Hard to believe the first semester at the New York Academy of Art has come and gone already. It’s been a wild ride since my last post with this month being a super-human push to get everything done, scrambling to catch up after the week away from… Read More

NYAA Leipzig International Artist Residency (LIA) 2012: Final Week

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. July 26, 2012 by Elizabeth Glaessner (MFA 2013) It’s the final week of our residency in Leipzig… Read More

NYAA/Shanghai Univ./CAFA 2012 China Residency: Shanghai in Rear View

On May 31 Four Academy students arrived in China to start an 11-week Artist in Residence Program in Shanghai and later Beijing.  Cory Dixon (MFA 2013), Megan Ewert (MFA 2013), Kristy Gordon (MFA 2013), and Nicolas Sanchez (MFA 2013) will share their experiences here throughout the summer. July 23, 2012 – By Nic Sanchez (MFA 2013) Arriving in Shanghai, we… Read More