Category Archives: studio shots

Franklyn Project – The First Generation

The New York Academy of Art is proud to be the first home of the Franklyn Project – “a collective born in the 80’s and raised at the Academy.”  From their inaugural exhibition we’ve heard them say: “Our artistic pursuits have placed us unwillingly within the Warhol canon, tasking us with the impossibility of outrunning or rising above His relentless… Read More

The Science of Art and the Art of Science

Have you ever been faced with making a “now-or-never” decision that would forever change your life’s course?  When there is a fork in the road, trusting your intuition is the bravest courses of action you can take.  No one knows this better than Henry Jabbour (MFA 2015) former scientist turned painter.  Last month, he sat down with us to share a bit about… Read More

Creating an Academy Community in Bushwick

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