Category Archives: Summer 2012

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 Part II: Initiation into an Ancient Tradition

Posted on September 18, 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). The Apuan Alps, where white marble has been quarried for thousands of years By Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012) Upon arriving in… 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

The Wonder of Giverny

Posted on September 1, 2012

GIVERNY_NYAA_TERRA FOUNDATION RESIDENCY 2012 from AmandaPants by Amanda Scuglia, MFA 2013Last semester I was selected to participate in an artist residency at the Terra Foundation for American Art Europe in France! The New York Academy nominated eight students and one professor to travel to Giverny for this incredible opportunity. Jean-Pierre Roy, Jacobs Hicks, Ivy Hickam, Robert Plater, Daniel Bilodeau, Valentina Stanislavskaia, Gaetanne Lavoie,… Read More

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

Summer of Prisms

Posted on August 23, 2012

June 1 – July 31, 2012, four Academy students lived and worked in Liepzig, Germany as artists on an 8-week Artist in Residence Program.  Brian Dang (MFA 2013), Robert Fundis (MFA 2013), Elizabeth Glaessner (MFA 2013) and Noelle Timmons (MFA 2013) have continued to share their experiences here. By Noelle Timmons (MFA 2013)As all humans experience their lives through the… Read More

Learning to Dig in Leipzig

Posted on August 16, 2012

By Jon Beer (MFA 2012, Fellow 2013) Over five weeks ago I arrived in Leipzig, Germany to begin what would be a two month painting residency at the Baumwollspinnerei, (once Europe’s largest cotton mill now artist hub. Think of Bushwick but much nicer.) It is one of the largest cities in former East Germany, and is the home of the… Read More

NYAA Leipzig International Artist Residency (LIA) 2012: Farewell Leipzig

Posted on August 13, 2012

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) – Originally posted in God in the Gallery When people ask… Read More

NYAA/Shanghai Univ./CAFA 2012 China Residency: Mutual Interest

Posted on August 6, 2012

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.  By Nicolas Sanchez (MFA 2013) Our frequent travels, hard work in the studio,… Read More

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

Posted on July 26, 2012

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