Our third essay from Giverny, France comes from Kristina Reddy MFA 2017. Every morning I would wake up with the sun – happy, and excited to start the day. And who wouldn’t be, if they awoke in a beautiful home, situated amidst gardens and chirping birds! It is impossible not to see the French countryside as somehow “romantic.” I think… Read More
Our second essay from Giverny comes from Matthew Durante MFA 2017. Giverny is an inspiration. I paint both the landscape and the figure, but here the landscape is such that to paint anything else would seem to miss the point. It is enchanting. I want to thank the New York Academy of Art and the Terra Foundation for an unparalleled experience…. Read More
Our first dispatch from France comes from Naudline Pierre MFA 2017. The Normandy region. What a lush place—the colors are so fresh and vibrant: golds, greens, more greens, and all manner of chromatic excitements found in the flora. This place is like a dream. Old medieval towns with faces and figures carved into their wooden beams, church bells ringing to… Read More
By Jiannan Wu (MFA 2016) We have been in Giverny for one week, and I’d like to show you all the amazing things that have happened here. We live in a very convenient two-story house with a basement next to Monet’s Garden. Living Room Kitchen The room I shared with Danial DaSilva (MFA2015) Backyard Our studio is only one minute… Read More
By Jingyi Wang (MFA 2016) About Giverny Last week I came to Giverny with my three classmates from the New York Academy of Art for our residency with the Terra Foundation. We had a wonderful week here, everything went well. Giverny is a really beautiful village thanks to two things that can be seen anywhere, Claude Monet and flowers. Because… Read More
By Ciara Rafferty (MFA 2016) It’s been four days since we arrived in Giverny, and after much consideration, discussion and examination, we have come to a group consensus that the French do not eat what they serve. There is no way the same bodies we’re seeing come from the same foods we’re eating. You do not stuff cheese, wine, tarts,… Read More
August 13-26, eight Academy students lived and worked at the Terra Foundation for American Art-Europe in Giverny, France as part of 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)… Read More
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
August 13-26, eight Academy students lived and worked at the Terra Foundation for American Art-Europe in Giverny, France as part of 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)… Read More
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
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