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Leipzig Residency 2017

During the summer of 2017 Atalanta Arden-Miller (MFA 2018), Aidan Barker-Hill (MFA 2018), Naomi Nakazato (MFA 2018), and Arngrimur Sigurdsson (MFA 2018) participated in a two-month Artist-in-Residence Program hosted by Leipzig International Art Programme, in Leipzig, Germany. The Academy’s Leipzig residency is made possible by the New York Academy Travel Fund, the Villore Foundation and Trustees Gordon Bethune and Eric… Read More

Submissions // Summer Exhibition

18TH ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION  PLEASE READ CAREFULLY   We are excited to announce this year’s Summer Exhibition will be located at Forum Gallery (475 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022). We are also pleased to share that there will be a grand prize winner who will receive $5,000, to be announced at the opening reception. Please see below for the… Read More

Interview with Steve Mumford

“Empire” Steve Mumford Interview by Claire Cushman MFA 2015 “I tried heroically to be an Abstract Expressionist in the late 80s and early 90s,” says Steve Mumford, when asked how he came to paint scenes of war. “It took me years to shake that and realize I wanted to return to my illustrational roots, to tell stories with my paintings.”… Read More

Interview with Lisa Rosen

by Claire Cushman (MFA 2015) “People tend to think that “golden” (more like murky) hues of older paintings were the artists’ original colors,” says Lisa Rosen, director of Fine Art Restoration. “But this isn’t the case. The further back in time you go, the richer and more vibrant the colors were. Color screamed MONEY. It’s just that the varnish used to cover… Read More

Carrara Residency, Part 1

A Few Days with Marco Palli (MFA 2016) in Carrara Today was my first day . . . where should I start? This is pile from which I select the piece of marble to carve my sculpture I worked so hard today that as soon as I laid down I fell asleep. I wanted to share this photo of my… Read More