Bushwick Open Studios

2013 Bushwick Open Studios

Friday, May 31, 6pm-8pm Saturday, June 1, 12pm-7pm Sunday, June 2, 12pm-7pm     Several Academy alumni will be participating in BOS this year! Here's just a a few studios to check out: In 17-17 Troutman off the Jefferson L Stop: Studio 318: Jaclyn Brown (MFA 2009), Heidi Elbers (MFA 2010), Michael Gibson (MFA 2009), Alvaro Luna (MFA 2011), Mark Opirhory (MFA 2009), Jason Talley (MFA 2008) and Branden Wallace (MFA 2009) Studio 303: Nico LeBarge (MFA 2010), Chris Marshall (MFA 2009) and Cecilia Roberts (MFA 2009) Blu Box: John O'Reilly (MFA 2010), Jackie Dingle (MFA 2010), Steve Shaheen (MFA 2005), Meredith Bogacz (MFA 2010), Lisbeth McCoy (MFA 2010) Studio 315: Eric Mavko (MFA 2005) Studio 246: Sarah Elise Hall (MFA 2009) and Oh Joon Kwon (MFA 2008)   In Brooklyn Fire Proof off the Morgan L Stop: Studio 210: MaDora Frey (MFA 2002)

2013 Figure Modeling Competition

2013 Figure Modeling Competition at the New York Academy of Art
June 10-14, 2013

History of the Figure Modeling Competition:
The National Sculpture Competition was established in 1978 by Barry Johnston in memory of his father, James Wilbur Johnston, to re-assert the importance and value of figure study in contemporary sculpture. It is now co-sponsored by Brookgreen Gardens, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, National Sculpture Society and New York Academy of Art.

Objective:
To successfully model a full-length figure from life.
Size: 30'-36' armature
Time Limit: 28 hours over a five day period

List of competitors:
Elizabeth Allison
Joseph Brickey (MFA 2012)
Erik Durant
Lucian Goff
Alex Heinke (MFA 2002)
Elyse Hradecky (MFA 2012)
Morteza Khakshoor
Yelizavetza Masalimova

Damian Masanz

Kellie Pereira
Philip Perschbacher (MFA 2005)
LaQuincey Reed
James Sondow
Zoe Suenson-Taylor (MFA 2013)
Daniel Willams (MFA 2012)

ALIENE DE SOUZA HOWELL (MFA 2011, Fellow 2012)

Tomorrow Forest
One Mile Gallery
475 Abeel Street
Kingston, New York, 12401

opening reception: Satuday, June 1, 6-8pm
On view: June 1-June 29, 2013

Paint the Wall Party
Mominette
221 Knickerbocker Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237

Party, music and art installation: Sunday, June 2, 3-7pm

CHRIS MARSHALL (MFA 2009)

Chris is featured in the Arts in Bushwick blog as one of their highlighted artists that will be participating in Bushwick Open Studios.

ALI BANISADR (MFA 2007, Fellow 2008)

55th Venice Biennale
Love Me, Love Me Not
Tesa 100, Arsenale Nord

On view: June 1-November 24, 2013

"Ali Banisadr’s largest work to date, Fravashi, will be featured in the upcoming exhibition Love Me, Love Me Not, as part of the 55^th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition this June. The exhibition aims to create a dialogue between the works of contemporary Azerbaijani artists and those from their neighbouring countries of Iran, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and beyond..." (read more)

PETER SIMON MÜHLHÄUßER (MFA 2009, Fellow 2010)

55th Venice Biennale
Personal Structures
Palazzo Bembo

On view: June 1-November 24, 2013

"The exhibition brings together an extraordinary combination of established artists next to artists whose oeuvre is less known.  What they have in common is a dedication to the concepts Time - Space and Existence. The exhibition is curated and organized by the Global Art Affairs Foundation..."  (read more)

PATRICIA WATWOOD (MFA 1999)

Venus Apocalypse
Solo Show
Dacia Gallery
53 Stanton Street
New York, NY 10002

Opening reception: Thursday, June 6, 6-9pm
On view: June 6-July 15, 2013
 

KRISTY GORDON (MFA 2013)

Kristy will be working on the National Mural Mosaic project for the 2013 Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Quebec. She will be creating one of the panels which will hang with paintings by artists from across Canada and together will form a different, unified image. They have created murals in the past for the 2010 Winter Olympics and the Alberta Saskatchewan Centennial (which was unveiled for Queen Elizabeth in 2005).

http://www.muralmosaic.com/

VIVIANE SILVERA (MFA 2000)

Recent Work: Therapy: Part Two
Solo Show
Denise Bibro Fine Art
529 West 20th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10011

On view: May 16-July 6, 2013

JUDITH SCHAECHTER (Adjunct MFA Faculty)

The Battle of Carnival and Lent
Solo Show
Claire Oliver Gallery
513 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001

On view: May 22-July 6, 2013

ALI BANISADR (MFA 2007, Fellow 2008)

Cinematic Visions:Painting at the Edge of Reality
Curated by James Franco, Isaac Julien and Glenn Scott Wright 
Victoria Miro
16 Wharf Rd  London
Greater London N1 7RW

On view: June 8-August 3, 2013

read more

ALDO LIRA (MFA 2002)

The May 2013 issue of Catapult has a two-page spread featuring Aldo's works.

KIMBERLY CALLAS (MFA 1997)

Pollination: Evovling Miracles
Group Show
The Atrium Art Gallery
University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College
51 Westminster Street

On view: April 19-June 7, 2013
Read the review in Sun Journal.

FRANK PORCU (MFA 1998)

Frank Porcu's bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln was unvelied at the New York Historical Society in Manhattan... (read more)

CATHERINE HOWE (MFA Faculty)

Recent Paintings & Unique Prints from the Proserpina Series
Gallery House
2068 Dundas St W  
Toronto, ON M6R 1W8, Canada

On view: April 6-May 25, 2013
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2013 Summer Carrara Merit Award Art Residency Recipients

The recipients of the 2013 Carrara Merit Award Art Residency in Carrara, Italy are Heather Personett (MFA 2014) and Zoë Suenson-Taylor (MFA 2013).
The final recipients were chosen by an esteemed panel of invited judges by the sponsors of the 2013 Carrara Merit Award Art Residency, ABC Stone and the Oriano Galloni Foundation.

 

2013-2014 New York Academy of Art Fellowship Awards

The 2013-2014 Fellowships have been awarded to Elizabeth Glaessner, Yunsung Jang and Nicolas Sanchez. 

We would also like to commend Megan Ewert, Daniela Kovacic Muzio and Alfred Rosenbluth for being finalists.

 

IAN CR MARTIN (MFA 2009)

Read about Ian Cr Martin (MFA 2009) in an article in the April edition of NY Canvas.

Group Show - 501-9

501-9
curated by Jon Beer (MFA 2012, Fellow 2013) and Lily Koto Olive (MFA 2013)
Studio 501 in the Clemente Soto Vélez Center
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY 10002

On view: May 10 - 13, 2013, 10am-8pm (Sunday 10am-6pm)
Concurrent wth cutlog

Featuring artists:
Sarah Beatty (MFA 2012),  Jon Beer (MFA 2012, Fellow 2013) , Meg Franklin (MFA 2013), Elizabeth Glaessner (MFA 2013), Lee Gainer, Christine Gray, Nadene Grey (MFA 2013), Christopher Mir and Lily Koto Olive (MFA 2013)

Group Show - Compulsion

Compulsion
curated by Dina Brodsky (MFA 2006) and Maria Kreyn
Mark Miller Gallery
92 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002

Opening reception: Friday, May 10, 6-8pm
On view: May 8, 2013 - June 7, 2013

Featuring works by:
Jean-Pierre Arboleda (MFA 2006), Maya Brodsky (MFA 2010, Fellow 2011), Diana Corvelle (MFA 2011), Bonnie DeWitt (MFA 2007), Ke Nancy Fang, John Haverty, John Jacobsmeyer (MFA Faculty), Maria Kreyn, Amber Lia-Kloppel (MFA 2007), James Linkous (MFA 2013), Kristina Martino, Tun Myaing (MFA 2006), Dina Pizzarello (MFA 2014), Grayson Ronk (MFA 2013), Nicolas V. Sanchez (MFA 2013), and Melanie Vote (MFA 1995)

GARY KORLIN (MFA 1992)

Passion & Perfection
Group Show
The Walsingham Gallery
47 Merrimac Street
Newburyport, MA 01950

On view: April 27 - May 31, 2013

Group Show - Alumni of the New York Academy of Art at Studio 7 Fine Art Gallery

Alumni of the New York Academy of Art
Group Show
Studio 7 Fine Art Gallery
5 Morristown Road
Bernardsville, NJ 07924

Opening reception: May 3, 6-9pm
On view: May 3 - 29, 2013

More than 125 paintings and sculptures by 50 Academy alumni will be on view in an exhibition at the Bernardsville Public Library, in Bernardsville, NJ, and nearby Studio 7 Fine Art Gallery through the month of May.

MARIA TEICHER (MFA 2013)

…And Words But Wind
Solo Show
Arch Enemy Arts
109 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Opening reception: Friday, May 3, 6-10pm
On view: May 3 - June 2, 2013

Group Show - Shifting Territories at Brooklyn Fire Proof

Shifting Territories
Group Show
Brooklyn Fire Proof (Bushwick)
119 Ingraham Street
Brooklyn, New York 11206

Reception: Friday, May 3, 9-10:45pm

Participating Academy artists: Heidi Elbers (MFA 2010), Robert Fundis (MFA 2013) and Chris Marshall (MFA 2009)

ALI BANISADR (MFA 2007, Fellow 2008)

Ali Banisadr (MFA 2007, Fellow 2008) will show his largest work to date, Fravashi, in the exhibition Love Me, Love Me Not, as part of the 55th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition opening June 1.

JOHN O'REILLY (MFA 2010, Fellow 2011)

John O’Reilly will participate in an upcoming panel discussion on the exhibition A Discourse on Plants at RH Gallery on May 18, 5-7pm.

2013 Bellas Artes Residency, Mexico City, Mexico

We are happy to congratulate Garrett Cook (MFA 2014), the recipient of the inaugural 2013 Bellas Artes Residency, Mexico City, Mexico.

2013 Terra Foundation for America Art-Europe Residency

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2013 Terra Foundation for American Art-Europe Residency in Giverny, France: first years Alonsa Guevara, Jessica Benjamin, Kerry Thompson and William Logan and second years Adam Carnes, Daniela Kovacic Muzio, Shannon Kenny and Stephen Vollo.