LISA LEBOFSKY (MFA 2006)

Greenland Expedition Fundraiser
live auction, meet the artists, ping pong, OPEN BAR, and MORE

$20 suggested donation at the door, proceeds go towards our equipment and provisions on this excursion

Monday, June 4, 7-9pm

Spin

48 East 23rd St

New York, NY 10010

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Water
group show
June 2 - July 4, 2012

James Baird Gallery
654 Main Road
Pouch Cove, NL, Canada

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Artist Colony Grows in Greenpoint

 DNAinfo.com

"After months of scouting overpriced studios in Bushwick while they painted in their living room with two other artists, Amber Hany and Jeff Gipe felt desperate.

That's when the couple stumbled upon a deal in an unexpected neighborhood.

"I feel a lot less restricted with my work here," said Hany, 27, inside her new, 3,000-square-foot Franklin Street basement space this weekend, where she arranged a colorful installation.

Gipe was several feet away, also using his sculpture skills to build them a wall in their DIY venue, which will soon be filled with 13 other artists, who are mostly past classmates from Manhattan's New York Academy of Art MFA program..."

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GLEN KESSLER (MFA 2005)

Art-O-Matic

1851 S Bell Street

Arlington VA

May 18 - June 23, 2012

15th Annual Celebration of The Arts

Montpelier Center for The Arts

17205 Mountain Road  

Montpelier, VA

April 28 - June 30, 2012

Best in Show

101st Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts

Mystic Arts Center

9 Water Street 

Mystic, CT

May 25 - July 14, 2012

Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition

Lancaster County Art Association

149 Precision Avenue 

Strasburg, PA

June 10 - July 19, 2012

XL-XS

The Art Gallery

University of Maryland  

College Park, MD

June 24 - August 5, 2012

BARBARA H. ISRAEL (MFA 2004)

Beyond Time and Place: Paintings of Israel

ACL ART GALLERY

1170 Town Center Way

Livingston, NJ 07039

June 6- July 6, 2012

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 10, 5-8 pm

Read more in New Jersey Jewish News.

CHIE SHIMIZU (MFA 2001) in The Queens Courier

"Piecing Together Life - One Sculpture at a Time"

By Michael Pantelidis

Chie Shimizu molds together answers to life’s great questions part by part – or sculpture by sculpture. The 41 year old, originally from Yokohama, Japan, was introduced to art by her great uncle – a sculptor and Zen master. Visiting him as a child, she watched him work while discussing his opinions of the world – shaping her view on life in the process...

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PETER DRAKE (Dean of Academic Affairs) in Artist Daily

"4 Paintings That Rock and Why"

By Courtney Jordon

Peter Drake's Mother W/Out is an unusual but fairly uncomplicated composition that makes the viewer question if the figure is real or a figment. The way the artist has diluted the paint near the back of the head and along the edges of the dress give the figure almost transparent edges. The paint loses body and becomes lighter in some areas, and maintains its density toward the core of the figure's body... 

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Group Show - The Drawing Room in Huffington Post

"The Drawing Room: Artists and Their Sketchbooks Occupy a New York Gallery"

 By Patrick McGinnis

Drawing is a highly intimate form of expression. Even thought it's highly relatable (we've all done it at one point or another), it's underappreciated. With the endless rush of blockbuster auctions and the celebrity-driven art scene, representational art is out of fashion. The tweeting masses aren't looking for the quiet beauty of a sketch. Drawings, it seems, get lost in all the noise.... 

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HILARY HARKNESS (Artist Advisory Council member) - Huffington Post

Read Harkness' great article "Why You Should Collect Art by Emerging Artists" in the Huffington Post.