New York Studio School

Congratulations to Alum Izzy Barber (MFA 2017)on her upcoming solo exhibition "There Is No Time" with JAMES FUENTES LLC opening this Thursday, August 1, in Los Angeles, CA, on view through August 31, 2024.

Sunset Park II, 2024
Oil on panel
6 x 6 inches
Courtesy of James Fuentes LLC

Alumni Jack Albrittain (MFA 2021), Silas Borsos (MFA 2020), and Takuya Yoshida (MFA 2013) are featued in "Respective: NY Young Artists Group Show" at Beak 585 Gallery in Osaka, Japan, through August 20, 2024!

(1) Silas Borsos, Putting up Hair, 2024, oil on panel, 22.86×22.86 cm.
(2) Takuya Yoshida, Hanami (party under the cherry blossom), 2024, oil on Linen, 25×33 cm.
(3) Jack Albrittain, Park Office, oil on canvas, 11.4 × 17.7cm.

Congratulations to alum Leah Raab (MFA 2013) on her solo exhibition "Personal Stamp: Past and Present" at Beit Sapir, Kfar Saba, Israel, through August 31, 2024.

Leah Rabb, Salvation, 2024, wood, acrylic paint on canvas 18 x 14 in. Courtesy of the Artist.

Alum and Summer Marathon Instructor Rachel Rickert's (MFA 2015) exhibition "Landscapes En Plein Air" is on view at Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, NY, through July 30, 2024.

(1) Rachel Rickert, Storm over Bulldog Mesa, 2024, oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches.
(2) Rachel Rickert, Red Desert, 2024, oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches.
Images Courtesy of the Artist & Jill Newhouse Gallery.

Congratulations to Alum Emily Church (MFA 2012) on her exhibition "Illuminations" at The Empty Circle, Brooklyn, NY, opening tonight, July 25, 6-8pm, and on view through August 23, 2024.

Emily Church, Midwinter, Isolation, 2024, oil on linen, 54 x 42 inches

Congratulations to alum Jack Albrittain (MFA 2020) and Amanda Guest (years of study, 1987-1990) on their inclusion in RUBY/DAKOTA's debut exhibition "Home is You, Right Now," July 25 - September 6, 2024. The Opening Reception is this Thursday July 25th, 6-8pm, and a closing reception will be held September 6th, 6-8 pm.

155 E 2nd Street, New York, New York 10009

"RUBY/DAKOTA is excited to announce Home is You, Right Now, a debut group exhibition of multi-disciplinary and multi-generational 21st century artists in conjunction with its opening day.

Inspired by the gallerist’s inner journey home – objectified as the image of an empty house – this collection of artworks speak to the double-sided nature of our conscious and unconscious drives that pull us toward homecoming, the body’s impulse to replay the past over and over, and the murky temporal space we all inhabit between childhood and adulthood."

(1) Jack Albrittain, Bed Painting, 2024, Distemper and oil on linen, 50" x 48"
(2) Amanda Guest, Pink meander, 2020, overbeaten abaca paper, embroidery thread, found paper, piercing, pencil, 14” x 8”

NYSS invites artists to join an upcoming Marathon in New York City or virtually from anywhere in the world.

Marathons present a wide range of immersive art-making strategies, in tandem with the philosophical inspiration of group critiques and personalized feedback of instructors. The innovation, rigor, and depth of these 10-day programs expand each participant’s engagement with drawing and sculpture. All courses are led in real-time with faculty members present, ensuring meaningful dialogue and ample one-on-one feedback throughout the duration of the program. Aspiring and experienced artists internalize ways of moving forward with their work – the ripple effects of which are felt far beyond each Marathon's conclusion. ENROLL LINK IN BIO.

September 3 – 13, 2024
Drawing Marathon – VIRTUAL: Synthesizing Spaces with Fran O’Neill
Sculpture Marathon – IN-PERSON: Space and the Spirit in Material with Jilaine Jones
Drawing Marathon – IN-PERSON: Liminal Drawing – Between Observation and Invention with Matt Philips and Guest Michael Berryhill

"After 36 years, Graham Nickson leaves behind a legacy that championed drawing as the basis for understanding art and the world."

Thank you Maya Pontone for the wonderful article in Hyperallergic about Graham Nickson's legacy at NYSS!

Congratulations to the many great NYSS alumni exhibiting in Being Human, opening tonight at The Painting Center , opening tonight from 6-8pm!

The Painting Center is pleased to present Being Human curated by Alix Bailey, Kathleen Beausoleil and Perri Neri. The exhibition celebrates the complexities of the human experience – an experience that ignites the artist to explore and reflect on the many layers of humanness such as identity, memory, and connection. The exhibition will be on view from July 16 - August 10, 2024, and will be featured on Artsy with a catalogue of the artists’ works.

Stephanie Franks
Eva Jimenez-Cerdanya .art
Sam Kelly
Sam Levy
Narelle Sissons

Featured Image: Sam Levy

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Congratulations to Alum Carlo D’Anselmi (MFA 2015) on his current exhibition at This Weekend Room!

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Very excited to have several drawings and paintings included in the 3 person show “Oscillate Sequence” opening TOMORROW, July 12th at in Seoul 🇰🇷 South Korea.

“Oscillate Sequence” includes work by myself, Maxim Brandt and Shinyoung Park

ThisWeekendRoom wrote the following beautiful paragraph about my work:

“Carlo D’Anselmi depicts lovers under the light of nature and city night, as well as the flowers, birds, cats and trees that fill their surroundings. His paintings echo the footsteps of predecessors like Paul Gauguin and Henri Rousseau, who painted with a primal energy. His paintings feature warm exchanges of gaze, varied materials, and a rhythm of bold strokes and shimmering colors. Ordinary acts, such as lying down, reading a book, or making eye contact, combined with the intensity of the light falling on the body, the various shapes of shadows, and the abstract patterns interspersed throughout suggest a mysterious dreamlike story. The subtle facial expressions of figures with closed eyes, still and aware of the air, smells, light and temperature, evoke a myriad of emotions that language cannot fully describe yet clearly exist. In particular, the fundamental sense of love and solidarity that has motivated humanity to create for centuries a dynamic source of thought in his work.”

More information and images available on the gallery website and Artsy

The show is on view until August 17 🌸

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Fall 2024 Marathons are right around the corner - tap the link in bio to preview classes!

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It’s Friday! So far I’ve been painting like mad all week. I’ve learned much, painted and painted, and painted more! We moved on to 40 x 40 canvas with limited palettes. Two paintings Wednesday and this, painted yesterday. It’s a true marathon…survivor for artists!

Congratulations to Alum Michael Meehan on his current exhibition Water Works: Diana Horowitz, Adam Hurwitz, Michael Meehan, Eric Wolf at Pamela Salisbury Gallery !

Exhibition Dates:
June 22, 2024 - July 21, 2024

Congratulations to Alum Dan Flanagan on his solo exhibition at Harper’s Books !

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When I was young, my dream was to have a solo show in Chelsea. 20 years later I got to do it in real life, and I’m very grateful. Check it out before it closes July 26th 512 w 22nd st

Silas
60 x 78 inches
2024

Congratulations to NYSS Instructor Jenny Lynn McNutt whose exhibition "Pixerina Witcherina" at Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild was featured in Hyperallergic's "10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This July!"

The exhibition, curated by Julie Heffernan , also includes artists Joan Bankemper and Ruth Marten . Mark your calendars for an Artist Talk on July 18 during Upstate Art Weekend!

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
34 Tinker Street, Woodstock, New York
Through August 4

NYSS is excited to introduce Cambria Kelley as the NYSS ArtTable Fellow!

Meet Cambria Kelley and the current ArtTable fellowship cohort next Wednesday, July 18 from 12–1:15pm ET. Register for the virtual event via the link in bio!

Cambria Kelley (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and poet from Los Angeles, CA. Her body of work explores the intersections of memory, autonomy, and speculative practice. When not in a gallery or museum, Cambria is writing poetry or painting. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside, and an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies at New York University. Cambria will work with Dr. Kara Carmack, Assistant Director for Exhibitions and Public Programs, on upcoming exhibitions and programming. This fellowship is funded by ArtTable, an organization dedicated to advancing the leadership of women and nonbinary professionals in the visual arts.

“The residency has felt like a soft launch of how I might continue my practice in a ‘real-world’ setting, juggling making ends meet with the true joy and passion of my life. I am grateful for this chance to continue parsing out what I want out of my work, my community, and myself.” - Char Healey (MFA 2023), NYSS DUMBO Artist-in-Residence

Read more about Char's experience in the NYSS DUMBO Residency via the Journal link in bio!

About the Residency
The DUMBO studio space, extended to NYSS by David Walentas / Two Trees Management, is intended to foster artistic and professional independence during NYSS alumni’s transitions from full-time student to practicing artist. Each year, one to three artists from recent graduating classes are selected through a juried process for the DUMBO Artist Residency, which provides ample studio spaces and exhibition opportunities for one year.

Congratulations to MFA Candidate Zana Naveed on her feature in Hyperallergic's A View From the Easel!

"It is nice engaging with the NYC community that is around while I am drawing. Typically women and kids stop by to comment. I still feel weird about having opinions on other people’s art, so it’s weirdly cathartic to encourage other people to speak up and specifically say what they want to about the drawing after their initial “I don’t know anything about art or anything, but you know…” Sometimes there will be constructive feedback that is quite insightful! I am also a student at the and the community there is definitely where I got my inspiration to start drawing outside." - Zana Naveed

Final week to see Eyal Danieli: A Man of Parts, the first survey of the late artist’s work, curated by Robert Storr, on view through this Sunday, July 14!

“He was an uncommonly brilliant thinker about the most vexed questions of cultural identity that have dominated art criticism and artistic creation in recent years, as well as a painter and draftsman wholly and unapologetically committed to his vocation.” - Robert Storr

The exhibition highlights Danieli’s explorations of a series of motifs over three decades, featuring works in oil paint; drawings in ink, charcoal, and conte crayon; and prints, including monotypes, etchings, and linoleum cuts. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, June 6 from 6 to 8pm.

Eyal Danieli was born in Pittsburgh in 1961 and spent the next seven years in the United States and Canada. He came of age and was educated in Israel, where he completed his required military service in the Israel Defence Forces before embarking on his artistic training at Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design. Danieli chose to leave Israel and make his life in New York City, where he continued his art education at the New York Studio School.

Gallery hours: 10am-6pm, daily.

Congratulations to Alum and Instructor Ilse Sørensen Murdock on her upcoming two-person exhibition with artist Ash Ferlito "Yellow Night," at The Barn Project , on view from July 6 - August 4, 2024!

"The Barn Project is pleased to present Yellow Night, its inaugural exhibition by Ash Ferlito and Ilse Sørensen Murdock. Ferlito and Murdock, who first met in Skowhegan, Maine, at the artist residency, share a devotion to color, light and the natural world. The two worked side-by-side in each others’ studio every Wednesday night for nearly three years, cut short only by the pandemic, encouraging and egging each other on to dive directly toward what matters most to them, eschewing irony and covert strategies to embrace increasingly direct ways of representing concerns for and connections to nature." - The Barn Project

Image: Ilse Sørensen Murdock, Shovel, 11" x 11", oil on wood, found plastics, 2024

Please join us in honoring and celebrating Graham Nickson as he transitions to Dean Emeritus of New York Studio School.

In a message to the NYSS community, Board President F. Anthony Zunino shared, “The Board of Trustees gratefully recognizes the power of Graham’s transformational leadership. His vision—as an artist, as a teacher, as a leader—has had a profound impact on thousands of students who have found their path as lifelong artists. Under his leadership, New York Studio School has become an important cultural and educational center, with a community that extends far beyond New York City.”

The British-born artist, who came to New York in 1976, built the New York Studio School into a vital center for the in-depth study of painting, drawing, and sculpture. Nickson created the now internationally recognized Drawing Marathon, an intensive, two-week course of study that has become the signature program of the School—grounded in drawing from perception and emblematic of the Studio School’s pedagogical rigor. He established the MFA program in 2004 and most recently led a newly created Virtual Certificate Program, which graduated its inaugural cohort this year.

Associate Dean Kaitlin McDonough, who has been with the School on both faculty and staff since 2014, will serve as Acting Head of School and the Board of Trustees will form a search committee to find the School’s next Dean.

New York Studio School will host its Annual Benefit on Thursday, October 24. A special exhibition of Graham’s paintings and watercolors will open the same day, including new work and work drawn from the William Louis-Dreyfus Collection. We hope you will join us to celebrate the School’s 60th anniversary and Graham’s extraordinary legacy.

To read more, please visit the NYSS Journal: https://nyss.org/graham-nickson-to-become-dean-emeritus-of-new-york-studio-school/

NYSS is pleased to announce the Mercedes Matter Awards Committee: Samira Abbassy and Jason Stopa !

Samira Abbassy (b.1965, Ahwaz, Iran) is based in New York. Abbassy emigrated to London, UK, in 1967, where she studied at the Canterbury College of Art. She moved to New York City to co-found the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in 1998, where her studio is based and holds a lifetime tenure position.

Jason Stopa (b. 1983, United States) is a painter and writer living in Brooklyn. He received his BFA from Indiana University Bloomington and his MFA from Pratt Institute in NYC. Recent solo shows include Glass Arcadia at Thomas Park, Seoul, Korea (2024); DIY Paradise at Assembly, Houston, TX (2023); and Garden of Music at Diane Rosenstein, LA (2023).

The submission portal for the 2024 Alumni Exhibition REMAINS OPEN THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 30. Link in bio. The exhibition will run on Artsy from August 5 through September 30, 2024!

All Alumni can submit up to two works for inclusion. NB: each artwork requires a new submission form. Entry fee per work is $35. Please note that there is a 6 x 6 foot size limitation.

MERCEDES MATTER AWARDS COMMITTEE

The Painting Marathon – IN-PERSON: Painting the Landscape at Old Westbury Gardens with Rachel Rickert is in full swing! Pictured here are Instructor and TA @ along with students attempting to capture the full essence of the plein air experience, painting directly from nature in the stunning .

Join us TOMORROW for a gallery talk on our current exhibition "Eyal Danieli: A Man of Parts," led by curator Robert Storr .

Wednesday, June 26, at 6:30pm
In person and live-streamed via Zoom - register link in bio.

Curator Robert Storr will be in conversation with Michael Brenson , Elizabeth Hazan , Elena Sisto , and Alexi Worth in a discussion of Danieli’s work .

Last week to see Certificate Student Suzanne Scott’s exhibition featuring drawings made in our weekly drawing class at the Met Museum .

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Last week to see The MET & Me, at 68 Jay Street Bar in DUMBO.

Monday thru Friday 3pm till midnight.

*Exhibition not associated with the Met or NYSS.

Congratulations to Alum Mark Milroy on his solo exhibition "Just the Thing," opens this Saturday, June 22 at Pamela Salisbury Gallery !

“My experience at this New York Studio School Marathon has greatly influenced my approach to painting. As a figurative artist concerned with the power of story, I attended the Marathon hoping to discover a new way to arrive at narrative. Interestingly, I discovered this 'new' approach through studying ancient art. The work my cohort and I created during the Marathon demonstrated the power of employing the compositional structure of historical works of art to create new and original work.” - Rebekah Stoneberg on the Painting Marathon: Pompeii, Harmonics and Mystery

Read artist Rebekah Stoneberg's NYSS Journal Student Perspective essay about her experience in the Marathon last summer and enroll in Session III Marathons today via links in our bio!

Session II: June 20 – July 3
🔹Painting Marathon – IN-PERSON: Painting the Landscape at Old Westbury Gardens with Rachel Rickert
🔹Drawing Marathon – VIRTUAL: Beyond the Image and into Abstraction with Fran O’Neill

LEARN MORE & ENROLL VIA THE LINK IN BIO

RETURNING STUDENTS: If you have completed a Marathon within the last five years, you are not required to submit an application. Please email [email protected] to enroll in the 2024 Summer Marathon of your choice.

TONIGHT: Artistic Homes: Q***r Landmarks and Public Interpretation
Thursday, June 20 at 6:30 PM
New York Studio School

Presented by Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios, in partnership with The Glass House, and hosted by NYSS.

🔹Purchase tickets via the link in bio🔹
Artistic Homes: Q***r Landmarks and Public Interpretation

During Month, three historic house museums in the worlds of art and design—The Glass House, the Alice Austen House, and the Demuth Museum—are coming together to discuss the process of documenting and interpreting their q***r histories and how telling a fuller story has been received.
Hosted by the New York Studio School (8 W 8th St, New York, NY 10011)

Organized In partnership with Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios, a program of

Image: Philip Johnson and David Whitney. Photo by Mariana Cook.

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