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Student Perspective: Catherine Bickford (CERT 2024)
The Transformative Power of an Education from NYSS As I reach the two-year mark in my studies at New York Studio School I am flooded with appreciation for the lessons I have received here. Each part of this journey has been a metamorphosis; but together the experiences are layered one upon another creating a dense […]
August 31, 2023 · Student Perspectives
Morton Feldman Returns to Eighth Street
Join us on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 6:30pm as the New York Studio School celebrates the groundbreaking and hugely influential composer Morton Feldman, who was Dean of NYSS from 1969 to 1971. Acclaimed violinist Miranda Cuckson and pianist Conor Hanick will perform a concert of works by Feldman, whose musical creativity was intertwined to […]
August 31, 2023 · Events
Fall 2023 Evening Lecture Series
The New York Studio School is pleased to announce its Fall 2023 Evening Lecture Series! All lectures will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 6:30pm ET both in person at 8 W 8th Street and livestreamed on Zoom and YouTube Live. To learn more and to register to join from wherever you are, please […]
August 31, 2023 · Lecture Series Archive
Student Perspective: Liz ZJ Li on NYSS Marathons
It is you, my NYSS, rekindling my dream. Now I draw my dream on the canvas of life day and night. I first learned about the New York Studio School through an artist, art educator, and NYSS alumnus Joren Lindholm, when I told him that I would love to trade all my vacation time for […]
July 27, 2023 · Marathons
DUMBO Artist-in-Residence: Yiting Zhao (MFA 2022)
I was thrilled when the School contacted me about the opportunity to participate in the DUMBO Artist-in-Residence Program. I had visited the space for past artists-in-residence’s exhibitions and I knew the layout of the space – gallery space in the front and studio space in the back. The whole studio space is big enough for […]
June 22, 2023 · NYSS in DUMBO
Student Perspective: Dorothy Frey on Monday Evening Virtual Drawing with Fran O’Neill
I wanted the luxury of being a student again. I wanted to challenge my drawing habits. I was looking to feel that nervous energy often paired with new experiences. Monday Evening Drawing – Virtual with Fran O’Neill came recommended to me by my friend, former student, and NYSS staff member Shauna Marley. A decade ago, […]
May 31, 2023 · Marathons
NYSS Projects @ DUMBO: Linger, works by Art-in-Residence Yiting Zhao (MFA 2022)
Linger, works by Art-in-Residence Yiting Zhao (MFA 2022) May 26 – June 15 Open Reception: Friday, May 26 from 5-8pm Dumbo First Thursdays:Thursday, June 1 from 6-8pm My subject matter is from direct observation of my day-to-day life. It is the apartment where I live, the studio where I practice painting, and the stores I walk […]
May 1, 2023 · NYSS in DUMBO
Alumni Studio Visit: Carlo D’Anselmi (MFA 2015)
Carlo D’Anselmi lives and works in Ridgewood, Queens. He holds an MFA in Painting from The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY and a BA in Fine Arts from Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH. The artist has an upcoming solo exhibition at Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan. He has […]
April 24, 2023 · Alumni
Student Exhibition: Lenore Wolf, Nick Hill & Sarah Valeri
“Non-Stop” featuring work by Lenore Wolf, Nick Hill, and Sarah Valeri April 7 – April 20 Opening Reception: April 14 from 6:30-8:30 pm
April 12, 2023 · Student Gallery
DUMBO Artists-in-Residence Open Studios 2023
DUMBO Artists-in-Residence Open Studios April 22 and 23, 2023 Visit NYSS Studios in DUMBO and view the work of current Artists-in-Residence Erica Newton (MFA 2022) & Yiting Zhao (MFA 2022), part of the Art in DUMBO Open Studios weekend April 22-23 from 1-6pm.
March 28, 2023 · NYSS in DUMBO
NYSS Projects @ DUMBO: Sleeper is a Player, works by Artist-in-Residence Erica Newton
Sleeper is a Player, works by Artist-in-Residence Erica Newton April 21 – May 20, 2023 Opening Reception: Friday, April 21, 6 – 8PM Sleeper is a Player showcases new small works on plaster and large paintings on canvas by current DUMBO Artist-in-Residence Erica Newton (MFA 2022). In these works, Newton interrogates the dynamics of material and image memory, […]
March 28, 2023 · NYSS in DUMBO
Student Perspective: Sarah Valeri (CERT 2023)
It is impossible to pinpoint a moment when I noticed a significant change in my work over the past four semesters that I have been at the New York Studio School. Actually, I had not really come with the intention to change anything about the way I made images. After years of painting in relative […]
March 23, 2023 · Student Perspectives
Student Exhibition: Sutton Allen, Yael Herzog and Avi Friedman Levy
AffinitiesMarch 24 – April 6, 2023 Sutton AllenYael HerzogAvi Friedman Levy
March 22, 2023 · Student Gallery
Student Exhibition: Sydney Schrader, Narelle Sissons & Natasha Tripathi
Bike, Flow, Connect: Sydney Schrader, Narelle Sissons & Natasha Tripathi March, 10 – 23, 2023Opening Reception: March 10 from 6-8pm
March 10, 2023 · Student Gallery
Student Exhibition: Irit Baniel, Andrew Bulger, and Zipporah Norton
Home is Where: Irit Baniel, Andrew Bulger, and Zipporah Norton February 24 – March 9, 2023
February 23, 2023 · Student Gallery
Student Perspective: Carolina Brunet (V CERT 2023)
My journey to become an artist started fifteen years ago when I quit my job as a graphic designer and started painting full time. I immigrated from Chile to the United States in 2004; I lived in Minneapolis for ten years and it was there I established myself as an abstract painter with a strong […]
February 22, 2023 · Student Perspectives
NYSS Projects @ DUMBO: Container Shift
NYSS Projects @ DUMBO is pleased to present Container Shift, a group exhibition curated by Artist-in-Residence Erica Newton (MFA 2022). Featuring the work of ten artists, Container Shift inverts the typical gallery-viewing experience in that each work provides its own light source in a darkened room. This presentation offers a vast array of experiences through […]
February 16, 2023 · NYSS in DUMBO
MFA & Certificate Exhibition: Perrin Hutcheson and Daniel Licht
Two Birds One Stone: Perrin Hutcheson and Daniel Licht February 10 – 23, 2023
February 10, 2023 · Student Gallery
Virtual Certificate Exhibition: Color Approaches
Color Approaches, an exhibition of works by Virtual Certificate Artists: Catherine BickfordCarolina Brunet Alecia Chenoa Irene Cole Karen Gilman Carolyn Enz Hack Courtney HarperSamantha Howard J Jaffery Jodie LawtonGabriela Mendizabal Felicity O’Connor Jane SchubePaula Wachsstock February 3 – 9, 2023 Installation Photos: Opening Reception:
February 3, 2023 · Student Gallery
Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color by NYSS Faculty Brandt Junceau in the Brooklyn Rail
“In New York this new year, the exhibition with the most argument, conjecture, and consequence is the Metropolitan Museum’s Chroma. This somewhat sly intervention means to reintroduce the presence of color in classical art. Which inadvertently brings up, although it is not discussed, the vulgarity of the ancients. Some authorities are seriously concerned about what we will think, […]
February 2, 2023 · Faculty
