Sam Levy, Kaitlin McDonough, Clintel Steed, and Briggs Whiteford
Unmasking Pompeii: Seeing Red
The Evening Lecture Series is free and open to the public. With inquiries, please contact Curator Jacob Brooks.
A conversation about drawing in-situ in Pompeii, Paestum, Rome, and Naples with artists Sam Levy, Kaitlin McDonough, Clintel Steed.
Sam Levy is a painter based in Brooklyn, NY, working from direct perception. He has exhibited with The Painting Center, NY; John Davis Gallery, NY; The Bowery Gallery, NY; and Union Gallery, Wagner College, NY. In 2015, he participated in the Jentel Artist Residency, WY. Levy is an instructor at NYSS, and adjunct faculty at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Kaitlin McDonough is an artist based in Queens, NY. Her paintings have been exhibited extensively throughout Italy – in Venice, Rome, Vicenza, Bologna, Verona – and Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Ireland, and Turkey. She has participated in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Göz Göze, Büyükada, Turkey. McDonough received her BFA, summa cum laude, from Boston University, and her MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. She currently teaches at NYSS, where she has been a member of the faculty and staff since 2014.
Clintel Steed holds a BFA in studio art from the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Indiana University. He completed Advanced Studies at NYSS, where is currently teaches.
Briggs Whiteford is a lifetime career painter. Her art has been seen in galleries and museums all over the world. She was named Artist of the Year by the Huntsville Art Museum and has served on the board at NYSS, where she has had a deep affiliation for two decades. Whiteford has owned galleries in Malibu, CA; and Stonington, CT. She lives on Block Island where she continues to paint the light and landscapes.
