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Commencement Address
Each year, in May, to celebrate the graduation of our MFA and Certificate Students, The New York Studio School invites distinguished professionals to deliver the address at our Commencement to honor the accomplishments of each graduate.
Past speakers as follows:
| 2022 | Sebastian Smee |
| 2021 | Ann Dumas |
| 2020 | Eliza Rathbone |
| 2019 | Jack Flam |
| 2018 | Joachim Pissarro |
| 2017 | Alisa LaGamma |
| 2016 | Mary Tompkins Lewis |
| 2015 | Frederick Ilchman |
| 2014 | Siri Hustvedt |
| 2013 | Mark Stevens |
| 2012 | Jed Perl |
| 2011 | Iriving Sandler |
| 2010 | Carter Ratcliff |
| 2009 | Kathryn Calley Galitz |
| 2008 | Harry Cooper |
| 2007 | Michael Brenson |
| 2006 | Francine Prose |
| 2005 | Carroll Janis |
| 2004 | Arthur Danto |
| 2003 | Ruth Miller Forge |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | Andrew Forge |
| 2000 | David McKee |
Selected PDF’s of past addresses:
To download a PDF of Carter Ratcliff’s 2010 Commencement Address click here.
