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2011 National Medals of Arts and Humanities Ceremony
President Obama awards Will Barnet the National Medal of Art for his work in abstraction, expressionism, and cubism.
A prolific printmaker and painter, Mr. Barnet taught at the League for over 40 years.
M2M
The Art Students League and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation unveiled a total of eight sculptures in Riverside Park South in Manhattan (June 24) and Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (June 28) as part of the Model to Monument program (M2M), a five-year partnership between the League and the Parks Department.
M2M advisor Greg Wyatt led the team of seven sculptors: Elizabeth Allison, John Balsamo, Allston Chapman, Akihiro Ito, Selva Sanjines, Noa Shay, and Matthew White. Read the press release here. Learn more about the artists and see photos on the M2M web page.
Public Art Review takes a close look at the extensive M2M process.
After visiting the sculptures in Riverside Park, The Juilliard Journal Online concludes, "If you haven’t been down there, you really owe it to yourself to go."
The Bronx Free Press covers the unveiling fo Mask, M2M's collaborative twelve-foot tall aluminum and steel sculpture in Van Cortland Park.
Watch NY1's coverage of the opening, and read about what some those involved had to say about the project.
Newsday covers the M2M opening, as Riverside Park is transformed into an "open-air museum."
This image of M2M sculptor Akihiro Ito made it to The Wall Street Journal's "New York Photos of the Week" page.
The Wall Street Journal also featured this image of Akihiro Ito installing his sculpture "Forever."
View a slideshow of the M2M opening and tour the sculptures at DNAinfo.com.
The installation of seven M2M sculptures is underway in Riverside Park. Read more about the installation of Forever, a 13-foot piece by M2M sculptor Akihiro Ito, at DNAinfo.com: Manhattan Local News.
The M2M sculptors have collaborated on a final piece to be installed in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx: The Mask. Read more about this fifteen-foot tall sculpture in the Riverdale Review.
Coverage in the Gothamist
Coverage in American Artist July/August 2011 issue
Coverage in DNAinfo.com
Coverage in the The West Side Spirit
Watch the M2M bronze pour on NY1.com
The New York Times covers the bronze pour at Modern Art Foundry:
Art for Japan Raises $17,500!
The Art for Japan fundraiser, organized by Art Students Leaguers Yuka Imata, John Baber and Amy DiGi, raised $17,500 in art sales in just two hours on April 7 at Studio 57 Fine Arts.
Thanks to Studio 57 Fine Arts and League Board of Control President Sal Barbieri for their generosity, to all the artists who donated their work, and to all the buyers. Congrats Yuka, John and Amy!
Watch the video footage of the event here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yrh7r3O544
Podcasts
Podcast June 23, 2011: Interviews with Contemporary Artists: Grady T. Turner with Carrie Moyer
In the fourth interview of the series, art critic and curator Grady T. Turner meets with contemporary artist Carrie Moyer at the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery.
Download Podcast (69 MB) Runtime 1 hour 9 min
Podcast March 15, 2011: Interviews with Contemporary Artists: Grady T. Turner with Kate Gilmore
In the final interview of the series, art critic and curator Grady T. Turner meets with contemporary artist Kate Gilmore at the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery.
Download Podcast (44 MB) Runtime 46 min
Podcast March 1, 2011: Interviews with Contemporary Artists: Grady T. Turner with Inka Essenhigh
In the second of a series of artist interviews, art critic and curator Grady T. Turner interviewed contemporary artist Inka Essenhigh at the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery.
Download Podcast (58.6 MB) Runtime 58 min
Podcast February 24, 2011: Perspective Lecture Series: Thoughts on Caravaggio
League instructor Sharon Sprung and League curator and art historian Pam Koob will discuss the Italian Baroque phenome, his techniques and his aims. Listen to the full, provacative 90-minute presentation:
Download Podcast (86.1 MB) Runtime 1hr 25min
Podcast February 15, 2011: Interviews with Contemporary Artists: Grady T. Turner with Nayland Blake
In the first of a series of artist interviews, art critic and curator Grady T. Turner interviewed contemporary artist Nayland Blake at the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery.
Download Podcast (58.6 MB) Runtime 58 min
SundayArts January 9, 2011: Profile of Will Barnet and his contribution to the canon of American art.
Watch the full episode. See more SundayArts.
New York Times October 27, 2010: Feature article on Will Barnet and the League's centennial exhibition,
Will Barnet and the Art Students League
From New York’s WNET: SundayArts Profiles the Art Students League, May 2010
Watch the full episode. See more SundayArts.
This appreciative view of the League's students, instructors, and art by Producer Bob Morris aired Sunday, May 16 on WNET and WLIW. The 15-minute profile portrays the League as a vibrant community of learning, working, and teaching artists.
In April, the program earned a New York Emmy for Producer Bob Morris and Editorial Director Joan Hershey.
The Art Students League and the Museum of Modern Art's Abstract Expressionist New York Exhibition
MOMA pays tribute to the League's contribution to Abstract Expressionism.
ABC News: League Student David Kassan & The iPad with Executive Director Ira Goldberg
These links showcase articles that mention or focus on the League or quote members of the League commnunity. To make us aware of additional articles, please e-mail lines@artstudentsleague.org.
A new interior design online magazine, The Roger, spoke with the League's Director of the Exhibition Outreach Program, Leah McCloskey in this article.
In October 2011, League instructor Ronnie Landfield's paintings caught the eye of well-known art critic David Cohen, who questioned the artist's use of color fields in a recent review. At about the same time, Landfield was busy writing an essay on his color fields, "The Three Bands." When Cohen saw the essay, he welcomed the dialogue, and Landfield's essay was published in reply. Cohen isn't the only one talking about Landfield's bands of color: read critic James Panero's article here.
League student Kenneth Wong was noted as one of "25 Artists to Watch" for his watercolors in Artist Daily. Read the article and then check out more of Kenneth's watercolors.
America magazine recently featured the art of League Instructor Dan Gheno in their 9/11 issue. Click here to view an interview with Gheno, as he discusses art "as a meditation for grief."
Abstract artist and former League student Cy Twombly passed away Tuesdsay, July 5 in Rome. Read more about the "American Artist Who Scribbled a Unique Path" in The New York Times.
Actor Peter Falk (and former League life member) passed away Thursday, July 7 in Beverly HIlls. Read about the "Rumpled and Crafty Actor in Television’s ‘Columbo,’" here.
According to Peter Falk, “Your instincts for what's dramatic are the same, whether you're working on a drawing or on a script.” See what else Falk had to say about acting and drawing in "My Interview with Peter Falk."
Right: Actor Peter Falk's sketch of
himself in his most famous role.
Read about portraitist and League instructor Brandon Soloff in the Housatonic Times' "The Art of a Classical Painter."
In October 2001, League instructor Jack Faragasso was featured in the very first issue of Illustration magazine. Only 5,000 copies were printed—but in October 2008, Illustration magazine issued its third printing of the first edition. The 13-page article discusses Mr. Faragasso's experience at the League under instructor Frank Reilly, his prolific career designing movie posters and book covers (including the cover of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds), and his current paintings. Read "The Art of Jack Faragasso" here.
The artistic vision of former League student Romare Bearden (1911-88) is sythesized via a collection of fourteen essays in the book Romare Bearden, American Modernist. Bearden, who was a student of League instructor George Grosz, is best known for his politically and socially charged collages. The exhibit, 'Romare Bearden Collage: A Centennial Celebration,' runs through May 21 at the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 24 West 57th Street.
The Visual ARTBEAT Magazine prints League Instructor Pat Lipsky's talk, "What Tony, Lee, and Clem Told Me," originally delivered at The Pollock-Krasner House in 1995.
ARTnews (May 2011) reviews the recent work of League instructor Larry Poons.
League instructor Charles Hinman's work was recently shown in Structured Color at D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc.
Read more about Charles Hinman here.
League instructor Ellen Eagle talks about her approach to portraiture in an eight-page article in the April 2011 issue of The Artists Magazine. Eight of Ms. Eagle's works are featured.
Benat Iglesias Lopez and Executive Director Ira Goldberg in American Artist: This past January, League student and 2008 Edward G. McDowell Travel grant winner Benat Iglesias Lopez was featured in American Artist as one of "11 Groundbreaking Artists to Watch in the New Year." Benat was recognized for his sensitivity in capturing the "lone figure" in his drawings and paintings.
Nelson Shanks Exhibiting in Russia. This summer, former longtime League instructor Nelson Shanks will be showing 50 works in exhibitions at the State Museum in St. Petersburg (opening on June 2) and at the Royal Academy of Arts in Moscow (opening on August 4.) Mr. Shanks is one of only two living American painters to have been invited to exhibit at either of these venues. A right, Mr. Shank’s The Cultist from the exhibition. An article on Mr. Shanks will appear in the Fall edition of LINEA.
International Artist magazine profiled sculptor and League instructor Rhoda Sherbell in its February/March issue. (At left, a detail of from Ms. Sherbell's American Baseball Family)
Instructor Harvey Dinnerstein (right) writes in American Artist magazine about his self portraits. The work Nocturnal Passage featured in this article has been acquired by the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. (Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund, 2011.0004)
December 6, 2010 blog entry from recent Vytlacil Artist-in-Residence, Scottish painter Brian Crawford Young
NEA Sets $10,000 Grant for Vytlacil Campus Artist in Residence Program. This is the first NEA grant for "Vyt AIR," which was one of 25 programs supported in the NEA's Artist Community category.
"Painting at 99, With No Compromises" The New York Times – October 26, 2010
An exhibition celebrating Will Barnet’s centennial year traces his evolution as a modern American artist
"Interview with instructor Dan Gheno and class monitor Robin Smith" September 19, 2010. Video interview from ELEMENTS OF FIERCE! originally aired by MNN on Time Warner/RCN.
"The Hotel As Art Gallery" The New York Times – August 29, 2010 In an effort to build an identity, hotels like the James in SoHo are hiring curators to select original artworks to adorn their walls.
Blog Entry on Taking Classes at the League July 5, 2010
Blog Entry on the Vytlacil Artist-in-Residence Program July 2010
Resident artist blog's about his time in the Vyt AIR Program.
"Art Studios as Big as All Outdoors" The New York Times – June 17, 2010
It is the busy season for plein-air painters in Central Park, where the artists can find both inspiration and companionship.
"Kickin' It Tunisian Style--Collaborative Painting with David Black" Paula Billups Art – February 21, 2010
Blog entry about Tunisian collaborative painting workshop at the Lyme Academy in Connecticut with guest, Director Ira Goldberg.
"Latin American Artists in New York: El Museo Del Barrio" The Huffington Post – February 12, 2010
Monroe Price discusses the origin of Latin American artists and their roots in New York City.
"At Pearl Paint, Rumors Flow as Stores Close" The New York Times – February 5, 2010
Manhattan's Pearl Paint, founded in the Great Depression, will not survive the Great Recession unscathed.
League People in the News
New York Times Obituaries of League Alumni and Instructors