The A/P Blog

"The people who make art their business are mostly imposters."

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:28 -0400

“The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.”

- Pablo Picasso

Alix Lambert (AP Faculty) will be a panelist this Thursday...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:25 -0400

Alix Lambert (AP Faculty) will be a panelist this Thursday evening at the Bleecker Street Arts Club’s discussion of Lina Bertucci’s “Artist Portraits.”

Art Practice participants at the opening of text+message, a...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20:11 -0400

Art Practice participants at the opening of text+message, a group show at Acumen Project space in Long Island City that includes work by AP participants Anthony Hawley, Tracey Mancenido-Tribble and Frank Tribble.

"All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly, of the soul."

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:25:43 -0400

“All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly, of the soul.”

- John Ruskin

"Artists don’t make objects. Artist make mythologies."

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:15 -0400

“Artists don’t make objects. Artist make mythologies.”

- Anish Kapoor

"Art hurts. Art urges voyages— and it is easier to stay at home."

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:23 -0400

“Art hurts. Art urges voyages— and it is easier to stay at home.”

- Gwendolyn Brooks

"The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist."

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:35 -0400

“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist.”

- David Hockney

“Design Is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli,” a...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:42:13 -0400

“Design Is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli,” a film by Kathy Brew (AP Faculty) and Roberto Guerra will screen at A Design Film Festival Singapore in June.

"What art offers is space— a certain breathing room for the spirit."

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:13 -0400

“What art offers is space— a certain breathing room for the spirit.”

- John Updike

"It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance… and I know of no substitute..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:23 -0400

“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance… and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.”

- Henry James

The MFA Art Practice Class of 2014 has several participants...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:56:53 -0400

The MFA Art Practice Class of 2014 has several participants included in “text+message,” a group exhibition at Acumen Project Space in Long Island City. The show opens on May 16th, and includes work by Anthony Hawley, Tracey Mancenido-Tribble and Frank Tribble.

MFA Art Practice ‘13 candidates Shima Iuchi Yamamoto,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:36 -0400

MFA Art Practice ‘13 candidates Shima Iuchi Yamamoto, Daniel Allegrucci, Noelle King, Angela Conant, and Seirin Nagano at the SVA commencement ceremony. They’ll receive their degrees after completing their third and final summer session and thesis work this August.

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:36 -0400

“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”

- Emile Zola

Dara Birnbaum (Art Practice Faculty), Thyrza Nichols Goodeve...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:40:46 -0400

Dara Birnbaum (Art Practice Faculty), Thyrza Nichols Goodeve (Art Practice Faculty) and Jaewook Lee (MFA AP14) at Carolee Schneemann’s (Art Practice Mentor) opening.

"Art is the proper task of life."

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:54:40 -0400

“Art is the proper task of life.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Joan Jonas (Art Practice Mentor) lecturing at the Frieze Art...

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:47:26 -0400

Joan Jonas (Art Practice Mentor) lecturing at the Frieze Art fair this weekend

"If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:00:30 -0400

“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.”

- John Lennon

"I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life."

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:00:37 -0400

“I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life.”

- Jean-Michel Basquiat

"You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul."

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:25 -0400

“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.”

- George Bernard Shaw

"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations."

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:00:27 -0400

“The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.”

- Orson Welles