New! Open Studio Figure Fridays at GCA

"Rachel" by Katie Whipple

Don’t hibernate this Autumn/Winter - Join us on Friday nights to draw the figure!

Come whenever you can or come weekly!

Same model/same pose: Nov. 4, & 18 (building is closed on Nov 11 for Veteran's day)

We continue in December with a new model for 3 Fridays in the same pose.

Dec. 2, 9, 16

6:30-9:30pm

South Studio

(entrance through the cast hall)

$15 cash at door/per day. (Please bring exact change.)

If you don’t pay, you can’t stay.

Reservations encouraged! Email: GCAFridays@gmail.com

If you make a reservation, please arrive by 6:25pm, otherwise someone who shows up at the door can potentially get your spot.  

As a courtesy to the model and group, please arrive by 6:30pm.

You may not be admitted if the door is closed to the studio.

If there’s room, you may be admitted during a break, but there is no discount for latecomers.

Students already in the M-F class must let Jason, the monitor know by Thursday night if they will be attending on Friday, otherwise their spot can be released. There is no extra charge for students already taking the M-F class.

learn traditional drafting by hand with the ICAA

This course engages the student in the practice of traditional architectural drafting. Many students have little or no knowledge of traditional drafting via manual and pencil technique due to the preponderance of drafting now done via machines (CAD)-and, for students in earlier decades, technical pens. Students embark on exercises to establish the basic skills that allow them to communicate their ideas clearly and cleanly, focusing on the ability to draw a line that is straight, unvarying in width, evenly dark, sharp. Achieving this sounds simple, but it is not-and it is worth the effort, for it is the foundation of a good drawing

Instructor: Seth Weine, Architectural Designer, ICAA Fellow
Location: ICAA, 20 West 44th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Cost/Learning Unit: $300 (250 Members); 12.5 AIA/CES LUs

5 sessions: Mondays and Wednesdays, November 14 – 30 (except Nov. 23); 6:30–9:00 pm

 

Register here

LECTURE: “A Proportional Approach to the Fine Arts and Architecture”

Please join us for a lecture on Monday, October 31 from 5-6 PM in the cast hall. 

 

Steven Bass will talk about proportion and the use of numbers and geometry as design tools.  This traditional practice draws it's power from an ancient metaphysical world view often associated with the philosophies of Pythagoras and Plato.  This presentation outlines such a view and attempts to relate it to the fine arts today.  Topics included are: the difference between symbolic and mathematical number, the pursuit of beauty, the manifestation of numerical "powers" including the elusive Golden Section, and what these ideas imply for the role of the artist in society.

Steven Bass is an architect and Fellow of the ICAA  He is a graduate of Pratt Institute and the Royal College of Art, in London.  He is currently in practice and teaches courses on proportion in architecture, and instructs in ICAA's Beaux Arts Atelier.


Please RSVP to grandcentralacademy@gmail.com

GCA takes a field trip to CT

Today the entire GCA core program took the day off from our normal schedule to go landscape painting in western Connecticut.  We had perfect weather and we were joined by several alumni and faculty, it was a great way to catch up and paint together.  We don't have photos of any paintings yet, but we will try to post some as soon as they become available.  For now, here are a few pics of the day:

The Grand Central Academy of Art!  

Abigail Tulis

Gregory Mortenson

Andrea Clinton

Katie Whipple

Brendan Johnston, with Edward Minoff, Connor DeJong, and Katie Whipple in the background

Rodrigo Mateo

Liz Beard with Jacob Collins

Lauren Sansaricq and Jacob Collins

Rebecca C. Gray

Sarah Bird

Emilie Lee

Joshua LaRock and Brandon Beckstrom

lost in the woods, 2011

News from GCA Alumn Angela Cunningham

"Stephany", by Angela Cunningham, graphite on paper

It's been great to have GCA alum Angela Cunningham back in the cast hall on Tuesday afternoons when she teaches a class for the Beaux-Arts Atelier. She also teaches evening cast drawing at GCA and is busy down in Philadelphia where she started her own school - Cambridge Street Studios. Here is some information on an upcoming workshop down there (click on flyer to enlarge).

Jennifer Fairbanks Show in NYC - Oct. 19th

2011 Hudson River Fellow Jennifer Fairbanks has a new show opening at the Grace Institute in NYC. It opens tomorrow, October 19th, from 5:30 - 7:00, and will run until November 22nd. The Grace Institute is located at 1233 Second Avenue, between 64th and 65th.

With Teacup
by Jennifer Fairbanks

Please come view the artwork and have a chance to meet Jennifer as well as some of the NYC-based Fellows.

Still Life Show at Cavalier Gallery

Todd Casey
Globe with Pumpkin, 2011
oil on canvas
11 X 16 inches

October 14 - November 11, check out this excellent still life show at Cavalier Gallery in Greenwich CT.  The show includes these paintings by GCA instructor Edward Minoff; GCA/Water Street core program alumni Carol Broman, Todd Casey and Danny Grant, as well as two works from Christina Mastrangelo, who has taken summer workshops at the GCA and Hudson River Fellowship. 

Todd Casey
Globe, 2011
oil on canvas
15 X 17 inches

Edward Minoff
Parmigiano, 2011
oil on linen
18 X 24 inches

Carol Broman
Frog Prince, 2010
oil on linen
14 X 18 inches

Carol Broman
Reverence, 2011
oil on linen
19 X 27 inches

Danny Grant
Beer and Brie, 2011
oil on linen
11 X 14 inches

Danny Grant
Sailors Tribute, 2010
oil on linen
16 X 24 inches

Christina Mastrangelo
Americas Cup - 1851, 2011
oil on canvas
30 X 50 inches

Christina Mastrangelo
Yellow Cloth in Darkness, 2009
oil on canvas on panel
20 X 11 inches

Recent Paintings from GCA Instructor Scott Waddell

These two new paintings from Scott Waddell are together entitled "Half World". They both measure 24x20 inches.
Website: www.scottwaddellfinearts.com
Blog: www.scottssketchbook.blogspot.com

Student Work September 2011

Here is the first batch of student work from the 2011-2012 school year!  There are a few pieces from last spring/summer in there too.

by Rebecca C. Gray (not to be confused with the other Rebecca Gray who studied here two years ago)

by Matt Wiegle

by Patrick Byrnes

by Patrick Byrnes

by Patrick Byrnes

by Matt Wiegle

by Matt Wiegle

by Matt Wiegle

by Liz Beard

by Liz Beard

by Liz Beard

by Liz Beard

by Liz Beard

by Katie Whipple

by Katie Whipple

by Katie Whipple

by Joseph Loomis

by Devin Cecil-Wishing

by Anthony Baus

by Brendan Johnston

by Challen Berg

by Connor DeJong

by Connor DeJong

by Anthony Baus

by Anthony Baus

by Anthony Baus

by Rodrigo Mateo

by Rodrigo Mateo

by Rodrigo Mateo

by Serram Mangroo