September Core Student Work

At the end of September, Instructors Justin Wood and Ted Minoff selected some core student work that shows the process and experiences of students in their first month either returning or starting at GCA. And...the first Structure Prix of the year will be announced next week!

In the Core Drawing Year, students have enthusiastically thrown themselves into working on cast drawings in the morning and the Charles Bargue plates in the afternoon. Each Friday afternoon they end with cast sculpture taught by Zoe Dufour. We have 12 artists in our new program and most of them have come to us from outside of NYC. Here's a selection of some of their first casts.

Leonard Ray Clark, Core Drawing Year

Landon Clay, Core Drawing Year

Martha Crow, Core Drawing Year

John Darley, Core Drawing Year

Ananda Fetherston, Core Drawing Year

Ananda Fetherston, Core Drawing Year

Jonathan Pinkett, Core Drawing Year

Meanwhile, in our figure studios...

Mackenzie Swenson, 3rd Year
Sculpture, "Bruce", water based clay, 3' tall

Emily Denise, 2nd year
"Andre" 18x24", graphite on paper

Savannah Tate Cuff, 3rd year, "Bruce"

Mackenzie Swenson, 3rd year, "Bruce"

Instructor Ted Minoff: "A color study divides the complex task of figure drawing into more manageable steps where the artist can focus solely on the color relationships and palette which will inform a more resolved painting." 

Tsultrim Tenzin, 4th year, color study, "Bruce"

Tsultrim Tenzin, 4th year, color study, "Devin"

Kathryn Kincaid, 3rd year
"Devin", 15x22", graphite on paper

Rachel Li, 3rd year
"Devin", 18x24", graphite on Strathmore

Kevin Müller Cisneros, 4th year
"Devin", 11x14", oil on canvas

Instructor Ted Minoff: "Below are Kelly's block-in and in-process grisaille where she's engaging with form in value in paint on top of the transferred block-in drawing."

Kelly Foss, 4th year
"Devin", 18x24", graphite on Strathmore

Kelly Foss, 4th year
"Devin", 18x24", oil on Centurion oil primed linen