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The school was one of a number of Art Institutes, a franchise of for-profit art colleges with many branches in North America, owned and operated by Education Management Corporation. Founded in 1980 as The New York Restaurant School, and renamed in 2001, it was accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools.
Michael Murphy (born March 22, 1975) is an American artist, sculptor and pioneer of the perceptual art movement. Murphy became widely known during the 2008 U.S. presidential election, after creating the first portrait of candidate Barack Obama in 2007 that influenced thousands of artists [1] to contribute to the "Art for Obama" movement, [2] documented in Shepard Fairey's book Art for Obama ...
Racquel Chevremont (born June 25, 1971) is an American curator, art collector, advisor, model, and television personality.Chevremont is best known for her contemporary art curation, which has been shown in both gallery and institutional exhibitions as well as in popular media and culture, and for starring in the fifteenth season of The Real Housewives of New York City.
Daniel Turner studied painting and printmaking at Norfolk State University and received a B.F.A. from San Francisco Art Institute. [1] Turner worked in construction and demolition before being employed as a security guard at The New Museum in New York City. [2]
Barthé's first public commission came from the New York City's Federal Art Project and for the 80-foot bas-relief in cast stone, (1939), for the embellishment of the Harlem River Houses complex, but upon completion, his work was installed at the Kingsborough Houses in Brooklyn. [16]
Zarina Hashmi (née Rashid; 16 July 1937 – 25 April 2020), known professionally as Zarina, was an Indian American artist and printmaker based in New York City.Her work spans drawing, printmaking, and sculpture.
Benny Andrews (November 13, 1930 – November 10, 2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator.. Born in Plainview, Georgia, Andrews earned a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1958, and soon after moved to New York.
Suzanne Anker was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 6, 1946. She earned a B.A. in Art from Brooklyn College of the City of New York and an M.F.A. from the University of Colorado in Boulder (1976). She also completed independent Studies with Ad Reinhardt [5] (1966-1967) and studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1968).