Bruce Dorfman

Bruce Dorfman studied at the Art Students League of New York with Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Arnold Blanch, and Charles H. Alston. He continued his studies at the University of Iowa where Mauricio Lasansky and Stuart Edie became his mentors. Since 1960, Dorfman has had fifty solo exhibitions. and his work is in museum, corporate, and private collections across the United States and Europe. He teaches “Combined Media, Assemblage, Art in Three Dimensions” at the Art Students League. His personal website is www.brucedorfman.com.

Read more: an interview, The Studio Project
Exhibitions: The Italian Kimono, Bernini’s Dream
Article: Piero della Francesca in America

Mary Beth McKenzie

“When I paint someone,” writes Mary Beth McKenzie, “I am less concerned with likeness than with the character or spirit of that person.”  At the Art Students League, she teaches “Painting from Life” and “Large Scale Drawing.” McKenzie became a National Academician in 1994. Her work may be found in many public museums and private collections. Her personal website is www.marybethmckenzie.com.

Read more: an interview, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Self Portrait (green background)

Pat Lipsky

Pat Lipsky, a native New York artist, is associated with Lyrical Abstraction, Color Field Painting, and Geometric Abstraction.

“…We look at works of art as single large units, but they’re actually composed of hundreds, of thousands of individual and tiny units, each one a decision. It’s those units that I’ve been experimenting with throughout my career.”  —Adapted from“Pat Lipsky,” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Her art classes include Painting and Figure: Color, Vocabulary and Style

See more: full bio, an interview, video interview, The Studio Project
Article: Is It Convincing?

Knox Martin

“In order to make a work of art, you must know what art is! Essentially true art is revelation—not the illustration of revelation. One must teach without ego…” Knox Martin

Mr. Martin has taught at the Graduate School of Art, Yale University; New York University; International School of Art, Italy; and Fort Rajgat, India.  He has had many international exhibitions and received numerous grants. He studied at the Art Students League of New York.

His art classes include Painting, Drawing, Design, and Color

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Exhibits: She, Danaë (Homage to Titian), She

James Garvey

Mr. Garvey received his bachelor of Fine arts at Colorado State University in pottery.  After ten years at The Rochester Folk Art Guild his attention was drawn to iron and The New York City Ironworkers Union.

Now in his tibeca studio, he designs and creates iron forms.  Focussed on function, his hardware, furniture and streetware bars, bends and tapers are located throughout NYC.

James Garvey teaches forging and welding at the Vytacil campus.

See more: full bio, Six Questions for James Garvey, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Visual Forensics

Ellen Eagle

“In this class our goal is to observe the model’s form, color and value relationships with a clear eye, …”

Ellen Eagle holds a BFA with Distinction in Drawing from the California College of Arts and Crafts. She also studied in Daniel Greene’s workshop and with Michael Burban at the Art Students League. She considers Harvey Dinnerstein as her primary teacher.  She was his class assistant at The Art Students League of New York for many years.

Her art class is entitled Painting in Pastel from Life.

See more: full bio, The Artist’s Bookshelf
Article: Enlightenment on Fifth Avenue

Thomas Torak

Thomas Torak’s painting classes focus on tradition with emphasis on organization.  He teaches the use of light and shadow to create the appearance of three dimensional form.

A student himself at The Art Students League of New York in the 1970’s and ‘80’s, he now shares the knowledge and skill that has brought him numerous awards and recognition.

Mr. Torak’s painting classes include Painting from Life and Portraiture.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Painting the Feast, Alive with Paint, 21 Nocturnes
Article: Alive with Paint
Award: Honorable Mention award

Naomi Campbell

Ms. Campbell teaches her watercolor painting class students through a focus on the human figure.  Her painting classes, for the advanced beginner and beyond, antomy, form color and composition.

A recognized professional with more than 25 years of expereince, her awards and works appear in numerous collections.

Ms. Campbell’s painting classes at The Art Students League of New York include Watercolor: An Aqueous Process to Painting the Figure.

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Exhibits: Retinal Displacement
Publication: Retinal Displacement

G. L. Sussman

G. L. Sussman has studied sculpture in New York and Paris and held faculty and administrative positions at Skowhegan school of Painting and Sculpture, The Sculpture Center School, City College and The Art Students League of New York.

He has exhibited throughout the United States and in France.

Mr. Sussman is the Director of the League’s Vytlacil Campus where he offers instruction in Wood, clay and stone sculpture.

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Article: The Saga of Spirit of the Sea

Leonid Lerman

Mr. Lerman, a native Russian, graduated from The Odessa School of Art and came to the U.S. after earning his Mater of Fine Arts from The Mukhina College of Art and design in Leningrad in 1979.

His wooden sculptures appear in public parks and gardens in Odessa, Ukraine.

His has taught at The New York Sculpture Center, University of Art, Philadelphia; New York University; Fashion Institute of Technology; and International School of Art in Umbria, Italy, New York Academy of Art and the New York Studio School and he is a visiting professor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Mr. Lerman’s art and sculpture classes at the Art Students League of New York include: Wood and Stone Carving, Basic and Advanced Mixed Media.

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Sylvie Covey

Ms. Covey is a native of Paris, France where she learned printmaking at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. In the U.S. she received a B.A. from SUNY Empire State and an M.F.A. from Hunter College, NYC.  She has taught at Hunter College, The Fashion Institute of Technology and The Art Students League of New York where she teaches printmaking.

Ms. Covey has had solo exhibitions throughout Europe and the U.S.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Book: Photoshop for Artists: A Complete Guide for Fine Artists, Photographers, and Printmakers

Frederick Brosen

Mr. Brosen’s watercolor painting classes are geared toward landscape and architectural subjects.

Through lectures and demonstrations, he teaches the unity of landscape, combining trees, skies and architecture.

His 2005 Vendome Press book of his paintings attests to why he has been asked repeatedly to exhibit at museums and galleries across the country.

Frederick Brosen’s painting class at The Art Students League of New York is for watercolors.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Venice Canal II, Brooklyn Bridge, Temperance Fountain

Mariano Del Rosario

A  Philippine native, he received his B.F.A. from The University of the Philippines and his M.F.A. from The Maryland Institute of Art.

His solo and group exhibitions have appeared in The U.S., South America, the Far East and Europe.

His art classes at The Art Students League of New York in Collage and Assemblage emphasize the personal direction of the individual.  The creative process and theory are considered the elements of composition.

See more: full bio, Artists’ Websites Now, The Studio Project

Sharon Sprung

Ms. Sprung studied at Cornell University, the Art Students League of New York and the National Academy of Design.

In addition to her painting classes at The Art Students League of New York, she has taught drawing and painting at the National Academy School and Museum of Fine Arts since 1993.

Sharon Sprung offers Contemporary Realist Figure Painting from the model in oil.  She stresses the balance of color, movement, light, anatomy and correct value relationships.

Her painting classes include Painting from Life, Portraiture.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Flesh, Vortex

Ephraim Rubenstein

Mr. Rubenstein has taught at University of Richmond, the Rhode Island School of Design and the Maryland Institute College of Art, and he is currently on the faculty at Columbia University and the National Academy of Design, as well as at the Art Students League of New York.

Ephraim Rubenstein earned his BA in Art History from Columbia University and his MFA in Painting from Columbia University’s School of the Arts.

This class will provide training in the direct observation of the figure. It will emphasize tonal drawing, the perception and composition of the appearance of nature; and form drawing, the development of form concepts as derived from the study of anatomy and perspective.

His art class is entitled Life Drawing and focusses on training in the direct observation of the human figure.  Anatomy and perspective in the drawing of the form are emphasized.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: The Woodley Suite and Other Works, Seeing the City: Artists’ Views of New York City

Max Ginsburg

“We will try to paint what we see, not what we know, in order to express on canvas the unique look of the model in a particular situation. We will focus on seeing form—not formulas, dogmas and ‘shtick.’  We will pursue our study in the realistic tradition of the Old Masters. We will study drawing, perspective, values, color, composition, painting techniques and the relationship of shapes.”

Max Ginsburg has taught drawing and painting in New York City since 1960.

He only lately has published a coffee table art book, Max Ginsburg Retrospective.  This 192-page book can be ordered at www.ginsburgretro.com.

Ginsburg graduated from Syracuse with a BFA in 1953 and ten years later earned his MA from the City College of New York. He was trained by his father, the portrait painter Abraham Ginsburg, who taught him how to paint realistically. For more information, please visit his websites: www.maxginsburg.com and www.ginsburgillustration.com.

His painting class at The Art Students League of New York is only offered in the summer and is entitled Painting from Life.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Pat—Bearded and Shirtless, Unemployed on Line
Article: The art of Max Ginsburg

Cornelia Foss

Cornelia Foss’ work is in permanent collections throughout the U.S.

Her one-person exhibitions include  at Berry-Hill Galleries, New York City; Boston University; Clark Gallery; the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City; the Addison Gallery, Andover, Mass.; Ferris Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif.; Glenn Horowitz Gallery among numerous others.

She studied at the University of Rome, painting with Rico LeBrun in Los Angeles, and studio art with the Italian sculptor Mirko.

Paintings from Life and Still Life are the names of the painting classes she offers at The Art Students League of New York.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Cornelia Foss: Ten Years of Painting

Deborah Winiarski

Creative expression is enhanced by including a wide range of materials.  In this mixed-media class, instruction will be one-on-one with occasional class discussions and demonstrations.

She has taught encaustic workshops at the Art Students League of New York since 2009.  She now also teaches a full-time mixed-media class.  Her encaustic work has been exhibited at venues in New York City and across the United States.

Ms. Winiarski earned her BA and MS at Queens College, Flushing, N.Y. She studied at Arte School of Art and Photography, and Studio Giambo in Florence, Italy and at The Art Students League of New York.

She teaches Mixed Media, Collage, Painting, Dimensional Art.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Izba, Wisteria Morning, Pleiades, Twice Out Loud

Ronnie Landfield

Since 1969, Ronnie Landfield has had sixty-five solo exhibitions of his abstract paintings, including twenty-four in New York City. His paintings are represented in public and private collections across America.

His painting classes at The Art Students League of New York include Drawing, Painting, Color, Design.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Open Morning, After the Rain, Ceoil’s Music, All Night, Across the Western Plain

Peter Reginato

Peter Reginato studied at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1963 to 1966. Since then he has had numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the country.

His work is represented in many public collections.

“The common wisdom in the art world today suggests that in order to make an important statement, an artist must take as much out as possible, thereby creating something that is empty. I want to do the opposite. I want to make art as full as possible. The only thing I took out of my work was realism. I saw greater possibilities in abstraction.

I believe that a new art will contain all the traditional elements—line, form, color, composition, drawing. I want to leave behind work that is for every generation, no matter what the existing trends are, or the perceived opinion of good and bad. I would like to think that my work will be enjoyed, talked about, and maybe even seen as vital to those times; I would like to think it will mean something to whoever is looking at it.”

Peter Reginato’s art classes at The Art Students League of New York are Welded and Painted Steel Sculpture.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: New York Report, Johnson for Carlos Villa

Costa Vavagiakis

Mr. Vavagiakis will teach realistic and accurate perception of anatomy and movement while providing perspective on perception and its basic tenets of proportion, tonal value light, and plane-structure.

The drawing class will consist of short and long poses, acquainting students with the preliminary process of understanding the essentials of the figure, and providing the opportunity to develop a more complete drawing. The painting class will consist of three-week poses, allowing the student to delve into the painting process in order to attain a fully realized painting. Costa Vavagiakis is featured in the publication Curve: the Female Nude Now, and in articles in American Artist, American Artist Drawing and The Artists’ Artists, among others.

His work has appeared in exhibitions in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City.

His painting and drawing classes at The Art Students League of New York are entitled Anatomy for Artists, Life Drawing, Painting from Life, Composition, Color.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Self-Portrait III, Cityscape II
Other: Portrait Drawing Demonstration

Jerry Weiss

This class emphasizes the study of the human figure, with special focus on draftsmanship. Students are encouraged to focus on the figure, while also paying attention to the relationship of color and tonal values.

Jerry Weiss studied drawing with Roberto Martinez in Miami, Florida, and drawing and painting at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York City.

Mr. Weiss has had one-man exhibitions at galleries in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maine. His paintings are found in public, private and corporate collections.

His artwork and teaching methods have been featured in American Artist Workshop and American Artist Drawing magazines, and he writes the continuing “Master Class” feature as contributing editor to the Artist’s Magazine.

Jerry Weiss’s painting class and drawing class at The Art Students League of New York are entitled Painting and Drawing from Life.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project
Exhibits: Repose
Other: Weiss at the Movies

Kikuo Saito

Kikuo Saito, a native of Tokyo, Japan emigrated to New York in 1966 at the age of 26. He studied at the Art Students League of New York.  For some years, Mr. Saito was a theater designer for many noted directors.  He later directed his own plays.

Mr. Saito has had many group and one–person shows.

Mr. Saito was an Artist in Residence at Duke University in 1996 and was a Visiting Professor at Musashino Art University in Tokyo in 2003.

His painting classes at The Art Students League of New York are entitled Painting and Color Composition.

See more: full bio, The Studio Project