I’ve painted at the league before as a high school student and I’ve never felt so much friendship and commonality in one room. Sure, we artists are competitive but when we are all painting, it’s as if world peace has…
Hello, my name is Aurora Dislaking. I would like to study at the Art Students League in order to better master my craft and expand myself into new mediums within an environment conducive to creating and mastering skill sets, while…
Amberrose Venus-Gordon currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She is a recent graduate from Pratt Institute where she received her BFA in Painting and minored in Art History and Museum and Gallery Practices. Amberrose’s interest in working with children and…
Elisha Marie Lopez (b. 1993) is an artist from Bronx, New York. As a sensitive soul, she channels her life experiences through artistic expression using mixed media. Compelled to create in her youth, she was primarily self-taught before attending the…
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass In celebration of Black History Month we are pleased to introduce you to Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, who in 1907 was the first African-American woman to…
I am K.C. Amable, an extrovert-introvert native New Yorker. At a young age, I pursued an Illustration major at the High School of Art & Design in Manhattan, having work featured at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The National Gallery…
In 1907 Fuller became the first African-American woman to receive a U.S. federal government art commission. The Magazine Antiques, October 2020By, Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle They called her the “sculptor of horrors.” In Paris, her contorted figures were exhibited…
I am a young artist of Gambian descent based in New York City making Acrylic and Oil paintings that represents black women in a divine way while simultaneously adding aspects of my culture and heritage to the work. Fabric and…
Carena Carrington was awarded the Jack Kamen Scholarship in 2014. She attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, NY. She is currently a sophomore at the University at Albany. 2014 – In the Seeds of the League…
Lorenzo has been featured in exhibitions in Boston, New York City, and Lima, Peru. He explores the intersections of the Dominican diaspora, queerness, and BDSM through his photographic work, while also exploring and analyzing the meaning behind being a product…
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