Meet Kayla James, a Seeds Alumni who studied at the League on a Seeds scholarship in 2018 and 2021. Kayla is a Jamaican American illustrator, writer, and multidisciplinary artist based in the Bronx, NY. She is a recent Summa Cum…
While organizing her late mother’s room some 20 years ago, Ana Teresa Barboza found a box of naturally dyed yarns of various hues. As she carefully unraveled the threads, a flood of emotions and anecdotes unfolded. This box, a portal to the…
In paintings and handcrafted books, the artist layers lush themes from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Vietnamese history, and explores our relationship to nature. The artist Tammy Nguyen was visiting a small island in Indonesia a few years back, when she came across…
Through my art, I try to capture the vibrant movement of the city and stories of life happening around me. I hope to convey my perspective, and the powerful experience of being in the scene and present in the moment….
I have always had a strong love for art and it’s something that has been a part of my life since I was a little kid. Since my early childhood, I’ve enjoyed drawing, visiting art museums, and admiring the creativity…
My name is Rita and I am from Odessa, Ukraine. My family came to New York in 2022 to wait until the war in Ukraine ended, and then we decided to stay here. I enjoy the fact that I have…
I want to study at The Art Students League because I feel that it’s time that I start pushing myself to do classes that will improve myself and my portfolio. I have a lot to learn and feel that the…
“Where does my greatest joy intersect with the world’s greatest need? Let me go there.” brittany k. barnett As we close out the year, many of us begin to reflect on how we spent and experienced these last twelve months…
WATER AND ITS MANY THEMES, characteristics, and metaphors is central to the practice of Calida Rawles and serves as an anchoring through line in her paintings. A hybrid mix of hyperrealism and abstraction, her poetic images capture men, women, and…
The artist’s debut museum exhibition “Threading Memories” is now on view at the Princeton University Art Museum. Twist ties, pipe cleaners, and spools of thread are neatly nestled in the home studio of artist MiKyoung Lee. These humble, craft-oriented materials form…
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