Milana Blokhina
When I Drew
If someone asked me to pinpoint the moment I began loving art, I would not be able to. Art has always been there with me: when I sewed clothes for my Barbies, when I picked my outfits for school, and…
Neil Jimenez
At Home Again
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…
K.C. Amable
My personal lens
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…
Halima Konteh
Cultural Collisions
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
Painting as an outlet
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…
Kirk Lorenzo
Vehicles of solace
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…
Yingluo Xu
stories from an animator
I heard about the Art Students League from my figure drawing teacher who said it’s a really nice opportunity for me to build my skills. For an art student, it is really important to show colleges you can draw and…
Maya Carino
Back to My Roots
Maya Carino is a Brooklyn born, multi-disciplinary Latinx artist working to relocate to Mexico. While attending classes at the League Carino wrote, “This was one of the first artistic communities I truly felt a part of, and they all thoroughly…
Kreg Franco
The Soul of a Portrait
At the Art Students League Franco hoped to improve his abilities in painting from life by attending the five-night figure drawing course with Dan Thompson. Franco’s art was exhibited in the League’s fall Concours in the Phyllis Harriman-Mason Galleryin-and in…
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