The New York Studio Program - AICAD
ACADEMIC
The NYSP was founded in 1985 in the Tribeca artist neighborhood in lower Manhattan as an inspired initiative of Jeff Nesin, then an administrator and faculty at the School of Visual Arts, now the president of Memphis College of Art and the chair of the New York Studio Program Committee of AICAD.
From 1985 to 1992, the NYSP was administered independently as an AICAD program with the participation of eight art and design schools at first then eventually as many as 12. In Fall 1992, Parsons the New School for Design, began to administer the program for the 35 affiliated AICAD schools.
Since 1992, the director John Tomlinson, with 20 years experience as an instructor of drawing in the Parsons Fine Arts Department, has been shaping the program since that year into a successful experience for the 20 students who come from one of 36 independent schools of art and design in the United States and 4 in Canada.
The four faculty members consist of two art critic/writers and two artists, with a man and woman in each group. There is a studio manager for the facility as well who works with the director and the students.
The loft style facility, built for AICAD in the thriving DUMBO neighborhood Brooklyn in the summer of 2007, includes individual art studios, a seminar room, a wood shop, a computer room, and a kitchen/dining area.