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Starting Grad School July 5th at the Florence Academy of Art

6/26/2021

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  I'm currently getting ready to begin my graduate studies at the Florence Academy.  This program is exactly what I was looking for because I've always wanted to study the atelier method.  My undergraduate art training was at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), which was at a transitional period while I was there and did not give me the atelier training that I wanted.  Most of my time at PAFA was spent in the library reading and dreaming about a bygone era of art training.  I liked PAFA overall: it had great facilities (the cast hall is beautiful), most of the professors were great, but overall is wasn't what I needed as an artist.  I wanted to really learn the craft of painting, but I didn't get that fully.  I can't speak to how it is at PAFA now because I graduated in 2013.  The truth is that traditional painting and drawing is so complicated that you really need someone to teach you; it takes too long and is too difficult to teach yourself.  
  While studying at PAFA, I also got my BFA from PENN which was wonderful because I wanted to study academics as well.  I love reading, writing and studying history.  So I'm very happy that I got to do the PAFA/PENN program.  (I've really been very spoiled haha)
  During all this, I had my first taste of the atelier method at the Grand Central Academy (which I think is called the Grand Central Atelier now).  I took a summer drawing course and enjoyed it immensely, but it was bittersweet because I knew I wasn't learning this material at PAFA.  I also realized this type of training required much more time to do it properly.    
  So this leads me to where I am now.  After saving money and working hard on my own portfolio I was accepted into Florence Academy's MA program, which is really the bootcamp style of training that I've always sought.  All of the artists I admire:  Bouguereau, Monet, Sargent, Sorolla, Zorn, etc. - they all studied in this type of program.  I'm excited to really delve deeper into the methodology of drawing and painting; the practical information and more nuts and bolts of it.  I'll post some updates as I work my way through the first semester, but I'll be very busy since it's a rigorous program and basically like a full time job.
  For all my students: I'll still be teaching during the school year so don't worry!  I love teaching and couldn't even imagine not teaching.  I also can't wait to share all my new-found knowledge with my students.
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