Students receive critique and feedback from with a faculty of working professional artists. Instructors for this program include:
Carolina Caycedo is an emerging contemporary artist whose most recent exhibitions were at Blow de la Barra in London, UK, and Galeria Comercial in Puerto Rico. Her fine art and photography collections have been written about in The New York Times, Artfacts.net, Artecontexto, The Nation, and Art Dispatches. Photography from Carolina's bartering project, entitled "Daytoday," was featured at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City. Carolina has given talks about art at The Whitney Museum in New York, The Art, Memory, and City Seminar in Bogota, and the National University in Bogota. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Contemporary Artists Center in Massachusetts and at Foraneza in Puerto Rico. Carolina was born in London and educated in Colombia. She earned her BA in Fine Arts from Los Andes University.
Annika Connor’s paintings depict a fascination with beauty and decadence. They present the viewer with spaces to exist in, which are both alluring and unsettling. The paintings are infused with mystery and convey a sense of unbalance. Overall, they seem to be fragments from a daydream, and portray a longing for a time of romance and pleasure. In 2002, Annika received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied painting and philosophy. Since then, Annika has worked professionally as a painter in New York and London and participated in numerous exhibitions in California, Chicago, Atlanta, and New York. Reviews and publication of her work have appeared in Art Papers magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Creative Loafing newspaper, C-Heads magazine, and in many other Internet and local publications. Annika Connor is Swedish-American with dual citizenship status. She currently resides in Manhattan where she maintains an active studio.
Palden Hamilton is first and foremost a painter, having majored in painting for his B.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He continued his education at the Art Students League of New York, where he trained in figure painting under prominent figurative painters Ron Sherr and William Beckman. He was awarded a Merit Award in Realism in 2003 and the prestigious Phylis T. Mason Grant in 2004. Palden currently applies these skills as a portrait artist in the Baltimore area, painting portraits in the tradition of his heroes: John Singer Sargent and Velasquez. He has recently been commissioned to paint Maestro Yuri Temirkanov, outgoing musical director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and present musical director of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia. Illustration is also dear to Palden's heart, his artistic talents having been discovered at an early age through his obsessive and ceaseless childhood drawings. Palden is also working on writing and illustrating a children's book, which he looks forward to completing in 2008.
Anki King is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artist whose work has recently been shown at The Katonah Museum of Art, Tokio Metropolitan Museum, and Chasama Gallery and also featured in Black Book magazine, Viking magazine, and The New York Times. Anki studied drawing, composition, and painting at Gran Videregaende Skole and Oslo Tegne og Maleskole in Norway. In the U.S., Anki has worked at the Art Students League of New York and served as model coordinator for art classes. Born and raised in Norway, Anki's artwork has also appeared at the Norwegian Artists in New York exhibit at the Trygve Lie Gallery. Her paintings have been featured in the independent movie The Trade and on the album cover for the group Funkhouse.
Jordon Schranz, a 7-year inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York, is represented by the Black and White Gallery in New York, New York. He has had one-man shows in both New York and Chicago and he has participated in several group shows in the USA and internationally. His work is also included in several private collections as well as the collection of the Museum of Air and Space in Moscow, Russia. His work focuses on the idea of social and political interaction and how the media influences it. In addition, Jordon Schranz regularly stages, performs, and promotes avant garde, free jazz and experimental music performances, and is a recording artist on the Black Saint record label with his group The Eastern Seaboard. Jordon is Director of the Sessions School of Fine Arts. Jordon earned his BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Carolina Caycedo is an emerging contemporary artist whose most recent exhibitions were at Blow de la Barra in London, UK, and Galeria Comercial in Puerto Rico. Her fine art and photography collections have been written about in The New York Times, Artfacts.net, Artecontexto, The Nation, and Art Dispatches. Photography from Carolina's bartering project, entitled "Daytoday," was featured at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City. Carolina has given talks about art at The Whitney Museum in New York, The Art, Memory, and City Seminar in Bogota, and the National University in Bogota. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Contemporary Artists Center in Massachusetts and at Foraneza in Puerto Rico. Carolina was born in London and educated in Colombia. She earned her BA in Fine Arts from Los Andes University.
Annika Connor’s paintings depict a fascination with beauty and decadence. They present the viewer with spaces to exist in, which are both alluring and unsettling. The paintings are infused with mystery and convey a sense of unbalance. Overall, they seem to be fragments from a daydream, and portray a longing for a time of romance and pleasure. In 2002, Annika received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied painting and philosophy. Since then, Annika has worked professionally as a painter in New York and London and participated in numerous exhibitions in California, Chicago, Atlanta, and New York. Reviews and publication of her work have appeared in Art Papers magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Creative Loafing newspaper, C-Heads magazine, and in many other Internet and local publications. Annika Connor is Swedish-American with dual citizenship status. She currently resides in Manhattan where she maintains an active studio.
Palden Hamilton is first and foremost a painter, having majored in painting for his B.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He continued his education at the Art Students League of New York, where he trained in figure painting under prominent figurative painters Ron Sherr and William Beckman. He was awarded a Merit Award in Realism in 2003 and the prestigious Phylis T. Mason Grant in 2004. Palden currently applies these skills as a portrait artist in the Baltimore area, painting portraits in the tradition of his heroes: John Singer Sargent and Velasquez. He has recently been commissioned to paint Maestro Yuri Temirkanov, outgoing musical director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and present musical director of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia. Illustration is also dear to Palden's heart, his artistic talents having been discovered at an early age through his obsessive and ceaseless childhood drawings. Palden is also working on writing and illustrating a children's book, which he looks forward to completing in 2008.
Anki King is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artist whose work has recently been shown at The Katonah Museum of Art, Tokio Metropolitan Museum, and Chasama Gallery and also featured in Black Book magazine, Viking magazine, and The New York Times. Anki studied drawing, composition, and painting at Gran Videregaende Skole and Oslo Tegne og Maleskole in Norway. In the U.S., Anki has worked at the Art Students League of New York and served as model coordinator for art classes. Born and raised in Norway, Anki's artwork has also appeared at the Norwegian Artists in New York exhibit at the Trygve Lie Gallery. Her paintings have been featured in the independent movie The Trade and on the album cover for the group Funkhouse.
Jordon Schranz, a 7-year inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York, is represented by the Black and White Gallery in New York, New York. He has had one-man shows in both New York and Chicago and he has participated in several group shows in the USA and internationally. His work is also included in several private collections as well as the collection of the Museum of Air and Space in Moscow, Russia. His work focuses on the idea of social and political interaction and how the media influences it. In addition, Jordon Schranz regularly stages, performs, and promotes avant garde, free jazz and experimental music performances, and is a recording artist on the Black Saint record label with his group The Eastern Seaboard. Jordon is Director of the Sessions School of Fine Arts. Jordon earned his BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Fine Arts Training
GES 504 -- 200 hours
Instructor Bio
Students receive critique and feedback from with a faculty of working professional artists. Instructors for this program include:
Carolina Caycedo is an emerging contemporary artist whose most recent exhibitions were at Blow de la Barra in London, UK, and Galeria Comercial in Puerto Rico. Her fine art and photography collections have been written about in The New York Times, Artfacts.net, Artecontexto, The Nation, and Art Dispatches. Photography from Carolina's bartering project, entitled "Daytoday," was featured at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City. Carolina has given talks about art at The Whitney Museum in New York, The Art, Memory, and City Seminar in Bogota, and the National University in Bogota. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Contemporary Artists Center in Massachusetts and at Foraneza in Puerto Rico. Carolina was born in London and educated in Colombia. She earned her BA in Fine Arts from Los Andes University.
Annika Connor’s paintings depict a fascination with beauty and decadence. They present the viewer with spaces to exist in, which are both alluring and unsettling. The paintings are infused with mystery and convey a sense of unbalance. Overall, they seem to be fragments from a daydream, and portray a longing for a time of romance and pleasure. In 2002, Annika received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied painting and philosophy. Since then, Annika has worked professionally as a painter in New York and London and participated in numerous exhibitions in California, Chicago, Atlanta, and New York. Reviews and publication of her work have appeared in Art Papers magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Creative Loafing newspaper, C-Heads magazine, and in many other Internet and local publications. Annika Connor is Swedish-American with dual citizenship status. She currently resides in Manhattan where she maintains an active studio.
Palden Hamilton is first and foremost a painter, having majored in painting for his B.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He continued his education at the Art Students League of New York, where he trained in figure painting under prominent figurative painters Ron Sherr and William Beckman. He was awarded a Merit Award in Realism in 2003 and the prestigious Phylis T. Mason Grant in 2004. Palden currently applies these skills as a portrait artist in the Baltimore area, painting portraits in the tradition of his heroes: John Singer Sargent and Velasquez. He has recently been commissioned to paint Maestro Yuri Temirkanov, outgoing musical director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and present musical director of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia. Illustration is also dear to Palden's heart, his artistic talents having been discovered at an early age through his obsessive and ceaseless childhood drawings. Palden is also working on writing and illustrating a children's book, which he looks forward to completing in 2008.
Anki King is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artist whose work has recently been shown at The Katonah Museum of Art, Tokio Metropolitan Museum, and Chasama Gallery and also featured in Black Book magazine, Viking magazine, and The New York Times. Anki studied drawing, composition, and painting at Gran Videregaende Skole and Oslo Tegne og Maleskole in Norway. In the U.S., Anki has worked at the Art Students League of New York and served as model coordinator for art classes. Born and raised in Norway, Anki's artwork has also appeared at the Norwegian Artists in New York exhibit at the Trygve Lie Gallery. Her paintings have been featured in the independent movie The Trade and on the album cover for the group Funkhouse.
Jordon Schranz, a 7-year inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York, is represented by the Black and White Gallery in New York, New York. He has had one-man shows in both New York and Chicago and he has participated in several group shows in the USA and internationally. His work is also included in several private collections as well as the collection of the Museum of Air and Space in Moscow, Russia. His work focuses on the idea of social and political interaction and how the media influences it. In addition, Jordon Schranz regularly stages, performs, and promotes avant garde, free jazz and experimental music performances, and is a recording artist on the Black Saint record label with his group The Eastern Seaboard. Jordon is Director of the Sessions School of Fine Arts. Jordon earned his BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Carolina Caycedo is an emerging contemporary artist whose most recent exhibitions were at Blow de la Barra in London, UK, and Galeria Comercial in Puerto Rico. Her fine art and photography collections have been written about in The New York Times, Artfacts.net, Artecontexto, The Nation, and Art Dispatches. Photography from Carolina's bartering project, entitled "Daytoday," was featured at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City. Carolina has given talks about art at The Whitney Museum in New York, The Art, Memory, and City Seminar in Bogota, and the National University in Bogota. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Contemporary Artists Center in Massachusetts and at Foraneza in Puerto Rico. Carolina was born in London and educated in Colombia. She earned her BA in Fine Arts from Los Andes University.
Annika Connor’s paintings depict a fascination with beauty and decadence. They present the viewer with spaces to exist in, which are both alluring and unsettling. The paintings are infused with mystery and convey a sense of unbalance. Overall, they seem to be fragments from a daydream, and portray a longing for a time of romance and pleasure. In 2002, Annika received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied painting and philosophy. Since then, Annika has worked professionally as a painter in New York and London and participated in numerous exhibitions in California, Chicago, Atlanta, and New York. Reviews and publication of her work have appeared in Art Papers magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Creative Loafing newspaper, C-Heads magazine, and in many other Internet and local publications. Annika Connor is Swedish-American with dual citizenship status. She currently resides in Manhattan where she maintains an active studio.
Palden Hamilton is first and foremost a painter, having majored in painting for his B.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He continued his education at the Art Students League of New York, where he trained in figure painting under prominent figurative painters Ron Sherr and William Beckman. He was awarded a Merit Award in Realism in 2003 and the prestigious Phylis T. Mason Grant in 2004. Palden currently applies these skills as a portrait artist in the Baltimore area, painting portraits in the tradition of his heroes: John Singer Sargent and Velasquez. He has recently been commissioned to paint Maestro Yuri Temirkanov, outgoing musical director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and present musical director of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia. Illustration is also dear to Palden's heart, his artistic talents having been discovered at an early age through his obsessive and ceaseless childhood drawings. Palden is also working on writing and illustrating a children's book, which he looks forward to completing in 2008.
Anki King is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artist whose work has recently been shown at The Katonah Museum of Art, Tokio Metropolitan Museum, and Chasama Gallery and also featured in Black Book magazine, Viking magazine, and The New York Times. Anki studied drawing, composition, and painting at Gran Videregaende Skole and Oslo Tegne og Maleskole in Norway. In the U.S., Anki has worked at the Art Students League of New York and served as model coordinator for art classes. Born and raised in Norway, Anki's artwork has also appeared at the Norwegian Artists in New York exhibit at the Trygve Lie Gallery. Her paintings have been featured in the independent movie The Trade and on the album cover for the group Funkhouse.
Jordon Schranz, a 7-year inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York, is represented by the Black and White Gallery in New York, New York. He has had one-man shows in both New York and Chicago and he has participated in several group shows in the USA and internationally. His work is also included in several private collections as well as the collection of the Museum of Air and Space in Moscow, Russia. His work focuses on the idea of social and political interaction and how the media influences it. In addition, Jordon Schranz regularly stages, performs, and promotes avant garde, free jazz and experimental music performances, and is a recording artist on the Black Saint record label with his group The Eastern Seaboard. Jordon is Director of the Sessions School of Fine Arts. Jordon earned his BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.
