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# The New York Studio School Is “Not for the Faint-Hearted,” Says Dean Graham Nickson
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/the-new-york-studio-school-is-not-for-the-faint-hearted-says-dean-graham-nickson/
- Published: 2017-11-28T16:29:45.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:26:02.000Z
- Description: "The New York Studio School is a place where the power of images is still searched for, the philosophy of drawing still present, and the quest for tangible form still engaged."
- Author: New York Studio School
- Tags: Announcement, Art Education, New York Studio School, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3), Sponsored

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*The following text is comprised of excerpts from a* [*statement*](http://bit.ly/2za9izY?ref=hyperallergic.com) *by Graham Nickson, Dean of the New York Studio School.*

“The [New York Studio School](http://bit.ly/2mQbVF9?ref=hyperallergic.com) is where drawing, painting and sculpture are studied in depth, debated energetically and created with passion. Abstraction and figuration rub shoulders and often interchange. Perceptual deeds and conceptual ideas cohabit.

We strongly believe in drawing. It is the most direct means of describing an experience or an idea. [Drawing](http://bit.ly/2mQrRrd?ref=hyperallergic.com) is the most crucial pathway to understanding in art, and is the common bond between the disciplines of painting and sculpture. There are few places where drawing is so intensely investigated.

The School is not for the faint-hearted. It is for the student with a deep involvement in the desire to be an artist, an intensity of temperament and vision, and an integrity of purpose. It is for those who like to work rigorously, think smart and keenly, and those who are prepared to look hard and long in order to see. A true student is always ‘looking’; a real artist begins to see.

We urge those students to apply who genuinely wish to learn and who are bold enough to take on the challenge of painting and sculpture in the twenty-first century. The New York Studio School is a place where the power of images is still searched for, the philosophy of drawing still present, and the quest for tangible form still engaged. We believe in the strength of art and its ability to change one’s life.”

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