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National Academy Museum and School
Price of admission for all Pubic Programs is $12 unless otherwise noted, and includes museum admission.
Founded in 1825, the National Academy is an honorary association of professional artists, a school of fine arts and a museum.
The academy’s historic collection of more than 7,000 paintings, drawings and sculptures consists of diploma pieces granted to the academy by National Academicians upon induction. Members both past and present include many of the country's leading artists including Albert Bierstadt, Louis Bourgeois, Frederic E. Church, Chuck Close, Richard Diebenkorn, Thomas Eakins, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Gehry, Horatio Greenough, Charles Gwathmey, Winslow Homer, Jasper Johns, Maya Lin, Tom Otterness, I. M. Pei, Robert Rauschenberg, Dorothea Rockburne, John Singer Sargent, Wayne Theibaud, Frank Lloyd Wright and Andrew Wyeth, among others.
The school offers artistic instruction for artists of every level. With an impressive variety of classes and programs, students may choose by artistic discipline, instructor, schedule and level of commitment. In addition to classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, mixed media and more, the Academy offers a variety of workshops and lectures.
The National Academy is located in a turn-of-the-century Beaux-Arts townhouse, one of the few remaining mansions on Fifth Avenue that is open to the public, on Manhattan's "Museum Mile." This elegant and stately six-story structure is the former home of businessman and philanthropist Archer M. Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington.
- Landmark Status: Museum Mile
- Directions: Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th Street
- Disability Access: Fully accessible
- Reference Center: Contains titles on the decorative arts, prints, antiques, costumes, museum collections, artistic technique, art history, architecture and other subjects; access by appointment
Get involved with National Academy Museum and School
- Donations through NYCharities.org
- Volunteer Opportunities: Friendly outgoing volunteers are needed to help in the Visitor Services area of the National Academy Museum. Please visit our website for contact information.
- Memberships: Join the National Academy Museum & School as a Friends Member. Your membership contribution supports year-round exhibition and education programs highlighting American art and architecture, historic and contemporary. With a host of attractive member benefits as well as special studio visits and gallery openings, a joy for any art enthusiast.
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Women Sculptors of the National Academy
Wed, May 23, 2012 – Sun, Aug 26, 2012 The 20 works in Women Sculptors of the National Academy reflect the evolution of American sculpture between the late 19th and 20th centuries and celebrate the special achievements and contributions of women artists to the medium.
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Wed, May 23, 2012 – Sun, Aug 26, 2012 Over the course of her career, Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt created over 200 graphic works, the majority of which were not printed for general sale. Distinguished by their free flowing line, compositional economy, and emphasis on contour, her dry-points are evenly divided between studies of young women and the theme of mother and child.
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From Protest to Process: Recent Gifts by Women Academicians
Wed, May 23, 2012 – Sun, Aug 26, 2012 This show presents approximately 30 gifts covering 40 years of artistic production in painting and printmaking. The installation illustrates several artistic strategies and approaches.