<p>National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts
Want to know more about it, so I start this thread. Appreciate all you can provide!</p>
<p>ohhh loveblue, you are thinking ahead, eh?
I know one girl interned for my job who goes there.
she worked for apparel company in Japan, came study abroad with some grants and stayed there forever on and off.
I am not sure how the school runs, she does old fashioned sculpture and some painting I don’t get.
I should have dug more but I didn’t because she was late 30s but had no idea what her life entail from here on. I was raising young kid and our interest were somewhat miles apart. It made me uncomfortable for she was working for us but I couldn’t order her around knowing how stupid she must feel to made to do errands and stuff.
she is sort of missing in action now, had some issue with apartment rent- sublet and I hear became live in nanny, to save money.
she have been to Italy, and few other places on grants, had to go back to Japan because of visa reason and her only relative ( mom ) being sick.
I can call her if she is back.</p>
<p>I have never been to its museum, which does small classical shows that I don’t know or care much.
location is great, right on 5th Ave near Met.
The institution was in financial strain few years back and force to sell some of its holding, which made museum association upset. their rule of the game is, it’s OK to sell holdings to acquire more stuff to improve the place but not OK only to save your neck. It is still in controversy because all museums are now suffering in some degree.
the school has long history but people seldom talk about it. NY studio school has better reputation within artists, I think.
for you, I go spy after my job deadline.
to be continued</p>
<p>Actually it’s wedged between the Guggenheim and the Cooper-Hewitt (a little treasure of a museum in my opinion) and near the Met so even better yet. Seems to be a very traditionally oriented school, not necessarily a bad thing. Like Bears, I don’t know too much about it but have visited the museum. Can’t beat the location, right across from one of the prettiest section of Central Park.</p>