Tours, Location & Directions
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| Peter Drake, Siding, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 49x64" |
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Tours
Academy tours for prospective students are offered on Thursdays from 12-1 pm. The weeks of Academy holidays (November 19, December 24 and 31), tours will not be available. Please confirm your date with the Admissions office via email at Admissions@nyaa.edu or call 212.966.0300.
Open House
The New York Academy of Art cordially invites you to attend an Open House and learn more about the Master of Fine Arts degree program of its Graduate School of Figurative Art. At Open Houses, participants view a presentation of work by MFA faculty, alumni and students, tour the facility, discuss the application process and receive individual portfolio reviews.
The Open House/Information Session schedule for 2008 Admission is as follows:
- Saturday, November 17th 12-2pm
- Wednesday, November 28th 6-7:30pm
- Saturday, December 1st 12-2pm
- Saturday, January 12th 12-2pm
- Thursday, February 21st 6:30-8:30pm
- Saturday, March 8th 12-2pm
- Thursday, March 27th 6:30-8:30pm
**Attendees will have their application fee reduced from $80 to $60.
To attend one of the above sessions, contact Elvin Freytes at 212.966.0300 x962 or Elvin@nyaa.edu.
Location
The Academy is located at 111 Franklin Street, between Church Street and West Broadway in the lower Manhattan historic district of TriBeCa, which hosts its own annual film festival. Once a commercial area and the city's primary distribution center for textiles and dry goods, TriBeCa's warehouses and lofts were renovated beginning in the 1970s and proved especially appealing to artists and small businesses. The neighborhood's industrial and residential structures, many designed by famous architects. TriBeCa and its neighboring districts, SoHo and Chelsea, are noted for their restaurants, boutiques, galleries, museums and large population of artists. Also nearby are New York's Chinatown and the cluster of municipal buildings that includes Federal Plaza and City Hall.
New York City's numerous world-class museums, essential resources for artists, are easily accesssible by public transportation from the Academy. They include the Asia Society, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Chelsea Art Museum, Dahesh Museum, Museo del Barrio, Frick Collection, Hispanic Society of America, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morgan Library, Museum of Arts & Design, Museum of Modern Art, Neue Galerie New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Studio Museum in Harlem, and Whitney Museum of American Art.
Transportation
The New York Academy of Art can be reached via the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local subway (Number 1/9), which stops at the Franklin Street station, half a block from the Academy. Other subway lines have stops that leave passengers at Canal Street, a short distance from the building (Eighth Avenue A/C/E, Lexington Avenue Local Number 6, Broadway Local N/R and Q/W, and Local J/M/Z). New Jersey commuters can use the nearby World Trade Center station of the PATH train. Buses to all city locales can be boarded only minutes from the school door.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ADMISSIONS:
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