The College of New Rochelle is offering a two-week summer workshop for high school students to help develop a college admissions art portfolio.
THE price will be right on Saturday when Westchester arts groups open their doors for a free day of museum admissions, arts workshops and live performances at 29 sites.
After being denied admission to art school, Marco took it upon himself to learn the art of photography all on his own.
I read how he was denied admission to art school, but later managed to sell a painting through gallery; how he hated dealing with art dealers and since then he's vowed never to sell another piece of his work – not even to a fanbase that includes Johnny Depp.
By her own admission, the art historian Eunice Lipton's decision to live in Paris makes little sense.
Free with admission, $10 and $11. "Art Expressions for Kids," featuring works created by young artists involved in various Nassau County mental health programs.
However, his lack of discipline negatively affected his academic grades, preventing him from earning admission to art college.
To reflect this, the new museum has more free-access space: the architects have knocked out the forbidding stairwell that dominated the old atrium to create a brighter entrance – where two enormous Julie Mehretu murals will eventually adorn the walls – and built a new wood, cantilevered "grand stair" that leads to an admission-free "art court".
Every summer, Baltimore hosts Artscape, the largest free arts festival in the nation, and citywide, there have been great strides in accessibility, with free and affordable admission to arts events.
"Especially at a time when our President is fueling his supporters' xenophobia, the last thing we need is to make foreigners (let alone fellow citizens) feel less welcome at our country's premier repository for world culture by instituting a two-tier admissions structure," arts writer Lee Rosenbaum wrote on her blog.
