WE LOVE OUR VETERANS!

On Friday, November 18 the Ai New York City Student Veteran's Club held their first social and meeting in the campus Gallery.  Fifteen veterans attended the function to connect not only with each other but with school personnel who were on hand to offer assistance with questions or just to lend an ear.  From the Ai New York City staff Associate Registrar and VA Certifying Officer, Laura Febrez, Dean of Academic Affairs Dave Moughalian, Academic Advisors Gene Tolan and Paul Henkel, Student Support and Disabilities Coordinator Katie Nekiunas, Dean of Student Affairs Joe Pirrello, Liberal Arts and Sciences Department Chair John Mancuso, Graphic Design Instructors Miguel Martinez and Daniele Imperiale-Warner (Veteran's Club advisor) attended the function.

The vets attending were Jonathan Nunez, Frank Laino, Dave Rodriguez, Brandon Alicea, Dwight Garland, Francisco Ayala, Jonathan Chinchay, Anthony Wheeler, Christin Southard, Vivian Panek, Christian Caiafa, Sarah Williams, Michael Salas, Adrian Maldonado, Ciera Jones and Lester Williams.

Thank you all for your service and thank you for "Creating Tomorrow" at Ai New York City!

LITTLE BLACK DRESS COMPETITION UNDERWAY!

Time again for Ai New York City's Little Black Dress Competition!

45 students have entered the competition organized by Ai New York City Fashion Design Chair, Amanda Lovell and Assistant Fashion Design Chair Vikki Nulman (who designed the sample dress captioned above). Student entrants will have from Wednesday, November 23 through Sunday November 27 to complete their designs. The deadline for all entries is Monday November 28. Students must use black t-shirts as material and the Ai logo has to appear somewhere in the design. Students can use their choice of closure or trim. There will be a reception and viewing of the winning entries on Wednesday November 30 from 5:15 to 7:00 p.m. in The Ai New York City Gallery.

The first prize winner will receive a portable overlock machine and second place winner will receive a $50 gift card.

Good luck to all the entrants!

AI NEW YORK CITY'S FAB FASHION FACULTY

Ai New York City's Fabulous fashion faculty were honored last week for their great work in changing students' lives, culminating with a high tea on Wednesday prepared by Assistant Fashion Department Chair Vikki Nulman.

The faculty participated in a raffle in which 10 prizes were awarded and even a couple of students won prizes presented by the fashion faculty. The event was organized by Ai New York City Fashion Department Chair Amanda Lovell who had nothing but high praise for her department's faculty members:

"Our faculty make a profound difference in the lives of our students. As one student recently mentioned: "I'm not sure if I have faith in God, but I sure have faith in [faculty member] Larisa Ioselovich!" We feel that way about all these wonderful folks."

Congratulations and thanks to all!

CALLING ALL STUDENTS!

The Gowanus Print Lab located in Brooklyn is conducting an open call for entries for their upcoming show entitled "The Art of Rebellion" that will run from December 15, 2011 through January 26, 2012. Deadline for entries is Monday, November 28. A description of the exhibition appears below:

2011 has been a year of rebellion. This year has seen long-standing monarchs overthrown in Egypt and Libya and mass protests for calling change in the economic-political power structure in Europe and the United States, most notably in Occupy Wall Street. Dissent at this level has not been seen since the late 1960's, where protesters developed both nonviolent and more radical protest techniques that are still used in today's struggles.

Young people in particular are standing up and using their voice, and in times of social turmoil and political upheaval art can be used as a powerful and emotional communicative tool.

In recognition of these calls for change, The Art of Rebellion will feature politically-fueled artwork selected from an open call to currently enrolled students. The exhibition will include a variety of mediums used to convey political messages, such as street art, fashion, photography and poster design. All political view points are encouraged to submit. See the link below for specifics on how to enter.

https://gowanusprintlab.com/Art_of_Rebellion.html

What are you waiting for? Click on the link today to get started!

WELCOME ARIANNA MARIE

Ai New York City Director of Admissions Rich Lebel and his wife welcomed Arianna Marie Lebel to the world at 2 p.m. on October 26, 2011. Arianna weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. Mom, dad and baby are are all doing fine!

Congratulations!

FALLING FOR EVERYTHING HEALTHY

Hard-working Ai New York City employees got treated to tarot card readings, chair massages, chiropractic, reflexology, flu shots, dental tips and even a financial health check-up today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event took place both in the Gallery and the third floor conference room and needless to say, the massages were well-attended! Check out the pictures above. Special thanks to Ai New York City Director of Human Resources Camille Bateman for putting this together for us ... you rock!

AI NEW YORK CITY AT NEW YORK MARATHON!

Congratulations to Ai New York City Digital Film instructor, Jason Moore and Ai New York City Fashion Design instructor Jennifer for completing the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 6. This is a third go-around for Jason and a second for Jennifer!

Good job! We are all very proud!

AN AUTHOR IN OUR MIDST

During the day, he is mild-mannered Ai New York City Academic Advisor, David Nash - By night, he is an accomplished author! ... who knew? His novel, "VanGogh's Ear", which "... is the soul-rending account of love between two brothers. It is the narrative of their last few months together in a world where love tears apart and the lessons of the mind are rarely those of the heart (Amazon.com)", has been getting rave reviews from fellow authors and customers alike as per the link below:

http://www.amazon.com/Van-Goghs-Ear-David-Nash/dp/1932842039/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320436852&sr=8-1

Ai New York City Interior Design Chair Anthony Caradonna remarked "... It is truly a very accomplished piece of literature, I am reading it now and I must say I am totally impressed."
Director of Library Services, Betsy Nichols heard about the novel and immediately ordered two copies for the library!

Congratulations David! You make us proud! Stay tuned for more news! Could there be a public reading in the near future?