Ai NEW YORK CITY LOVES FUR-FREE FASHION

Local fashion design student Jeremy Stewart will be representing Ai New York City as a finalist in the seventh-annual "Cool vs. Cruel" Fashion Design competition. Stewart is one of 18 finalists from across North America who will compete in the fur-free competition that is sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States and The Art Institutes.

Over 200 entries were reviewed by a distinguished panel of judges including fashion photographer Nigel Barker, John and Victoria Bartlett, Marc Bouwer, Ally Chomer, Leanne Hilgart, Elizabeth Olsen, magazine editors Mickey Boardman and Shelly Vella and Discerning Brute blog founder, Joshua Katcher.

The contest challenges Art Institutes fashion design students throughout the United States and Vancouver to creatively reinterpret and replace animal fur on runway designs by designers such as Fendi, Alexander McQueen, Gucci or Oscar de la Renta. Mr. Stewart's design appears above.

In addition to being a national finalist, Mr. Stewart will receive a cash award.

The competition winner will receive an expense-paid, week-long internship in New York City with a celebrated designer from the panel of judges.

Check out the link below to learn more about the contest and see the original runway looks the students will be recreating http://www.coolvscruel.org/ .

Congratulations Jeremy ... on to the Nationals!

Stay tuned for more information on the national competition!

ANOTHER OPENING ... ANOTHER SHOW!

Transitions 2 (Nathalie at 11)

Transitions 1

Ai New York City Libral Arts & Sciences instructor, Marcia Lloyd will be exhibiting two of her photographs entitled "Transitions 1" and "Transitions 2" at the upcoming PLG Arts Group Show in Brooklyn. Ms. Lloyd says that the two photographs are part of a series she is developing on the emotions and attitudes accompanying major life transitions.

The show will run from Sunday, October 30 through Sunday, November 13, 2011. There will be an opening reception on Sunday, October 30 starting at 4 p.m. The gallery is located at 552 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn (between Lincoln Rd. & Maple Street) and is easily accessible from the B & Q subway lines as well as the B41 & B43 busses (to Lincoln Rd.). Take the Brooklyn-bound B or Q train to the "Prospect Park" station and exit at Lincoln Road (the gallery is two blocks from this exit).

Come one ... come all! For more information on PLG Arts, click on the link below!

http://www.plgarts.org/home.htm

BRINGIN' HOME THE GOLD (AND SILVER)

Ai New York City Graphic Design students were selected to submit work to compete in the 41st Annual Creativity Awards, which is an international competition with over 1,100 professional and educational-level entrants. Nine Ai New York City students were selected by the competition's judges for the Gold, Silver and Honorable Mention categories! In fact, Ai New York City received the most awards of any college participating in the competition!

These nine students, competed against students from premier design schools such as Art Center College of Design, Drexel University Graphic Design, New York Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and School of Visual Arts and Ringling College of Art & Design.

It is important to note here that Ai New York City is the ONLY Associate degree-granting institution in this group (almost all of the above schools are Master's degree level institutions)! The following graduate students/graduates who won are listed below:

Stacey Raia (Gold Medal)
Jeff Kasper (Gold Medal)
Angel Kim (Gold Medal)
Patrick Egglinger (Silver Medal ... TWICE!)
Anna Sudit (Silver Medal)
Rowen Davis (Silver Medal)
Jorge Artega (Silver Medal)

Honorable Mention:
AJ Tarrant
Stalin Espinal
Fei Suzuki
Lauren Mullins
Sophie Cooke

Ai New York City Dean of Academic Affairs, Dave Moughalian attributes the win to a "... community effort ...) and many other thanks are due: to the liberal arts department, the Admissions staff that recruited those students, the Financial Aid Staff, the Registrar's office, Academic Advising Staff and the technology staff ... "the list goes on and on".

Dave cited particular thanks to Ai New York City Graphic Design Instructor Simona Prives for coordinating the entries under the direction of Department Chair Myles Tanaka and the entire Graphic Design team!

In the coming months, the Ai New York City community will have a gallery show of the winning work as well as an awards ceremony so stay tuned!

Congratulations to all the winners! We are all very pleased and proud of each of you!

Check out the link below for more information about the awards:

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READERS' THEATRE A HIT!

Ai New York City Summer Semester 2011 students of Diane Orr's "Readers' Theater" class held their last performance on September 23 at the Metropolitan College of New York's Conference Center.

The students (all in costume), read monologues and scenes from masterpieces such as "Streetcar Named Desire", "Long Day's Journey Into Night", "Soldier's Play", "Doubt", "Six Degrees of Separation" and "All My Sons". The students also attended a performance of "Master Class" starring Tyne Daly and read from this recent production.

A photo of the performers appears above (photo taken by Aliah Kellier). From left to right they are: Jenna Thurman, Atanacio Perez, Diane Orr, Philip Maniaci, Adelia Jones, John Cinardo, Jr., Hasani Noel, Derell Mirjah, Aliah Kellier, Sean Singh and Shanita Isaacs.

Great job everyone!

Ai NEW YORK CITY AT RADIO CITY!

Tavis Young, Ai New York City's Director of Residence Life & Housing and a group of 30 new and continuing Ai New York City students attended a performance of Cirque du Soleil's acclaimed show "Zarkana" at Radio City Music Hall on September 30. The students had a great time and not only got a night out on the town, but a chance to bond with each other at a great New York City landmark.

Check out the photos above!

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!

Ai New York City Digital Filmmaking instructor, Jason Moore and his Professional Production Team class have been busy servicing their client, Young Audiences New York (YANY) for the past two quarters. Jason's class wrote, directed, filmed and edited two promotional videos "Youth Choir Project" http://www.yany.org/youth-labs/music-unites-youth-choir/ and "The Animation Project http://www.yany.org/youth-labs/the-animation-project/. YANY features the two videos prominently on their site. Students participating in "The Animation Project" were Christopher Conway and Philip Maniaci.

Please take a moment to click on the links to these two great videos. Great job all!

There is a third video being created for YANY this quarter, so stay tuned!