CYNTHIA EARDLEY
EVAN KITSON
Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture and Anatomy
Adjunct Faculty, Anatomy and Drawing
Her figurative sculptures have been shown in solo and group
Kitson earned his BFA in Illustration from Pennsylvania
exhibitions in galleries and museums nationwide, including the
College of Art & Design and his MFA in Drawing from
Monique Knowlton Gallery, Museum of South Texas, Huntsville
the New York Academy of Art. Evan has participated in
Museum, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Sideshow Gallery,
numerous group exhibitions in Pennsylvania and New York.
Ceres Gallery and Rhonda Schaller Gallery. Her work has been
His work can be found in the recently published book The
discussed in numerous publications including The New York Times,
Nerdrum School: The Master and His Students. Kitson’s work
Sculpture, The Village Voice, The Nation, Sculpture Review and
has appeared in PoetsArtists Magazine, Manifest Gallery’s
ARTnews, where her figurative sculpture was featured in “The
International Drawing Annual, TheNewerYork and The
New Realism.” She is the former co-founder and co-director of the
Figurative Artist’s Handbook. Kitson currently teaches at
architecture/public arts group SITE, Inc. Her trompe-l’oeil design for
the New York Academy of Art, Harrisburg Area Community
Best Products (Richmond, VA) titled the “Peeling Project” was the first
College, The Teaching Studios of Art and the Pennsylvania
in a series by SITE that was reviewed and exhibited at the Museum
College of Art & Design. He lives and works in Lancaster,
of Modern Art (New York) and worldwide. The 2005 monograph
PA and New York, NY.
SITE: Identity in Density features several examples of her early architectural work. She currently teaches sculpture and anatomy at
Skeptical Dog, 2013, stoneware
the New York Academy of Art (New York) and has taught at Pratt Institute (New York), the University of the Arts (Philadelphia) and the Newark Museum School (Newark). Eardley has participated in numerous lectures and arts conferences nationwide. Her writings on art have been published in Bomb Magazine, Women’s Caucus on Art National Update and The Brooklyn Rail.
Skull, 2012, graphite on paper
JESSICA LEO Adjunct Faculty, Drawing
STEVE FORSTER
Leo was born in New Jersey. She received her BS in Art
Adjunct Faculty, Painting
Education from Towson University and her MFA in Drawing
Forster was born in Boston and grew up in central
from the New York Academy of Art. Her work has been
Florida. He studied at the Florence Academy of Art in
exhibited in numerous galleries throughout the US. Leo has
Italy and received his MFA from the New York Academy
taught at Altos de Chavon School of Design La Romana and
of Art. He is Co-Director of the Long Island Academy of
Robert Blackburn Print Shop at the Elizabeth Foundation.
Fine Art and teaches painting at the New York Academy
Leo currently teaches at the New York Academy of Art.
of Art. Forster’s paintings have been exhibited in solo
She lives and works in New York City.
and group shows nationally and internationally. He is currently represented by Grenning Gallery (Sag Harbor). After Doris, 2015, lithograph
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Hanging On, 2017, oil on canvas
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