Contact:Misako Ono(212)996-1908 x 250mono@nationalacademy.org

CREATIVE MISCHIEFOn view May 18 – June 13, 2017Opening Reception: May 18, 6 – 9 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

The National Academy Museum & School is pleased to announce the opening of the 6th annual exhibition Creative Mischief.

Conceived and curated by Maurizio Pellegrin, National Academy School Dean, in 2012, Creative Mischief began as a one-day exhibition. It has evolved into a month-long exhibition featuring a diverse roster of National Academicians, faculty members, and emerging artists and students who are honing their talents at the Academy. Little Mischief, a week-long subset exhibition by children of the Young Artists program, will be on exhibit from May 18 to May 31.

Creative Mischief will debut nearly 100 works representing a broad spectrum of artistic disciplines: abstract and figurative painting, site-specific installation, sculpture, photography, prints, video, animation, and performance. Subjects range from enduring concepts of beauty, transformation, and truth to temporal issues of social injustice, and the political turmoil of today.

The exhibition will take place throughout the museum, a turn of the century Beaux-Arts townhouse, on Museum Mile, one of the few remaining mansions on 5th Avenue that is open to the public, and the Sonia Gechtoff Gallery in the School. Admission will be free.

“Creative Mischief is the National Academy’s largest, most diverse, and inclusive consortium of artistic voices who are making art at the Academy. Daring, playful, and poetic works by artists from dozens of countries around the globe will be on view to the public”, said Pellegrin. “Featured artists are profoundly committed to expressing the creative powers of their life force.”

For images contact Misako Ono at mono@nationalacademy.org in the school office. A catalog will be available.

About the National AcademyFounded in 1825, the National Academy is the only institution of its kind that integrates a museum, art school and association of artists and architects dedicated to creating and preserving a living history of American art and architecture. To learn more, please visit www.nationalacademy.org.

Creative Mischief is supported in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the generosity of private patrons and donors of the National Academy School.

Location

National Academy Museum National Academy School 1083 Fifth Avenue 5 East 89th StreetNew York, NY 10128 New York, NY 10128

Exhibition HoursMonday – Sunday 11 AM – 6 PM

Free Admission

Contact:Misako Ono, (212)996-1908 x 250, mono@nationalacademy.org

Touba AlipourIngo AppelSchellie ArchboldKakeru AsaiCristina AvelloBeatrice BardinGabriel BeghiEver Blanco ValverdeMartha BloomWillard Boepple, NAPeter BonnerRichard BonomoGhislaine BoreelVictoria BorisovaDennis BourkeMaria BoulanMichelle BratsafolisDiane BreseeWalter BrownPelenakeke BrownJess BrozeJanet BruceMaria CalzadaKathryn CameronMonika CamillucciKathleen CaraccioClaudio CardosoMarie-Jeanne CastadotRobert ChaboraGuada CruzAlba CurosJacopo Degl’innocentiSandrine DelattreOsmeli Anais DelgadoDonna Dennis, NAJosiane DiasLisa DinhoferLotus DoPamela DoveJulia DubovykSofia EchaHelen EsbergYueh Fang FengAmanda FenlonRafael Ferran

Henry Finkelstein, NAPeggy FlaumHannah FrassinelliPaul Friedberg, NABorinquen GalloKamiesha GarbadawalaPaloma GarciaDan GhenoJohn GoodrichKristy GordonRon GordonMichele Rave GrassaniFloor GrootenhuisMiho HiranouchiEri HondaYuko HoriguchiDiana Horowitz, NAMelanie HulseYuka ImataSujin JeongRoberto Juarez, NAMelissa KaishRichard Kalina, NAMaria KatzmanElizabeth KiharaJehee Marianne KimJoan LaneJames LangfordAnita LauriaBetsy LawrenceWendy LeiserMichele LieblerKaren LindsayHazel ManheimerEric MarchNadia MartinezTaka MarunoMary MattinglySean McGrawMiao MiaoEric MichelsonKenichi NakajimaCecilia NelsonFrancis NguyenTess O’Dwyer

Elizabeth O’ReillyAya OgasawaraYasuaki OkamotoMarianna OlingerMisako OnoAnthony Panzera, NAJan PecarkaRobin PerkinsBeverly PinzonPhilip RobinsonEsther RosaTaube RothmanZahava RozmanCarlos Sanz MorenoGrace SarnoDiane SchottensteinFrancesca SchwartzHarriet SerenkinNancy ShapiroJayada SiricharuwongKiki SmithEd Smith, NAMarianna Soares Da SilvaKyle Staver, NAGary Stephan, NACaryl SternDiane SunshineJudie SwansonLynn SymsKamilla TalbotPoromit ThantapalitCara-Lynne ThomasApril ToninAnnamarie TrombettaSarah TseDavid TumbletyYuko UchidaAnne VandyckeStephen VogelTeresa WatermanLeslie Wayne, NAAmiel WeisfogelDena WoodBarbara WoodsWeiqing Yuan

List of Participating Artists

Touba AlipourAmerica, 2017Mixed mediaApproximately 63”x 40”

Select Works

Kathryn CameronFragmented Soul, 2017InstallationSite Specific Installation

Kakeru AsaiFragments of Ocean, 2017Acrylic13” x 13” x 1”

Michele Rave Grassani九十四 (94)’ Polaroids and VideoVariable dimensions

Claudio CardosoThe Corner, 2017 Photograph print on canvas with intervention in red92” x 84” x5”

Eri HondaOne Day in the Afternoon, 2017 Recycled materials (cardboard, old fabric) Video and installation 78” x 98” x 59 “

Hazel ManheimerNetworking, 2017Acrylic on canvas72” x 72” x 7/8”

Nancy ShapiroBalance, Balance, Balance, 2017 Sculpture 30” x 30” x 30”

Eric MarchGhost House, 2016Oil on wood panel12” x 12” x 1”