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Grand Central Atelier Launches The Bruce Cole Lectures Following Major NEH Grant
Published: September 7, 2026
Grand Central Atelier introduces an ambitious new speaker series, kicking off October 6, 2026, at The Players in NYC with opening remarks by NEH Chairman Michael McDonald and a panel moderated by Jacob Collins. Read more →
Featured Media Coverage
January 2026 — The Art Newspaper — “National Endowment for the Humanities awards $75.1m to 84 projects across the US”
February 2022 — The Wall Street Journal — “Creating a Public for Traditional Art”
May 2018 — The Epoch Times — “The Unbroken Line: New and Old Masters”
December 2011 — The New Criterion — “An interview with Jacob Collins”
June 2011 — The New Yorker — “Life Studies: What I learned when I learned to draw”
May 2008 — The Wall Street Journal — “Classical Realism: Antidote to ‘Novelty Art'”
September 2006 — The New Criterion — “The New Old School”
2016
September 9, 2016 – Epoch Times
Artist Anthony Baus Time Travels to the Source
August 11, 2016 – Epoch Times
Artist Tony Curanaj’a Endless Search for Virtuosity
August 8, 2016 – Epoch Times
What Unfinished Masterpieces Say to Living Artists: Spotlight on the Third Floor of the MET Breuer’s “Unfinished” Exhibition
July, 2016 – Fine Art Connoisseur
An Artist’s Story you Have to Read: An Interview with Katie Whipple
May-June, 2016 – New Hampshire Home
Landscape Painters Erik Koeppel and Lauren Sansaricq
May 24, 2016 – Epoch Times
Zoe Dufour Aims to Sculpt Empathy
April 27, 2016 – The New York Observer
The Growing World of Degree-less Art School
April 26, 2016 – Epoch Times
Devin Cecil-Wishing, An Artist Who Paints Light
April 7, 2016 – Epoch Times
Artist Brendan Johnston’s Profound Search to Affirm Life
April 6, 2016 – Brooklyn Rail
Jacob Collins with Mary Ann Caws: Thinking About Ateliers
March/April 2016 – Art New England
The New Traditionalists in New England: The Classical Realist Revolution
March 31, 2016 – Epoch Times
Artist Samuel Hung Evokes Playfulness
March 25, 2016 – Epoch Times
Artist Elizabeth Beard on Reconnecting With Beauty: A Glimpse into the Atelier World
March 17, 2016 – Epoch Times
Patrick Byrnes Paints Portraits of Intimacy: A Glimpse into the Atelier Art World
March 10, 2016 – Epoch Times
Justin Wood Casts a Calming Spell With His Paintings: A Glimpse into the Atelier World
March 3, 2016 – Epoch Times
Making Waves, Edward Minoff Dares to Paint Beautiful Landscapes: A Glimpse into the atelier art world
Winter 2016 – City Journal
The Old New Masters
2015
December 2015 – Aristos (An Online Review of the Arts)
The Classical Tradition . . . Alive and Well in Long Island City
October, 2015 – The New Criterion: Gallery Chronicle
The Still Life Show at Eleventh Street Arts
June 9, 2015 – Epoch Times
Artist and Atelier Founder Jacob Collins on the Vitality of Masterful Art
May 14, 2015 – Fine Art Connoisseur
The Finest in Figure Drawing
May, 2015 – Adventures and Scientists for Conservation Landmark Blog
An Artist’s Shifting Perspective of the Plains
April, 2015 – Fine Art Connoisseur
Anthony Baus’s Traditionally Grand Drawings
January 27, 2015 – Epoch Times
A Working Artists’ Haven, Built from Concrete and Love
2014
Summer 2014 – Fine Art Connoisseur
Winners Announced for Grand Central Academy of Art’s First Annual Portrait Sketch Competition
April 15, 2014 – Suggested Donation Podcast
Episode 4: Jacob Collins
Spring 2014 – Drawing Magazine
An Interior Perspective by Anthony Baus
2013
Summer 2013 – American Arts Quarterly
Edward Minoff: Challenging the Ocean
November, 2013 – American Art Collector
Edward Minoff: Beyond the Eye
February, 2013 – Fine Art Connoisseur
An Artist Catches his Own Wave
2011
June 27, 2011 – The New Yorker
Life Studies: What I Learned When I Learned to Draw
2009
April 23, 2009 -Artist Daily
Edward Minoff’s Large-Scale Landscape Paintings
2008
June 2008 – Aristos (An Online Review of the Arts)
Painting Landscapes, Then and Now
May 29, 2008 – The Wall Street Journal
Classical Realism: Antidote to ‘Novelty Art’
June, 2008 – The New Criterion
Jacob Collins – Rediscovering the American Landscape
September 2008 – The New Criterion
Hudson River Schooled: On Jacob Collins’ Hudson River School for Landscape
2007
November 2007 – Aristos (An Online Review of the Arts)
Reflections on “Classical Realism” by Jacob Collins
November 2007 – Aristos (An Online Review of the Arts)
Letters: A Painter [Jacob Collins] Responds
2006
December 2006 – Aristos (An Online Review of the Arts)
Muddying the Waters of Classical Realism
December 2006 – Aristos (An Online Review of the Arts)
Painting the Nude
September, 2006 – The New Criterion
The New Old School
September, 2006 – The New Criterion
The Jacob Collins Interview