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  2. American Academy of the Fine Arts - Wikipedia

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    The American Academy of the Fine Arts was an art institution founded in 1802 in New York City, to encourage appreciation and teaching of the classical style. [1] It exhibited copies of classical works and encouraged artists to emulate the classical in their work. [2] Richard Varick, the mayor of New York, and Gulian Verplanck, a New York ...

  3. Central Park jogger case - Wikipedia

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    Lawsuit by five of the wrongly convicted against New York State; settled for $3.9 million. The Central Park jogger case (sometimes termed the Central Park Five case) was a criminal case concerning the assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a woman in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on April 19, 1989. [ 1][ 2] On the night of the attack, dozens ...

  4. New York Friars Club - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates. 40°45′39″N 73°58′21″W  / . 40.760886°N 73.972551°W. / 40.760886; -73.972551. Website. www .friarsclub .com. The Friars Club is a private club in New York City. Famous for its risqué roasts, the club's membership is composed mostly of people who work in show business. Founded in 1904, it is located at 57 East 55th ...

  5. Safiya Songhai - Wikipedia

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    Songhai is an African-American descendant of the 300 year old Pierce, Murray, Cuff, Gould settlement located in Gouldtown, New Jersey [4] and Bridgeton, New Jersey . She is a descendant of the Bamileke of Cameroon and derives from Haitian, and Bajan immigrants. Songhai is also a descendant of the Lenape and Iroquois native people of the ...

  6. Colin de Land - Wikipedia

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    De Land studied philosophy and linguistics at New York University . In 1984, De Land opened Vox Populi, on East Sixth Street in the East Village. De Land renamed the gallery American Fine Arts, Co. In 1986, it moved the space to 40 Wooster Street. Colin was an early supporter of Andrea Fraser, Cady Noland, Mark Dion, Jessica Stockholder, John ...

  7. Live from the Artists Den - Wikipedia

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    2008. ( 2008) Live from the Artists Den is a three-time New York Emmy -nominated music television series that features popular recording artists performing in non-traditional settings throughout North America. Live From the Artists Den broadcasts nationally on public television (now in its 11th season) and internationally in the United Kingdom ...

  8. Pat Hearn - Wikipedia

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    Pat Hearn. Pat Hearn (1955 – 2000) was an American art dealer, who ran Pat Hearn Gallery in New York City from 1983 until 2000. Hearn founded the Armory Show with American art dealer Colin De Land, Matthew Marks, and Paul Morris in 1994. [ 1]

  9. American Artists Professional League - Wikipedia

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    The American Artists Professional League (AAPL) is one of the oldest fine art organizations in the United States. [citation needed] Established in 1928 by a group of painters, illustrators and sculptors in New York City, the AAPL is a non-profit organization for the advancement of traditional Realism in American fine art. The organization ...