Allison Hill-Edgar, MD, MFA, is an Artist and Independent Scholar and a Lecturer at the New York Academy of Art, NY, NY, Saint Lawrence University, Canton, NY, and the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY and a 2020 NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellow in the History of Medicine.
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Allison Hill-Edgar, MD, MFA, is an Artist and Independent Scholar and a Lecturer at the New York Academy of Art, NY, NY, Saint Lawrence University, Canton, NY, and the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY and a 2020 NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellow in the History of Medicine.
Read MoreMasterful Women, A Spotlight on Central New York Artists: Allison Hill-Edgar...
Fenimore Art Museum
Read MoreDissecting Gender: Reframing Anatomical History Through The Female Body
Dr. Hill-Edgar is an Artist and Independent Scholar and a Lecturer at the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY and a 2020 NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellow in the History of Medicine. Circulating Now interviewed her about her research and upcoming talk.
Read MoreNLM Announces 2020 Michael E. DeBakey Fellows in the History of Medicine
Allison A. Hill-Edgar, MD, MFA
Artist and Independent Scholar
New York Academy of Art, and the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY
Research Project – Reframing Anatomical History Through the Female Body
Milk and Bones: "Face to Face" with Painter Allison Hill-Edgar (Less Than Half)
Painter Allison Hill-Edgar has several advanced degrees, including an MFA and an MD. She is one of those increasingly rare people who is equally dedicated to a life of science and of art, something an American education system struggles to encourage.
Read MoreSee Contemporary Art by Graduating New York Art Students (New York Magazine: The Cut)
The New York Academy of Art’s MFA Thesis Exhibition features artwork by 56 graduating students who explore the art of “urgent, personal necessity and unique vision” (in the words of the academy’s president, David Kratz). Their works range from sculptures and paintings to graphite sketches.
Read MoreMeet the Inspiring Animals That Infiltrated a New York City Art School” (artnet News)
At the New York Academy of Art, animals run amok in the studio, and artists love it.
Read MoreProtesting with Paint: The Growing Movement of Anti-Trump Art (Newsweek)
As Trump takes office, feminist art shows like “Uprise/Angry Women” in New York City and “Nasty Women” are leading the cultural resistance.
Read MoreTMS Visits Uprise/Angry Women to See How 80 Female Artists Are Fighting Back (The Mary Sue)
The exhibition gave space to women of all ages and backgrounds to express their anger and gather in a show of solidarity as we reach the inauguration of misogynist Donald Trump.
Read Morethe feminist art show challenging trump with voodoo and porcelain pussy sculpture (Vice i-D)
Rose McGowan and Parker Day among those responding to the rolling back of women's rights as part of a radical new feminist group show.
Read MoreNYC art students reconstruct faces using skulls from real cold cases (Metro)
First-year student Allison Hill-Edgar recreated the face of a member of the first African American civil war regiment.
Read MoreStudents Sculpt and Help Solve Crimes at New York Academy of Art Workshop (NY1)
Iggy Pop posing nude for a drawing class at The New York Academy of Art recently caused quite a stir and raised a few eyebrows in the art world and beyond. However, there's another art class at the academy that is even more of a "mystery." NY1's Stephanie Simon explains in this Arts and Culture report.
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