New York Academy of Art

History & Fun Facts

• •In 1984, the New York Academy of Art (NYAA) relocated to Lafayette Street in the East Village and expanded its administration, faculty, and curriculum, with additional support from Pivar.
• •By 1986, the New York Times reported that the NYAA had grown to serve 40 full-time students, all on scholarship, along with 150 part-time students enrolled in fee-based night classes.
• •After Warhol died in 1987, he left a bequest to the academy, allowing it to purchase its Franklin Street headquarters in Tribeca.
• •Warhol was reportedly a supporter of artists "learning all of the tools of their trade", and the Warhol Foundation had given the academy more than $1 million (as of 2004).
• •Franklin Street building In 1990, the NYAA began operating out of the Franklin Street building, a five-story 42,000 square foot landmark building originally designed by Benjamin Warner in 1861.