Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

W W W . P A C E . E D U / D Y S O N 17 Merging A with Helping Others Betsy Lawrence '95, PsyD, has had an extraordinary dual career as a psychologist and psychoanalyst, and as founder and president of New York School of the A s, a not-for-profit a s school and cultural center in New York City. Lawrence is a graduate of the School-Clinical Child Psychology PsyD program at Pace, one she was drawn to because of its flexibility and dual focus. "I think that if you ask students, they will agree that Pace faculty are very, very open to ideas. Sharing is encouraged, and people here tend to have a good hea , too. There was help, and this was really quite special," she said. Throughout her career, she was ever an a ist at hea . She pursued her a istic talents and enrolled in an intensive a program at the historic National Academy, an a school, museum, and association of professional a ists in Manha an. However, the school unfo unately closed, leaving a gaping hole for many in the a community. It was a unifying neighborhood staple, and she could not simply stand by idly. Lawrence worked to open a new institution for the a community to continue, the New York School of the A s. Through it, she has been able to provide others with what she always wanted for herself: the chance to realize their unique a istic talent. She describes it as a "magical place" where one can palpably feel the creative process within which others are engaged and can be in this "extraordinary walk" with them. Today, Lawrence's psychology practice is pa -time, allowing her to devote more energy to her a istic endeavors. She now sees herself as, first, a watercolor a ist, and second, a sculptor, working with terra-co a to bronze. Thematically, she loves to incorporate mythology as well as symbolism in her a and feels that stories in literature have as much relevance today as in the past. She credits her background in Greek and Latin languages as giving her a greater appreciation for these stories. "All these wonde ul a s—including languages—just bring people together." 2024 Annual A Student Exhibition April 9–20, 2024 The 2024 Annual A Student Exhibition featured work by 54 individual student a ists and several course projects. Corporate Holiday Pa y: Project Studio Senior Thesis Exhibition April 27–May 9, 2024 Corporate Holiday Pa y: Project Studio Senior Thesis Exhibition featured work by students enrolled in the Spring 2024 Project Studio B course. Project Studio is the capstone course for the BFA in A , in which enrolled students spend the full semester working on a single body of work in their chosen medium. We're Home June 7–September 14, 2024 We're Home is an exhibition featuring a ists Destiny Belgrave, Katherine Hubbard, Steven Anthony Johnson II, Yung Oh Le Page, Pixy Liao and Margaret Zox Brown, who each explore relationships within the domestic sphere. The exhibit was co-curated by Sarah Cunningham, MFA, the gallery director, along with Jordanna Naidoo '26 and Kassandra Schengili '25, who both received a research assistantship from Pace's Center for Undergraduate Research Experiences. Betsy Lawrence '95 A Gallery Grant The A Gallery at Pace University received a $20,000 grant from the New York State Council on the A s (NYSCA), recognizing the quality of the gallery's exhibitions over the past three years. The grant, which will suppo a ist stipends and exhibit marketing, took effect January 1, 2024, beginning with an exhibit featuring contemporary comic book a ists.

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