Welcome
 
Bennett Cooperman & Meryl Nietsch-Cooperman
Aesthetic Realism Education
 
Welcome! We're very proud, as husband and wife of 14 years, to study and teach Aesthetic Realism, founded in 1941 by the American poet and philosopher Eli Siegel.

Here you'll find information about the many ways studying this education has changed each of our lives—as to love and marriage, the understanding of eating disorders, the art of acting, and the everyday questions of men and women.

Enjoy—and to find out more, visit the website of the not-for-profit Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York City.

 
Meryl Nietsch-Cooperman

Author and speaker on issues that concern women, including eating disorders (video highlights). She is on the speaker's bureau of the National Eating Disorders Association. more

Eating Disorders

Love & Relationships

Women's Issues
Bennett Cooperman  

Aesthetic Realism consultant and actor, and experienced communications professional. Play a podcast of a public seminar he gave. more

Actors & the Drama

Marriage

Men's Questions
Spotlight  

On Sat., Nov. 21 at 8 pm, Humanity — Wide & Narrow, a dramatic presentation featuring Eli Siegel's lecture on "The Strange & the Ordinary; or, Why People Like Mystery Stories."