▁B ial a ▁was ▁educated ▁in ▁New ▁York ' s ▁public ▁school ▁system . ▁At ▁an ▁early ▁age ▁she ▁decided ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁professional ▁artist ▁and , ▁during ▁her ▁high ▁school ▁years , ▁she ▁and ▁friends ▁got ▁together ▁for ▁inform al ▁sketch ing ▁sessions . ▁When ▁she ▁was ▁twenty ▁she ▁en rolled ▁at ▁the ▁National ▁Academy ▁of ▁Design ' s ▁art ▁course ▁where ▁Charles ▁Haw th or ne ▁was ▁teaching ▁a ▁life ▁drawing ▁class . ▁At ▁this ▁time ▁she ▁also ▁met ▁Haw th or ne ' s ▁associate , ▁Ed win ▁Dick inson , ▁who ▁was ▁teaching ▁a ▁class ▁at ▁the ▁Art ▁Stud ents ▁League . ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁she ▁convinced ▁her ▁brother ▁Jack ▁to ▁accomp any ▁her ▁to ▁the ▁artist ▁col ony ▁in ▁Prov inc et own , ▁Massachusetts , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁study ▁with ▁Haw th or ne ▁and ▁Dick inson . Al though ▁Jack ▁had ▁aim ed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁poet , ▁he ▁too ▁had ▁decided ▁by ▁this ▁time ▁that ▁he ▁wished ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁professional ▁artist . ▁They ▁supported ▁themselves ▁as ▁best ▁they ▁could ▁in ▁men ial ▁jobs ▁and ▁had ▁so ▁little ▁money ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁h itch hi ke ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁Prov inc et own ▁for ▁the ▁planned ▁summer ▁studying ▁art . ▁-- ▁See ▁the ▁Chron ology ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁Jack ▁T work ov ▁web ▁site . ▁During ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁and ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁she ▁studied ▁at ▁Manh attan ' s ▁Art ▁Stud ents