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ARC Living Master Virgil Elliott recently gave an interview conducted by Carl Olson as a podcast on the The Artful Painter web site. The 1 hour and 55 minutes interview touches upon the philosophica ...

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On-Track Studios, home of the ARC Approved Cumberland Atelier, is holding an open house. This beautiful building is located in a country setting with views all around. Visitors will have the opportu ...

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Alexandra York, head of American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century (ART), an ARC Allied Organization, has a new book, Soul Celebrations and Spiritual Snacks, just released in time for the ho ...

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2 December, 2019

Eleventh Street Arts presents The Red Show, an exhibition curated by Dale Zinkowski, featuring a selection of still life, figure, and portrait paintings by contemporary realist artists affiliated wi ...

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On December 6, 2019, only one week away from this Friday, the Art Renewal Center will be holding the 14th International ARC Salon Exhibition Grand Opening and Award Ceremony. The event will be held ...

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The Dutch Museum Møhlmann, founded 21 years ago, organizes an annual exhibition with works by about 100 artists. The work of ARC Associate Living Master, Gezien van de Riet, and ARC Livin ...

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The ARC Approved Atelier, Miami International Fine Arts (MIFA), is holding an open house exhibition of works showcasing the figurative art movement in Florida. The exhibition ru ...

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26 November, 2019

ARC Associate Living Master Arina Gordienko's diptych 'Gemini Sublimation' is the Third Prize Winner in the People & Figures Challenge of the International Artist Magazine world-wide competition ...

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21 November, 2019

ARC is pleased to welcome Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso as an ARC Living Master! Gabriela Gonzalez is a narrative artist, using representational figurative subjects. She received her BFA from the Scho ...

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21 November, 2019

Marty Welsh and Richard Greathouse, instructors at the ARC Approved Cumberland Atelier, will be presenting a talk about their experiences studying art abroad and the significance of understanding th ...

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19 November, 2019

ARC is pleased to welcome the Sydney Art School as a new ARC Approved Atelier! Sydney Art School is accredited by the Australian Government to award qualifications at certificate & diploma leve ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Josh Tiessen is holding an open house to celebrate a decade of work. The studio will display a preview of his newest works. Draw ballots for Tiessen's coffee t ...

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ARC Living Master Angela Mia De La Vega was recently commissioned by the Women That Soar Awards Show to sculpt the award sculpture that will be awarded to all of their honorees going forward. ...

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The International Figure Painting Competition is one of a series of competitions held by NTD Television. It is a platform for artists all around the world, to showcase their talents and jointly revi ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Svetlana Cameron has recently been featured in Artists and Illustrators magazine. In the article, she discusses a Renaissance approach to drawing, including the principl ...

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Van Gogh and His Inspirations is an original exhibition organized by the CMA that brings together a collection of over 30 works by artists who influenced Van Gogh’s aesthetic thinking. These works j ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Urban Larsson is holding a private studio exhibition and sale on November 14, 16, 17, 23 and 24, 2019. Several still lifes, figurative and landscapes will be o ...

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8 November, 2019

In a special collaboration with The Art Renewal Center, Haynes Galleries presents "The Magic of Realism," a group exhibition of paintings that is running now through November 30, 2019 just ...

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This focused exhibition, consisting of just under a dozen works, showcases the finest of the Bowes’s collection of Spanish painting. The exhibition will feature artists such as Juan de Borgoña, El G ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Jason Patrick Jenkins will be holding a solo exhibition at Masterpieces Custom Framing, 238 Haverford Ave, Narberth, PA 19072. There will be a reception a ...

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In its 29th year running, the Abend Gallery Annual Holiday Miniatures Show is an exhibition for everyone. This year, continuing the tradition, Abend Gallery will showcase work from over 50 artists, ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Arina Gordienko is participating in the event 'Something More Than Realism...XIII' with her painting 'Rare Bird'. The exhibition is curated by Jose Enrique Gonzales. The ...

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The Da Vinci Initiative Atelier is presenting a show of drawing and painting works completed by art teachers during just 30 days of atelier training, as well as some instructor work. Support and enc ...

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ARC Living Artist Charlene Lane will be among the exhibiting artists at the Artists Council Exhibition 2019. The Artists Council celebrates the culmination of its first year as an independent non-pr ...

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"Impressionist Sketches from Minnesota and Abroad", a solo exhibition of works by ARC Living Master Mary Pettis, will display a selection of over twenty-five small oil sketches of various ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome ARTDATAintel as a new Allied Organization. ARTDATAintel is a comprehensive, Intelligence database that helps collectors make smarter, more informed art investments while i ...

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23 October, 2019

Hands on Creativity is a much-anticipated annual event that takes place at Plaza Art. During Hands on Creativity weekends, Plaza attendees can participate in free art demonstrations, talk to artist ...

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22 October, 2019

Daniela Astone, Director of the Intermediate Program at the ARC Approved Florence Academy of Art, has organized an important exhibition of living figurative artists. Together with the curator, Carlo ...

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18 October, 2019

IX is the first, ground-breaking art show, symposium, and celebration dedicated solely to imaginative realism—bringing artists, students, collectors, and art fans together for an annual gathering in ...

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Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve is proud to announce its upcoming art exhibition, The Woolaroc Retrospective Exhibit and Sale, opening October 18, 2019, and continuing through December 29, 201 ...

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16 October, 2019

ARC Living Artist Robbie Fitzpatrick is holding a solo exhibition, "Moments of Light," at the Brazosport Center for the Arts and Sciences, 400 College Blvd, Clute, Texas 77531. This exhibi ...

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The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris are co-organizing James Tissot: Fashion & Faith, the first major reassessment of the artist’s career in over 20 years. In San ...

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Oil Painters of America, an ARC Allied Organization, is holding their 2019 Eastern Regional Exhibition at the Beverly McNeil Gallery, 605 28th St S Birmingham, Alabama. ARC Associate Livi ...

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Mystic Seaport Museum will host a major monographic exhibition devoted to the watercolors of J.M.W. Turner. This exhibit is organized in cooperation with Tate. Mystic Seaport Museum will be the only ...

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ARC Living Master Joke Frima and artist Gerard Huysman will be holding an exhibition of their art from October 12 - November 10, 2019 at the Galerie Mokum, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 334, 1012 GM Amsterd ...

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Don't miss this unique opportunity to study with Odd Nerdrum from November 4-9, 2019 at TIAC Studio, Via Luna 8r, Florence, Italy. TIAC is kindly offering the ARC community a special discount of 10 ...

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7 October, 2019

In a special collaboration with The Art Renewal Center, Haynes Galleries presents “The Magic of Realism,” a group exhibition of paintings that runs from October 10 to November 30, 2019 just outside ...

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The ARC Approved Chiaroscuro Academy of Art is now called Miami International Fine Arts. MIFA envisions artists that embrace creative expression supported by the highest level of craftsmanship. T ...

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Emilio Longo, Visual Arts Teacher and founder of Skill-Based Art: A Learning Resource for Art Students & Artist-Teachers has recently conducted a podcast interview with ARC Living Master, Richar ...

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Michelangelo: Mind of the Master presents an unprecedented opportunity for museum visitors to experience the brilliance of Michelangelo’s achievements on an intimate scale through more than two doze ...

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27 September, 2019

ARC is pleased to welcome Tatiana McWethy as an ARC Living Artist™! Tatiana McWethy was born in the Ukraine in the town of Berditchev in 1967. At an early age she won prizes for her art in Hungary, ...

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24 September, 2019

ARC Associate Living Master Jon Bøe Paulsen is part of the Portrait Now 2019 juried exhibition for the second time with the self portrait "Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man". The Nordic port ...

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The Frick Collection presents the first-ever exhibition on the Florentine sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440–1491), a renowned student of Donatello, a teacher of Michelangelo, and a great favor ...

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ARC Living Master Gilberto Geraldo will be holding a Portrait Drawing Master Class at the Princeton Academy of Art. The master class will begin with a portrait drawing demo done by Gilberto. Studen ...

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The California Art Club, an ARC Allied Organization, will be celebrating their gallery’s 20th year at The Old Mill. To commemorate this historic milestone, this exhibition features paintings of The ...

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Since its first public appearance in 1863, Elihu Vedder’s The Questioner of the Sphinx, has been a mystery. It is the first of a group of bizarre and visionary paintings, drawings, and boo ...

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Painter Rob Reed and Writer and Film-maker John Rogers join ARC Living Master Ana Schmidt during her solo exhibition to discuss what makes urban waste ground such an interesting and inspiring place ...

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11 September, 2019

William Blake was a painter, printmaker and poet who created some of the most iconic images in British art. Inside the exhibition will be an immersive recreation of the small domestic room in which ...

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The ARC Scholarship Fund Distributes $30,500 in Direct Scholarships to Aid Students at ARC Approved™ Art Academy and Atelier Schools. As those familiar with ARC and its mission know, the organizatio ...

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TIAC Academy will host Odd Nerdrum Painting Workshops from November 4-9, 2019 at TIAC Studio, Via Luna 8r, Florence, Italy. TIAC has decided to extend the special 10% discount for one more month to ...

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6 September, 2019

ARC is pleased to welcome Juan Carlos Martinez as an ARC Living Master™. Juan Carlos Martinez is an award-winning artist, an art educator, and a specialist in traditional portraiture and figurative ...

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30 August, 2019

ARC Living Master™ Ana Schmidt is holding a solo exhibition at Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1. 'City of Shards' will showcase new works by Schmidt, who will be present during the exhibition t ...

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29 August, 2019

ARC is pleased to welcome Ana Schmidt as a new ARC Living Master™! Ana Schmidt is a figurative painter known for her realistic depictions of urban landscapes. In the artist´s paintings the presen ...

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28 August, 2019

ARC Living Master™ Joke Frima was featured in the June/July issue of International Artist Magazine. "Equality and Diversity", which won a purchase award in the 14th International ARC Salo ...

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Paul Ingbretson, head of the ARC ApprovedSM Ingbretson Academy of Drawing and Painting has recently released a video about Cognitive Science and Truth in Painting. "Hitting the note is not a m ...

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ARC Associate Living Master™ Vicki Sullivan has been selected as a finalist in the Kennedy Art Prize. The Kennedy Prize is an annual Australian art award of $25,000 for the theme of beauty. The pr ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Matthew James Collins as a new ARC Associate Living Master™. Matthew James Collins was nurtured in an artistic family. His enthusiasm for art was encouraged from ...

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20 August, 2019

We will be announcing the results of the 20th ARC Scholarship Competition on September 10, 2019. Please be sure to come back and visit the ARC Scholarship Page in September to see the w ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Elizabeth Barden has been selected as a finalist for the $30,000 Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, for the 6th time, with her portrait ‘Jaya-ism’.  The Por ...

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Royal Birmingham Society of Artists biennial Portrait Prize Exhibition is the UK's most prestigious portrait competition outside of London. Featuring 55 works in a range of media, this exhibiti ...

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15 August, 2019

The students of the ARC Approved Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism are holding an inaugural exhibition of their work. All pieces on display were created using graphite pencil. This is ...

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The bi-monthly PleinAir Salon competition brought to you by Plein Air Magazine is now open for submissions. The first place winner of the bi-monthly competition will receive a $1,000 cash ...

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13 August, 2019

ARC is pleased to welcome Carlos Bruscianelli Torrealba as an ARC Living Artist! Carlos Bruscianelli is a Realist painter born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1980. In 2000, he began to study Civil Engin ...

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From the glimmer of a jewel to the sheen of armour, Bermejo’s ability to capture light, colours and textures in oil painting was unparalleled in 15th-century Spain. Bringing together seven of his ...

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Comprising 72 works from the Prado, the Rijksmuseum and 15 other institutions, this exhibition offers a reflection on the traditions of Spanish and Dutch painting from the 17th century. The tr ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Sivananda Nyayapathi is holding a solo show of his drawings and paintings from July 1 - August 31, 2019. The show is being held at the Arts Clayton Gallery located on 13 ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Paige Bradley as an Associate Living Master™! Paige Bradley’s powerful sculptures of dynamically posed figures showcase more than just physical strength and passion —they ...

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TIAC Academy is happy to announce that Odd Nerdrum will be holding a workshop from November 4 - 9, 2019 at their location on Via Luna 8r, Florence, Italy. As a member of a community that values, ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome the Cumberland Atelier as an ARC Approved AtelierSM! The Cumberland Atelier believes that creativity is supported by knowledge; that on a foundation of understanding, arti ...

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This exhibition showcases the Lyman Allyn’s collection of European paintings, highlighting a selection of portraits, history paintings, religious scenes, landscapes, still-lifes, and genre scenes fr ...

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To commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, The Met presents the artist’s painting Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness, a special loan from the Vatican Museum ...

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This exhibition examines the varying landscape of the Northeast over the last hundred or so years. Drawn largely from the Lyman Allyn’s permanent collection, this exhibition includes watercolors of ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Robert Dale Williams as a new ARC Living Artist™! Robert Dale Williams studied classical drawing and painting techniques at the New York Academy of Art, Graduate School ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome the Galvez Atelier as a new ARC Approved AtelierSM! Galvez Atelier offers a curriculum with a sequence of classes carefully designed to help the student develop in drawing ...

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PoetsArtists Magazine has recently published an issue of their magazine featuring "The Tempest" by Randalf Dilla, who won the PoetsArtists Magazine award in the 14th ARC Salon Competition. ...

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Fine Art Today has recently published an announcement about the 14th ARC Salon on their website. "The Art Renewal Center is pleased to present the winners and finalists of the 14th Internation ...

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Free of charge and open to the public, Treasures from Chatsworth will be on view from 28 June through 13 September 2019 in Sotheby’s New York galleries, located at 1334 York Avenue. Forty-five maste ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Ricardo Jose Mujica as an ARC Living Master™! Born and raised in New York City, Ricardo Jose Mujica studied art at the High School of Art and Design under Max Ginsburg a ...

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Congratulations to Aliakbar Beigi for winning the 14th International ARC Salon Competition’s People’s Choice Award with his work of "Kindness". For the first eight days after the ARC Salo ...

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12 July, 2019

The California Art Club, an ARC Allied Organization, and The Old Mill Foundation will mark the 20th anniversary of their gallery partnership with a celebratory “Paint/Sculpt-Out” at the historic sit ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Sheri Farabaugh as an ARC Associate Living Master™! "I began painting after careers in tax accounting and biochemistry; I guess that’s just about as far from art as y ...

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After a decade of work, ARC Associate Living Master™ Charles Gilbert Kapsner is nearing completion on a memorial to Minnesota's veterans. "Kapsner has put a lot of Minnesota models — human ...

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The Frick Collection presents a selection of paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs related to Giambattista Tiepolo’s first significant project outside of Venice, a series of ceiling frescoes ...

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Vote for your favorite! Visit the People’s Choice Award section on the ARC Salon results page and click on the vote button below the works of your choice to cast your votes. Cast up to 10 votes ...

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The Art Renewal Center is pleased to present the winners and finalists of the 14th International ARC Salon Competition! This year the ARC received over 4,300 entries from 73 countries. Our finalists ...

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The Art Renewal Center will post winners and finalists of the 14th International ARC Salon Competition on this coming Monday, July 1, 2019. The International ARC Salon Competiti ...

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The Art Renewal Center dedicates this year’s top Landscape awards to the artistry and memory of Leah F. Waichulis. An award-winning artist and educator, Leah’s paintings and drawings of interiors a ...

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Thank you to Academy of Realist Art, Boston for sponsoring the Portraiture Category in the 14th International ARC Salon Competition. The Academy of Realist Art, Boston was established in the histor ...

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21 June, 2019

ARC Associate Living Master™, Vicki Sullivan, will have "Courage, Camaraderie and Consequence" and "The Director" in the Hidden Faces 2019 exhibition.     The exhibit ...

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ARC Living Master John Pototschnik was recently awarded Best of Show in the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Online Spring International 2019 competition.     He has also author ...

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Mandy Theis, president and co-founder of The Da Vinci Initiative, was interviewed by Daniel Digriz of the Thriving Artist Podcast. The interview delves into the necessity for traditional training in ...

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Established in 1982 by Paul Ingbretson, the Ingbretson Studio of Drawing and Painting provides a direct link to the Nineteenth Century Boston School approach to painting, which includes instructio ...

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14 June, 2019

ARC Master Ted Seth Jacobs passed away at his home in France this past April. Born in 1927, Jacobs was a world renowned artist who dedicated himself to the Representational Art Movement.  ...

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Thank you to Laguna College of Art and Design for sponsoring the Imaginative Category in the 14th International ARC Salon Competition. Laguna College of Art and Design's Fine Arts department offers ...

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ARC Living Master™ Ken Salaz has recently had a review of his work in Forbes Magazine.    The article, "'Like Painting A Speeding Bullet,' Landscape Master Ken Salaz Depicts Tactile ...

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In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Jacopo Tintoretto, the National Gallery of Art, Washington and the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia with the special cooperation of the Gall ...

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ARC Approved Princeton Academy of Art is holding a Russian Academic Figure Drawing workshop on June 17th & 18th from 10:30am – 5:30pm. The workshop explores the human figure as a construction ...

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Thank you to the PleinAir Magazine and Plein Air Convention & Expo for sponsoring the Plein Air Paintings Category in the 14th International ARC Salon Competition.  PleinAir Magazine i ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome the TIAC Academy of Fine Arts as our newest ARC Approved AtelierSM! TIAC Academy is distinct in the way that it offers students an interdisciplinary curriculum and the a ...

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This exhibition celebrates the successful release of "Landscapes in Oil", a comprehensive guide to classical landscape painting, by ARC Living Master Ken Salaz. Salaz, author and painter, ...

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