Posts for December, 2020

This exhibition features 20 etchings and engravings by Rembrandt, drawing from the Museum’s permanent collection, as well as loans from the Rembrandt collection of the University of San Diego.

In addition to the unique etchings by Rembrandt, the museum will also have on view an extraordinary oil on canvas by Rembrandt painted around 1628 on loan from the Rijksmuseum.

The exhibition runs through January 3, 2021 at The San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.

To learn more, please click here. 

This selection of paintings and prints from a major private Charleston collection of Northern Renaissance art introduces a world of intensely, and sometimes disturbingly, vivid imagery. Created in the Low Countries and Germany between 1440 and 1590, these images reflected the fears, desires and hopes of the turbulent time period of the Northern Renaissance and Reformation.

The exhibition is on view at the Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401 from October 9, 2020 - June 27, 2021.

For more information, please click here.

The Florence Academy of Art is hosting an online exhibition dedicated to recent graduates from 2018 and 2019. Fifty drawings, paintings and sculpture by recent graduates of The Florence Academy of Art will be on display.

The students currently come from over 35 countries to study full time drawing, painting, sculpture anatomy, art history, and, soon, etching. The graduates represented in this exhibition have all completed the three year program in either Sculpture or Painting, and are now working professionally as fine artists.

To view the exhibition, please click here.

Congratulations to Windows to the Divine for Contemporary Visions of Beauty exhibited in November in Denver. Twenty-nine of their thirty-seven artists sold works for $140,000 in sales! The stunning exhibition was staged at the new Space Gallery Annex with wall after wall of extraordinary works. Five of the artists were winners from the 14th ARC Salon --Blair Atherton, Casey Childs, Michelle Dunaway, Brendan Johnston, and Kyle Ma.

Proceeds from the sale benefit the artists and the Dominican novices in Denver who serve the homeless and impoverished elderly.

To see the works that were exhibited, please click here. 

ARC is pleased to welcome the Académie des beaux-arts de Montréal as a new approved atelier!

The Académie des beaux-arts de Montréal (ACADEM) focuses on classical realism in drawing and painting using traditional methods and techniques. The ACADEM emphasizes the rigorous learning of fundamental technical skills at the service of beauty's expression, which is distinguished from what is simply pretty.

ACADEM is open to all levels and backgrounds and offers basic drawing and painting programs, sculpture courses and classes on traditional themes and techniques. Lectures, demonstrations and workshops with faculty and guest instructors are also available on different topics.

To learn more, please click here.

Equity Gallery is pleased to present their annual juried exclusive members-only exhibition, the 2020 Members Invitational. Featuring a diverse group of 20+ artists, this year’s Invitational is among their most expansive and comprehensive to date.

ARC Living Master Patricia Watwood is among the participating artists.

The show runs from December 3, 2020 to January 9, 2021 at the New York Artists Equity Association, Inc., 245 Broome St, NY NY 10002.

To learn more, please click here. 

Emilio Longo, founder and director of Skill-Based Art: A Learning Resource for Art Students & Artist-Teachers has recently interviewed ARC Living Master and director of the Florence Academy of Art, Daniel Graves. In total, the interview is over seven hours in length and covers Mr. Graves’ biography from his early years gathering pieces from the lost tradition of representational painting to founding one of the most affluent art academies in the world, along with in-depth discussion regarding his painting process, ideologies on art, beauty and culture, and more.

To listen to the podcast, please click here.

The Art Renewal Center is pleased to announce that we have posted our roster of finalists competing in the 15^th International ARC Salon Competition. We received 4,941 entries this year from 83 countries. 40%, 1,977 works, were selected as semi-finalists, all of which will be featured on the ARC website. And although it has been very difficult to make additional cuts for the 15^th ARC Salon hard bound book, International Realism, 1,155 works have now been selected as our finalists, 23% of entries. We are now accepting general pre-orders for the book, which can be ordered here at a special pre-order price.

The roster consists of the artists' names, titles of works, categories the works qualified in, and the artists' nationalities. Images of all of our semi-finalists along with finalists, honorable mentions and winners will be posted on January 13^th, when we announce the final results of the competition. 

To view the 15th ARC Salon Finalist Roster, click here.

On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 the Art Renewal Center will announce the finalists of the 15th ARC Salon Competition. Out of the original 4,951 entries from 83 countries, 1,977 works were selected as semi-finalists. Tomorrow this number will be reduced again by almost half. All semi-finalists will be published on the ARC website but only finalists will be featured in the 15th International ARC Salon book, International Realism.

Images of all semi-finalists, finalists, honorable mentions and winners will be posted on January 13th, when we announce the final results of the competition at www.artrenewal.org

The Plein Air Collection

Ever since stressed-out 19th century Parisian artists decamped to the countryside to escape the incessant demands and competition of their careers, painters have banded together and sought camaraderie in the refuge of nature.

New York Artists Equity Association Inc. will have an exhibition of Plein Air works created by ARC Living Master Patricia Watwood, along with Chris Eastland, Kristin Kunc, Brooks Frederick, Lisa Lebofsky, Hyeseung Marriage-Song, and Michael Gormley.

The exhibition runs from November 23 - December 23, 2020 at New York Artists Equity Association Inc., 245 Broome Street, New York, NY 10002.

To learn more, please click here. 

This holiday season, Rehs Contemporary Galleries is excited to present a selection of more than 50 small artworks.

The five participating artists include ARC Living Artist Stuart Dunkel, as well as Tony South, Beth Sistrunk, Lucia Heffernan and Kelly Houghton. These whimsical works are sure to brighten your day and bring some joy to your holiday celebration.

The exhibition and sale runs from November 16 - December 31, 2020 at Rehs Contemporary Galleries, 5 East 57th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

To learn more, please click here.

Legacy Gallery is holding their 20th Annual Holiday Small Works Show. ARC Living Master Julie Bell and ARC Associate Living Master Mary Ross Buchholz are among the participating artists. The Artist Reception & Draw Sale starts on December 10th from 6:00 - 9:00 pm.

The show runs from December 10 -25, 2020 at the Legacy Gallery, 7178 E Main St., Scottsdale, AZ.

Call 480.945.1113 for information or click here to view the exhibition.

Welcome to California features small works of iconic images of the Golden State, from pristine landscapes and seascapes to figurative works and still lifes. All artwork is framed and available for acquisition.

The exhibition is being held at the California Arts Club, 65 S Grand Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105 from November 29, 2020 - January 29, 2021.

To learn more, please click here. 

ARC Living Master^TM Anna Wypych is participating in two shows at the Abend Gallery.

There will be a Solo Exhibition of her work running from December 2, 2020 - January 6, 2021.

The 30th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show will take place from December 5, 2020 - January 9, 2021.

For more information about these events and to schedule an appointment for viewing, please contact the Abend Gallery. 

Each year the Montana Trails Gallery likes to celebrate the holiday season with a Small Works Show. The show will take place on December 5th from 5PM - 7PM. The pieces will be on display from November 24, 2020 - December 1, 2021 at 7 W Main Street, Bozeman, MT 59715.

ARC Associate Living^TM Master Mary Ross Buchholz will be among the artists participating in the event.

To learn more, please click here.