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Principle Gallery is hosting IGOR’s 15th annual exhibition, which will feature a blend of contemporary and classical realism and styles such as trompe l’oeil, magic realism, contemporary realism and ...

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The International Guild of Realism is pleased to announce that the 15th Annual IGOR Exhibition will be at the prestigious Principle Gallery in historic Charleston, SC. from October 2-31, 2020 with a ...

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ARC Associate Living Master™ Arina Gordienko will have three of her works displayed in the 157th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Women Artists from September 25 -30, 2018. The show opens at t ...

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2/16/2007: 15 new artist letters (totaling 22 pages)Gustave Achille Guillaumet [2]; Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet [3]; Albert Herter [1]; Constant Mayer [1]; Luc-Olivier Merson [1]; John Everett Mi ...

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Including 70 short video interviews with many of the exhibiting artists from around the world, totaling 2 hours of edited video footage! We have embedded this footage directly into the newly cr ...

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We are very happy to announce that if you missed seeing the 14th International Virtual ARC Salon Exhibition at Sothebys.com, you are not too late! The entirety of the show including the writt ...

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The Epoch Times recently published an interview with Kara Lysandra Ross about the 14th ARC Salon Competition and Exhibition. The article discusses not only the competition and virtual show, ...

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The 14th International Virtual ARC Salon will be going live at 12AM EST on Monday, July 13, 2020. Featuring 70 short video interviews with many of the exhibiting artists from around the w ...

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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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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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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 recently published an article on the 14th ARC Salon Exhibition titled ARC Virtual Exhibition With Sotheby’s. “There is an inborn awe… an innate reverence when one feels they are ...

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Due to COVID-19 we are not able to bring the 14th ARC Salon Exhibition live to Sotheby’s NY as planned, but we are instead viewing this as an opportunity to mount a virtual salon exhibition a ...

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Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier (BACCA), is in the San Francisco Bay Area City of San Carlos. They offer weekly Art Classes, Workshops, Intensive Summer Programs, Open Model Sessions for artists of ...

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The 13th International ARC Salon Exhibition is now open in Sotheby's, Los Angeles.  The Grand Opening took place yesterday evening and approximately 300 guests attended the exhibition. The ex ...

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The Art Renewal Center (ARC), a 501(C)(3) non-profit educational foundation dedicated to realist art and skill-based training techniques in the visual arts, is bringing the world renown ARC Salon Ex ...

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The finalists for the 13th International ARC Salon Competition will be posted on the ARC website at 6 pm Eastern Standard Time.     We thank you for your patience and your interest in th ...

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The entry period for the 13th International ARC Salon Competition is now closed. This year we have received over 3,750 entries from over 1,500 artists from 69 countries. A listing of the Finalists w ...

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There's still time to pre-order the 13th International ARC Salon Catalog!   We are expecting the catalog in stock and ready to ship by November 10th of 2018. This year the ...

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30 August, 2017

Thank you to the Atelier Programs at Gage Academy of Art: the Magrath Sculpture Atelier and the Aristides Atelier for sponsoring the Sculpture Category in the 13th International ARC Salon Competition ...

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The 13th  International ARC Salon Exhibition opened in New York City this past Friday. Within the first four days of the exhibition, approximately 700 people came to view the sho ...

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On Friday, February 8th, the Art Renewal Center (ARC) held their official Award Ceremony at the MEAM Museum in Barcelona, Spain to launch the opening of the 13th Internation ...

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The International Guild of Realism is holding a members only juried exhibition with the deadline for entries on June 10, 2018. The 13th Annual Juried Exhibition will be held from October ...

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ARC is pleased to present the winners and finalists of the 12th International ARC Salon Competition. This year we have 1,006 finalist works by 640 artists from 63 countries, representing 32% ...

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This year we are introducing a new 8th category for portraiture in the ARC Salon. This important genre first thrived 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. Since then it has always served as more than ju ...

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Due to a large number of requests for more time and individuals needing last minute technical assistance, the deadline for the 12th International ARC Salon Competition will be extended until the end ...

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Pre-order the 12th International ARC Salon Catalogue!The catalogue will include images of all finalist works by all 640 artists and serve as our official exhibition catalogue for the live version of t ...

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Although availability for a traveling exhibition is not required for entry into the ARC Salon or for winning the top awards in the ARC Salon, we will be having a live showing of many of the winners, h ...

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5 January, 2018

The Florence Academy of Art U.S. is holding "12 x 12, A Portrait Exhibition" at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ from January 12 - March 23, 2018, with the opening reception of on Friday ...

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The ARC Salon entry period is officially at a close. This year the ARC Salon has over 2,500 entries from over 1050 artists, a notable 15% increase in participation from last year, making this our most ...

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We started accepting entries to the 2014/2015 International ARC Salon Competition on October 1st.Participants will compete for recognition, cash prizes, and a chance to have their work seen by some ...

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The International Guild of Realism (IGOR), an ARC Allied Organization, is proud to announce a call for entries for their upcoming 11th Annual IGOR Exhibition. The deadline for entries will be May 10, ...

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The International Guild of Realism (IGOR), an ARC Allied Organization, will be hosting several art events for their annual juried exhibition. The events begin on August 24th and continue through to th ...

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The International Guild of Realism, an ARC Allied Organization, recently held their 11th annual exhibition. 75 IGOR artists contributed 84 paintings. ARC Living Master™, David Bowers won Best of ...

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The California Art Club will present its 110th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, one of the country’s most anticipated displays of contemporary-traditional fine art, at the Hilbert Museum of California ...

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The Arts & Artists Foundation is accepting entries to the 10th Figurativas Painting and Sculpture Competition, which will be awarding a First Place Painting Prize of up to €36,000, a Sculpture A ...

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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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The California Art Club, an ARC Allied Organization™, will present more than 200 contemporary-traditional fine art paintings and sculpture in their 105th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition that runs from ...

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The Allied Artists of America, Inc. is holding their 104th Annual Exhibition. Among the participating artists are ARC Associate Living Master™ Doug Zider and ARC Living Master™ Max Ginsbur ...

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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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  Tracing the evolution of the practice of drawing in Britain from the 17th through the mid-20th century, "100 Great British Drawings" presents rarely seen treasures from The Huntington's collect ...

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The Grandmasters of Fine Art is a virtual exhibition of Contemporary Realist artworks from around the world. This year, ARC Associate Living Masters Arian Gordienko and Gezien van de Riet will be amon ...

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10/27/2007: Added Ernest Hebert [9]; 10/27/2007: Added George Owen Wynne Apperley [1]; Ernest HebertLouise Lefuel, Epouse HochonOil on Canvas(24 x 19 cm cm)Musee Ernest Hebert. Paris ...

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Including works by... Edward William Cooke [1] William Gale [1] Thomas Musgrove Joy [1] Rosa Koberwein [1] Stephen Lewin [1] Edward Pritchett [1] Ernest Rosen [1] James Webb [2] Edwin Lord ...

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The January 15th deadline for the International ARC Salon is drawing near! Don’t miss your chance to compete for cash prizes, publicity, and a chance to have their work seen by some of the more than ...

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This year we are offering more awards then ever. In addition to our over $50,000 in cash awards, and publicity on the Art Renewal Website and in our full color Salon Catalogue, this year, Fine Art C ...

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The PleinAir magazine Salon contest will be closing in less than a week.Don't miss out on the chance to win cash prizes, including the annual $15,000 grand prize and to be featured on the cover of Ple ...

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This is Australia by John Mccartin In the spirit of the French Salon created by the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, this annual competition, with bi-monthly contests leading to annual Salon Grand ...

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PleinAir magazine is currently holding their Annual PleinAir Salon. In the spirit of the French Salon created by the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, this annual competition, with bi-monthly contes ...

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Cover Painting by Anne Blair BrownPleinAir Magazine Award Winning Painting2013-2014 International ARC SalonBrisk Evening by John Pototschnik John Pototschnik, winner of the PleinAir Magazine Award i ...

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The winners of the bi-monthly PleinAir Salon competition have been announced and are featured in PleinAir magazine's e-newsletter. Winner - Best FigurativeChasing Shadows by John Buxton Winners of t ...

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Hard Times: An Artist's View Springville Museum of Arts Springville, Utah March 13 - April 25, 2010 This outstanding show of contemporary realists began at the Thomas Kearns McCarthey Galle ...

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Due to the strong response to the special advertising section in Fine Art Connoisseur, for the upcoming November/December issue that will feature the ARC Salon, we would like to announce that they h ...

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The much anticipated article featuring the winners of the International 2012/2013 ARC Salon has recently been released in the November/December issue of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. The issue feat ...

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26 September, 2013

Epoch Times, a multi-national newspaper headquartered in New York, has extended its publication to five days a week, Monday through Friday, taking its place among the top daily broadsheets in New Yo ...

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Morning Roses by Adrian GottliebARC Living Master™ Adrian Gottlieb has recently been featured in an Epoch Times article titled “Painter Spotlight: Adrian Gottlieb, a Poet With Paint”."Adrian G ...

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The Original Publication of the Contemporary Realist Movement is now being republished by the Art Renewal Center. We have just released the first two original articles for the first time on the ...

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Trompe l’oeil means the illusory reproduction of real-life objects by artistic methods, giving the viewer the impression of the actual thing being present rather than a depiction.  The&nb ...

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Art Renewal Center® is pleased to offer:"Traditional Oil Painting" Advanced Techniques and Concepts from the Renaissance to the Presentby ARC Living Master™ Virgil Elliott.Click Here t ...

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Greetings again Mr. Ross, I have contacted you in the past. As your website has grown over the years I can only humbly say 'thank you' for all you do to bring MASTERFUL works to me and my students.I h ...

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"Teaching and information can add to the depth of understanding of great works of art, but they are great initially by their ability to capture the soul and imagination of the viewer, without thousand ...

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Kara Ross delves into the character of Michelangelo through his poetry.Click here to read this insightful article. Slave (dying)-detailby Michelangelo ...

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Hello,I just got done visiting your site for the first time and all I can say is WOW! It is so refreshing to find an organization that actually understands what art really is (and is not!).I was just ...

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$30,000 in Scholarships have been awarded by the ARC Scholarship fund for 2010, the 10th Anniversary of the ARC Scholarship Fund. Half of the funds come through the donations of many of our member ...

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This website is like a sanctuary for me. It keeps me connected to the thoughts of rational thinking people. I'm a life long artist. My father started me off drawing at a very young age. Even in ...

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Drawing, an integral part of 19th-century academic training and art-making is the focus of the third collaboration in three years between the Dahesh Museum of Art and Syracuse University. The Essentia ...

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27 April, 2010

I just came across your website and I would like to express my gratitude to you for taking up this cause in such a powerful and eloquent way. Your website articulates a feeling I have had since I ...

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...in such a spectacular, fresh approach and in a manner deserved of the greatest artist that ever lived!"Dear Mr. Ross,WHY did it take me two days to email you about your Herculean accomplishment ...

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We are proud to announce the addition of an exciting new award to the ARC Salon Best in Show winner. ARC and Streamline Publishing, producers of Fine Art Connoisseur and Plein Air (both ARC Allied Org ...

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2 December, 2011

Lessons in Classical Drawing by Juliette Aristides, according to Bookscan, which measures point of sale data at reporting book retailers, is the #5 top selling art book as of last week. We at ...

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Teaching Artists Exhibition ARC Living Artist Robert Dale Williams will have two paintings, "Maternity" and "Recordare" in the "Teaching Artists" exhibition at the Yor ...

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Studio Incamminati's signature support event, "Nelson Shanks: His Vision in Our Hands," brought hundreds to the iconic Ballroom at the Ben for a celebration of the school's accomplishments and glimp ...

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ARC Living Master Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso is a premier portrait artist whose art historical knowledge is surpassed only by the skill of her brushwork. This exhibition features Dellosso’s tribute ...

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The Arcadia Contemporary gallery is holding a group show of paintings all measuring 12 x 12 inches and created by over 30 painters from around the world.Nick Alm, Daniel Bilmes, Shaun Downey, David Gl ...

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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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8 February, 2018

When eighteenth-century pastellists competed with oil painters for portrait commissions, they faced a challenge. Paper was manufactured in small sheets, and so, to create pastel pictures as large as ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Manchester Studios RVA as a new ARC ApprovedSM Atelier!     Manchester Studios RVA brings master artists and instructors in Classical Realism from around the wo ...

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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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The February/March Plein Air competition, brought to you by Plein Air Magazine and Streamline Publishing, is now open and accepting entries until midnight on March 15, 2020. Entrants can ...

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ARC Living Master Daniel Graves has been featured in the article "What Inspires Master Artist Daniel Graves" in Realism Today. "From doorways found in distant travels to classic myth ...

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ARC Select: The Modern Muse is the third annual ARC Select exhibition. This year's show features works by Linda Adair, Hiroshi Furuyoshi, David Bowers, Amanda Greive, Randalf Dilla and Michael van Z ...

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Skajs Antikhandel, located at Nybrogatan 3, 114 34 Stockholm, Sweden, is proud to host its third exhibition of works by ARC Associated Living Master™, Urban Larsson. This exhibition runs from April 2 ...

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May 20 - October 26, 2014Metropolitan Museum of Art1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)New York, NY 10028Le Chant d'Amour by Burne-JonesThis exhibition will highlight the second wave of the Pre-Raphae ...

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27 May, 2021

ARC Living Master Julio Reyes will be unveiling 12 new works in "Tender Mercies", his solo exhibition at Arcadia Contemporary. "'Tender Mercies' is an intimate collection of egg temp ...

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This October, Rehs Contemporary in New York City will open their doors to the public for Taking Flight, a socially distanced exhibition, by RSVP only. The group show is the gallery’s annual ev ...

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The South African Portrait Society, an ARC Allied Organization™, has recently announced the winners of their 2017 Living Portrait Master Competition.The winning artists were selected out of a gr ...

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Small Works, Great Wonders features a fusion of traditional and contemporary paintings and sculpture at affordable prices. Among the participating artists is ARC Associate Living Master Mary Ross Bu ...

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Misty Sunrise, NantucketARC Associate Living Master™, Sergio Roffo, will be holding an exhibition of his recent works. The show begins on August 18, 2017 at the Quidley & Co. Gallery, located on ...

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ARC Living Master™ Erik Koeppel released his judge's picks for the winners of the PleinAir Salon bi-monthly competition.ARC Living Master™ John Buxton took the first place award for his painting Great ...

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ARC Living Master™ Patricia Watwood was recently invited by the Fox 2 Morning News show to do a segment with St. Louis Anchor John Pertzborn. She recently painted a portrait of Father La ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Maegan Oberhardt as a new ARC Living Artist! Maegan spent her early years surrounded by nature and native wildlife. This environment taught her appreciation of nature and ins ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Michelle Jung as an ARC Associate Living Master™! Rocks and Foam by Michelle Jung"Nature is a major influence in my work. The initial inspiration comes from my experience out ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Alex Callaway as an Associate Living MasterTM.   Describing his work as 'observational realism' Alex paints directly from life in natural light and his still lifes ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome San Francisco High School of the Arts - HSArts Visual Arts Program as a new ARC Approved atelier! The goal of the HSArts Visual Arts Program is to provide students with profe ...

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Jonathan LeVine Gallery will be presenting the breadth of imaginative realism in one exhibition. Patrick Wilshire, founder of the Association of Fantastic Art, an ARC Allied Organization™, selected ...

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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 Novemb ...

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ARC Living Artist™ George Hartley is participating in two upcoming shows. "An Allegory of Faith" has been accepted into the Academic Artists Association's 67th Annual Nat'l exhibition of Traditi ...

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With some 120 masterpieces, the show presents the groundbreaking artistic innovations at the birthplace of the Renaissance. A comprehensive selection of exquisite panel paintings, sculptures and dra ...

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On July 1, Sugarlift will open the exhibition Flora Nova: Painting Nature Now, which features recent work by five gifted artists who each regard the natural world in a unique and compelling way. Gue ...

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The Foundation of the Art and the Artists, an ARC Allied Organization, is accepting entries to the 10th International Figurativas 2019 Painting and Sculpture Competition. The deadline is April 12, 2 ...

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