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"Our World Re-Imagined" is the Northern California Chapter’s first virtual exhibition with the California Art Club (CAC). This exhibition’s theme is to inspire the artists to visually int ...

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Known for his hyper-realistic painting style, ARC Living Master™ Orley Ypon portrays crowds of cavorting bodies rising from the sea or in a seemingly endless race to nowhere.The paintings in this sh ...

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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of its dedication, the Kenneth Jay Lane Gallery is the setting for 26 paintings that have been promised or given to The Met by Mr. Lane. The European artists rep ...

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ARC Living Master™ Virgil Elliott will be teaching an upcoming figure drawing workshop in his new studio in Petaluma, California.(40 miles north of San Francisco, in Northern California's Wine Count ...

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ARC Living Master™ Virgil Elliott will be conducting a three-day nude figure workshop August 15, 16 & 17 at his atelier in Petaluma, California. There are convenient accommodations for travelers in ...

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ARC Living Master™ Max Ginsburg will be conducting a 5 day traditional realist oil painting from life workshop from his Personal Skylight studio located in Long Island City, NY.The workshop ru ...

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Unemployed On Line by Max GinsburgARC Living Master™ Max Ginsburg will be conducting a 5-day Traditional Realist Alla Prima Oil Painting from Life workshop in his personal studio. 9am to 4 pm ...

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Juliette Aristides will be teaching a special workshop from August 27th – 29th on the foundations of drawing. She has three highly popular and well received published instructional books on classica ...

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Award winning ARC Living Master™, Joseph McGurl, will be conducting a landscape painting workshop Sept. 24, 25, and 26, 2014. It will be held at his home/studio on Amrita Island, Cape Cod. This wi ...

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Griffin by Devin Cecil-WishingArtist and Grand Central Academy Instructor, Devin Cecil-Wishing, will be teaching a very special drawing intensive workshop in LA (Venice) September 24th-28th. The cl ...

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After several recent requests, ARC Living Master™ Shaun Downey, has decided to host a series of portrait drawing workshops in his studio in Toronto. There will be two different sessions avail ...

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For all interested artists, a rare opportunity has arisen to study with ARC Living Master™ Virgil Elliott, who has an opening for a few new part-time students. Painter/writer Virgil Elliott (born 194 ...

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ARC Living Master™ Peter Fiore will be teaching a 5 day workshop, "Landscape Painting: Beyond the Photograph". Light is the ultimate designer and the focus of this intensive course. The essentials o ...

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ARC Living Master™ Virgil Elliott will be teaching a three-day portrait/head study workshop, to be held August 21st, 22nd and 23rd at Linda Schroeter's studio at 21001 Geyserville Avenue, in G ...

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The Golden Gate Atelier will be conducting a 19 - 22 week Écorché sculpture course. Students will be taught the bony and muscular shapes that impact the surface of the skin and create form. By sculp ...

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Operation Night Watch is the largest research and conservation project ever on Rembrandt's "The Night Watch". The Rijksmuseum invites members of the public to watch the entire process at t ...

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Openings are currently available at the ARC Approved™ Aristides Atelier at Gage Academy of Art for the 2014-15 academic year. Located in Seattle, Washington, and led by celebrated artist, author an ...

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Grand Central Atelier is inviting all high school students interested in learning more about studying art to attend portrait drawing session from a live, clothed model alongside the instructors. No ...

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On Saturday, March 16, the Florence Academy of Art in Sweden is opening their facilities for future applicants to view the facility and learn about their three year intensive program. The Florence ...

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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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LAAFA Open House December 11th, 2010:Instructor: Ignat Ignatov5pm to 9pm   Open House Holiday Art Show and Silent AuctionVisit LAAFA for a complimentary drawing or painting uninstructed ...

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The Academy of Fine Art Germany, Im Atzelnest 3, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany will hold an Open Day on Saturday June 3, 2023.  There will be a guided tour of the building, insights into teac ...

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In summer 2018, Crooked Tree Arts Center - Traverse City is proud to be the exclusive presenter of the the Oil Painters of America Juried Salon Show. The OPA represents over 4,000 oil painters from ...

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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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OPA 27th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils is one of the finest display of reprsentational oil paintings. The jurying process strives to select paintings that show the highe ...

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OPA 27th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils is one of the finest display of reprsentational oil paintings. The jurying process strives to select paintings that show the highe ...

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We are only 1 week away from the deadline to enter the 14th International ARC Salon Competition. Please be sure to get your entries in by end of day PST on March 15th! When talking about comp ...

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The 2007 ARC Salon Catalogs are NOW AT THE PRINTERS.See Contemporary Realism at its best!The artworks submitted to the ARC International Salon continue to astonish. The ARC Salon, a virtual version of ...

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2013 ARC Scholarship Competition2nd Place WinnerTeresa by Sarah Margaret GibsonAs a final reminder, we will be accepting entries for the ARC Scholarship Competition through May 31, 2015.At ARC, we vie ...

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12 April, 2013

There are only 18 days left before the unveiling of the winning and finalist works of the 2012/2013 ARC Salon. Be sure to visit ARC on April 30th to see the results. With an approximate 2000 entrie ...

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The ARC Approved Florence Classical Arts Academy offers a One-Year Course, which can then be extended into the full Three-Year Course https://www.artac.org/diploma-in-visual-arts. This course provi ...

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Winter Enrollment Intensive Program - January 31, 2022 Summer Intake Intensive - April 12, 2022 - September 30, 2022 (with a 2 week break in August) This course is a long and intensive program o ...

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As many of you may have seen the deadline for the 14th International ARC Salon Competition was extended until 12:00 noon PST on March 31st, 2019. Don’t miss the opportunity to partake in the larg ...

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On the Training of Painters: The Atelier's Past and Present September 1st to October 14th 2011 This exhibition will include work from over 90 Atelier painters, including ARC Living Master ...

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Skill-Based Art: A Learning Resource for Art Students & Artist-Teachers has recently republished a panel discussion titled: On the Cutting Edge of Post Modern Art which took place in November, ...

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The Florence Academy of Art U.S. (FAA) is excited to present ‘On Paper, An exhibition of Drawings’, held at the FAA U.S.’s Mana Contemporary location. This exhibition opens on Sunday, April 29th and ...

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   A GoodArt post by Fred Ross:Why do you have to be a painter of your time?The greatest artists speak to all people of all times.They capture aspects of what it means to be human which ...

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The goal of the show is to assemble the finest display of approximately 200 representational oil paintings. The focus in the jurying process was to select paintings that show the highest quality in ...

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With works by some of the greatest names in European art, the show entitled, Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums, examines the thematic and stylistic developments ...

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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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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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Rick Davidman and Lisa Lebofsky, of DFN Projects curated this show in conjunction with 33 Contemporary Gallery, created by Sergio Gomez and Didi Menendez. This exhibition is a homage to New York Cit ...

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Is Nudity in Art Good or Bad? Some people feel that the nude form is something that should be hidden away both in art and the artist's classroom and they frequently write to ARC expressing trep ...

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The Art Renewal Center is currently accepting entries to the 23rd ARC Scholarship Competition from May 1- 31, 2023. The scholarship competition is open to all students attending or enrolled to attend ...

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The Art Renewal Center Scholarship Competition begins on May 1, 2021 and runs until May 31, 2021. From the contest participants, we will select a group of students, no less than 10 to receive betwe ...

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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 ...

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"Sotheby’s December 4th auction of American Art was an extraordinary success, achieving nearly $84 million, the third highest sale total ever in the category.Leading the sale was Norman Rockwell's 1 ...

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3 September, 2021

ARC Living Master Ana Schmidt has been selected to exhibit two of her paintings, "This is not Graffiti" and "View from Window" at the International Art Exhibition NordArt 2021. ...

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Celebrating its 4th “Best of America” Small Works National Juried Exhibition in 2021, the National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) is holding an exhibit honoring the Best in oil and acry ...

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The National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society, an ARC Allied Organization, is holding their first Best of America Small Paintings Exhibition. A variety of events will take place in connec ...

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Drawing transformed radically in 19th-century France, expanding from a means of artistic training to an independent medium with rich potential for exploration and experimentation. A variety of materia ...

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ARC has recently added nine new fine art books to the ARC store. All published by the Antique Collectors Club. The titles include: Arthur Hughes A Catalogue Raisonné, Courts and Courtly Arts in Ren ...

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Due to closures due to COVID-19 virus, Briscoe Western Art Museum is holding their "Night of Artists Show and Sale" online. The dates have been extended from March 27 - July 26, 2020. A ...

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4 April, 2018

The 2018 Night of Artists showcases over 280 works by 74 of the country’s top Western artists. Night of Artists is the largest fundraiser for the Briscoe Museum with proceeds supporting the Museum' ...

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26 March, 2021

To mark the 20th anniversary of the event that sparked the museum’s creation, the Briscoe Western Art Museum is expanding its signature exhibition and sale with a first: a hybrid event that includes ...

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Through nearly 50 paintings and drawings, this exhibition follows Maes’s move away from paintings of historical and biblical scenes, where Rembrandt’s influence is most clear, to the scenes of every ...

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1 April, 2016

The Nexus exhibition is co-curated by David Gluck and showcases the work of artists from two seemingly dissimilar artistic disciplines: painting and tattooing.The works in this show are all paintings ...

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13 October, 2016

The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 19t ...

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We know it has been a very challenging year. We know that many of our schools have been forced to close their doors for extended periods and many have had to transition to alternate methods of instr ...

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The painting that won Best in Show in the 13th International ARC Salon Competition, Ming Yu’s painting “In Bvlag”,  went missing just days before the launch of the traveling exhibitio ...

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ARC Living Master™ Peter Fiore will be participating in the show "New York City Invitational".The exhibition runs from July 25-August 18, 2017 with the opening reception on Thursday, July 27, 20 ...

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This exhibition explores aspects of the lived experience of being an artist in New York City during the 1870s and 1880s, an era of rapid socio-economic change. Drawing largely from the MET's American ...

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The ARC Approved New York Academy of Art is offering a Master of Fine Arts and Certificate of Fine Art Program. The application deadline is March 15, 2020. The Master of Fine Arts is a specialize ...

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October 23 - November 23, 2013Art Essex Gallery - Art Essex Gallery, 10 Main Street, Essex, CT 06426ARC Living Master™ Peter Fiore will be showing his new works.Sunlit Grass, February by Peter Fiore ...

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Texas of the South Pacific by Christian HemmeThree new works have been added to the list of paintings to be exhibited in the traveling exhibition for the 2014/2015 ARC Salon. Today we are adding the ...

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Three new works have been added to the list of paintings to be exhibited in the traveling exhibition for the 2014/2015 ARC Salon. Today we are adding a Rehs Contemporary Galleries Inc. Award Winner, P ...

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Three new works have been added to the list of paintings to be exhibited in the traveling exhibition for the 2014/2015 ARC Salon. Today we are adding the runner up for Best Nude by ARC Living Master™, ...

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We are happy to announce two new works that have been added to the list of paintings to be exhibited in the traveling exhibition for the 2014/2015 ARC Salon. The exhibition will start at the MEAM Mus ...

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We are happy to announce three new works have been added to the list of paintings to be exhibited in the traveling exhibition for the 2014/2015 ARC Salon. Today we are adding the Second Place Anima ...

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We are pleased to announce that Winter by Robert Liberace has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "The passing of seasons marks significant transformations, evoking endless ...

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We are pleased to announce that "The Thinker" by Marta Crawford has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."When I create a work in charcoal, very often what inspires me is not a pa ...

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We are pleased to announce that Miss Rachel by Emanuela De Musis has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."We look up at Miss Rachel and she looks down at us. Her lids are heavy w ...

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We are pleased to announce that Courting Death by Linda Adair has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition.DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for, t ...

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We are pleased to announce that Hugging the Shore by Jane Chapin has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "Hugging the Shore is a scene of boaters on the Yellowstone River in M ...

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We are pleased to announce that Blowing Smoke by Nicole Moné has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "Aaron Shikler was my friend and mentor for many years, and this was the ...

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We are pleased to announce that The Storyteller by Cornelia Hernes has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “The Storyteller is a part of a recent body of work portraying a sele ...

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We are pleased to announce that Sparrow’s Rest by Michael Dumas has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."Every painting inevitably has something to do with the individual. It’s n ...

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We are pleased to announce that Animal Nitrate by Alessandro Tomassetti has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “The sitter for my painting, Animal Nitrate, is a Colombian mode ...

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We are pleased to announce that I Am My Word by Nik Anikis Skusek has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “I Am My Word is a still life painted in honor of all brave fireman ...

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We are pleased to announce that The Twilight of Venus by Rubén Belloso Adorna has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "My painting titled The Twilight of Venus aims to be a ref ...

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We are pleased to announce that Fritter and Waste by Emanuela De Musis has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "Discovering Edmund Tarbell's Mrs. Lovering Hathaway at the MFA B ...

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We are pleased to announce that Capturing Beauty by Daniel Gerhartz has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "The emphasis of my entire career has been quite simply, the pursui ...

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We are pleased to announce that 5th Circle by Robert Liberace has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "The painting 5th Circle expresses my fascination with the active human ...

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We are pleased to announce that Minnehaha Falls in Winter by Mary Pettis has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "Minnehaha Falls is treasured by the residents of Minnesota ...

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We are pleased to announce that Fate Casting Judgment upon the Earth by Mica Pillemer has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "Judgment is on the horizon. The earth is in the ...

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We are pleased to announce that The Attributes of Art by Michael DeVore has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "This painting is a tribute to the famous 18th century French ...

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We are pleased to announce that Away from the City by Hsin-Yao Tseng has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "This painting is part of my Disconnect series from 2015. It is a ...

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We are pleased to announce that Stream of the Shadow by Katsu Nakajima has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "This is the Yukawa river, a small stream originating from one ...

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We are pleased to announce that Snow Storm by Nicholas O’Leary has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."It was a grey wintry day. It had been raining for weeks and I was itching ...

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We are pleased to announce that Melancholia by Jason Brady has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "We all wear masks throughout our lives. Sometimes they are donned as an uni ...

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We are pleased to announce that The Teeth of Scatha Worm by Matthew Stewart has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "The Teeth of Scatha Worm depicts a scene from the appendic ...

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We are pleased to announce that The Romance of Land and Sea, Cuttyhunk Island by Joseph McGurl has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."The Romance of Land and Sea is of Cuttyh ...

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We are pleased to announce that Kate in Lace by Roger Schmidt has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "As a person who has spent most of his adult life creating music and playi ...

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We are pleased to announce that In the Hourglass by Catherine Haverkamp has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "In the Hourglass is a visual convergence of multiple conflicts m ...

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We are pleased to announce that [DefaultValue(null)] by Stephen Yavorski has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition "When I designed [DefaultValue(null)], I wanted to explore emot ...

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We are pleased to announce that Ascolta, ti Ricorderà by Miki K. T. Chart has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “This work was inspired by my observation that a busy modern l ...

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We are pleased to announce that Consolidation by Lucas Bononi has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. Lucas Bononi had always been drawn to painting trompe l'oeils, but Consol ...

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We are pleased to announce that The Heart of the Gem by He Lihuai has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."The greatness of a painting does not depend on its size. In fact, many ...

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We are pleased to announce that Abby by Julie Bell has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."I love solving puzzles. To me, a portrait that I paint, whether it is of a human or ...

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We are pleased to announce that Self Reflections by Kyle Sims has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."While I enjoy painting all the larger felines of the wild, the tiger would ...

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