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ARC is the Eye of the Storm, at the core, hub and center of a major cultural shift in the art world. With a growing body of experts, we are setting standards to become ARC Approved™ for artists, art schools, systems of training, museum exhibitions and historical scholarship, to bring guidance, direction, goals and reality to an art establishment that has been sailing rudderless for nearly a hundred years.

Additionally, the Art Renewal Center is a non-profit educational organization committed to reviving standards of craftsmanship and excellence. Only by gaining a full command of the skills of the past masters can we create the masters of tomorrow. This is a step forward for our culture. Experimentation and creativity can only succeed and prosper when built on a solid foundation of past accomplishments, with the tools which empower artists to realize their visions.

Nothing has been more restricting and debilitating than the theories of modernism, which eliminated these tools, along with the skills to employ them. We are providing a forum for artists, scholars, collectors and the public to appreciate great art, and to recognize that they're not alone in their suspicions about the emptiness of modern and postmodern art. These suspicions are fully justified by the overwhelming body of evidence and historical facts.



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a blind alley likes the messenger who shines
a light at the brick wall up ahead."

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Call for Entries
The Art Renewal Center's
5th International ARC Salon™
Deadline: September 6, 2008

Win International Recognition Overnight
Have your work seen by 5.5 Million Yearly Visitors.

More than $44,000 in Awards
Compete and Win in 5 Categories
Award Winners and Finalists will be featured on the
Art Renewal Center website
and in our full color exhibition book,
the ARC Salon Catalogue
Entry Application

ASCR brings the Baroque to Oakland's Temescal Fair

ARC Approved™ Atelier,   Atelier School of Classical Realism brought it's Baroque drawing program to the streets of Oakland, CA at the Temescal Fair.
The Atelier, ASCR , in northern California maintains a focus on Baroque drawing and painting technology with an emphasis upon the needs of the individual student.
Fine figure drawing and anatomy courses are offered, as well as a certificate drawing course featuring sight size measurement construction.
The impressive quality of both faculty
(including director, ARC Living Master™
David Hardy
) and student artwork were a wakeup call to those attending the fair:

Classical Training is available in the the 21st Century
Atelier School of  Classical Realism
Atelier School of  Classical Realism

posted at Friday, July 18, 2008

Accredited Drawing Course through Ashland Academy

ARC Approved™ Atelier, Ashland Academy of Art has launched an accredited drawing course in conjunction with the art department of Southern Oregon University.

University students will be able to take a serious drawing program and get credits at the same time. It is a rare opportunity to share academic drawing methods accumulated through the centuries, with modern university art students.

For more information on this breakthrough opportunity:
October 2008 ART 199 SS/Intro to Academic Drawing
which will be taught on-site at the
Ashland Academy of Art
email: info@ashlandacademyofart.com
or call: 541 482-3567
Ashland Academy drawings
Ashland Academy drawings

posted at Friday, July 18, 2008

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  • The Foundation for the Art Renewal Center, a 501(c) 3 educational foundation was founded in 1999 to present responsible opposing views to the modernist art establishment.

  • As a non-profit 501C3 Educational Foundation and one of the Internet’s leading art educational resources, the Art Renewal Center hosts the ARC Museum with over 60,000 images including hi-resolution views to allow our visitors to explore the depths of technique right down to the brush stroke in each artwork.

  • The Art Renewal Center provides scholarships to aspiring artists studying at ARC Approved™ Ateliers all over the world, which can be found on the ARC Atelier Map.
You can support ‘Art Renewal’with your Donation to ARC
or by becoming Member of ARC.

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posted at Tuesday, July 01, 2008

ARC Museum Maintenance

To All Our Devoted Visitors

Museum and Atelier images were not available during a sceduled maintenance on
June 27 and finishing up early June 28.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

As all have noticed, the ARC Website is now many times faster and you can expect continued improvements in the coming months.

Please continue to visit the largest on-line Museum on the internet. A work in progress, steadily expanding with thousands of high quality images of the greatest paintings and sculpture in history, the Art Renewal Center is building an encyclopedic collection of essays, biographies and articles by top scholars in the field.

posted at Saturday, June 28, 2008

ARC Living Master™ Igor Babailov at LAAFA


Master the Portrait Workshop
with ARC Living Master™ Igor Babailov at
ARC Approved™ Atelier LAAFA
Dates and Times: Wed.-Sun., Aug.6th-10th, 10am-5pm
Days 1-3 Include: A three hour Master Demonstration by Igor Babailov
Day 1: Solid Drawing - as a Fundamental for Strong Painting
Day 2: Pastel - from Leonardo da Vinci to the Impressionists and beyond
Day 3: Oil Painting - the Medium of the Masters
Day 4: Working with the life model and completing the paintings/drawings. Highly individual instruction
Day 5: Working with the life model and completing the paintings/drawings. Highly individual instruction.
Click Here for LAAFA's full summer 2008 schedule

posted at Friday, June 27, 2008

ARC 2008 Scholarship Competition Deadline Has Passed

ARC Scholarship Competition
$30,000 in Scholarship Grants This Year

The 2008 ARC Scholarship Competition Deadline has passed and the competition is now closed.

ARC Scholarship winners will be contacted by mail as soon as a decision has been made. The names of winners will be announced on the ARC Website.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Applicants who have not been chosen to receive an ARC Scholarship will not be contacted individually.

The ARC Scholarship Competition is a yearly event:
Click here for more info- see the FAQ's and get ready for
the 2009 ARC Scholarship Competition


posted at Monday, June 23, 2008

Last Week to Preorder 2007 ARC Salon Catalogs


2007 ARC Salon Catalogs will be shipped next week.

The ARC Salon Catalogs, with their beautiful color reproductions of the ARC International Salon Winners, are eagerly awaited for each year and treasured as collections of today's masters.

This is is the last week for preorders.
Order before June 25, 2008 and take advantage of preorder benefits.

The 4th Annual ARC Salon proved a difficulty for our judges as the quality was so impressive that their decisions extended weeks past the deadline. The judges decided to include 150 finalists instead of the usual 100, as it was impossible to eliminate any more items, when those remaining were of such high quality.
All 150 finalists are represented in this year's catalog.
ARC Chairman, Fred Ross' Keynote Address to the Oil Painters of America, applauded as a definitive analysis of 19th century art history, is included in its entirety.
Preorder Now

posted at Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Florence Academy Awards Best Painting 2008

posted at Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Andreeva Summer Workshops in Santa Fe, NM


The ARC Approved Atelierâ„¢
Andreeva Portrait Academy
is offering Summer Classes in the historic
Plaza district of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Click Here for the
Andreeva Portrait Academy Schedule
Paintings by Andreeva Portrait Academy Instructors

posted at Tuesday, June 17, 2008

When ARC Chairman, Fred Ross Spoke at the Met

On June 7, 2001-- Fred Ross, Chairman of the Art Renewal Center, addressed a crowd of over 700 portrait artists, gallery owners and members of the press at America's premier institution of art, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, at the American Society of Portrait Artists (ASOPA) Conference. Mr Ross was interrupted at least 10 times to thunderous applause or peals of laughter, as he blasted Modernism and its chief icons, Picasso, Mattisse and DeKooning, with some of the most biting, yet truthful satire that has ever been heard in those sanctified halls.

This memorable plea for sanity in the arts is a 'must read'
for art lovers and scholars alike:

Good Art Bad Art: Pulling Back the Curtain
by Fred Ross

posted at Tuesday, June 10, 2008

ARC Living Master: Juliette Aristides at BACAA


Eight Day Intensive Portrait Painting Workshop
The ARC Approved™ Atelier BACAA, The Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier is very proud to host this master workshop with
ARC Living Master™, Juliette Aristides, gifted artist and author:

8 Day Portrait Painting Workshop July 7-15, 2008
Location: Barrett Hall, Belmont California
(in the San Francisco Bay Area)

Working from life and from the masters, you will follow traditional ideas and techniques of portrait painting as you develop vital tools for creating skillful portrait paintings.
You will explore varied working methods through master copies, lectures and group discussions, spending a portion of each day working on topical issues such as drawing, composition, value, color and color theory, as you study the way the master artists of the past have handled such challenges.
Over the eight days, you also create one longer painting that develops from drawing to under painting through full color. Class discussions, slide lectures and instructor demonstrations focus on building skills for successful independent work and illuminate ways to solve problems when you return to your own studio.
Application Form – Click here to Apply

Author of: Classical Drawing Atelier, Watson-Guptill, 2007
Classical Painting Atelier, Watson-Guptill, 2008

posted at Tuesday, June 10, 2008

ASCR Offers:The Life and Times of the Great Baroque Masters

Reservations are now being accepted for the ARC Approvedâ„¢ Atelier, The Atelier School of Classical Realism 2008 SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE GREAT BAROQUE MASTERS
Saturday Mornings 9AM: JULY12-AUGUST30 (8 sessions)
The instructor will be Greg Flood, art history specialist. Get acquainted with Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Dyke, Rubens, Velasquez, Carravagio and some of their friends. Discover what they were like before the museums collected and hung their paintings. Full color reproductions of their artwork will accompany each lecture adventure.
Enrollment size will be limited.Tuition paid in advance is $320.00.
Tuition paid after July 1 will be $360.00.
For more information, contact David Hardy at (510) 407.1336 or dnshardy@yahoo.com

posted at Monday, June 09, 2008

LIAFA and NYAA Offer Landscape Painting Classes in the Hamptons


ARC Approved Atelier, Long Island Academy of Fine Art with locations in both Riverhead and Oyster Bay, has recently affiliated the ARC Approved Atelier, The New York Academy of Art, to offer landscape-painting classes in the Hamptons, Long Island, NY.

The New York Academy of Art, located in Manhattan's TriBeCa district, is a not-for-profit educational institution dedicated to the advancement of figurative painting, sculpture, and drawing, and is the first graduate school in the United States devoted exclusively to the human figure. The NYAAs distinguished faculty has historically included many of the nations most respected artists; among them today is LIAFAs own founder and director, Robert Armetta. Mr. Armetta, a graduate of the NYAA, has been teaching there for three years in addition to his classes at LIAFA, which he expanded in November of 2007 due to an increasing demand for classical studies on Long Island.

Starting on June 14th, the New York Academy of Art, in conjunction with the Long Island Academy of Fine Art will offer Landscape Painting in the Hamptons; courses taught by LIAFAs staff of professional artists.
Register through NYAA at www.nyaa.edu or call 631-603-5514 for more information.
Visit the Long Island Academy of Fine Art at: www.liafa.com

posted at Monday, June 09, 2008

ARA Summer Classical Painting Classes in Toronto, Canada



ARC Approved Atelier, Academy of Realist Art in Toronto, Canada -about one hour's drive from Buffalo, NY. is offering Classical Painting Classes this Summer with Award-Winning Realists from their Full-time Atelier Program.

ARA Summer workshops:
Sketching in Oil From the Nude Figure: learn to paint directly from the live model in this oil painting workshop.
Instructor: Fernando Freitas
June 16 - 27, 2008
Paint Your Own Masterpiece: learn oil painting by copying an 'old master'.
Instructor: Fernando Freitas
July 7 - 18, 2008
Still Life Painting Workshop: The illusion of three dimensions in oil painting.
Instructor: Juan Martinez
August 18 - 29, 2008

posted at Monday, June 09, 2008

LAAFA Accepting Applications for Summer 2008 Term



The ARC Approved™ Atelier, The Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, is excited to announce the start of their upcoming Atelier three year program's newest installment.
LAAFA is now accepting applications for the Summer 2008 start.
The deadline to submit your application is 6/28/08 for the 7/28/08 start of the program.
Contact LAAFA at 818.708.9232 or visit www.laafa.org/atelier/curriculum/ for curriculum details.
Upcoming 5-Day Workshops at LAAFA:

Classical Figure Drawing
course with Jon Demartin Wed.-Sun., July 9th-13th
Portrait in Oil Workshop with Igor Babailov Wed.-Sun., Aug.6th-10th
Figure Painting Workshop with Steven Assael Wed.-Sun., Sept. 3rd-7th
Portrait Painting Workshop with Sean Cheetham Wed.-Sun., Oct. 8th-12th
Figure Drawing course with Dan Thompson Fri.-Tue., Oct. 10th-14th

posted at Monday, June 09, 2008

Part-Time Classes at New School for Classical Realism


Announcing Part-Time classes at ARC Approved Atelier: The New School of Classical Realism
Director, ARC Living Artist™: Dana Levin

Visit www.danalevin.com for details.

Application Deadline for Fall 2008 Full-Time Classes is June 27th.



posted at Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Juliette Aristedes and Patricia Watwood at John Pence Gallery


ARC Masters Juliette Aristedes and Patricia Watwood along with Sarah Lamb, Kate Lehman, and Dorothy Morgan are featured in a group show at John Pence Gallery:

'Five Women'
Reception for the Artists
Thurday, April 10th- 6-8pm

Showdates: April 10 - May 10, 2008

Johne Pence Gallery
750 Post Street
San Francisco, CA
415-441-1138




The Artist
by Juliette Aristedes
48 x 36 inches
Oil on Linen, 2007

posted at Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Dana Levin is now an ARC Living Artist™


Dana Levin, Director of the ARC Approved Atelier: The New School of Classical Realism, has been approved as an ARC Living Artist™

Visit the Dana Levin Gallery


Hydrangea and Winterberries
by Dana Levin
Oil on Canvas

posted at Friday, May 02, 2008

2008 Angel Art School Annual Exhibition


Lynne Barton And Michael John Angel
Cordially invite you to
The 2008 Annual Exhibition
Of the Angel Academy of Art

Opening
Thursday, May 22, 2008
18.00 to 21.00

Exhibition continues
Friday, May 23red & Saturday May 24th
10.00 to 18.00

Via San Niccolo 88/r
Florence, Italy
Tel. 055 246 6737


The Artist's Model
by Michael John Angel
Oil on Canvas, 2007

posted at Monday, April 28, 2008

ARC International 2008 Salon™ Competition

Call for Entries
The Art Renewal Center's
International 2008 ARC Salon™

Win International Recognition Overnight
Have your work seen by 5.5 Million Yearly Visitors.

More than $44,000 in Awards
Compete and Win in 5 Categories
Award Winners and Finalists will be featured on the
Art Renewal Center website
and in our full color catalogue.

Awards

Best in Show: $10,000 cash award plus gallery space in the Museum section of the ARC’s website. Gallery space will include the artist’s biographical information accompanied by 1 to 5 web pages of the artist’s finest works. The winner will also gain automatic acceptance as an ARC Approved Artist with exemption from the application process and $150 application fee..

The William Bouguereau Award - Emotion, Theme, and the Figure: $3,000

5 First Place Awards: $2,500 awarded in each category
5 Second Place Awards: $1,000 awarded in each category
5 Third Place Awards: $500 awarded in each category

Chairman's Choice Award: 2 Awarded at $500 each

ARC Staff Award: 4 Awarded at $100 each

People's Choice Award: $100 cash award. Winner will be selected by the public from the top 100 finalists through an online voting system at www.artrenewal.org.

Minimum of $10,000 in Purchase Awards
Works do not have to be for sale to be eligible for the competition. Purchase awards will be chosen from the finalists by our four judges and awarded at the sole discretion of the ARC's Chairman, Fred Ross.

30 Honorable Mentions: Award winners will receive an Award Certificate and have their winning artwork accompanied by their name displayed on the ARC website.
Top 100 Finalists will have their entry accompanied by their name displayed on the ARC website and will also be featured in the 2008 ARC Salon™ Catalog.

For more details on how to enter you can download entry forms in either PDF or Microsoft Word format.

Entry Deadline: September 6, 2008

To see the winners from the 2007 ARC Salon™ have a look at the announcement of the winners.

Inquiries may be addressed to Katie O'Hagan at arcprograms@artrenewal.org

posted at Friday, April 25, 2008





Selections from Sotheby's
Important Victorian and Edwardian Art Auction
July 15, 2008



La Chimenée

by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Lot 54


Eloquent Silence

by Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema
Lot 35


Summer Seas

by Herbert James Draper
Lot 47


The Favourite

by John William Godward
Lot 45

2007 ARC Salon
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