Hind's Feet by Daniel Gerhartz

Workshops and Conference: Click here for the list of instructors, which includes several ARC Living Masters and ARC Salon winners. The Weekend at the Masters Workshops and Conference, sponsored by American Artist provides artists and art collectors who are passionate about traditional fine art the opportunity to study and interact with some of today's foremost representational painters, through workshops, demonstrations, panel discussions and special presentations.

Good morning Fred. I just posted on my facebook page your Portrait Society speech a number of years ago on academic art and relevance. It stirred up some great debate and today I reread the speech and it felt as inspiring as I remembered. When I originally read the speech years ago I was in a sort of limbo in my career. I was an aspiring traditional figurative artist that just graduated from college where I was told not to paint this way or I'll never have a career. It was hard to shake all the nonsense but after years of listening to my heart, along with this speech being the final blow, I find myself empowered as a traditional artist today and accomplishing all I set out to do in this profession. All I wish to convey is a thanks to you for the inspiration. Sincerely, Eric Armusik [Eric Armusik won a Chairman's Choice Award the International 2009-2010 ARC Salon™]

Dear Mr. Ross,

You gave an excellent speech last night, thank you! Even though I was near the back I could still hear you, so don't worry. I hope you will post your speech on the ARC website so more can see the association between the 19th century themes on the importance of art depicting all of humanity, not just the well-off, and how this was shown last night in the midst of a confused art world. It was shown in a respectful, tasteful manner, with integrity and purpose. I hope to see much more of this type of compassion and human connection in the work that follows these artist, from those of us who are still emerging with ideas and messages of truth.

We met last night after the panel discussion, I introduced myself and thanked you for the scholarship. I was a pleasure to be able to do that in person, and I want to relay to you how huge that was for me- being able to take these workshops at the GCA has done wonders to round out my Angel Academy education. Without this money, I would never have even considered the possibility of continuing my studies due to the expenses, it's simply not possible.

John Angel made a suggestion for the use of the leftover scholarship money, and so I wanted to ask you personally if it could help pay for a painting of mine that was returned from Florence this past week. It cost me over $500 in shipping. I know that this money is given in order to help finance the studies of those unable to afford it, and this would greatly help me have one less worry.

Thank you again- your endeavors are becoming so strong, with a current flowing with and behind you. Because of this, I have so much hope for the future of art and my personal addition to this human community. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Christina Grace Mastrangelo

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Christina Grace Mastrangelo
Fine Artist & Teacher

www.christinamastrangelo.com

LAAFA Foyer with Cluster by Eric Pedersen Fall Workshops: Ryan Brown, Jordu Schell, Nathan Fowkes, Sherrie McGraw

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Dear Chairman of Art Renewal Center,

I'm currently a student of an art college and read your speech Good Art/Bad Art: Pulling Back the Curtain and I can't help but agree with what you said. I've been through my share of art history classes and I could never understand why the modernists were so great when their work looked like the students in an art school who have no interest in art (we call them "filler students"). Although I may be among the few in my school to work in a classical way, most of the students I've met and seen prefer realism than contemporary, abstract, modernism, or whatever you call it.

Thanks for making things clear for me.
Brian Lei

If you're interested in my paintings... http://www.flickr.com/photos/blei/.

A new artwork has been added to the Edmund Blair Leighton Gallery on ARC. Ribbons and Laces for Very Pretty Faces, 1904 is now heading the E. B. Leighton Gallery, courtesy of Kara Ross with commentary by Kara Ross, ARC Director of Operations, who is researching and writing the Catalogue Raisonné on Edmund Blair Leighton.

Ribbons and Laces for Very Pretty Faces 1904 by Edumund Blair Leighton