January 2015
The ARC Salon Deadline Is This Saturday!
4 January, 2015
| The 2014-2015 International ARC Salon entry period is almost over, but there is still time to submit works! This year, we are offering more prizes and opportunities than ever. For the first time we will be having a live exhibition of some of the winners and finalists at the MEAM (Museum of European Art Modern), a museum dedicated to contemporary realism in Barcelona, Spain. Also, for the first time, we are offering an exhibition at a Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc., New York City, NY. Yet another new prize this year is the Knohl Collection Award for History or Literature Inspired Art. In addition, Streamline Art Video will award one finalist a showcase as a key featured part of a DVD on the ARC Salon, not to mention the $65,000 plus in cash awards and press coverage in at least six magazines and two newspapers; Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine will be publishing an article on the top winners of the 2014-2015 ARC Salon as well as select a finalist for a featured article. In addition, Plein Air Magazine, American Art Collector Magazine, Western Art Collector Magazine, American Fine Art Magazine, and International Artist Magazine will all be giving out awards as well. This year Brandon Kralik will be writing an article on the 2014/2015 ARC Salon for the Huffington Post and ARC Chief Operating Officer, Kara Lysandra Ross, will write an article on the top winners for the Epoch Times, a large international newspaper that publishes in 19 languages. For more information and to enter the Salon, please click here. |
Florence Academy of Art Ecorché Sculpture Workshops
3 January, 2015
| The Florence Academy of Art offers Ecorché Sculpture at its three Locations: Florence, Sweden, Jersey City. | |
| Throughout history the study of anatomy has played a major role in the education of both the representational painter and sculptor. Recognizing & understanding both the skeleton and the muscles and how they affect movement, form and surface anatomy are skills that help the artist in both accurately capturing nature and using more creative freedom while working with the figure. Écorché refers to a traditional way of studying anatomy by either drawing or sculpting the figure without skin. During the workshop, students will learn the full skeleton, the surface muscles and the proportions of the figure by sculpting first the bones and then adding the muscles one by one on one side of the sculpture, leaving the skeleton to show on the other side for reference. The material used is oil-based clay that allows for flexibility and maximum control over small details. The Florence Academy of Art has developed the Ecorché Sculpture course as part of its full time curriculum to ensure that each student gains a deep understanding of anatomy. It is now offering intensive workshops during summer session at each of its three locations. |  |
| For more information about Ecorché Sculpture, please visit, www.florenceacademyofart.com. | |
Arantzazu Martinez in <i>Epoch Times</i>
3 January, 2015
 Dracula by Arantzazu Martinez |
ARC Living Master™ Arantzazu Martinez recently had an interview with the Epoch Times. “Art is a matter of pure passion for the Spanish painter Arantzazu Martinez. When her craving to paint like the 19th century masters could not be met at the academy in Madrid, she left Spain to study at Jacob Collins’s Water Street Atelier in New York.” To read the full article, please click here. |
2013-2014 ARC Salon Catalogs have arrived!
1 January, 2015
| The 2013-2014 ARC Salon competition catalog displays the work of 685 finalists in full color. The catalog is 256 pages, includes an essay about the top winners in the salon, and an article by Frederick Ross, “Why Realism?”. To order your copy of the 2013-2014 ARC Salon Catalog, click here. There is still time to enter the 2014/2015 International ARC Salon (deadline, Jan 31). To view the prospectus, click here. |  |
New Additional Award and Deadline Extension
5 January, 2015
| We would like to announce the addition of another new award into this year's ARC Salon. The Knohl Collection Award for History or Literature Inspired Art - (Minimum of $5,000) This award is sponsored by Dr. Howard and Linda Knohl who are among the world's most respected private art collectors. The award may be given to a single entry or divided among multiple works (up to three). The painting must have been inspired by history or literature and the award may come in the form of a purchase award in which case the work(s) may become an addition to The Knohl Collection, which is a stunning assemblage of hundreds of paintings and thousands of decorative art objects. With over 80,000 pieces, it includes a wide variety of art forms rarely seen in any single private collection. To learn more about the Knohl Collection, click here. Due to a large number of requests for additional time we will be extending the ARC Salon entry deadline to the end of the month. All entries are due in by end of day January 31, 2015 EST. |
Bartholomeus Spranger Exhibit
2 January, 2015
 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY is showing the first major exhibition devoted to Bartholomeus Spranger (1546–1611), a fascinating artist who served a cardinal, a pope, and two Holy Roman Emperors. This exhibition examines Spranger's remarkable career through a selection of his rare paintings, drawings, and etchings, most of which are on loan from international museums and private collections. The exhibit ends February 1, 2015. To learn more about this and other exhibitions, please click here. |
Pastures Green: The British Passion for Landscape
1 January, 2015
| Norton Museum of Art - 1451 S. Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Drawn from the remarkable collections of the National Museum Wales, the exhibition includes approximately 65 works by renowned artists such as Claude Lorrain, Salvador Rosa, Thomas Gainsborough, Joseph Wright of Derby, JMW Turner, John Constable, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Augustus John, Graham Sutherland, John Piper, and Richard Long. | |
| Audiences will be afforded a rare opportunity to follow the rise of landscape painting in Britain as the exhibition tells a story that runs from the Industrial Revolution through the eras of Romanticism, Impressionism, and Modernism, to the Postmodern and Post-Industrial imagery of today. |
 The Bard by Thomas Jones |
| The exhibit ends on April 5, 2015. To view this and more exhibit, please click here. | |
DVI Online Class Now Available
5 January, 2015
| We are happy to announce that The Da Vinci Initiative's first online course, Introduction to Advanced Observational Drawing, has been officially released. This class is an advanced observational drawing course comprising of 30 videos at approximately 10 minutes a piece, breaking down the drawing to the left into easy to understand segments. That is approximately 5 hours of instructional footage! The course, although appropriate for any adult who would like to acquire these advanced skills, is geared towards art educators with special bonus footage after many of the lessons with ideas of how to incorporate this type of training into K - 12 classrooms. In addition, the course will come with a series of free lesson plans for teachers and home schooling parents that can be use with their children and students and that utilize many of the foundational principles of this course. | |
 | The Da Vinci Initiative, part of a 501C3, nonprofit, educational foundation, is a mission for visual literacy in our contemporary world. With a focus on K-12 public and private schools, the goal of this project is to provide skill-based learning in art education in order to deepen the understanding and applications of the visual language that surrounds us. The course is now available through the DVI website by clicking here. |
New Additions to ARC Museum
4 January, 2015
| 15 new images have been added to the ARC museum, including 5 works by Petrus Van Schendel. The ARC museum is always expanding, and we encourage our visitors to check back often. Join our GooglePlus circle, share your favorite Old Master works on our Pinterest board, and like us on Facebook! To see the additions to the ARC museum, please click here. |  A Market Stall by Candlelight by Petrus Van Schendel |
Academy of Realist Art Boston Scholarship
3 January, 2015
 | ARC Approved Academy of Realist Art, Boston has launched its third annual scholarship competition for promising artists with a love for academic style painting and drawing. The scholarship to be awarded is for one year's free tuition, September 2015-June 2016. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older. The deadline for submission is March 15, 2015. Winners will be announced March 30, 2015. For more information please visit: http://academyofrealistartboston.com/scholarship-info/ |
10 more days left to enter the ARC Salon!
2 January, 2015
| 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 5,000,000 annual visitors to the ARC website, as well as in other reputable venues. For the first time we will be having a live exhibition of some of the winners and finalists at the MEAM (Museum of European Art Modern), a museum dedicated to contemporary realism in Barcelona, Spain. Also, for the first time, we are offering an exhibition at a top New York City gallery. Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc., New York City, NY and ARC will select a group of approximately 15 finalists who will be asked to supply the gallery with additional images. From those finalists, the gallery will choose 4 – 6 artists for a group show to be held at their gallery on 57th Street either late 2015 or early 2016. In addition, Streamline Art Video will award one finalist a showcase as a key featured part of a DVD on the ARC Salon. To view the prospectus, please click here. |
Suggested Donation Podcast
1 January, 2015
 Pursuits - A Modern Vanitas by Anthony J. Waichulis | ARC Allied Organization™, Suggested Donation, conducted an interview with ARC Living Master™ and head of ARC Approved Ani Art Academies, Anthony Waichulis. "Anthony paints breathtaking Trompe L'Oeil paintings, runs the Ani Art Academies, and has released a series of instructional DVD's entitled 'The Language of Drawing' and 'The Language of Painting', both long-term projects designed to share his rigorous training with a larger student base." To hear the podcast, click here. |