Emilio Longo, founder and director of Skill-Based Art: A Learning Resource for Art Students & Artist-Teachers, has recently designed a product to commemorate the life and work of the 20th century portrait painter, Pietro Annigoni. A Sketchbook for the Student of Traditional Realism, is an A4, 48-page, toned paper sketchbook that is bound with 100% cotton rag paper that Longo says was developed in the mid 1900s by the 20th century portrait painter, Pietro Annigoni in collaboration with papermakers of the Cartiere Magnani Mill in Italy. Emilio sourced the paper from Italy and the sketchbook was bound and manufactured in Melbourne, Australia.

To learn more about this sketchbook visit: www.skillbasedart.weebly.com/store.html

"Challenges reveal character, and the graduates of the Laguna College of Art + Design class of 2020 are the embodiment of perseverance. Collectively they demonstrate a command of both time-honored skill and fierce personal dedication."

The virtual exhibition runs from June 15 - July 31, 2020 and can be viewed here. 

Laguna College of Art and Design’s (LCAD) undergraduate Fine Arts department is proud to present its 2020 Virtual BFA Fine Arts Exhibition, a group exhibition highlighting representational paintings, drawings, and sculptures produced by seniors of LCAD’s BFA program in Drawing + Painting. Like all previous LCAD BFA Fine Arts Senior Exhibitions, this year’s virtual exhibition will offer a selection of work developed as part of LCAD’s Senior Thesis project, the mission of which is to guide seniors in creating a cohesive body of work that reflects a balance of individual conceptual growth and academic knowledge of the figure, still life, landscape, and interior.

Exhibiting Students: Amit Aharoni, Kendyl Berry, Emily Bertucci, Rachel Chang, Cheyenne Earp, Rowan Foley, Chapman Hamborg, Brooke Hunter, Landon Johnson, Gabriella Kohr, Jose Cortes Gutierrez, Michael Lemen, Julia Low, Ryanne Phillips, Olivia Stude, and Sonja Taylor.

The exhibition runs from June 15 - July 31, 2020.

Click here to enter the Virtual Gallery.

The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. is offering a virtual tour of the exhibition "Degas at the Opera".

It is the first show dedicated to Edgar Degas’s fascination with the Paris Opera - its spaces, music, and people involved with the thriving theatrical life of 19th-century Paris. The online exhibit offers resources which include research on the Gallery’s collection of works by Degas (the world’s third-largest), video footage captured on the last day the Gallery was open, and a dynamic virtual tour that allows visitors to explore each room of the exhibition.

To learn more, click here. 

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 the museum and online.

The Night Watch will be encased in a state-of-the-art clear glass chamber designed by the French architect Jean Michel Wilmotte. This will ensure that the painting can remain on display for museum visitors. A digital platform will allow viewers from all over the world to follow the entire process online continuing the Rijksmuseum innovation in the digital field.

To learn more and watch the restoration, click here. 

Michael J. Pearce explains imaginative realism, an artful “escape from reality” in a 15-minute video, featuring works of art from prehistory to modern movies.

To watch the video, click here. 

ARC Associate Living Master Paige Bradley is holding a solo exhibition and sculpture demonstration at Gallery D'May located on 401 Washington St, Cape May, NJ 08204. The exhibition runs from June 26- September 30, 2020 with the live demonstration taking place on June 27, 2020 at Noon.

For more information about this event, please click here. 

The Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award is open to artists from all over the world for small-scale artworks. Entrants submit 2D artworks up to 61cm (24 inches) in height or width. The Judging is based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality and skill.

ARC Associate Living Master Vicki Sullivan will be participating in the show.

To learn more, please click here. 

Maryhill Museum presents the Influence of Women, a fully online exhibition of student and graduate paintings from the Aristides Atelier, at Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, WA.

Click here to register for the art opening Saturday, June 13th via Zoom at 6pm Pacific Time.

To learn more about the show, click here. 

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Citizen of the World by Joshua Langstaff

The ARC Approved Southern Atelier is offering a free Russian Academic portrait drawing demonstration by Iliya Mirochnik.

This class is free to anyone who would like to join on Saturday, June 13, 2020 on Zoom. To register, click here. 

Fine Art Connoisseur has released a series of videos on Facebook and YouTube called Contemporary Realist Art in Lockdown. Nine extraordinary artists, educators, and dealers discuss what they are doing to move their careers and contemporary realist art forward.

Peter Trippi (Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine) & Katie G. Whipple (Artist, New York City) host the series of interviews.

To watch the videos on Youtube, click here. 

The ARC Allied Organization, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, is holding a show called "Portraits of Heroes". 14 CSOPA members bring their professional skills to honor workers in healthcare, food services, and other essential businesses in and around Connecticut during the COVID19 pandemic.

On June 14, 2020 there will be an Artist/Hero Zoom reception from 3-5PM. Pre-register to receive meeting details by June 13th. 

There will be a storefront display beginning June 19, 2020 at 170 Bedford Street, Stamford, CT.

To see the virtual exhibition, click here. 

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Earl Gillette
by Cynthia Gillette

Sheltering with Art is a virtual exhibition and sale featuring 70 works by the faculty of the ARC Approved Florence Academy of Art. Sculptures, paintings, and drawings will be among pieces offered.

To view the exhibition, please click here.

Artwork info: 
Perched Bird by Nicholas Chaundy
30 x 40 cm, Oil on linen, 2020

We are saddened by the traumas and violence that continue to ripple through American society. People are angry, frightened and heartbroken.

We must change and work together to build a better, more compassionate and just world. Fine art has the power to reveal the truth and to express what only images can convey when words are not enough. Fine art has the power to heal us and teach us.

The ARC Approved Studio Incamminati, School for Contemporary Realist Art has partnered with Rowan University to offer students a unique Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Philadelphia’s Studio Incamminati offers students the opportunity to earn a comprehensive BFA from a nationally ranked university while receiving rigorous realist fine arts training in a studio setting.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art: Studio Incamminati Atelier Concentration will begin Fall 2020. Both Rowan University students and those enrolled in Studio Incamminati are eligible to apply to the newly established program. Studio Incamminati students are also eligible to begin taking Rowan courses during the summer through the Studio Incamminati Summer Scholarship. The scholarship will reduce tuition by 50-percent for up to six credits and can be renewed for up to three years.

To learn more about this program, click here.