An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
Dear Patrons,
We are very pleased to be able to share with you a new art history lecture by Tom Richards, the newly appointed Academic Director of The Florence Academy of Art.
In this exciting lecture, Tom explores the various ways sculptures, and disegno, or design, of their displays have worked together and i...
2023-02-03 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Leading the revival of realism in the visual arts, the Art Renewal Center (ARC), a non-profit, educational foundation, hosts the largest online museum dedicated to representational art and includes works by the old masters, 19th century, and 21st Century artists as well as articles, letters and other online resources. The ARC also runs the ARC Salon Competition, which is the largest competition in the world for representation...
2023-01-27 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Thank you for your support and Happy New Year! Looking back on the past year, artists of The FAA Collective (graduates, faculty, and students of The Florence Academy of Art) had an amazing go in the international fine art competition circuit! Back in October we shared an Eye on the Community highlighting the achievements of FAA Collect...
2023-01-20 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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This weeks’s Spotlight on Art features a master copy of Solomon J Solomon's Ajax and Cassandra by FAA Graduate Troy Argyros.
Like many others around the globe, Troy Argyros, an Australian painter and now graduate of The Florence Academy of Art had his plans changed and life impacted by the pandemic. While in the midst of his third and final year at the academy, he found himself back at home in Australia, far away f...
2022-12-13 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
Dear Patrons,
Thank you for your support! This week we have a fantastic lecture by Tom Richards, Assistant Director of The Florence Academy of Art, on two great painters Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1557–1640) and Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923).
At first glance you might think th...
2022-12-03 16:30:01 +0000 UTC
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A feature on The Florence Academy of Art’s cameo in Amazon Prime Video’s James May: Our Man in Italy (Season 2, Episode 4!)
This July, many friends and alumni of The Florence Academy of Art had a pleasant surprise when they saw familiar faces the studios of the academy featured on the popular show James May: Our Man in Italy. After the first few minutes of the 4th episode, The FAA makes its appearance with Director of t...
2022-11-24 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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This weeks’s Spotlight on Art features The Zhao Sisters by FAA Graduate Cassidy Boyuk.
After remaining at The Florence Academy of Art for 6 months as a Graduate in Residence after completing her studies in December of 2021, Cassidy Boyuk returned to her home-state of of Ohio in the United States to open her own studio.
The Zhao Sisters is the first painting in a series of works by Cassidy titled "Sis...
2022-11-09 15:59:01 +0000 UTC
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This year has already been a tremendous one for many of our alumni, faculty and students competing in several competitions throughout the world. We would like to highlight several of our FAA Collective community members who have been awarded as finalists and winners in various categories for their paintings and sculptures!
Congratulations to all!
Portrait Society of America
24th Annual International Portrait Competition
Two alumni...
2022-10-11 13:05:28 +0000 UTC
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This weeks’s Spotlight on Art features Brass, Copper, Garlic by FAA Graduate Michael DeVore.
Michael DeVore, The Florence Academy of Art graduate and FAA Sweden Administrator and Workshop Director, has a varied body of work including portraits, landscape, and narrative scenes, but over the years his greatest output has been in the category of still life.
In still lifes he finds beauty in simp...
2022-08-18 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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This June FAA welcomed a new class of graduates from our full-time painting and sculpture programs into the ranks of our nearly 500 alumni. However, for a few select students, graduation is not the end of the line of their time working and honing their skills at The Florence Academy of Art.
At The FAA there is a tradition of exceptional recent and new graduates being offered positions as Graduates in Residence (formerly known as the “Fourth Year Prize”). These students show exemplar...
2022-07-16 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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This weeks’s Spotlight on Art features several paintings by FAA Graduate Dana Zaltzman.
Usually focusing on a singular artwork in our Spotlight on Art series, we are excited to present you with one that is a little different this time. The Florence Academy of Art graduate Dana Zaltzman has made a career of creating still lifes that while at first glance seem incredibly simple, have worlds beneath their surf...
2022-06-25 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Today we are happy to announce the winner of our third Artistic Challenge!
The winner will receive an ART PRINT, and a personalized critique by an FAA Principal Instructor sent privately via email, and, along with the runner-up, will receive shoutouts from The Florence Academy of Art and The FAA Collectiv...
2022-06-19 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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A Book review from The Florence Academy of Art Alumni featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
Although published in 1934, Edgar Payne’s Composition of Outdoor Painting is a comprehensive volume on outdoor painting techniques and theory and is still one of the most referenced source materials for landscape courses today!
Born in Barry County, Missouri in 1883, and dying at the age of 64 in 1947, Edga...
2022-06-10 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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An installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
Dear Patrons,
Thank you for your support! This week we are excited to present you with the third and final part of our art history lecture series on Caravaggio (1571–1610) with Tom Richards, Assistant Director of the Florence Academy of Art. If you haven’t seen the first two lectures we have th...
2022-06-03 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
As of today, there is one week left to participate in our third Artistic Challenge: Still life!
Be sure to send a high resolution jpg of your artworks by May 31 to social@florenceacademyofart.com to win an exclusive Art Print!
Good luck...
2022-05-24 16:15:07 +0000 UTC
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A feature on FAA alum Patrick Okrasinski’s journey through Europe funded by the Donald Jurney Traveling Fellowship
A summer of travel, visiting museums, and (most importantly) painting through Europe might seem a distant dream for many, but for Florence Academy of Art - US alumnus Patrick Okrasinski, it was a fruitful and exhilarating reality. In the summer of 2021, after delays due to the Covid-1...
2022-05-20 14:00:09 +0000 UTC
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This weeks’s Spotlight on Art features Portrait of a Sleeping Robin by FAA Graduate Sarah Margaret Gibson.
Somewhere in the space between a portrait and a still life, this Spotlight on Art goes in depth on the inspiration, material beginnings, and overall process behind the creation of Portrait of a Sleeping Robin, a painting by Sarah Margaret Gibson. Gibson is a Scottish and American pain...
2022-05-15 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
We hope you are enjoying the content we’ve released so far during Painting season on the FAA Collective!
We love the wonderful artworks we are receiving for our our third Artistic Challenge: Still life and want to remind you that the submission deadline for is MAY 31.
Be sure to send a high resolution jpg of your artworks to
2022-05-05 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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An installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
Dear Patrons,
Thank you for your support! This week we are excited to present you with the second part of a three-part lecture series by Tom Richards, Assistant Director of the Florence Academy of Art, on Caravaggio!
With the first lecture we started near Milan in the small town of Caravaggio, the ...
2022-05-01 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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This weeks’s Spotlight on Art features Sleep by FAA Graduate Carlos Madrid.
We are delighted to share with you a new Spotlight on Art showcasing Sleep, a still life painting by Carlos Madrid. Carlos is a Peruvian born artist and is a graduate of The Florence Academy of Art as well as a former instructor at the academy from 2006-2008.
We hope you truly enjoy reading about some of the ...
2022-04-22 14:01:04 +0000 UTC
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We are very excited to present you with our third challenge, a STILL LIFE!
From today APRIL 11 to MAY 31 we will be accepting entries of a still life either drawn, painted or sculpted in any medium!
Send a high resolution jpg to social@florenceacademyofart.com. Please include your full name, the size, title, and medium of the artwork, and feel free t...
2022-04-11 14:00:10 +0000 UTC
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An installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
Dear Patrons,
Thank you for your support! This week we are excited to present you with the first part of a three-part lecture series by Tom Richards, Assistant Director of the Florence Academy of Art, on Caravaggio (1571–1610)!
Throughout this lecture series you will b...
2022-04-09 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Today we have the pleasure to announce the start of Painting Season at The FAA Collective!
While last season was everything drawing this one is all about painting. But what kind? “Painting” is a broad genre, and to ensure you the best content we can, our special focus will be on the art of the still life.
Historically, the particular selection of objects for a still life by the painter has been used to conv...
2022-04-03 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Today we are excited to share with you a brand new Book review by Principal Instructor in the Intensive Drawing program at The Florence Academy of Art, Simone Olivia Moritz.
Simone has an extensive book collection, making it was an absolute pleasure to film this video in her home studio, here, in Florence.
In this review, we learn all about one of Simone’s favourite anatomy manuals Die Gestalt de...
2022-03-19 12:01:02 +0000 UTC
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This week’s Spotlight on Art features Puzzle by FAA graduate Eric J. Drummond.
Dear Patrons,
Today we are happy to share with Eric's own words about this very personal project of his, a portrait of his brother Daniel. Eric Drummond is a Canadian artist who graduated from the Painting Program in Florence. His work is heavily influenced by his time in Italy, and by the great masters of realism Eric adm...
2022-03-11 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
Dear Patrons,
Thank you for your support! This week we are excited to share with you a new art history lecture with Tom Richards, Assistant Director of The Florence Academy of Art. “Disegno Today” takes a deep dive into spectacular drawings from the past, exploring why they were created, and what we can learn f...
2022-03-03 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
With our Drawing season in full gear, we couldn’t miss the opportunity to feature FAA Founder, Daniel Graves, and the full story of how he rediscovered the Bargue Drawings!
Back in the mid 1980’s, Graves was in London and came across his first lithograph of the female torso on a pedestal in a market on Kings Road. Graves paid 20 pounds for what would turn out to become one of the most used didactic tools among today’...
2022-02-25 15:00:08 +0000 UTC
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This weeks’s Spotlight on Art features a selection of drawings by FAA graduate Justas Varpucanskis.
Justas graduated from the FAA Painting Program in 2018. After spending an additional year in Florence to work on developing his skill, Justas returned to Chicago. His work focuses mainly on portraiture, “trying to see the contemporary world through the contemplative lens of late medieval Europe.”
We hope you enjoy this sele...
2022-02-19 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Thank you for your support! Each year we select one artwork from a FAA Collective artist and produce a limited edition art print that is exclusive to our Art Collector tier subscribers on Patreon.
As this year’s prints are arriving at their homes, we would like to share with you some interesting facts about the drawing that inspired them, a reproduction of The Girl with the Black Fur by Marco Franco.
Marco...
2022-02-11 14:01:02 +0000 UTC
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An Installment in the Techniques related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
Dear Patrons,
Thank you for your support! This week we are excited to share with you a lecture featuring faculty members from the Advanced Painting program at The Florence Academy of Art.
“Inside the Studio” takes us on a technical grand tour through some artists’ studios of the past as well as the unique ...
2022-02-03 17:01:03 +0000 UTC
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