Studio Incamminati artists featured
during Church of Holy Trinity's
annual June Gallery art show

     The Church of the Holy Trinity’s annual June Gallery on the Square, an exhibit and sale of fine art, this year features the artists of Studio Incamminati.
    The show, held in the sanctuary of the historic Rittenhouse Square Romanesque landmark, continues the church’s successful gallery arts program through its Rittenhouse Square Artist Guild.  Throughout the year, the church transforms the sanctuary space into an art gallery as part of its community outreach.

   June Gallery on the Square hours vary daily.
A complete schedule is at www.artonrittenhousesquare.org

June Gallery on the Square
June 6 - June 11
Hours vary daily
Church of the Holy Trinity
NW corner Rittenhouse Square
19th and Walnut streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-567-1267

A Portrait of The Portrait
   Artist and educator Patrick Connors discusses artist motivation for portraiture including love, hate, homage,and of course, commission.
   Connors, a Philadelphia artist, has taught at Studio Incamminati, New York Academy of Art, Grand Central Academy of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

The Portrait
Wednesday
April 29
5 - 6 p.m.
Fifth-floor Studios
340 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA
$10      $5 PAFA students with ID

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit-card payment due at time of reservation.

Portrait Society of America honors
Nelson Shanks with Gold Medal,
recognizes four Studio artists
      Calling him "an outstanding artist and educational advocate" and "a driving force in the Realist community for the past 50 years," the Portrait Society of America has named Nelson Shanks the recipient of its 2009 Gold Medal.

     Shanks joined a distinguished list of prior recipients including Andrew Wyeth and Burton Silverman. The award will be presented at the society's annual conference April 23 - 26, in Washington, D.C.

     Studying at the Art Students League of New York, Nelson observed and studied under artists such as Robert Brackman, Ivan Olinsky, John Koch and Edwin Dickinson. As a recipient of the prestigious Greenshields Foundation and the Stacey Foundation grants, Nelson continued his studies in Florence with the legendary Pietro Annigoni and at the Accademia di Belle Arti. Among his awards are the 2006 Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and the Fresh Artists Visionary Award for his work in art education.

     Nelson has taught on the faculty of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League, National Academy of Design, The George Washington University, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, among others.  In 2002, in response to student requests and his own desire to give back, Nelson and his wife Leonia founded Studio Incamminati. The studio is a full-time atelier offering Nelson’s personally designed curriculum based on traditional techniques and aesthetics.  

      His extensive list of notable clients include presidents William Jefferson Clinton and Ronald Reagan; Diana, Princess of Wales and His Holiness Pope John Paul II. He has painted portraits of Luciano Pavarotti for the Metropolitan Opera, Mstislav Rostropovich for the Kennedy Center and Denyce Graves for the National Portrait Gallery. Nelson’s works have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Royal Palace in Stockholm; Kensington Palace in London and Fortezza Firmafede in Sarzana, Italy.

Contract Basics for Visual Artists seminar

   Bruce Winsor, a painter and attorney will lead a discussion of contract basics in an interactive “seminar” format, emphasizing the kinds of contracts visual artists will likely encounter. 
    Winsor, who studied at Studio Incamminati, is admitted to practice law before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in Colorado. He has been General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs and Intellectual Property for Gambro, Inc. , Lakewood, CO., a global medical technology firm.
    Winsor received a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver. He also holds masters and bachelors of science in electrical engineering.

Lecture Cancelled

Contract Basics for Visual Artists
Wednesday
April 15
5 - 7 p.m.
Fifth-floor Studios
340 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA
$10

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit-card payment due at time of reservation.

Open House 2009
Discover how the full-time Professional Program can help you

Studio Incamminati is now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Visit us during the annual Open House and discover what it means to study with professional artists at a world-class atelier. Tour our beautiful north-lit studios, attend painting demonstrations, and talk with instructors and students about reaching your own artistic goals.
Full-time Professional Program Open House
Friday - Saturday
March 27 - 28
Noon - 4:30 p.m.
Fifth-floor Studios
340 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA

To register, click here.
To schedule a portfolio review, call 215-592-7910.
For information, call 215-592-7910 or click here.

Studio Incamminati instructors
to present painting demonstration
at Greater Norristown Art League
Instructors Kerry Dunn and Stephen Early will demonstrate a dual grisaille nude figure study done from life in oils. The grisaille is a monochrome painting that serves as a preliminary step to a fully colored oil painting. During breaks, Dunn and Early are available for discussions.  

Painting Demonstration
Saturday, March 14
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Greater Norristown Art League
800 West Germantown Pike
Norristown, PA
$25

Space is limited.
Reservation deadline is March 1.

For information, call 484-636-6646.
For reservations, call 610-279-1627.
www.gnal.org

The Philadelphia School of Painting
    Within any particular school of painting is the individual “eye” that helps define the school. Artist and educator Patrict Connors examines the individual proponents of the Philadelphia School of Painting including Thomas Eakins, Susan McDowell Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, Walter Stuempfig and Arthur DeCosta.
    Connors, a Philadelphia artist, has taught at Studio Incamminati, New York Academy of Art, Grand Central Academy of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

The Philadelphia School of Painting
Wednesday
March 18
5 - 6 p.m.
Fifth-floor Studios
340 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit-card payment due at time of reservation.

Copyright for Visual Artists seminar

    Bruce Winsor, a painter and an intellectual property attorney, offers a hands-on approach to explain the basic copyright law protections as they apply to the visual arts.
    Winsor, who studied at Studio Incamminati, is admitted to practice law before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in Colorado. He has been General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs and Intellectual Property for Gambro, Inc. , Lakewood, CO., a global medical technology firm.
    Winsor received a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver. He also holds masters and bachelors of science in electrical engineering.

Copyright Basics for Visual Artists
Wednesday
March 11
5 - 7 p.m.
Fifth-floor Studios
340 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA
$10

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit-card payment due at time of reservation

Nelson Shanks painting demonstration
    Nelson Shanks, founder and artistic director of Studio Incamminati, conducts a live painting demonstration.
    World renowned for capturing the complex nature of realist art, his notable commissions include Diana, Princess of Wales, presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton and His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Other significant commissions include Luciano Pavarotti for the Metropolitan Opera, Mstislav Rostropovich for the Kennedy Center, and Denyce Graves for the National Portrait Gallery.
       His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Kensington Palace in London, and Fortezza Firmafede in Sarzana, Italy.

Nelson Shanks Painting Demonstration
Thursday, January 29
6 p.m.
Studio Incamminati
Fifth Floor Studio
340 North 12th St.
$25

Celebration of fine art with Nelson Shanks
and the artists of Studio Incamminati
Presented by the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce

Join renowned artist Nelson Shanks, and the artists from Studio Incamminati, the school he founded, for a night of fine art featuring a live auction and sales of selected drawings and paintings.Shanks, a Bucks County resident, has created memorable portraits of many notable figures including Princess Diana, Presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Luciano Pavarotti. Join him and the Central Bucks County Chamber of Commerce for this rare opportunity to acquire superior artwork in the realism tradition while supporting Studio Incamminati.

For information , call 215-592-7910.

Acclaimed artist/educator Patrick Connors
explores landscapes and sketches
The acclaimed Philadelphia artist and educator has taught at Studio Incamminati, New York Academy of Art, Grand Central Academy of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

The Hudson River School of Painting
   This “quintessential” American landscape school derived much of its inspiration from classic European landscape painting. Like many landscape painters the Hudson River School painters Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, Frederic Edwin Church, John Frederick Kensett and Sanford Robinson Gifford tapped into an ancient impulse to make sense of the connection of nature and humanity. A question-and-answer session follows the lecture.

The Hudson River School of Painting
Wednesday, November 12
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Fifth-floor studio
340 North 12th Street
$10    $5 PAFA students with ID

The Oil Sketch
Wednesday, December 10
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Fifth-floor studio
340 North 12th Street
$10    $5 PAFA students with ID

Register for these limited-seating events
at 215-592-7910

Open House 2008
Discover how the full-time Professional Program can help you

Studio Incamminati is now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Visit us during the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours and discover what it means to study with professional artists at a world-class atelier. Tour our beautiful north-lit studios, attend painting demonstrations, and talk with instructors and students about reaching your own artistic goals.Full-time Professional Program Open House
Saturday - Sunday
October 11 - 12
Noon - 6 p.m.
Fifth-floor Studios
340 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA

To register, click here.
To schedule a portfolio review, call 215-592-7910.
For information, call 215-592-7910 or click here.

Award-winning artist Dan Thompson presents keys
to crafting an effective visual strategy

   This painting demonstration visually addresses concepts of stacking or combining principles as the basis of crafting a consistent, effective, fluid and individual strategy of visual expression.  During model breaks at the four-hour head and shoulders portrait session, Thompson also will answer audience questions.
   An accomplished instructor who has taught classes internationally, Thompson's work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums. Among his awards are Grand Prize for Best of Show in the, American Society of Portrait Artist's International Portrait Competition and Second Place in the Figurative Category in the Art Renewal Center's International ARC Salon.

Dan Thompson Painting Demonstration
6 p.m. - 10 p.m.,
Monday, Aug. 25
Fifth Floor Studio
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$20

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation.

Burton Silverman explores the future of realism
and its impact on the portrait world

   Celebrated artist and educator Burton Silverman will discuss the many and varied attributes of realism in portraiture and its impact on collectors as well as the audience that commissions portraits.
        Silverman offers his insight into current modes of representation and examine the aesthetic underpinnings of beauty and craft. He will also address the recent emphasis on photographic naturalism and classical academic revivalism.
        Silverman has exhibited in galleries and museums since 1956 including solo shows in  New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, the Mexico City Museum of Art  and  the Royal Academy of Art in London. He has won numerous prizes and awards and in 2002 received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In 2004, he was awarded the Gold Medal from the National Portrait Society for distinguished accomplishments in the arts.

The Advent and Resurgence of Realist Painting
       and the Challenge to Portraiture
Burton Silverman
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Fifth Floor Studio
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$20

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation.

Nelson Shanks painting demonstration

       Nelson Shanks, founder and artistic director of Studio Incamminati, conducts a live painting demonstration. World renowned for capturing the complex nature of realist art, his notable commissions include Diana, Princess of Wales, presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton and His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Other significant commissions include Luciano Pavarotti for the Metropolitan Opera, Mstislav Rostropovich for the Kennedy Center, and Denyce Graves for the National Portrait Gallery.
       His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Kensington Palace in London, and Fortezza Firmafede in Sarzana, Italy.

Nelson Shanks Painting Demonstration
6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 28
Fifth Floor Studio
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$25

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation.

Acclaimed artist Dan Thompson offers in-depth approach
in series of drawing and painting demonstrations

Award-winning artist Dan Thompson offers two demonstrations based on principles taught in his Studio Incamminati summer workshop "Drawing Structure and Color with Painting."
In "Sequencing: Figure Drawing from Life," Thompson works on a six-hour figure drawing in charcoal or pencil. The first night details the set-up, while the second night covers structural and finishing moves.
In "Sequencing: Painting from Life," Thompson will demonstrate painting the head and shoulders with particular emphasis on composition, flesh tones and color and planes. On all nights, he will answer questions from the audience.
An accomplished instructor, Thompson's work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums nationwide. Among his awards are Grand Prize for Best of Show in the, American Society of Portrait Artist's International Portrait Competition and Second Place in the Figurative Category in the Art Renewal Center's International ARC Salon.

Sequencing: Drawing from Life
6 - 9 p.m., Tuesday - Wednesday, July 15,16
Fifth Floor Studio
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$20 for each session
$35 for both sessions

Sequencing: Painting from Life
6 - 9 p.m., Tuesday - Wednesday, July 22, 23
Fifth Floor Studio
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$20 for each session
$35 for both sessions

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due upon registration.

Renowned artist/anatomist Eliot Goldfinger
to explore muscular basis of facial expressions

Most anyone can identify the six basic facial expressions—happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, anger and disgust.

However, artist/anatomist Eliot Goldfinger can guide you through the muscles, bones and flesh and demonstrate how their intricate mechanics create those expressions.

Goldfinger, author of  "Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form" and "Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form" (both Oxford University Press), presents "Anatomy of the Face and Facial Expression."

Goldfinger, who has taught anatomy for artists at the New York Academy of Art and the Art Student’s League in New York City, will describe the individual facial muscles, showing their origins and insertions and their effects on the face.  He will then show how their contractions, alone or in combination with other facial muscles, create facial expressions.

Anatomy of the Face and Facial Expression
4: 30 p.m.
Monday, May 12
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
$15
To reserve your seat call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due upon registration.

Students should bring mirrors to practice facial muscle contractions during the lecture.

ourbet

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

May 6, 2008

This will be the first full retrospective of the French artist Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) in 30 years, presenting some 100 works by this pioneering figure in the history of modernism. A selection of 19th-century photographs included in the exhibition reveals the influence of photography on Courbet's oeuvre. The works are drawn from public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.

Studio Incamminati welcomes Portrait Society of America

Portrait Society of America members attending The Art of the Portrait, National Portrait Artists' Conference are invited to two very special Studio Incamminati events

At the conference:
Nelson Shanks, Studio Incamminati founder and artistic director, offers his presentation The Portrait as Fine Art which features rare footage of him painting Princess Diana, Lady Thatcher, Luciano Pavarotti and other luminaries and includes a retrospective of selected works. Mr. Shanks commentary is followed by a question and-answer session.
"The Portrait as Fine Art"
Sunday, April 13,
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Studio Incamminati also will be greeting PSA members at our table outside the conference hall.

After the conference:
Portrait Society of America members are invited to Studio Incamminati for an exclusive invitation-only event where they can join Mr. Shanks for the debut of his latest creation. Members are invited to view the artwork, meet the artist and tour our new, expanded studios.
Portrait Society of America Welcome Reception
1 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 13
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA

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Spring Lecture Series
Representationist Thought and Imagery
Patrick Connors
No art "isms" can compete with classic studies of representationist art as a body of knowledge both teachable and learnable, both buildable and expandable, according to Connors, who addresses key issues in these two presentations. A practicing painter and art instructor, Connors has taught at art institutions including Studio Incamminati,The New York Academy of Art, The Grand Central Academy of Art and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Origins and Development of Representationist Drawing
4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 26
$10
Traditionally, drawing has been a means of training the artist, of recording images, and of preparation for paintings and sculptures. In this lecture, the origins and development of illusionistic representation drawing are examined. Of interest are the preference of media for the representationist artist and the preference for spatial imagining in the principle of form depiction.
To register for this limited seating event, call 215- 592-7910