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Nelson Shanks
Painting Demonstration
Wednesday, August 25
6:30 P.M.
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$25
Or, click here to buy tickets online
| Nelson Shanks
painting demonstration
Nelson Shanks, founder and artistic director of Studio Incamminati, and recent winner of the Portrait Society of America's Gold Medal Award for lifetime achievement, conducts two live painting demonstrations.
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.
To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation.
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Lea Colie Wight
Self-portrait
Oil on linen
20" x 24"
2008
Stephen Early
Untitled
Oil on linen
36
" x 34"
2010
| Identifying and Understanding
Your Creative Intentions
Studio Incamminati Teaching Fellows Lea Colie Wight and Stephen Early use their artwork and personal experiences as professional artists to address issues vital to every artist. Topics include transitioning from student work to personal work, identifying and understanding your creative intention, and recognizing when a painting concept is revealing itself and when an idea is transforming.
Lea, featured as an American Artist magazine cover story in 2009, received 2009 and 2010 Honor Awards from the Portrait Society of America and several awards from the Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art 2009 Salon International.
Steve received a Certificate of Excellence in the Portrait Society of America’s 2010 and 2008 Portrait Competitions. He joined Studio Incamminati at its 2002 inception, and served as Nelson Shanks’ teaching assistant at the Art Students’ League in New York.
To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation. |
Identifying and Understanding
Your Creative Intentions
Lea Colie Wight
Stephen Early
Monday, August 23
6:30 P.M.
Studio Incamminati
Fifth Floor Studio
340 North 12th St.
$15
Or, click here to buy tickets online
Visit the artist's websites
www.leawight.com
www.stephenearly.com |
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Studio Incamminati
painting demonstrations
Thursday, August 19
Friday, August 20
6:30 P.M.
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$15 per evening/ $25 for both nights
Or, click here to buy tickets online
View the instructors' artwork |
Side-by-side demonstrations
feature Studio artists
in effective teaching tool
The painting demonstration gets a fresh look when a group of Studio Incamminati instructors, working simultaneously, present a two-night version of this staple of art education.
The event offers visiting artists the chance to study the individual techniques and aesthetic approaches of the studio’s award-winning instructors as they paint side by side and develop their paintings using Studio Incamminati methods.
The paintings will be available at auction for the benefit of Studio Incamminati.
To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation. |

Descending Within Oneself:
Dan Thompson: Life and Art
Wednesday, August 18
6:30 P.M.
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$20
Or, click here to buy tickets online
Visit the artist's website www.danthompsonart.com |
Descending Within Oneself:
Dan Thompson's Life and Art
Noted Artist/Educator Dan Thompson offers a special presentation spotlighting his recent works and how personal connections have affected them.
Dan, a Studio Incamminati instructor, has garnered numerous awards including: 2001 Grand Prize, the American Society of Portrait Artists; Second Place, Figurative Category, Art Renewal Center's 2006 International ARC Salon; 2005 Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award, Corcoran College of Art and Design; and 2003 Best of Show in Southwest Art magazine's Artists to Watch exhibition.
His work is included in numerous collections including those of Forbes Magazine, the University of Maryland, The Portrait Society of Canada, and many private collections.
A founding member of the Grand Central Academy in New York, he has held teaching positions at Parsons The New School for Design, The New York Academy of Art, and the Water Street Atelier.
To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation. |

Nelson Shanks
Painting Demonstration
Wednesday, July 28
6:30 P.M.
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$25
Or, click here to buy tickets online |
Nelson Shanks
painting demonstration
Nelson Shanks, founder and artistic director of Studio Incamminati, and recent winner of the Portrait Society of America's Gold Medal Award for lifetime achievement, conducts two live painting demonstrations.
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.
To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation. |
Second Annual
Artists of Studio Incamminati Exhibition
Opening Night
6 P.M.
Saturday, June 5
Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio
68 S. Main St.
Doylestown, PA 18901
Click to view the exhibition artwork
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Annual Gallery Exhibition
Continues Through July 11
at Gratz Gallery in Bucks County
Studio Incamminati, presents its annual artists exhibition at the
Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, Doylestown, PA.
The exhibition features dozens of artworks from Studio Incamminati’s award-winning artists—students and instructors—as well as a display piece by renowned artist, studio Founder and Artistic Director Nelson Shanks.
“Exhibitions such as this get our work in the public eye,” said Executive Director Jay Pennie, “and help us fulfill our mission of producing not only highly accomplished artists, but artists with sustainable careers.”
The reputation of Studio Incamminati artists continues to grow. They are regularly featured in
respected publications such as American Artist and International Artist. Their artwork has been
honored in prestigious competitions ranging from the Portrait Society of America’s annual contest to Art Renewal Center’s International ARC Salon. Studio Incamminati artists’ works hang in numerous private collections.
Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, a full-service fine art gallery in historic
Doylestown, also boasts a conservation studio with more than three decades specializing
in the treatment and stabilization of oil paintings. |

Mstislav Rostropovich
Nelson Shanks
2006
Oil on canvas
62” x 51"
Private collection
Premiere: Studio Incamminati
Artwork Exhibition and
Live Painting Demonstration
part of
An Evening at the Markeim
also featuring
Symphony in C string quartet
Painting demonstration 7 p.m.
Concert 8 p.m.
Friday, December 4
Markeim Arts Center
Lincoln Ave. and Walnut St.
Haddonfield, NJ
Exhibition continues
through Dec. 27 |
Indulge your senses
Studio Incamminati monthlong exhibition kicks off
with "Portraits in Music," a pairing of fine art
with the great music of Symphony in C
and a collection of sweet confections
Studio Incamminati, the Markeim Arts Center and Symphony in C orchestra pool their talents to create “Portraits in Music,” an innovative melding of great music and fine art in performance at the center in Haddonfield, NJ, Friday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m.
The event helps kick off Studio Incamminati's artwork exhibition which runs through Dec. 27.
The latest installment of the popular “An Evening at the Markheim” series, the event begins with cocktails during an exhibition of Studio Incamminati artwork and
a live painting demonstration in which studio artists paint Symphony in C musicians.
It is followed by a concert featuring the Camden-based symphony. Finally, guests will enjoy “Art of the Dessert,” a collection of extraordinary confections.
The event benefits Studio Incamminati, Markeim Arts Center and Symphonyin C.
To reserve your seat,
call 856-963-6683
or 856-429-8585
Online at www.SymphonyInC.org
Get all the details
Preview the artwork
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Studio Incamminati 2009 Gala
Friday, October 23
The Union League of Philadelphia
140 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
For information www.studioincamminati.org/gala |
Studio Incamminati gala
celebrates Italian traditions
Oscar winner Marisa Tomei
serving as honorary chair
Academy Award-winner Marisa Tomei will serve as the
honorary chair for Studio Incamminati’s 2009 gala, “Painting
Pavarotti.” The event is dedicated to the spirit of Luciano
Pavarotti, one of the most successful tenors of all time, who
became friends with Studio Incamminati Founder and Artistic
Director Nelson Shanks when he painted a portrait of the fabled singer.
The unveiling of the portrait “Masked Ball” will be a highlight of the gala which also features an exhibition of Pavarotti materials from Shanks’
personal collection, performances from Pavarotti competition winners and an
Italian banquet.
“I’m happy to support this wonderful event celebrating the best of Italian
traditions,” said Tomei. “It will be a great evening.”
Tomei met Shanks when she served as model for his portrait
demonstration at the American Society of Portrait Artists 2002 convention.
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Nelson Shanks Painting Demonstrations
Wednesday, July 29
Wednesday, August 26
6 p.m.
Studio Incamminati
Fifth Floor Studio
340 North 12th St.
$30
| Nelson Shanks
painting demonstrations
scheduled for July, August
Nelson Shanks, founder and artistic director of Studio Incamminati, and recent winner of the Portrait Society of America's Gold Medal Award for lifetime achievement, conducts two live painting demonstrations.
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.
o reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation. |
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Michelangelo
The Creation of Adam
1511
190 x 91 inches
Sistine Chapel
Artistic Anatomy:
The Manifestation
of the Human Spirit
6:30 P.M.
Wednesday, March 3
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Artistic Anatomy:
The Manifestation
of the Human Spirit
The study of anatomy has been an integral part in the training for the visual arts. For some, this was evidence of the divine made manifest. Artists inspired by the Enlightenment, saw anatomy as a means to discover and portray the nature of humanity. Much profound and compassionate human expression in the visual arts has benefited from the impassionate analysis of the human body. A demonstration is included.
Patrick Connors is a practicing painter in Philadelphia and instructor at art institutions including The New York Academy of Art, The Grand Central Academy of Art, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Studio Incamminati. |
$15
$7.50 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts students and staff. |
Limited seating requires advance registration. Call 215-592-7910. |
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| Shanks Paints Smerconish
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It will be an intimate view of a master artist's creative process when internationally renowned painter Nelson Shanks conducts a portrait demonstration with nationally syndicated talk-show host Michael Smerconish as his subject.
Shanks’ portraits of luminaries ranging from Princess Diana to Pope John Paul II are highly regarded and his works hang in many European and American collections. Among his many awards are Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Distinguished Arts Award and the Portrait Society of America’s lifetime achievement award.
Philadelphia-based Michael Smerconish hosts two daily radio programs reaching more than 50 markets nationwide. The first radio host to interview President Barack Obama live from the White House, Smerconish has authored five books and received numerous local and national awards.
Champagne and desserts will be served. All proceeds benefit Studio Incamminati, the nonprofit realist art school founded by Nelson and wife Leona. |
Nelson Shanks Paints Michael Smerconish
7 P.M.
Wednesday, March 24
The Union League of Philadelphia
140 South Broad Street.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
| Admission is $50
Register by phone or online
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| Neo-Primitive Mannerism :
Traditional Academic
and Official Art
of the 20th and 21st Centuries
Luis Buñuel noted that “What doesn’t grow out of tradition is plagiarism.” This lecture explores 120 years of officially sanctioned and promoted plagiarism has resulted in a pervasive aesthetic of Neo–Primitive Mannerism, one which does not tolerate other aesthetics.
Patrick Connors is a practicing painter in Philadelphia and instructor at art institutions including The New York Academy of Art, The Grand Central Academy of Art, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Studio Incamminati. |
Damien Hirst
“For the Love of God”
2007
Neo-Primitive Mannerism :
Traditional Academic
and Official Art
of the 20th and 21st Centuries
6:30 P.M.
Wednesday, April 7
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19107
| $15
$7.50 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts students and staff.
Limited seating requires advance registration. Call 215-592-7910. |
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