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Recommended Reading

Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle

The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective on the Classical Tradition by Anthony Ryder

The End of Art by Donald Kuspit

Hawthorne on Painting by Charles Hawthorne

The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

The Art Spirit by Robert Henri

Venus in Exile by Wendy Steiner

Guide to Nelson Shanks' Palette

 

Nearby Museums

* Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 610/432-4333
* Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA 215/340-9800
* Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA 215/247-0746
Philadelphia Museum of Art & Rodin Museum 215/235-3200
Barnes Foundation, Merion Station, PA 610/667-0290

* include paintings by Nelson Shanks in their collections

 

Local Art Supply Stores

Utrecht Art Supplies
301 South Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 546-7798
Utrecht Art Supplies
2020 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 563-5600
Pearl Paint Store
417 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 238-1900

 

Staying in Philadelphia

Marriott Residence Inn
One East Penn Square
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 557-0005      

The Official Hotel of Studio Incamminati's Summer Workshops is the Residence Inn. It is located directly across from City Hall and is in the hub of Philadelphia’s Business and Historic Districts.  The 269 all suite hotel is only 1 block from the Pennsylvania Convention Center and within walking distance of most city attractions.  The hotel is eight miles from the Philadelphia International Airport and is easily accessible to major interstate and Amtrak’s 30th Street Train Station.  It is the ideal “home away from home” when you are traveling to the City of Brotherly Love.

Hampton Inn at the Convention Center
1301 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 665-9100

For long-term stays, students frequently sublease an apartment or a house.  Philadelphia's high concentration of colleges and universities mean that summer subleases are frequently available.  Three recommended websites to search for subleases are:

http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/offcampusliving/

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/classifieds_online/

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/

  Click here to download more information on moving to Philadelphia.

 

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