Posts for September, 2025

September 2025

The Grand Tour - Destination Italy

Published on September 18, 2025

The Grand Tour – Destination Italy takes viewers back to the 17th and 18th century, when young British aristocrats would set out on a multi-year educational journey across Europe upon completion of their studies, with Italy as the ultimate final destination. They liked to take home tangible memories for their British (country) houses – but instead of photographs or postcards, they fancied a portrait of themselves, cityscapes or Roman sculptures. The true ‘must-haves’ were Canaletto’s paintings of Venice, to take home their own piece of the ‘Floating City’.

The exhibition runs from September 18, 2025 – January 4, 2026 at Mauritshuis, Plein 29, Netherlands.

For more information, please click here.  

For more events and exhibitions, please visit the ARC Calendar.  

112th Online Annual Exhibition - Allied Artists of America

Published on September 18, 2025

Experience outstanding submissions by contemporary artists from across the nation and around the world in the 112th Annual Exhibition of the Allied Artists of America. Approximately 100 selected works will be included in this year’s exhibition, hosted for the very first time at the Reading Public Museum.

The exhibition will be on view from September 13th, 2025 - January 11, 2026 at the Reading Public Museum, 500 Museum Rd., Reading, PA.

The exhibition and awards reception will be on Saturday, October 18th, 1-4 pm. Awards will be presented at 2pm.  

Online Exhibition - Monday, September 1, 2025–Tuesday, September 1, 2026.  

To learn more about the live exhibition, please click here

Visit the ARC Calendar for more events and exhibitions. 

18th Salon Semi-Finalists Have Posted

Published on September 16, 2025

The Art Renewal Center is pleased to announce that we have posted our roster of semi-finalists competing in the 18th International ARC Salon Competition. Approximately 40%, 1,326 works have been selected as semi-finalists. The roster consists of the artists' names, titles of works, categories the works qualified in, and the artists' nationalities. Another roster of our finalists will be posted on November 5th, 2025, and the images of all of our semi-finalists along with finalists, honorable mentions and winners will be posted on January 5th, 2026, when we announce the final results of the competition.

To view the list, click here

ARC Scholarship Results

Published on September 11, 2025

The 2025 ARC Scholarship Competition results have been posted!

For 24 years now, the ARC Scholarship Fund has awarded scholarships to some of the most talented emerging realist artists in the world and helped them continue their studies. 

Click here to see all of the winners!

Image Shown:  Jude Dutton – Aged 21

                       Detail of “John”

                       Lyme Academy of Fine Arts

Redwoods, Coastline, Canvas, and Cuisine

Published on September 11, 2025

Join ARC Living Master™ Mary Pettis for a 5-day / 5-night artist retreat like no other! Imagine deepening your connection to Nature through oil painting, surrounded by the awe-inspiring giant redwoods and the dramatic Pacific coastline. Now, envision doing all this while indulging in unparalleled luxury accommodations and savoring gourmet cuisine. This exceptional retreat is designed just for you. No matter your experience level, you’ll expand your technical mastery, learn to distill your artistic vision, and create vibrant, evocative paintings. Each day, Mary provides hands-on guidance through live demonstrations, one-on-one instruction, thoughtful critiques, and inspiring plein air excursions across the breathtaking grounds of The Inn at Newport Ranch. 

Dates: October 18-23, 2025

To Register: 707-962-4818

Email: innkeeper@theinnatnewportranch.com

For More Information:
The Inn at Newport Ranch
Mary Pettis Workshops

NYC Watershed Art Project

Published on September 11, 2025

In keeping with its public art and allied resiliency programing, NYAE and Equity Gallery present NYC Watershed Art Project, a group exhibition comprising new oil paintings and maps depicting the picturesque environs and monumental structures providing drinking water to New York City.

Featuring works created by artists associated with leading institutions such as the Grand Central Atelier, New York Academy of Art, and the Hudson River Fellowship, as well as professional land planners and mapmakers, the exhibition presents a compelling portrait of natural resource stewardship aimed to safeguard the majestic lands that inspired the Hudson River School artists. 

ARC Living Masters Erik Koeppel and Patricia Watwood are among the exhibiting artists.

The exhibition runs from September 4-27, 2025 at the Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, New York, NY 10002.

To learn more, click here

For more exhibitions, visit the ARC Calendar.

ARC Salon Update

Published on September 9, 2025

The roster of semi-finalists for the 18th ARC Salon will be posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.

Please be sure to visit the ARC website to see the results!

ARC Living Master Ana Schmidt News

Published on September 10, 2025

ARC Living Master Ana Schmidt has been awarded first place at The International FiKVA Award for painters 2025 and the Boynes Monthly Art Award for July 2025  for her painting “In Search of the Lost Place”.

The International FiKVA Award for painters 2025 is a global online competition, open to all artists age 18 or older, worldwide. The FiKVA Award is open to all styles of representational painting—modern and classical realism, imaginative realism, hyperrealism, photorealism, luminism, surrealism etc.  Finalist works will be on view online at https://fikva.art/product-category/gallery/.

The Boynes Monthly Art Award supports and showcases exceptional talent from artists of all backgrounds on a monthly basis. Each month it features a specific theme to challenge and inspire artists, from "Portraiture" and "Landscape" to "Explorations in Colour." This format allows artists to experiment, share their diverse perspectives, and compete in a community that values artistic freedom and innovation.

To learn more, visit https://boynesartistaward.com/monthly-art-award

25th ARC Scholarship Update

Published on September 3, 2025

The results for the 25th ARC Scholarship competition will be posted on Friday, September 12, 2025. 

The Art Renewal Center will award $30,000 to talented students attending ARC Approved® schools through the ARC Scholarship Competition.

Student artists who are chosen to receive these awards will have submitted examples of their works which clearly reflect the principles espoused by the classical methods of drawing, painting and sculpture and reflect a level of visual literacy. 

Please return to the ARC website on the 12th to see the results!

 

Image: Portrait 2, two weeks by Omma Moonfalk,  The Florence Academy of Art (Sweden)
24th Scholarship Competition (2024) - 4th Place winner

 


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