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In celebration of our 10th anniversary,
we have planned a program featuring the
leading artists in America. Our combination
of demonstrations, lectures and panel discussions
will spotlight the best in portraiture and
figurative art created today. Highlights
include: a Thursday 4x4 demonstration featuring
Jamie McMahan, Wende Caporale, Dawn Whitelaw
and Timothy Thies. After opening ceremonies
on Friday morning John Howard Sanden will
demonstrate. Then, Friday afternoon offers
a wide variety of breakout classes featuring
Michael Shane Neal, Rose Frantzen, Calvin
Goodman, Wende Caporale, Ying-he Liu, Judith
Carducci, Dawn Whitelaw, Chris Saper, Ross
Merrill, Robert Liberace, Edward Jonas,
Anthony Ryder, Timothy J. Clark and Daniel
Greene. On Saturday, Everett Raymond Kinstler
will open the program, and Burton Silverman
will demonstrate in pastel. On Saturday
afternoon, we have a real treat for you,
Aaron Shikler will speak for an hour about
his life as an artist and then David Leffel
will close the day 'finishing' a portrait
on stage. Saturday night will be our Gala
Celebration and the banquet will be black
tie optional. Our last day together will
feature two internationally known artists,
Daniel Greene and Nelson Shanks. You won't
want to miss this weekend!
To complete the weekend of art, we have
two optional Sunday afternoon excursions,
one in Philadelphia to visit Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Studio Incammanati
and Philadelphia Museum of Art and the other
a trip to visit the Brandywine River Museum
in Chadds Ford.
Click here
for the full 2008 conference schedule.
Click
here to register for the 2008 conference.
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PORTRAIT CONFERENCES
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Click
here to download the prospectus
for the 2008 International Portrait
Competition.
You are invited to enter the 10th
Anniversary International Portrait
Competition. This annual competition
showcases the finest in international
portraiture and figurative art, today.
The International Portrait Competition
is open to all artists, members and
non-members. The top ten finalists
will be invited to exhibit their selected
artwork at the prestigious Art of
the Portrait® conference in Philadelphia.
There, finalists' work will be judged
by a panel composed of leaders in
the field of traditional fine art
portrait and figurative art. Prizes
will be awarded for each of the 10
top artworks, with more than $35,000
in prizes distributed at the Art of
the Portrait® conference Gala
Banquet, Saturday, April 12, 2008.
Winners will also receive a certificate
authenticating their award, as well
as recognition in the Art of the
Portrait newsletter and International
Artist Magazine.
Deadlines
Postmark Deadline: February
11, 2008
Finalist Notification: March
10, 2008
Slide Return: After
May 1, 2008
CD Return: Please make a copy of your
digital file as CDs will not be returned.
Exhibition Dates: April
10-13, 2008
All entries must be postmarked
on or before February 11, 2008.
Entries received with a postmark later
than February 11, 2008 will be disqualified.
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Announcing
the Winners of the
2007 Members Only Competition
Taking It Outside:
The Figure in an Outdoor Environment
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3rd year of our annual Members-Only
Competition, a competition where
all Portrait Society members were
invited to submit entries with
subjects relating to that year's
theme. This year we decided to
challenge our members by asking
for portraits and figurative works
set in an outdoor environment,
in the hopes this topic would
encourage our members to stretch
their boundaries and encourage
exploration of light, composition
and their ability to truthfully
capture their sitter in any situation
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Congratulations to:
First Place
William A. Schneider
Springtime, 40" x 24",
oil
Second Place, Rich Nelson
Third Place, John Seibels
Walker
Honorable Mention
John Ennis
Gavin Glakas
Garth Herrick
Ying-He Liu
Paul Newton
Dan Schultz
Alexandra Tyng
Click
here to see all of this
year's
Members-Only Competition winners
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2008
PORTRAIT ACADEMIES
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An important part of our mission is
to help guide artists to the best
art training. Developments in the
art over the last fifty years have
resulted in a dearth of sound, well-rounded
art instruction, but this is now changing,
and the Portrait Society of America
is working hard to continue contributing
quality educational opportunities.
In keeping with this goal, we are
pleased to offer, for the fifth year,
a series of fall Portrait Academies.
Join us at prominent art museums,
universities, art schools and studios
around the country for a unique educational
experience.
Friday evening, from 6:00p.m. to
9:00p.m., the featured artist will
demonstrate the painting process from
start to finish. The cost of the Friday
evening event is only $35. Saturday
includes a full day workshop from
9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m., at which attendees
paint with instruction from the featured
artist. The fee for the full workshop
is $159, and includes admission to
the Friday evening demonstration.
The 2008 Portrait Academies will
be held in Arizona, California and
Tennessee. Speakers and dates coming
soon!
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