Art Calendar's Studio Makeover Contest

If you are in need of supplies and furnishings for your studio, check out Art Calendar Magazine's Studio Makeover contest. There are over $9500 in prizes, including a grand prize worth $8300. The contest is free to enter, and contestants only need to submit a current photo of their studio and describe in 100 words or less why they deserve a studio makeover.

View a list of the prizes, and enter to win a studio makeover.

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Winners of Art Renewal Center's 2008-2009 ARC Salon announced

The Art Renewal Center recently announced the winners and finalists of its 5th annual International ARC Salon® Competition. This prestigious competition of the top representational artists working today received over 1600 entries from 30 countries this year, with the years prizes totaling more than $70,000.

Among the winners, Jeffrey T. Larson won both first and third place prizes in the still life category. Shown here is Larson's first place winner Reflections. Larson specializes in landscapes, still lifes, and figures in the natural environment. In 2008 alone, Larson received first place in The Artist's Magazine's 25th annual still life competition, along with receiving three finalist awards. He was a featured artist in the July 2008 issue of American Art Collector magazine, and Fine Art Connoisseur named him as one of three "Artist's Making Their Mark" in the June 2008 issue.

For more information about Jeffrey T. Larson, please visit his website www.jeffreytlarson.com. For more information about the Art Renewal Center, including the ways it is involved in helping traditional realist artists, please visit their website, www.artrenewal.org.

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The Hudson River Fellowship

The Hudson River Fellowship was formed in 2007 to provide selected artists with free tuition and housing in the Catskill Mountains to learn from some of the best realist painters working today. It is sponsored by is sponsored by the Catskill Mountain Foundation and the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America and was founded by Jacob Collins.

The 2009 fellowship program runs from July 6 through August 2 with applications due by May 1st. Accepted artists will be notified by May 15th. To apply, artists must submit 5-7 digital images of work done from life (Subject matter is not limited to landscapes but can include figure, cast, and still life. Drawings are encouraged, particularly figure drawings). The application can be downloaded from the foundations website www.hudsonriverlandscape.com.

Its mission is to "build a new movement of American art, modeling itself after the artistic, social and spiritual values of the Hudson River School painters... Ideally, these artists and their beautiful representations of nature will help to lead the culture back to a stronger connection to the landscape. The school seeks to make a contribution both to the art world and the conservation movement." The curriculum consists of field studies, theory, and studio painting.

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The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation was founded in 1955 to monetarily assist representational artists working in painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. Applicants must be in the early stages of their career and committed to a lifetime career as a professional artist. Applicants should also have already started or completed their education at an established school of art. Grant award is typically 12,500 CAD.

Detailed instructions and an application can be found on their website http://www.elizabethgreenshieldsfoundation.org/. As of 2008, they are now accepting work samples as digital entries via CD only. No more slides! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and response time varies from one to six months.