Award-winning artist Dan Thompson presents keys
to crafting an effective visual strategy

   This painting demonstration visually addresses concepts of stacking or combining principles as the basis of crafting a consistent, effective, fluid and individual strategy of visual expression.  During model breaks at the four-hour head and shoulders portrait session, Thompson also will answer audience questions.
   An accomplished instructor who has taught classes internationally, Thompson's work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums. Among his awards are Grand Prize for Best of Show in the, American Society of Portrait Artist's International Portrait Competition and Second Place in the Figurative Category in the Art Renewal Center's International ARC Salon.

Dan Thompson Painting Demonstration
6 p.m. - 10 p.m.,
Monday, Aug. 25
Fifth Floor Studio
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$20

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation.

Burton Silverman explores the future of realism
and its impact on the portrait world

   Celebrated artist and educator Burton Silverman will discuss the many and varied attributes of realism in portraiture and its impact on collectors as well as the audience that commissions portraits.
        Silverman offers his insight into current modes of representation and examine the aesthetic underpinnings of beauty and craft. He will also address the recent emphasis on photographic naturalism and classical academic revivalism.
        Silverman has exhibited in galleries and museums since 1956 including solo shows in  New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, the Mexico City Museum of Art  and  the Royal Academy of Art in London. He has won numerous prizes and awards and in 2002 received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In 2004, he was awarded the Gold Medal from the National Portrait Society for distinguished accomplishments in the arts.

The Advent and Resurgence of Realist Painting
       and the Challenge to Portraiture
Burton Silverman
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Fifth Floor Studio
Studio Incamminati
340 North 12th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$20

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit card payment due at time of reservation.

Nelson Shanks painting demonstration

       Nelson Shanks, founder and artistic director of Studio Incamminati, conducts a live painting demonstration. 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.

Studio Incamminati introduces Open Studio sessions

Local artists welcome at live-model sessions Sundays, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.