Cesar Santos Wins Again!

Academy of Realist Art, Boston has finished hosting its second annual Figure Painting Competition and has announced Angel Academy of Art, Florence alumnus, Cesar Santos, as the grand prize, and viewer's choice, winner! 

The competition spanned over five days with ten big name artists from all over the world. Santos's winning painting is pictured below:

You can see all the final works and a recap from the school here: http://www.araboston.com/2016-figure-painting-final-paintings/a

Even the Boston Globe got in on the competition: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/07/22/artists-face-off-boston-figure-painting-competition/UHryNW1XZfG4PotVbJ1UPM/story.html

Savannah Cuff Wins Grand Prize of GCA's Figure Drawing Competition

Angel Academy alumna Savannah Tate Cuff, who is in her second-year of post-graduate work at Jacob Collins's Grand Central Atelier in New York City, has taken home the $10,000 grand prize of the aforementioned atelier's annual figure drawing competition. 

The competition had eleven participants that drew the live model for 40 hours in the span of just five days. GCA founder and renowned artist, Jacob Collins was the primary judge of the competition. Also judging was Jordan Sokol, the academic director of The Florence Academy of Art in the United States, and Katie Wipple, a GCA alumna - each great teachers and painters in their own right. 

Congratulations, Savannah on your exceptional work!! 

Alumnus Update: Ben Patterson

Angel Academy alumnus Ben Patterson recently won a major prize at the Guild of Boston Artists for his beautiful painting Venus and Adonis.

Bravo Ben!!

Alumna Update: Rusudana Glonti

Angel Academy's alumna Rusudana Glonti has won the Grand Prize in the International Artist Magazine. There is also a feature article on her in the American Art Collector magazine.

Brava Rusudana!!!!! Sei forte!

http://www.rusudanaglonti.co.uk/  https://www.internationalartist.com/

Alumna Update: Christina Mastrangelo

Angel Academy alumna Christina Mastrangelo won the Khole Award in the ARC's International Salon Competition for her triptych Know Not Thy Pending Fate, oil on canvas, 122 x 152.5 cm. (48 x 60 inches). In addition, the painting was given a merit award from the National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society in the Spring 2015 International Online Competition.

Brava Christina!!

Shane Wolf

In the last week of July, Angel Academy of Art alumnus Shane Wolf won the $5000 top prize in the first ever figure-painting competition given at the Academy of Realist Art, Boston. As well as Shane, from Angel’s, the ten competitors included instructors and students from Juliette Aristides’s academy in Seattle, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and a San Francisco academy.

https://www.facebook.com/academyofrealistartboston

The painting is on show at the Egeli Gallery in Provincetown.

Bravo, Shane!!!