The ÀNI Art Academies are excited to announce that several of our artists have been selected as winners in the 18th ARC Salon, one of the world’s most competitive and respected juried exhibitions for representational art.
Best Nude – Runner Up
Verðandi – Michael Carson – 16 x 12″ – Oil
Honorable Mention – Drawing
The Outcast – Methsara D Arachchige – 10 x 8″ – Charcoal and White Pastel
MacAvoy Foundation Purchase Award
The Enchanted Reader – Bethmini N. Dissanayake – 14 x 9″ – Charcoal and White Pastel
The MacAvoy Foundation is dedicated to the creation and preservation of beauty and history, supporting a variety of organizations that uphold classical values. The MacAvoy Foundation also supports artists using timeless principles and masterful techniques with particular interests in fantastical, mythological, surreal, and historical subject matters. MacAvoy Foundation Purchase Awards will be selected by the Founder and President of the MacAvoy Foundation, Bob MacAvoy, and the MacAvoy Head of Arts Division, Bridget MacAvoy, in cooperation with the Art Renewal Center.
33PA Publishing Award
Little Margaret – H. K. Praneeth Maleesha – 11 x10″ – Charcoal and White Pastel
33PA is an online platform and art community providing publishing and marketing opportunities to artists. They have partnered with 33 Contemporary offering artists online group shows at Artsy as well as exhibitions in fairs and the new showroom located in South Florida. The 18th ARC Salon awards were chosen by Dr. Samuel Peralta, physicist, arts curator, and founder of the Lunar Codex. 33PA will publish a commemorative catalogue of the artworks Dr. Samuel Peralta chooses for the prize. The catalogue will feature up to 10 artists whose work is primarily in contemporary realism and the publication will include the artwork chosen by Dr. Peralta as well as information about the artists which may include a bio, interview, and commentary about the work written by Dr. Peralta.
