Editorials.

An inside look at the artworks by FAA artists that were awarded as winners in international competitions in 2022 and early 2023

This July, many friends and alumni of The Florence Academy of Art had a pleasant surprise when they saw familiar faces the studios of the academy featured on the popular show James May: Our Man in Italy. After the first few minutes of the 4th episode, The FAA makes its appearance with Director of the Intermediate Painting Program Toby Neve, and

We captured many wonderful talks and techniques on film, and were able to experience first hand how much hard work and discipline FAA artists put into the development of their craft. We also had some unexpectedly hilarious moments that we are glad to bring to you today.

An inside look at the artworks by FAA artists that were awarded as finalists and winners in international competitions this year to date.

Nelson learned immensely from Annigoni’s way of painting landscapes with ink washes, just concentrating on rendering visually in terms of values. He would say, “getting the values right is the most important thing, that’s what gives life to the drawing, more than color. When you have color there can be the risk of concentrating too much on that and not getting the values completely right. In a well constructed ink wash drawing, you can forget that it lacks color, because the values say it all.”

A look into the experience of the FAA’s four Graduates in Residence for the 2021-2022 academic year.

50 Paintings from 8 Nations and 22 Cities in 1 Summer. A feature on FAA alum Patrick Okrasinski’s journey through Europe funded by the Donald Jurney Traveling Fellowship.

The beauty of these [Bargue] drawings was none of them was over modeled, so by copying them, students would learn to reproduce the subtly of half tones and shadow edges, as well as correct outline and proportions.

For me sculpture is a means or tool to represent a moment, an emotion, a form of beauty.

On October 8th 2020, Daniela began to escape into the dawn of each new day, to rediscover the power of imagination.
In her own words, “Every big change begins with knowing how to imagine it.” A year has passed, and on October 7th 2021, Daniela completed her project.

This year we had the pleasure to follow the process of River God, a recent work by Mitch Shea, current Director of the FAA Sculpture Program, from its initial steps in clay to its final casting in bronze.

Fine art and fashion meet to create beautiful one of a kind travel trunks.

“I feel I need to include the elements from all my senses, not just from vision. What I’m looking for is to bring more to the table in terms of creating a painting that conveys a sense of being in a place.”

A look inside a fundraising initiative by Jana Büttner, former Principal Instructor at The Florence Academy of Art, to create the figure sculpture “Trapped” and to cast it in bronze.