'The seller of lightning rods arrived just ahead of the storm. He came along the street of Green Town, Illinois, in the late cloudy October day, sneaking glances over his shoulder. Somewhere not so far back, vast lightnings stomped the earth. Somewhere, a storm like a great beast with terrible teeth could not be denied.'
Something Wick...
2021-02-26 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we are happy to share with you a true painter’s lecture!
Originally presented for the Intermediate Painting students at The FAA campus in Florence, Tom Richards, Assistant director of The Florence Academy of Art, explores the concepts of value, and artworks...
2021-02-23 17:11:33 +0000 UTC View Post
A Material review from The Florence Academy of Art faculty featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
We are delighted to present you with the first edition of this exciting ne...
2021-02-18 15:59:55 +0000 UTC View Post
We are very excited to present you with our first challenge, a SELF PORTRAIT!
From today FEBRUARY 12TH to MARCH 31ST we will be accepting entries of a self portrait either drawn, painted or sculpted in ...
2021-02-12 15:47:47 +0000 UTC View PostIf you look closely, what do you see... is it magic?
A room, the studio, sunlight light hitting a door, that falls in a specific way for just a few weeks in the year, my kids absorbed in a game, quietly, in a reality beyond our sight. Firef...
2021-02-03 15:19:43 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
This month we are excited to present you with an art history lecture given by Tom Richards, Assistant Director of the Florence Academy of Art.
Originally presented fo...
2021-01-25 14:18:11 +0000 UTC View Post
A Book Review from The Florence Academy of Art faculty featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
We are excited to present you with one of our new types of content available on The FAA Collective Patreon: book recommendations and reviews! In this video Toby Neve, graduate...
2021-01-13 17:59:27 +0000 UTC View PostWe are happy to present you with our first 'Eye on the Community', a newsletter we'll be releasing every couple of months to highlight what our community members are up to - exhibitions, awards, exciting commissions, projec...
2021-01-04 19:12:06 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your continued support!
This week we are delighted to share with you a highly informative lecture on El Greco, given by Ramiro Sanchez, Dire...
2020-12-07 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you, as always, for your kind support! This week we are excited to present you with an art history lecture that is a little different. A joint effort between Tom Richards 2020-11-17 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
An installment in the Technique related content featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
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This week we are excited to present you with a video featuring Marco Franco, a graduate and Principal Instructor at The ...
2020-11-04 17:13:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Patrons,
We are happy to announce The FAA Collective 1 year anniversary on Patreon!
Each dollar you gave went directly back into the Collective to create the exclusive and high quality content we shared with you.
During the past year we created over 40 posts that have e...
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your support! This week we are excited to present you with an art history lecture by Tom Richards, Assistant Director of The 2020-10-05 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
An installment in The Process related content featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your continued support! This week on The FAA Collective Patreon we are excited to share with you a video featuring Nicholas Chaundy, ...
2020-09-15 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your kind support! This week we would like to present you with an art history lecture given by Florence Academy of Art Assistant Director Tom Richa...
2020-09-04 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
An installment in the Technique related content featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your continued support! This week on The FAA Collective Patreon we would like to present you with the second video in our series featuring Principal...
2020-08-25 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your support! This week on The FAA Collective we would like to present you with an exciting new Art History lecture featuring The Florence Academy ...
2020-08-14 11:02:09 +0000 UTC View Post
An installment in the Technique related content featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your continued support! This week on The FAA Collective Patreon we would like to present you with the first video in an upcoming series featuring Pr...
2020-08-04 15:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your support! This week on The FAA Collective we would like to present you with a fascinating lecture by The Florence Academy of Art Assistant Direct...
2020-07-24 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
An installment in the Technique related content featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
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This week we are excited to present you with a video featuring Per Elof, graduate and former instructor of The Flo...
2020-07-14 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your continued support! This week we would like to present you with an art history lecture with Jason Arkles on likeness in portraiture...
2020-07-02 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
An installment in the Technique related content featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your support! This week on the The FAA Collective Patreon we would like to present you with a video featuring Vitaliy Shtanko, Prin...
2020-06-24 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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Thank you for your support! This past week we sent out our first batch of art print rewards for certain tiers of subscription to The FAA Collective Patreon. For those of you who qualify to receive them, we hope they arrive safely in your hands soon! In pairing with the much anticipated send off of the prints ...
2020-06-15 17:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
An installment in the Technique related content featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
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This week on The FAA Collective Patreon we would like to present you with a Technique video featuring Eran Webber, graduate of and past principal instructor at The Flor...
The Florence Academy of Art thanks the Region of Tuscany for allowing art students to return to their studios.
Next Wednesday, June 3, we will open our doors after almost three months of lockdown. Students, faculty and staff will finally leave isolation and get back to work. We will be taking all the necessary precautions.. including...
2020-06-01 17:16:25 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you very much for your support! This week we would like to present you with an art history lecture with Tom Richards, Assistant Director of The Florence Ac...
2020-05-18 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art Talk related content featured on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your continued support! This week we are very excited to present you with an Art Talk with Eric J Drummond, a Canadian artist ...
2020-05-09 15:59:45 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your support! This week we would like to present you with the second part to an art history lecture with Tom Richards, Assistant Director of Th...
2020-05-01 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
A video feature on FAA's Director of the Sculpture Drawing Program
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This week on The FAA Collective we would like to present you with a video featuring artist Mitch Shea.&nb...
2020-04-22 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
An Installment in the Art History related content on The FAA Collective Patreon
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Thank you for your support! This week we would like to present you with an art history lecture with Tom Richards, Assistant Director of The Florence Academy of A...
2020-04-13 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post