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The Beginner/Refresher’s day…welcome back to the pre-event of Realism Live, 2022.

by Laura Vailati 10 November 2022

The Beginner's Day, appropriately renamed by Eric Rhoads, -The Beginner'/Refreshing's day, is the optional event that allows for in-depth terminology and basics needed to perfectly assimilate the demonstration sessions conducted during the official convention. Official presenters of the third edition of Realism Live were, as usual: Eric Rhoads, -The Man- entrepreneur, showmen and founder of all Streamline Publishing events and Peter Trippi, editor in chief of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, museum ...

Miami Niche and Realism Today present Lisa Egeli

by Laura Vailati 8 November 2022

From Miami Niche's collaboration with Realism Today, the web magazine of Streamline Publishing, Inc, this month we present Lisa Egeli: a portrait artist with a soft spot for landscapes. Click the link below to read the article: https://realismtoday.com/portraitist-soft-spot-realism-landscapes/

Miami Niche e Realism Today present Glenn Vilppu

by Laura Vailati 18 October 2022

From Miami Niche's collaboration with Realism Today, the web magazine of Streamline Publishing, Inc, this month we present Clyde Aspevig, an artist among the most influential landscape painters. Click the link below to read the article: https://realismtoday.com/glenn-vilppu-on-universal-principles-of-drawing/

Third and final day of Pastel Live, the art of pastel as seen through the eyes of: Pierre Guidetti, Suzanne Godbout, Tony Allain, Brenda Boylan, Richard Wilson, Julie Swanson Davis, Karen Margulis, : Lyn Diefenbach and Albert Handel.

by Laura Vailati 21 August 2022

Eric Rhoads and Gail Sibley are a truly exciting pair of presenters who were able to capture all the sympathy of the audience during these three days of the convention. As a seasoned entertainer with strong entrepreneurial qualities, Eric Rhoads' versatility was well matched by the sponteaneity and enthusiasm of Gail Sibley, Editor in Chief of Pastel Today, who completed her first experience as co-host of the event. It was Pierre ...

Day two of Pastel Live, the art of pastel as seen through the eyes of: Vera Kavura, Susan Kuznitsky, Richard Suckling, Michele Ashby, Julie Swanson Davis, Bruce Gómez, Carol Peebles and Nancy King Mertz.

by Laura Vailati 20 August 2022

The enthusiasm of the first day of Pastel Live and the beginner's day-for those who attended-have been invigorating for what has been the second day of Pastel Live. Opening the dancing, in the literal sense but also in the physical sense-and Eric Rhoads' energizing dances are a testament to that-are the presenters of Pastel Live: the indefatigable Eric Rhoads and the enthusiastic Gail Sibley, Editor in Chief of Pastel Today, the ...

The majestic beginning of the second edition of Pastel Live, pastel as seen through the eyes of: Doug Dawson, Susan Kuznitsky, Lynn Howarth, Jen Evenhus, Rita Kirkman, Bethany Fields and Michael Freeman.

by Laura Vailati 19 August 2022

The second edition of Pastel Live kicks off with participants from fifteen countries around the world. Pastel Live is the four-day event entirely dedicated to pastel that boasts a faculty of more than thirty of the most internationally renowned artists. The beating heart around which the Pastel Live universe revolves is, as always, that of the ecclectic Eric Rhoads, supported by the prodigious team at Streamline Publishing, always willing to help ...

The Pastel Live pre-event day: a must for beginners and non-beginners.

by Laura Vailati 18 August 2022

The second edition of Pastel Live, the exclusive event entirely dedicated to the art of pastel, is back as usual for the pre-event training day. The goal of the day is to teach the basics of an artistic technique, in this case pastel, but the experience actually always turns out to be much more edifying than a simple introductory course. Indeed, it is inevitable to consider at the end of the ...

The extraordinary donation of Steven Alan Bennett and Doc. Elaine Melotti Schmidt to the Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

by Laura Vailati 11 June 2022

The personal email from Doc. Elaine Melotti Schmidt this morning diverted Miami Niche's attention from the Salone del Mobile in Milan. With great pride and honor, Doc. Elaine and Steven Alan Bennett announced the donation of $12 million-in artwork and cash-to the Muskegon Museum of Art -MMA- in Muskagon, Michigan, which will build a pavilion dedicated entirely to women artists. "This is a transformative and once-in-a-lifetime gift," MMA Executive Director Kirk ...

Miami Niche and Realism Today present Richard D. Wilson, Jr.

by Laura Vailati 30 May 2022

Last month we announced the birth of the collaboration between Miami Niche and Realism Today, a web magazine of Streamline Publishing, Inc. Each month, Miami Niche will go out to discover an artist whom you can meet through our interview published in Realism Today. This month we interviewed Richard D. Wilson, Jr. You can read the article by clicking on the link below: Between Dreams and Fulfillment: The inspirational art of Richard D. Wilson, Jr

Milixa Moron, Carlos Martínez León and John Mejia at MIFA Gallery in Miami, May 19 through June 30.

by Laura Vailati 17 May 2022

MIFA Gallery,-Miami International Fine Art-is pleased to announce the opening of three exhibitions-three solo shows-that will feature Milixa Moron with "Origins," Carlos Martinez León with "Journey onto the Unseen," and John Mejia, "Le Valeur de l'Image." The official opening will be Thursday, May 19 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM ET at the MIFA headquarters, where it will be possible to meet the artists and interact to discover the ideas that led ...