FOUR UNFORGETTABLE DAYS.
. .
 Four
exciting, jam-packed days in fabulous New York studying portrait painting
with some of the nation's leading professional portrait artists. Our
principal venue will be the The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, located conveniently on beautiful
Fifth Avenue.
Watch
demonstrations as leading artists paint for you, describing
their methods as they work.
Meet
internationally known artist Richard
Schmid, this year's recipient of the Society's John Singer
Sargent Medal for Lifetime Achievement. Mr. Schmid will lecture on
his art and techniques and conduct a question and answer session.
Enter
your work in the International
Portrait Competition, which this year will
award $12,800 in cash prizes.
Receive
a professional critique of your work by Festival leaders John Howard
Sanden, Michael Del Priore, and Richard Whitney.
Enjoy
the Gala Awards Dinner at the elegant New York Athletic Club
on Central Park South.
Receive
special rates from five select Marriott Hotels. The Society's
travel agency can help you with your air travel plans and you may
be eligible for a special rate if you fly Delta.
See
the Agenda Highlights
ASOPAF
Board Members
Michael
Del Priore, Chairman
Richard
Whitney, Vice-Chairman
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MASTER
OF CEREMONIES
DEMONSTRATIONS
LECTURES
& SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
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Allan
R. Banks, President, The American
Society of Classical Realism
Sandra Carpenter, Editor, The Artist's
Magazine
Richard Ormond, Distinguished author and
Sargent authority
John Howard Sanden
Margaret Holland
Sargent
Richard Schmid
Daphne J. Todd, President, Royal Society of
Portrait Painters
Richard Whitney
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AGENCIES AND
GALLERIES
MUSEUM TOURS
AND VISITS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The National Academy of Design Museum
The Frick Collection
The Hispanic Society of America |
OTHER DISTINGUISHED
GUESTS
Mary
Ann Fergus, Attorney and Portrait Agent
Perry Hooper, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of
the State of Alabama
Irad Ingraham, Associate Judge, Supreme
Court of the State of New York,
Ret.
Kimberly Till, Attorney and Copyright Expert
Margaret Wu, Chairman, Education for
Energetic Science |
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study sessions at
