Fine Art Blog
Q & A with Robert Manisalco
Originally from Detroit, artist Robert Maniscalco apprenticed in the early 1980s under his internationally renowned portrait artist father, Joseph, who believed it was a sin to hide one’s talent. His gifts have led him to become an accomplished multi-media artist....
Carolina Arts News
Newsflash: Maniscalco has now won four consecutive awards. « Anderson Arts Center in Anderson, SC, Opens Art Market Once Again – Calls for Artwork Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC, Calls for Sculptor’s Proposals – Deadline Oct. 19, 2021 » Robert...
The Italian Tribune
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Grosse Pointe News “Our Rivers, Our Lakes”
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Three Consecutive Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2021 Contact: Robert Maniscalco, author robert@maniscalcogallery3720.live-website.com mobile: 313-689-2993 NewsFlash: Beacon of Hope has won the "Charleston Award" at the Coastal Carolina Fair in the Fine Arts Exhibition, bringing his...
Zero Sum Game
I say the answer to the above is 10. But my math-wiz-friend, Chuck Greenia, says it’s "kind of a trick. In formal mathematics, multiplication and division are done before addition and subtraction, making the answer -80." Sheesh! Formal mathematics sounds even...
Single Stories
I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in a while who asked me where my hat was. I stammered, “what hat?” He said, “c'mon, you always wear a hat!” It is true that I sometimes wear hats; the sun can be murderous on bald heads. I was struck, however, that his experience with...
Working Through Pain
A Brave Front Most people know me as a go getter, whatever that is. I'm a doer. I am always trying to make something happen, always hustling. But years of negative messaging from myself and others, in the form of CSA and verbal trauma, and the resulting anxiety and...
Rudolf Nureyev
Excerpts of a letter Rudolf Nureyev wrote, to the dance community about his own life as a dancer, while dying of AIDS. His words remind me of why I paint or act or write. Not for the glory but for the shear joy of doing, the simple thrill of exploring my curiosities,...
The Art Market
The following is a frank assessment of the current art market, from this artist's perspective. As most of you know, I have an extensive catalogue of available artwork. It happens when you've been doing art for forty years. I've spent some time recently adjusting each...









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