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Carolina Arts News

by Robert Maniscalco | Nov 15, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational | 0 Comments

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

by Robert Maniscalco | Nov 5, 2021 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

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Grosse Pointe News “Our Rivers, Our Lakes”

by Robert Maniscalco | Oct 16, 2021 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

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Three Consecutive Awards

by Robert Maniscalco | Oct 4, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

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

by Robert Maniscalco | Sep 13, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

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

by Robert Maniscalco | Sep 12, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

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

by Robert Maniscalco | Sep 10, 2021 | CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

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

by Robert Maniscalco | Sep 9, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

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

by Robert Maniscalco | Aug 27, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art | 0 Comments

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...

Essential Still Life

by Robert Maniscalco | Aug 19, 2021 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture | 0 Comments

What is an Essential Still Life? View Custom Still Lives Robert has Done for Others In addition to my oil portraits I can create a very personal still life, perhaps celebrating a bride’s wedding, or other monumental event, with an “essential still life” remembering "a...

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