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Press Release Identity and Self

by Robert Maniscalco | Aug 22, 2026 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2026 “Now, that’s Art to Believe” rm Contact: Robert Maniscalco, artist/author robert@maniscalcogallery.com mobile: 313-689-2993 click on text for more information ↓ Robert discovers old photo he took and...

Susie Jackson

by Robert Maniscalco | Aug 18, 2026 | CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View

Susie Jackson This portrait of Susie Jackson came about as I was recently browsing my photographic archives, looking for a something to paint for the MOJA Exhibition, coming up at City Gallery. I stumbled upon some photographs I took in February 2010. At the time, I...

Best of Show Award

by Robert Maniscalco | Aug 9, 2026 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture

I’m humbled to report “Reflections on Nothingness” has received the Best in Show Award, in the 2026 Low Country Fine Art Showcase, for the second consecutive year in a row. The juror was multi-disciplinary artist Larry Moore, whose first response to...

What is a Beginner

by Robert Maniscalco | Aug 6, 2026 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational

People may wonder why I teach mainly to “beginner” and “intermediate” painting classes. Why not hold more advanced workshops? The answer is simple. I don’t believe in the concept of “advanced.” If we are good, we are always...

Birthday – My Collaboration with Nick Cerrato

by Robert Maniscalco | Jul 14, 2026 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View

How Birthday was Born It was a glorious day, filled with discovery and serious sharing. It is a story some may find disturbing. They don’t matter. “Birthday” was an idea that had been in Nick’s mind for years. But he didn’t have the...

Why Ask Why?

by Robert Maniscalco | Jul 2, 2026 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View

“Why Ask Why?” is perhaps more to the point than, “to be or not to be?” I wrote a blog last month about my idea of why Nick, a beautiful young man with cerebral palsy, decided to purchase my painting, called Cassandra. You can read my story...

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