by robert maniscalco | Feb 21, 2025 | Fine Art, Motivational, World View
This is a story about a boy whose parents talked him out of caring for an injured bird he found on his way home from school. “Get that thing out of here,” his mother scolded. “He’s full of germs!” “Let nature run its course,”...
by robert maniscalco | Feb 20, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View
I try to walk a line, as a political person, because we are all political beings, even if we shy away from politics. I push the envelope as a citizen/artist, not as often as I’d like to. I restrain myself. But as I survey the current landscape, I find myself...
by robert maniscalco | Jan 21, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, World View
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger I am a survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, which deeply impacted my sensibility and sense of self worth. One positive that came out of it was it made me more sensitive to the suffering of others. Believe me, empathy is...
by robert maniscalco | Jan 18, 2025 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2025 Contact: Robert Maniscalco, artist/author [email protected] mobile: 313-689-2993 Maniscalco Presents Several Important Portrait Commissions and Publishes his Fifth Book Here are several great ideas for feature content for...
by robert maniscalco | Oct 19, 2024 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Dannagal Goldtnwaite Young has written a book called Wrong, which was recently featured on an episode of Hidden Brain (on NPR), called, “Sitting with Uncertainty.” Wrong is a very enlightening book that not only sheds a much needed light on our political...
by robert maniscalco | Oct 14, 2024 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View
It was confirmed for me yesterday that the Watermission compound in Porta Prince, Haiti, where I painted the Last Supper mural fell out of their hands in 2023, when they abandoned the property and the country was taken over by gangs. This was part of my work on The...