 Thank you for interest in continuing your presence in the ARC Living Masters Gallery. The Art Renewal Center® was founded in 1999 for the advancement of traditional representational art. As a registered 501(c) 3 non-profit educational foundation and one of the Internets leading art resources, the ARC Museum contains nearly 3,700 artists with over 38,000 high-resolution images. Both the Living Artists and the Living Masters Galleries have been contained in a separate index to help insure the deserving exposure of all Living Artists who work in a realist fashion. Currently the Living Masters Gallery is the fifth most visited section of the ARC website which is now tracking an astonishing, 370,000,000 hits per year from 5,500,000 estimated visitors. Many of our current Living Masters are now enjoying furthered success in their careers from the exposure they receive from their gallery on the ARC website. A significant number of artists have reported that they have received major commissions and invitations from prominent metropolitan galleries due to the online exhibit of their work. As an ARC Master, you benefit from one of the largest realist art foundations, the Art Renewal Center®, www.artrenewal.org . ARC tracks nearly 5.5 million yearly visitors, who are targeted art lovers, gallery owners and museum curators. No individual website can provide the sort of exposure that you receive on ARC. You may add contact information and update your images when you renew your ARC Living Masters Membership. Further, a new feature is available to ARC Living Masters™ only. For an additional $100, you may have a point on the ARC Atelier Map. These links will be specifically colored to indicate that an ARC Living Master™ is available and conducting workshops and classes. There will be a feature box at the top of your Gallery with information on the workshops. Aspiring students from all over the globe use the ARC Atelier map to find proper training and we welcome the addition of classes by the ARC Masters. Living Masters Membership Your Living Masters Gallery includes many benefits: • Living Masters are allowed up to 30 images of your finest work. This includes 30 high-resolution images and 30 large thumbnails with the title, date, medium and dimensions of each work. • Living Masters may include their biographical and or contact information with their gallery of images. • Living Masters may submit news items of current exhibitions, publications, notable awards and workshops to be posted in the ARC News Blog. • Add information on classes you teach in a special section at the top of your Gallery and a link will be placed on the Atelier Map used by students all over the world to find proper classical training. These links will be a particular color indicating that a Living Master is offering classes. • All Members will automatically receive the ARC’s annual newsletter and prospectus’ for all ARC competitions. • All artists are invited to submit articles and essays for possible publication on the ARC website. Membership Fees • An annual membership fee of $300.00 for all artists accepted into the Living Artists Gallery or the Living Masters Gallery. • Additional images may be included in an artist’s gallery at $10.00 per image. • Or: add two new images with an announcement and links in the ARC News Blog for instant interest and attention to your Gallery for $45 at any time. For your best exposure: you might add images quarterly and include your latest news as affordable advertising. • Replacement or change of an image can be requested at any time and will be charged a rate of $5.00 per image. • There is no charge on updates of an artist’s biographical and or contact information. • Add information on classes you teach in a special section at the top of your Gallery and a pinpoint on the Atelier Map used by students all over the world to find proper classical training for only $100 in addition to your annual fee. These points will be a particular color indicating that a Living Master is offering classes. Renewal Materials • Signed and completed renewal form • Updated contact/biographical information • Sculptors must submit a minimum of 2 images of a single sculpture from different views • Current CV or Biography |