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Excellence in Art Education Award Recipient 2025
“The Portrait Society is pleased to announce that Studio Incamminati, School for Contemporary Realist Art will be recognized on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at the 28th annual The Art of the Portrait with the 2026 Excellence in Fine Arts Education Award in recognition of its extraordinary commitment to rigorous training, classical technique, and the cultivation of the next generation of artists. Through decades of teaching and mentorship, Studio Incamminati has played a vital role in preserving and advancing the traditions of fine art education. Leona Shanks, co-founder, will be accepting the award on behalf of Studio Incamminati.”
Leona Shanks
An Artist’s Reflection on a Life Deeply Committed to Art Education
with the Portrait Society of America
“Ukrainian Refugees Step into the Light”
National Public Radio, WHYY
Portraits of the Ukrainian Refugee Experience
“One Of the Nation’s Best Art Schools.”
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“A Great Space For Great Art.”
South Philly Review
Documenting our hosting the of the exhibition Rising Voices 2, the winners of The Bennett Prize: celebrating the best paintings by contemporary women artists who work in the figurative realistic style.
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“Renowned Art School Finds New South Philadelphia Home By Following the Light.”
Philadelphia Business Journal
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“Art Programs That Will Change Your Life: The Top US Art Programs in 2020.”
“By focusing on skill, these seven art programs prove that what’s renegade revolves around the revival of representational art.”
The Blue Review
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“Prestigious Rittenhouse Art Festival To Include Formerly Homeless Artists.”
National Public Radio, WHYY
Documenting Studio Incamminati’s partnership with Project HOME.
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