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 Executive Committee
Sherry Ross, Editor and Chief - Author of The Light of Lucinda, The Seeds of the Pomegranate, and The Sorrell Ridge Cook Book. Sherry Ross has also been published in many poetry magazines including "POET Magazine" Kara Lysandra Ross, Director of Operations - BA in Art History from Drew University, Sotheby's Intern, ARC Staff writer, regular columnist in the arts section of The Epoch Times, published author in Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, and is currently researching and writing the Catalogue Raisonné on Edmund Blair Leighton. kara.ross@artrenewal.org Frank Gatti, Chief Financial Officer - BS in accounting from St. John's University, MBA in Finance from Wagner College, worked as a financial analyst on Wall Street for major banking institutions Yvette Lytle, Graphics Associate and Museum Archivist- Associates Degree in Visual Communications from the Katherine Gibbs School, Website and Graphic Designer, Artist. yvette.lytle@artrenewal.org Michele Carnevale, Executive Secretary - Executive Assistant to ARC Chairman, Fred Ross. BA, AAS, in Professional Sciences from The Laboratory Institute of Merchandising. Paul Ripley, Biographer - ARC Main Biographer Don Kurtz, Manager of Photographic Resources Virgil Elliott, Technical Advisor - ARC Technical Advisor and Living Master/Teacher Sean Colon, Technical Advisor - BA in International Relations
Fred Ross - Founder and Chairman of the Art Renewal Center, Ross is the leading authority on William Bouguereau and co author of the recently published Catalogue Raisonné William Bouguereau: His Life and Works. Ross received his MA in art education from Columbia University. His speeches and essays are read by over 300,000 art professionals, educators, students and fans each year; and have become required reading in countless classrooms. Ross is also a well known collector of 19th century European painting and of Contemporary Realism as well. Dr. Vern Swanson - Swanson has his Phd from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, England and is the Director of the Springville Museum of Art, Utah. He is a lecturer/scholar/writer and expert on 19th Century European Art and Russian Art through the 20th Century. Swanson is the leading authority on Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and John William Godward and author of the Catalogue Raisonnés for both artists. Peter Trippi - Former Director of the Dahesh Museum of Art in Manhattan, Trippi is now the Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, which provides art collectors and enthusiasts with in-depth editorial coverage of historical and contemporary representational art authored by well-known experts. Mr. Trippi is also the leading authority on John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917) and the author of J.W. Waterhouse, which was published by Phaidon Press in 2002. Nelson Shanks – Shanks is one of the most sought-after teachers in the world and founder of the post-graduate school, Incamminati. His work has been exhibited in many museums and galleries around the globe and his commissioned portraits include such noted figures as: Princess Diana, Ronald Reagan, Lady Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, and Bill Clinton. In 2006, Governor Edward G. Rendell presented Nelson with the Governor's Distinguished Arts Award, which recognizes a Pennsylvania artist of international fame or renown whose creations and contributions enrich the Commonwealth. Michael John Angel - Mr. Angel is an ARC Living Master™ and regarded as one of the foremost figurative painters alive today; with his paintings hanging in both public and private collections on both sides of the Atlantic. From 1982 to 1988 he was the Director of the National Portrait Academy in Toronto, Canada, and from 1992 - 1995 the Assistant Director of the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. In 1997, his school, the Angel Academy of Art was founded with the assistance of Lynne Barton. Angel Academy is now one of the most successful Atelier Schools in the world, requiring of its students the highest standards of traditional techniques. Juliette Aristides - Juliette studied at numerous private ateliers, the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, before becoming a founding member of the Water Street Atelier with Jacob Collins. She is a recipient of the Elisabeth Greenshields Grant; and founded the Classical Atelier at Gage Academy of Fine Art in Seattle WA. She has authored two books, Classical Drawing Atelier and Classical Painting Atelier, which have become well received guidelines for drawing and painting. Daniel Green - Green is a renowned portrait artist whose work can be found in more than 500 public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution and the White House. Greene was elected to the Pastel Society of America's Pastel Hall of Fame in 1983, and in 1995 received the American Society of Portrait Artists' John Singer Sargent award. In 2001 he was award the Gold Medal of the Portrait Society of America. Dr. Gregory S. Headburg - Headburg is the Director of the Department of European Art at the world renowned Hirschl & Adler Galleries in Manhattan. He received his BA in Art history from Princeton University and his PHD from New York University. He was the former Chief Curator of the Wadsworth Antheneum, and was the first professional Director of the New York Academy of Art. He has worked tirelessly throughout his life to bring back a re-appreciation for traditional painting and was one of the first experts in the 19th century field. Dr. Gabriel Weisberg - Weisberg is a world expert in French Naturalism and a Writer, Lecturer, and Scholar. He is the author of Against the Modern: Dagnon-Bouveret and the Transformation of the Academic Tradtion, and a contributing writer to ARC. His research and work on Jules Breton, Jules Adler, Albert Besnard, Jean-Charles Cazin and Theodule Ribot, have helped reestablish an awareness and appreciation of the entire 19th century. Daniel F. Gerhartz - Gerhartz has been featured in numerous publications including the hardbound book, Creative Oil Painting: Techniques from 15 Master Painters by Stephen Doherty. His teaching credentials include the Scottsdale Institute and his work is included in the permanent collection of the West Bend Art Museum in Wisconsin and the Huntsville Museum of Art in Alabama. Gerhartz also won Best of Show in the 1st international ARC Salon Competition in 2004, and is one of the few living realists to successfully penetrate the secondary market; with works selling at important auction houses including Sotheby's.
Kate Williams - ARC Founder and Advisor of Website development and Public Relations Iian Neill - Former Director of Internet Activities and ARC Webmaster; Writer; Artist; Web Designer; ARC Founder Vern Swanson - PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, England; Present Director of Springville Museum, Utah; Lecturer/Scholar/ Writer; Expert on Victorian 19th Century European Art and Russian Art through 20th Century; World Expert and Author of the Catalogs Raisonne on Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and John William Godward Gregory Hedberg - PhD from New York University; Present Director of Hirschl and Adler Galleries; Lecturer and Writer; one of the founders of The New York Academy of Art, and was appointed its first Director; Past Head Curator of European Paintings, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford CN Allan Banks - Former President of the American Society of Classical Realism; ARC Judge Rotation; ARC Living Master Richard Whitney - Chairman of the American Society of Portrait Artists; ARC Judge Rotation; ARC Living Master Peter Trippi -Former Director of the Dahesh Museum of Art in Manhattan, Trippi is now the Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, which provides art collectors and enthusiasts with in-depth editorial coverage of historical and contemporary representational art authored by well-known experts. Mr. Trippi is also the leading authority on John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917) and the author of J.W. Waterhouse, which was published by Phaidon Press in 2002. John Angel - Founder of Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy; ARC Living Master/Teacher Lynne Barton - Director of Angel Academy, Florence, Italy Gabriel Weisberg PhD - World Expert French Naturalism; Writer/ Lecturer/Scholar; Author of Against the Modern: Dagnan-Bouveret and the Transformation of the Academic Tradition; contributing writer to ARC; Dr. Weisberg's examination and study of many artists - including Jules Breton, Jules Adler, Albert Besnard, Jean-Charles Cazin and Theodule Ribot - have helped reestablish an awareness and appreciation of the entire 19th Century. Deborah Brent - Director of the Academy of Realist Art, Toronto, Canada Steve Gjertson - Living Master, Advisor of Standards and Practices, Former President of the American Society of Classical Realism Dan Greene - Living Master, ARC Judge Daniel Gerhartz - ARC Salon "Best in Show" winner, Living Master, ARC Judge | | 
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