Kline Academy Student Daniela Schweitzer to be part of 2020 LA Art Show...

Congratulations To Daniela Schweitzer!

"I am excited about a special large piece I have worked on for this  art fair.  See a teaser preview below of its early stages!" 

- Daniela Schweitzer

Daniela Schweitzer, past Kline Academy of Fine Arts student, is happy to announce that she will be returning to the LA Art show this year! She is very excited to share a very large project she has been working on.

Come by and visit her!

FEB 5-9 at the LA CONVENTION CENTER

Booth 825 | bG Gallery.

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In addition, Daniela welcomes you to come by her studio at the Santa Monica Airport Campus and visit her during the upcoming Opening Reception for  "Drawing Connections"! 

"Drawing Connections"

Exhibition | February 10 – April 4, 2020

Featuring 25 artists from the 2 campuses of 18th Street Art Center 

This piece will be featured in the exhibit.

Opening Reception:

Exhibition Reception & Artist Open Studios 

February 22, 2020 | 5-8 PM

North and South Galleries | 3026 Airport Avenue

We are so proud of you Daniela!

KA student Tammy Machmail in a Group Show

We Have Very Exciting Announcement!

👏Congratulations to our student Tammy Machmali!👏

Tammy will be part of a group show, "EAT CAKE", hosted by Fabrik Projects Gallery. 

 Fabrik Projects Gallery

2636 La Cienega Blvd, Los angeles, Ca 90034 

 Artist Reception: 

 Saturday, February 8th, 6 - 9pm 

 Show runs: 

February 8th - 15th 

 Gallery open: 

Tuesday - Sunday

5 Reasons to support the Arts

5 Reasons to support the Arts

Kline Academy of Fine Arts

Kline Academy of Fine Arts recently came across some information we found very interesting and valuable, so we decided to share it with you all.

5 reasons to support the arts

Have a Positive Social Impact:
For thousands of years, song and dance have brought communities together. Today, the arts create a space where all members can come together.

Enhance your Mood:
The arts offer an escape from the troubles of everyday life. When you're writing, singing, painting, or playing an instrument, you're able to temporarily set stress aside to focus on enjoying your craft.

Help The Economy:
The arts make up a major chunk of the economy - 4.2% of the GDP, to be exact, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. While that number may seem small, it's higher than the economic shares of the nation's transportation, tourism, and agriculture sectors.

Encourage Healing:
Different types of arts programs are employed in many different healthcare facilities. Patients that engage with these arts programs heal faster, manage their pain better, and spend less time in the hospital.

Generate Creativity: 
The arts are a self-perpetuating activity. Creativity is generated from the right side of the brain. The more you engage it, the more creative you become, like flexing a muscle in your brain.

Kline Academy 2020 - It's All about Light

In the classes of 2020, we will be focusing on light... How light describes the form? How light affects color, mood and tone of the scene? Understanding light is essential in all genres of drawing and painting... Join our community of artist and expert instructors who will share their masterly in art making.

Cheryl Kline 

KA instructor Bill Neukomm in a Group Show

William Neukomm, our amazing Beginning Drawing Foundations instructor, is featured in "LIKENESS" a Fine Art Exhibition exploring Portrait and Figure today.

"Realism, Impressionism, Abstraction.. what do we use to describe a work that is a combination of the three? How much does a portrait or figurative work need to look like the model or subject these days?  Is capturing a “Likeness” as important in today's fine art works as it once was? Is figure and portrait painting anything like it was back in the 1800 and early 1900s? or has the art world finally adopted a liberal view on the importance of "likeness" in a figure painting.

Today in the realist figurative world see a mixture of genres coming together in the same painting, or exhibiting side by side, and it's not just in America. Russian artists, Icelandic artists, French artist and more have been influenced, be it by instagram shots of new works they can easily access now, or the rise in international art fairs and exhibitions that are traveling around the globe."

LIKENESS

Sat. January 11th Through February 29th

10am-5pm @ VRFA GALLERY IN CALIFORNIA.

VRFA Gallery at 418 Ocean Ave Laguna Beach CA

To access the exhibitions digital catalog, click HERE

Congratulations to Pepe!

Some Great News to conclude 2019... 🎉🎊🏅

Congratulations to our student Pepe Martin Orozco for receiving an award at The Tokyo Biennale of Contemporary Art on their 19th International Art Exchange Exhibition & Competition. We are so proud of him!

Pepe exhibited a series of remarkable work dedicated to his role models, where he portrayed them as fashion models.

Here are a few of his submissions..

Just in time for the holiday...

Just in time for the holiday...

Small Painting "Gems" from your favorite Artist / Instructor at a great price...

For questions or purchasing, please contact:  Johnny@klineacademy.com

or call (310) 927-2436

Cheryl Kline

Juri Umagami

Scott Yeskel

Sharon Weaver

Thomas Garner

Johnny Castillo

New Video Alert! Scott Yeskel - Abstract Painting Instructor at Kline Academy of Fine Art

If you ever want to take a jump into the beauty of deconstruction, Scott Yeskel is the man to guid you through!

Scott Yeskel

Abstract Painting Instructor

Scott Yeskel was raised in the suburbs of Orange County, California after his parents moved from New Jersey when he was a child. The mild weather and suburban sprawl fueled Scott’s interest in the landscape. 

After graduating from high school, he moved to San Francisco to pursue an education in the arts. Yeskel graduated from the Academy of Art College in 2002 where he won first place in the Landscape category at the Academy’s Annual Spring Show. 

He was quickly picked up by galleries in Philadelphia, Laguna Beach and San Francisco. Since that time, Scott has been the subject of over a dozen solo shows, countless group exhibitions and has been featured in over 20 magazine and newspaper editorials. 

His work speaks to those who identify with the California lifestyle – often romantic but sometimes plagued with fustration. His love/hate relationship with Los Angeles’ freeways, boxy apartments and urban sprawl feed Yeskel’s desire to paint his environment as he sees – a jumble of mixed emotions. Recently, Scott’s work was purchased by prestigious corporate collections including Microsoft and NBC/ Universal.

Read more about Scott Yeskel!