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About ART
American Renaissance for the Twenty-first
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ART (American Renaissance for the Twenty-first
Century)
is a 501
(C) (3) nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to a
rebirth of beauty and life-affirming values in all of the
fine arts.
Incorporated in 1992, the foundation has
established a consistent track record for championing only
the highest quality contemporary art through art exhibits,
publications, and performances of music, dance, literature,
poetry and drama. ART is unique among arts and aesthetic
organizations in that it not only supports beautiful,
technically superlative contemporary art but also preserves
and advances Western-heritage philosophy based in humanistic
values,
reason and individualism that originated in ancient
Greece, carried forward through the European Renaissance and
the Enlightenment, and culminated in the formation of the
United States of America.
Therefore, ideational content is as important as external
excellence of form in our assessment and decisions as to
which contemporary artists we will select and support.
Although adhering to the traditional triumvirate of beauty,
truth and goodness in art—never severing aesthetics and
ethics as did most of the twentieth century—we do not in
any regard look back to the past with nostalgia, nor do we
attempt any revival of past art or ideas. We attend to the
past as a most-worthy paradigm from which to advance
beautiful and uplifting art that expresses contemporary
sensibilities and context. In this regard, ART is a fully
forward-looking foundation that considers itself to be a
living legacy of the best of the West.
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ART's Mission |
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To promote and advance
established Western-heritage art forms: representationalism
in painting and sculpture; melody and harmony in music;
grace in dance; structure, coherence and meaning in drama,
poetry and literature—and the expression of beauty in all.
To give grants and awards to deserving artists for
the furtherance of their art and to provide public viewing
of new and experimental as well as existing, original works
of art that use established Western-heritage art forms as
their base: exhibitions of the visual arts; concerts,
recitals and operalogues in music; readings of literature
and poetry; productions of theater and film; presentations
of dance.
To provide educational programs, lecture series and
special events for the purpose of advancing public knowledge
and offering fresh understanding of traditional,
humanistic Western-heritage art forms, emphasizing art
created by living artists that is informed by contemporary
content and sensibilities.
To acquire an expanded space in New York City as a
headquarters for exploratory, visionary and portentous
expressions of established Western-heritage art forms, where
the above activities can be presented on a larger scale. A
small New York office already exists, along with a new West
Coast Chapter located in Beverly Hills. As time and funding
permits, new, interactive regional chapters will be created
around the country for rotating art presentations and
information exchange. A unique and highly regarded quarterly
magazine, ART Ideas was published for six years and is
planned to be re-instated and published regularly to keep
all concerned up-to-date on ART events throughout the
nation, as well as offer thought provoking articles and
essays, images of contemporary representational art, artist
profiles, short stories, original music and poetry. Until
the magazine is re-established, this new, expanded web
site, will become the leading communication
vehicle for the foundation.
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