TAD + Talenthouse= Illustration Academy Full Scholarship!

The Art Department, conceived by the world renowned faculty behind The Illustration Academy, The Visual Literacy Program and Conceptart.org, are offering a chosen member of Talenthouse the chance to win a scholarship to their intensive four-week Illustration Academy summer program in 2011 that utilizes total immersion to shorten the learning curve for aspiring artists.

All you have to do is create an illustration that will be used as a promotional "Call for Portfolios" for submissions to attend The Art Department www.theartdepartment.org in 2010. The subject matter is open, but must be palatable, and should help to communicate the idea of "Call for Portfolios".

For more information please visit the Talent House website!

Illustration Academy- Kansas City and Richmond!

Illustration Academy Faculty Announced!

The 2010 Illustration Academy is fast approaching - there are still spots available at both locations
- for more information and to apply visit www.illustrationacademy.com.

Now you can APPLY ONLINE to The Illustration Academy! Go to the Application Page and see how!
Also, make deposits and payments online!

VLP Members receive a $495.00 discount!

The full-time faculty and visiting artists for each location will be as listed below:

Kansas City
Faculty: John English, Mark English, Brent Watkinson, George Pratt
Visiting Artists: Gary Kelley, C.F. Payne, Anita Kunz, Jon Foster

Richmond
Faculty: Sterling Hundley, Doug Chayka, Josh George, Robert Meganck
Visiting Artists: Jon Foster, Anita Kunz, John English, Chris Payne, and Jason Manley!

We look forward to seeing you this summer!


John English Demo Online!

John English Landscape Painting is now online, listed under Demos and John English.

John really gets into his thought process in this video. After you watch this vid a couple of times,
you will want to have it playing in the background as you work so you can just listen to the
words and ideas.

PODS for TAD are being populated.

As time goes forward, the TAD Kick Off is growing near. June 17th is the Studio Kick Off of the
first TAD semester. Students from all around the country will converge in Kansas City for a three
week studio session. After that, some people stay in KC, and others will continue to Austin or
Richmond to start living the studio experience in their respective PODs. Studying online in the
Elluminate Educational Environment as well as taking part in a POD studio is the "hybrid" art
education experience that John English and Jason Manley have envisioned.

Additional Models Being Processed for VLP Figure Drawing.

We are continually working in the background to photograph models for Figure Drawing. Keep
posting those images, and keep drawing and THINKING! It never hurts to go back and watch
Mark's Figure Drawing Demos!

FREE TAD online class this weekend!

Empower your Artwork in TAD's Online Digital & Traditional Images Class on Saturday. Improve your artwork with a FREE online art education experience like no other! Join a stellar group of the biggest names in art for live demonstrations by Jon Foster and Cryptcrawler. Enjoy video and image presentations with simultaneous live roundtable discussions by George Pratt, Sterling Hundley John English, Brent Watkinson, Jason Manley and special guests who will put a smile on your creative face and help you empower your portfolio from here on out.

When: Saturday May 8th 2010 central 12-3PM central daylight time (Austin TX time)
Where: Right here on ConceptArt.Org (you will be sent a link)
How: We will announce shortly!

You will learn. Your art will improve with this information.

Yeah. You heard me. It's free. No strings. Three hours of world class art education to help you with your skills.

Some of you are going to move way too slowly to get in on this. Don't fret. Miss it and you can see it free On Demand too!!! Best part is, this is just an example of what we are going to be doing every month in www.visualliteracyprogram.com until the end of the year.

TAD presents this award winning group of artists for you ConceptArt.Org. Again the first three hundred students can attend live. On Demand is free too! If you don't make it Sat you can catch it on any day or night you like. Space is limited to 300 viewers at one time, so you may need to be patient. This is going to be absolutely full of information and inspiration. I hope you will check it out.

We will be announcing the process of admissions for the live students shortly. But this is your official heads up and keep your eyes peeled!