Nickel Plate Arts Features Artist Anthony Schillaci in September
Mr. Schillaci’s painting, “Gloucester Catch.”
Nickel Plate Arts will be featuring Anthony (Tony) Schillaci’s exhibit “Post Impressionism Realist” during the month of September. It will include many of his figure and portrait works.
Mr. Schillaci became interested in drawing as a seventh grader with a sister who never stopped encouraging him. In the early 1970’s, as a war veteran he enrolled in the American Academy of Art undergraduate courses.
By the early 1980’s, he had returned to art once more by taking evening life classes with instructor Max Randt. Every Sunday, Mr. Schillaci and Mr. Randt enjoyed traveling around Northern Illinois painting en plein air.
With a strong interest in portrait and figure painting, he enrolled in the Arts Students League under the guidance of Max Ginsberg who Mr. Schillaci describes as a “master” and was grateful to have him as a teacher.
Today, his artistic goal is painting and drawing every day, trying to improve, in order to paint “that one masterpiece.”
He is a proud member of Nickel Plate Arts, IPAPA Indiana Plein Air Painters, Hamilton County Artists’ Association, Indiana Heritage Arts and the Hoosier Salon New Harmony Gallery.
Mr. Schillaci’s exhibit, “Post Impressionism Realist” is on exhibit in the Stephenson House on the Nickel Plate Arts campus from Sept. 2-24.
The gallery is free and open to the public, Wednesday to Friday, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
See the exhibit during special evening hours at the First Friday event on Sept. 2 from 6 – 9 p.m. at Nickel Plate Arts.
Artwork can be purchased by contacting Nickel Plate Arts or ordering online from NickelPlateArts.org/exhibits.
About Nickel Plate Arts: Nickel Plate Arts is an umbrella nonprofit organization that creates and coordinates arts and cultural experiences across communities in eastern Hamilton County and the surrounding areas to improve the quality of life for residents, strengthen local economies and enrich experiences for visitors. Nickel Plate Arts is a project of Hamilton County Tourism, Inc.