{"id":464,"date":"2008-01-15T18:47:05","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T23:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/blog\/2008\/01\/15\/the-courage-of-integrity\/"},"modified":"2008-01-15T18:47:05","modified_gmt":"2008-01-15T23:47:05","slug":"the-international-guild-of-realism-igor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/2008\/01\/the-international-guild-of-realism-igor\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Guild Of Realism (IGOR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"295\" alt=\"\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/UserFiles\/Image\/2007\/POLARBEAR_MPSGS07.jpg?resize=460%2C295\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I am very pleased to announce that my Mom, Karen, and I have just been accepted into the International Guild of Realism (IGOR).&nbsp; I was encouraged to participate in the society by a friend I met online that is an existing member who drops by my blog occasionally, artist Cindy Haase (&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/cynhaase.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/cynhaase.blogspot.com\/<\/a>&nbsp; beautiful colored pencils&#8230;definitely worth the click.. ;) ).<strong><\/p>\n<p>International Guild of Realism<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realismguild.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.realismguild.com<\/a><br \/>&quot;Our mission is to advance  realism in fine art through museum exhibitions, art gallery shows, workshops,  education programs, marketing support and Internet exposure.<\/p>\n<p>For us,  &ldquo;realism&rdquo; ranges from classical realism (based upon the traditional,  academic-style painting techniques) to contemporary realism (where cutting edge  techniques and subject matter are used to comment on today&rsquo;s world). Trompe  l&rsquo;oeil, photorealism, surrealism, and super-realism are some of the genres  included within the range of realism choices for modern artists, as  well.<\/p>\n<p>The International Guild of Realism was founded by a group of  leading professional realism artists from around the globe in 2002 with four  goals:<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Recognizing the best realists working today<br \/>&bull; Creating  exhibition opportunities<br \/>&bull; Providing technical and promotional support<br \/>&bull;  To offer a bridge between art collectors and the highest quality realist art,  created by our members<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s all based upon the proven belief that the  more art lovers of the world have access to high-quality realism, the greater  the value these paintings will have. Value not just in monetary terms, but in  appreciation, understanding and international attention.<\/p>\n<p>For art  collectors, we create juried exhibitions in museums and galleries that span as  many aspects of realism as possible so that they can see the panorama of  international work in this field in one show. For museums, we curate themed  exhibitions that provide a snapshot of where realism is today. For fellow  artists, we provide information about workshops conducted by members and  magazine features about realism techniques so that the quality of the art form  continues to improve around the world.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s all based upon one simple  premise: The more realism artists succeed in the competitive art world, the  greater the benefit to the art lovers of the world.&quot;<br \/> <script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">function windowpopup_delete979() { window.open('admin_membership_delete.asp?ArtistID=548&MembershipID=979', 'DeleteWindow', 'toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=400,height=150,left=180,top=180'); } <\/script><font size=\"2\"><\/font><center><\/p>\n<hr width=\"66%\" size=\"1\" \/><\/center><font><br \/>Also&#8230;&nbsp; I thought I would add one of my favorite quotes&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Courage of Integrity&quot;<br \/>&quot;The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity.&nbsp; Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity&#8230;&nbsp; these are the choices that measure your life.&nbsp; Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.&quot;<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am very pleased to announce that my Mom, Karen, and I have just been accepted into the International Guild of Realism (IGOR).&nbsp; I was encouraged to participate in the society by a friend I met online that is an existing member who drops by my blog occasionally, artist Cindy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,17,18,19],"tags":[58,1243,586,61,617,65,67,69,1607,122,795,692,176,179,195,219,226,227,802,249,281,1346,325,1789,340,355,1322,423,424,527,463,467],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fine-art-societies","category-paintings","category-paintings-in-little-small-works-miniature-paintings","category-paintings-of-animals","tag-art","tag-art-collectors","tag-art-form","tag-art-gallery","tag-art-world","tag-artist","tag-artists","tag-artwork","tag-cindy-haase","tag-com","tag-cutting-edge","tag-education","tag-fine-art","tag-fine_art","tag-galleries","tag-igor","tag-international","tag-international-guild-of-realism","tag-juried-exhibitions","tag-life","tag-miniature_painting","tag-museums","tag-painting","tag-paintings","tag-polar-bear","tag-realism","tag-subject-matter","tag-time","tag-today","tag-traditional","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife_art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}