The Peruzzi Artist Salons

In Florence, Italy

If you could go back to any time period of the past, what would you choose?

I would choose the early 1900s….

The Salons began with my wish to recreate the artistic and literary ‘Salons’ of Gertrude Stein and Dorothy Parker over 100 years ago… in my apartment in Florence, Italy. Surrounded by fellow students, teachers and friends from the Florence Academy of Art, where I was studying (2017-present), we spent Saturday evenings crowded into my living room, talking about what it means to be a professional artist today, like how to sell our art without selling out, being relevant as an artist today, working with galleries, and many more…

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Salon 4: Personal Identity and Art
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Salon 4: Personal Identity and Art
Joanna Miller

Theme: Personal / collective identity in art.

We are learning a standardized method at FAA. How do we bring our own voice to our work after we leave the academy?

Is having a personal identity in our art something that happens by default, or is it something we have to actively create/work on?

What does it mean to you to include personal / collective identity in your art?

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Salon 3: Being a Professional Artist
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Salon 3: Being a Professional Artist
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Theme: How do we create successful careers as artists while staying true to ourselves and without selling out?

We have two professional artists joining us to share their stories.

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Salon 2: Relevancy and Art
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Salon 2: Relevancy and Art
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How do we as artists define relevancy?

Should artists aim for relevancy?

What does it mean when an artist says they want to be / should be relevant?

What is relevant / what are the trends / themes in art creation today?

How do we remain relevant without becoming part of an existing trend (if we don't want to be)?

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Salon 1: Working with Galleries
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Salon 1: Working with Galleries
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How the Peruzzi Salon Began
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How the Peruzzi Salon Began
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Imagine you could go back in time to any era of the past. What era would you choose?

I’ve always imagined myself in Paris in the 1910s, attending Gertrude Stein’s Salons in her parlour on 27 rue de Fleurus. I’d be hobnobbing with Braque, Picasso, Matisse…. Or I’d like to be in New York City in the 1920s, with Dorothy Parker and her “vicious circle”, meeting at the Algonquin Hotel with writers, actors, art critics…

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