Instructor

Charles Miano (b. 1977) is an American Artist whose art explores humanistic values, using a classic foundation and contemporary inspiration. Miano is an ARC Associate Living Master. He is the Founder and Director of Miano Academy of Art in Sarasota, Florida and an advocate of the revival of Classically Inspired Representationalism.

Miano has taught traditional art and the “atelier method” for over 20 years. Through his academy and as its “hands-on” director, Miano is widely recognized for his attentive, intensive teaching methods and generous support of emerging artists. There, he doggedly pursues in-depth, studies in the tradition of the Old Masters. Miano also travels the globe, teaching workshops and lecturing on representational art and his own artistic methods.