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Academy of Realist Art Boston

Art School
@araboston
Technical art training in a fun and flexible environment. We are conveniently located 2 blocks from Boston's South Station MBTA stop.
  • Education & Career
  • Following 1.6K
  • Followers 25.8K
  • Engagement 2.11%
  • Avg comments 4

About Academy of Realist Art Boston

Academy of Realist Art Boston (@araboston) is an Art School creator on Instagram, also filed under Education & Career. The account has 25,819 followers and 1,179 published posts. Recent posts average 613 likes and 4 comments, an engagement rate of 2.11%.

With 25.8K followers, Academy of Realist Art Boston is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Academy of Realist Art Boston follows 1,599 accounts, so the audience is roughly 16 times the size of the list followed. Academy of Realist Art Boston uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Academy of Realist Art Boston under Art School, with Education & Career as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Academy of Realist Art Boston runs to 21 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Academy of Realist Art Boston dates from April 2026.

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1,179 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Academy of Realist Art Boston, 7 are carousels, 2 are single images and 1 is a video. That mix leans toward carousels. Academy of Realist Art Boston has built a substantial archive of 1,179 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 22 followers for each post published. Academy of Realist Art Boston also keeps 3 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 85 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include don’t, painting, scholarship, artscholarship and miss. The captions tag #art, #painting, #artscholarship, #workshop and #artworkshop.

Only 2 more days to apply for the new student scholarship contest! Atelier training can give you the foundational skills to unlock your creativity.

Swipe to see a mix of personal work and school assignments by 2015’s scholarship recipient.

Don’t wait, get your applications in!

#artscholarship #scholarship #atelier
LAST WEEK to apply for the New Student Scholarship Contest! Don’t wait until the last minute get your application in. The deadline to apply is this Saturday May 30th. The scholarship to be awarded is for one year’s free tuition for the IN-PERSON school year, September 2026-June 2027.

Many of our scholarship recipients have gone on to become aspiring professional artists and instructors like

#art #artscholarship #painting
Still Life Paintings are designed by the artist and execute increasingly complex compositions. See these paintings and more at the Academy of Realist Art exhibition at Co|So. ⁠

Artwork details:⁠

Anaranjada by Lauren Farrell⁠

Champagne Breakfast by Doreen Dufour⁠
The portrait block-in is the foundation for every great portrait. This intensive portrait drawing workshop focuses on the foundational stage of any strong likeness—the block-in. Through guided demonstration and individual critique, participants will learn to simplify complex forms into clear, interlocking shadow and light patterns. Students will gain a deeper understanding of how thoughtful shadow mapping can unify the portrait and set the stage for confident refinement.

The workshop starts July 12th so don’t miss the opportunity to get a spot in this workshop taught by!

#art #workshop #artworkshop #portrait
Don’t miss the May 30th deadline for our new student scholarship!

#art #artscholarship
Join students and instructors from the Academy of Realist Art for a live painting demo.⁠

The demonstration will run concurrently with a special exhibition of work from the students and instructors of the Academy of Realist Art, Boston's premier realist art school, currently on view at the Copley Society of Art.⁠

The afternoon will offer a compelling window into how disciplined craftsmanship and individual expression coexist and thrive at ARA Boston.⁠

This event will be at Co|So and is free and open to the public on Saturday May 23rd from 12:00 - 4:00 PM. Use the link in our bio to RSVP!⁠

Artwork details: Cast Drawing Of A Young Girl Face Mask by Aliiyah Cole⁠

#artgallery #bostongallery #newburystreet #newburystreetgallery #copleysocietyofart
Only 2 weeks left to sign up for Julie Beck’s online class!
Class Description
A no-nonsense fire-hose of information that includes everything you need to know to make better representational drawings and paintings. While being self taught is sometimes used as a badge of honor, it’s often a coded excuse for lack of abilities. Julie knows this because she did the same thing. Atelier training is already strapping a rocket booster to your abilities, but the reality is that very few have the ability to drop everything and attend an atelier full time or even part time. So even if you don’t have the ability to train at an atelier in person, you can take this information and deep dive at your own pace into the many elements that are taught in technical training. Who needs 4 years of Atelier training when you have Julie cramming all this information into your face?

First there will be an depth presentation/lecture that not only includes all the vital atelier training information, but also includes examples of what NOT to do from her old horrible paintings. After that, Julie will roast 3 paintings/drawings that were submitted in advance.

No fluff, no frills, no mercy.

#art #painting #realism
The umbra layer varies greatly between painting to painting, in some painting it’s in lots of the skintones, in others I like to avoid it almost completely with the exception of the darkest shadows. It’s such a potent way to establish the overall value structure of the painting. I’m usually pretty careful not to go too WARM.. Raw umbers are my long time preference, it’s like a comfort zone of a color. Recently it’s been Cyprus umber dark and light from that I’ve been using. I especially like how neutral the Cyprus umber dark is compared to something like a burnt umber which screams it’s high chroma orange much louder than I usually like in the foundational layer.

I almost always use Opal brushes for this layer because they never shed and allow me to push paint around easily without things like OMS

Im teaching an online class on the umbra layer this Saturday. It going to be 6 hours of demo on a full figure of a Bouguereau! #art #painting #realism
Each year at the Academy of Realist Art Boston year we have a scholarship contest for new students. I was a former recipient of this scholarship and can’t express enough how much it changed my life. Swipe to see a few of the drawings and paintings that I did while during my time at.
The deadline to apply is May 30th so don’t miss the opportunity!

#artschool #artscholarship #painting
Don’t miss out on this amazing lineup of workshops happening this Summer at the academy!

#art #painting #workshop #artworkshop

Academy of Realist Art Boston's engagement

Academy of Realist Art Boston's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.11%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 47 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 153 to 1, with 613 likes and 4 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

Engagement rate

2.11%

Avg likes
613
Avg comments
4
Interactions : followers
1 : 47

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Who is Academy of Realist Art Boston?

Academy of Realist Art Boston (@araboston) is an Art School creator on Instagram, also filed under Education & Career. Academy of Realist Art Boston uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Academy of Realist Art Boston runs to 21 words.

How many followers does Academy of Realist Art Boston have?

Academy of Realist Art Boston has 25,819 followers on Instagram (25.8K). Academy of Realist Art Boston follows 1,599 accounts, so the audience is roughly 16 times the size of the list followed. Academy of Realist Art Boston has built a substantial archive of 1,179 posts.

What is Academy of Realist Art Boston's engagement rate?

Academy of Realist Art Boston's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.11%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 47 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 153 to 1, with 613 likes and 4 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

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Flinque files Academy of Realist Art Boston under Art School, with Education & Career as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Academy of Realist Art Boston, 7 are carousels, 2 are single images and 1 is a video. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Academy of Realist Art Boston repeatedly use the words don’t, painting, scholarship, artscholarship and miss. Academy of Realist Art Boston's captions carry hashtags such as #art, #painting and #artscholarship. Academy of Realist Art Boston writes those captions mainly in English. Academy of Realist Art Boston keeps 3 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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