oNline Mentorship with Michael Abraham, SFCA

Every Saturday (6 weeks) 

Starting March 6th - April 17th 

No Class April 3rd (Easter holiday) 

1.00PM - 3.00PM (Pacific Standard Time) Via Zoom

Limited to 10 students!
Suitable for beginner and intermediate students.

FCA Online Mentorships

If  you're looking for an accessible way to re-invigorate your practice, share in your challenges and get professional, live feedback on your artwork, FCA Online Mentorships are an excellent investment in your practice.

Benefits of Mentorship

• Weekly check-ins with a Signature FCA Artist
• Ask questions and receive answers in real-time 
• Meet new artists and learn from their feedback
• Encourage accountability in your practice
• Great way to schedule time for your development
• Celebrate victories and challenges you've overcome
• Share your current challenges and learn from your peers and mentor about how to move forward
• Put your learning into action with weekly assignments

Mentorship Overview:

6 weekly Live Zoom Sessions

We start this mentorship program with an evaluation of your current status, as well as an introduction to everyone in the group. Michael will discuss short and long term goals with you, which will define next steps on your artistic journey. 

Each consecutive week will be built out based on where everyone is in their work and what their personal ambitions are for attending this mentorship program. Over this 6 week program you will takeaway practical ways to improve and develop your paintings. 

About the Instructor - Michael Abraham, SFCA

Born in Montreal (1965), Michael Abraham began his studies in life drawing and compositional painting at the Ontario College of Art (1984-88). In his fourth year of OCA, he was awarded the top figure drawing award.  He was teacher’s assistant during a year of postgraduate education in Florence, Italy (1990-91). Described as “hip” in Star magazine, Michael Abraham’s personal coups have included sold-out shows and shining reviews in the Vancouver Sun. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions, including at the Jan Baum  Gallery in Los Angeles, and Gallery Jones in Vancouver. He was selected to showcase “Canada’s artistic genius, representing the best of the contemporary scene” at the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (Apec’97). Abraham has been interviewed by the CBC and Vancouver Television. His paintings have been on Common Ground magazine, Vancouver Symphony’s  Allegro, on the promotional material for the Vancouver Opera Society’s 2008- 2009 season, as well as glimpsed at in InStyle magazine. Abraham’s original oil paintings are in collections from London to Singapore, and Philadelphia to Amsterdam, with work in the Vancouver Art Gallery, The Rockford Art Museum in Illinois, and various corporate, public, and private collections. There are also two paintings in the collection of Courtney Cox and David Arquette. 

Student Testimonials:

• "I was impressed with Michael's knowledge, warmth, humility, readiness to engage with all participants on a one to one basis, giving valuable suggestions on how to improve skills in one area or another. Wonderful!!" 

• "Michael explained things thoroughly and he made sure his student  understood if they didn't. Being very new at painting acrylics and handling this medium he answered all my questions. He was more than approachable, friendly he just went beyond, having an edge of what made him a good teacher".  

• "Instructor very personable and responsive. Definitely recommend Michael Abraham as instructor as he also bent over backwards to give us tips and information and ready to share any little tidbits that is helpful, always there to respond instantly and time to clarify points we need greater clarification. Very much enjoyed his hospitality, inspiration and guidance".

• "Very knowledgeable, personable, assisted each artist equally, and he created an enjoyable atmosphere. It was an excellent workshop".