ART - POLI India / Georgetta Gancarz CEO / Founding Director

Georgetta Gancarz

CEO / Founding Director of ART - POLI

EUROPE / USA / ASIA / OCEANIA / AFRICA / CANADA

Georgetta Gancarz graduated from the School of Visual Arts and Fordham University with degrees in science, education and Fine Arts. She also minored in Art Therapy and received various artist and instructor awards and scholarships. She is a professional artist, professor, author and international travel guide.

She has been teaching painting for over thirty-five years and is the CEO and founder of the ART - POLI Painting On Location International program, with studio classes in Painting, Drawing, Art History, Printmaking, Hand Block Printing, Sculpture, Photography, Glassblowing, Exhibiting and Marketing Art, Art Therapy, Literature, Creative Writing, Language, Philosophy, Music, Fashion, Film, Theater, Jewelry, Herbology, Religion, Yoga and Meditation, Culinary, Oenology, Leather and Wood Crafting, Mask Making, Textiles, Ceramics, Mehndi, and Perfume Design.

Programs are offered in Europe, USA, South America, Asia and Africa, (Florence, Venice, Siena, Rome, Murano, Carrara, Verona, London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Portugal, Prague, Poland, Malta, Greece, Vienna, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Iceland), Japan, India, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Victoria and Montreal.

Working on her charity art show "Artist For Breast Cancer", she continues to educate the public on awareness and prevention.
Georgetta spends a lot of her time volunteering, teaching and promoting artists. She currently teaches art at Seattle Central College and Western Europe. Her paintings have been exhibited worldwide and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

She is internationally represented by the Saatchi Gallery. Other collections are in the Muse/ Foundation and Museums in NYC. Her works are on file at The Women Museum of Arts, Washington, DC. Her Renaissance style paintings are in collection of Basilicas in Florence and Venice, Italy and St. James Cathedral in Seattle.

For fourteen years she has served on the Executive Committee Board of Directors for instructors at the EC University of Washington. Her picture is on the cover of Alberto Manguel’s, 2002 International best seller, "Reading Pictures: What We Think About When We Look at Art".

To date, Georgetta is writing and illustrating her 20th book as well as opening another art studio program in Europe. She just released her own 2014 line of ART - POLI acrylic and watercolor paints. Her current books include Painting for Everyone, How to Exhibit, Market and Sell your Art, Italy’s Treasures, Italy’s Windows, Doors, Alley’s and More, Painting on Location Italy and Italian Cathedrals and Cemeteries.

In 2018, Georgetta developed her own publishing house and program to encourage students to write and create books in multiple languages.

She loves teaching and enjoys seeing her student’s progress all over the world. She tells her students, education, passion and hard work are the keys to success.