The Society for Art of Imagination (AOI) is an international artists' society whose stated mission is to promote art of vision and craftsmanship. It has branches all over the world, and the American branch is a registered charity. AOI is affiliated with many other visionary art groups, including the
Fantastic Art Centre
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South Africa
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AOI was founded in 1961 by a group of artists from England who called themselves the
Inscape Group, among them
Diana Hesketh,
Peter Holland,
Brigid Marlin
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,
Jack Ray and
Steve Snell. Some of AOI's Honorary Art Members are
Ernst Fuchs,
H R Giger,
Robert Venosa, Martina Hoffmann,
Alex Grey
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,
Laurie Lipton,
De Es,
Michel de Saint Ouen,
Otto Rapp
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,
Lukas Kandl and
Ingo Swann
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AOI holds annual art shows all over the world. AOI also publishes the magazine ''Inscape''. Artists are welcome to join.
See also
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Fantastic art
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Inscape (visual art)
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References
http://artofimagination.org/about-the-society/
External links
Society for the Art of Imagination
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