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"Memories
of Folks In Transit"
sculpture & paintings by Tom Scippa
 New
Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven, CT
Artist
Reception: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Exhibition: January 6
- February 16, 2011
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Tom
Scippa "The Arrival"
watercolor & paper sculptures, 14"
wide x 18" high
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Born
in Bridgeport 1943, Tom Scippa attended the Art students
League, taught by Edwin Dickenson. He then attended Silvermine
College of Art and Yale University where he obtained his
Masters Degree in Fine Arts.
"During
these years, and after," Scippa writes, "I've
been working in foundries on pieces in bronze, clay and
wood. My models are people from a bygone era. I am attracted
to the way that they held themselves and dressed. For the
last 10 years I found paper a suitable medium for my bas-reliefs."
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Tom
Scippa "On the Escalator"
watercolor & paper sculptures, 12"
wide x 16" high
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Mr. Scippa,
an Adjunct Professor of Art at Housatonic Community College
since 1994, has taught sculpture at The New School for Social
Research and Parsons School of Design, and the Sculpture Center
in New York City. In the past, he also taught sculpture at
the Culinary Institute of America, and Silvermine College
of Art in Connecticut, and at the Scarsdale Art Center, Scarsdale,
NY.
He has
had one-person exhibitions in New York City at The New School,
Benevy Gallery, Atelier 14, and The White Box; and in Connecticut
at Wooster Art, Nieman Gallery, and Half Moon Gallery. He's
been in group exhibitions at The Yale Alumni Show, Housatonic
Gallery, and Allied Artists.
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Tom
Scippa "Israelite Prophets"
linden wood and mahogany sculpture, 18"
high
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Tom
Scippa "Indiana Series"
linden wood and mahogany sculpture, 20"
wide x 16" high
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