Arts Educator

The D’Amico House facing northwest to Gardiner’s Bay. Credit: photo by Jenny Gorman, 2016.
The Victor D'Amico Institute of Art: The D'Amico House and The Art Barge Amagansett, NY
Mabel Birkhead D'Amico
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Victor D'Amico
Mabel and Victor D’Amico were pioneering spirits whose lives are remembered by the significant impact they made in the field of modern art education. An expression of their combined creativity, the D’Amico House holds an extensive collection of research material and original artworks that documents their contributions. The Art Barge, a summer art school created in 1960 from a retired WWII Navy barge, inspires individuals of all ages to discover their power to create.
style: Non-Objective Modernisttype of art: Painting, Constructions, Arts Educator, Architecture, Assemblage, Author
Exterior of Riester Studio
Dorothy Riester House and StudioCazenovia, NY
Dorothy Riester
The Hilltop House and Studio at Stone Quarry Hill Art Park is the artist-built home and studio of artist, author, and preservationist Dorothy Riester and her husband Robert Riester. Stone Quarry stewards the Riester’s story to nurture and inspire in others an appreciation for modern architecture and design, and a reverence for the ever-changing relationship between art and nature.  Stone Quarry Hill Art Park encompasses 104 acres, including the original 23 acreage of the home and studio site.
style: Modernismtype of art: Sculpture, Figurative Sculpture, Painting, Furniture, Ceramics, Architecture, Landscape Designer, Interior Design, Architectural Elements, Arts Educator, Books, Conservationist
Exterior of Saarinen House
Saarinen HouseBloomfield Hills, MI
Wallace Mitchell
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Eero Saarinen
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Eliel Saarinen
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Loja Saarinen
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Zoltan Sepeshy
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Roy Slade
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Pipsan Saarinen Swanson
Saarinen House served as the home, studio, and garden of the Finnish American Saarinen family, including architect, designer, and painter Eliel Saarinen, and weaver and designer Loja Saarinen. Completed in 1930, it is a unique example of a Modern, Art Deco-style domestic space realized through Arts and Crafts methodologies.
style: Modernismtype of art: Textiles, Fashion Design, Interior Design, Landscape Designer, Architecture, Painting, Furniture, Sculpture, Arts Educator