A Stamford Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Artists & Sculptures
Dear Friends: It is with great pleasure that we present the 24th annual sculpture exhibit, Art-Shapes in Stamford Downtown, produced by Stamford Downtown Special Service District. The exhibit includes a collection of 39 fiberglass shapes (pyramids, cubes and spheres) painted and embellished by 30 local and regional artists. These colorful shapes will be on display throughout Stamford Downtown from June through August. Upon conclusion of Art-Shapes in Stamford Downtown, the sculptures will be refurbished and readied for an auction, a portion of the proceeds of which will benefit Avon Theatre Film Center. This commemorative catalogue is a tribute to an extraordinary collaborative process among Stamford Downtown, the City, the corporate community and art aficionados. Our sincere appreciation goes to Ernie Orgera and the City of Stamford’s Operations Team. Our many generous participating sponsors are directly responsible for ensuring that our public art program flourishes. It is with deep appreciation that we recognize our Gold, Silver, Bronze and Contributing Sponsors: Gold Sponsors: Avon Theatre Film Center, Bar Rosso, Reckson, a Division of SL Green Realty Corp.; Silver Sponsors: Andrew and Michael Whittingham & Family, Empire State Realty Trust, First County Bank, Gibraltar Management Co., Inc., Grade A ShopRite, The Campus and 1937 West Main Street; Bronze Sponsors: 600 Summer Street, A. Vitti Construction, Inc., Conair/Cuisinart, Eastern Land Management, MarLo Associates, Inc., NBCUniversal, New Perspective Cabinetry & Design and HM Remodeling, People’s United Bank, Purdue Pharma L.P., RMS Companies, Summer House Apartments, Winners/Sportech & Hoffman Investment Partners; Contributing Sponsors: Bildner Capital Corp., GB Parking, Greiner-Maltz & CBRE, The Stamford Advocate, 95.9 The Fox, Star 99.9 and Happyhaha Studio.
ADAMS 1 DANIEL The Dinosaurs Are Back!
Sponsored by Reckson, a Division of SL Green Realty Corp.
Come Downtown and enjoy this excellent show. Sincerely,
David Martin Mayor City of Stamford
Sandy Goldstein President Stamford Downtown
Reyno A. Giallongo, Jr. Chairman Stamford Downtown
BIRCHETT BENASH 2 SHELITA I Am Love Art Shapes ■ ▲ ●
Sponsored by Stamford Downtown
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BOUFFARD 5 CASSANDRA Day By Night Sponsored by Bar Rosso
3 TARA BLACKWELL and MASAKO HASHIMOTO Dreaming Of Chocolate
Sponsored by New Perspective Cabinetry & Design and HM Remodeling
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AUBREY BOOSKA and MICHELLE GENUARIO Box Of Crayons
Sponsored by A. Vitti Construction, Inc.
BOUFFARD 6 CASSANDRA From Another Angle
Sponsored by Reckson, a Division of SL Green Realty Corp.
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A. CALLAHAN 7 MAUREEN Fruits Of Grandeur Sponsored by Grade A ShopRite
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KRISTA COLAVITO You Are Here
MICHAEL CALLAHAN Earth, Sun & Moon
Sponsored by Gibraltar Management Co., Inc.
Sponsored by Summer House Apartments
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ALICIA C. COBB Stardust
Sponsored by Bar Rosso
JUNI CRANE 11J.C Remembering Gene
Sponsored by Avon Theatre Film Center
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SEAN DUDLEY The Big Cheese
KATIE DEGREGORY ´ Piramide Bermudas
Sponsored by Grade A ShopRite
Sponsored by Stamford Downtown
´ DONE-LAGEMANN 13 JEANNETTE Don’t Be Square! Art Shapes ■ ▲ ●
Sponsored by Purdue Pharma L.P.
DUDLEY 15 SEAN Bored Of Games
Sponsored by Andrew and Michael Whittingham & Family
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16 CHARLES FAZZINO Books, Butterflies & Bugs
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Sponsored by Stamford Downtown
LAURIE A. GUZDA Children Around The World
Sponsored by Empire State Realty Trust
FINO 17 TINA Impossible Pyramid Sponsored by Stamford Downtown
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LAURIE A. GUZDA Fishbowl
Sponsored by Empire State Realty Trust
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MARK GREENBAUM We’re All In This Together
Sponsored by The Campus and 1937 West Main Street
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A. GUZDA 21 LAURIE It’s A Jungle Out There Sponsored by Eastern Land Management
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Old Town Hall
St. John’s Basilica
Stamford Towers
Landmark Square
15 Veteran’s 32 Park 31 21
UConn Dorms
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Forest St
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Ferguson Burlington Library
Trump Target Summer Parc House Mill River Park
Highgrove
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Washington Blvd
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Laurie A. Guzda 19 Children Around The World ● 20 Fishbowl ● 21 It's A Jungle Out There ▲ Flavia Moraes Lodato 22 Live.ly ▲ 23 Pop ■ Kate K. Luurtsema 24 Booby-Trapped! ▲ Miin Ly 25 Bubble Pop ● David Macharelli 26 Bees! ● 27 Build…Play…Dream! ■ 28 National Pastime ● Amrita Majumder 29 Carousel ● 30 Woman Of Substance ■ Rosemary McClain 31 Up Close And Personal ■ Pat Piscopo 32 On The Ball ● Pat Satchfield-Collins 33 Eye On America ▲ 34 Floral Fantasy Pearl ● Somrod Creative 35 Stamford Smiles Back At You ▲ James Scinto 36 Geo-Met-TRICK ▲ 37 High Roller ■ David Verdosci 38 First Of Spring ■ 39 Shark Tank ■
Greenwich Ave
Daniel Adams 1 The Dinosaurs Are Back! ■ Shelita Birchett Benash 2 I Am Love ■ Tara Blackwell and Masako Hashimoto 3 Dreaming Of Chocolate ● Aubrey Booska and Michelle Genuario 4 Box Of Crayons ■ Cassandra Bouffard 5 Day By Night ■ 6 From Another Angle ● Maureen A. Callahan 7 Fruits Of Grandeur ● Michael Callahan 8 Earth, Sun & Moon ▲ Alicia C. Cobb 9 Stardust ● Krista Colavito 10 You Are Here ● J.C Juni Crane 11 Remembering Gene ▲ Katie DeGregory 12 Pirámide Bermudas ▲ Jeannette Done-Lagemann ´ 13 Don't Be Square! ▲ Sean Dudley 14 The Big Cheese ▲ 15 Bored Of Games ■ Charles Fazzino 16 Books, Butterflies & Bugs ▲ Tina Fino 17 Impossible Pyramid ▲ Mark Greenbaum 18 We're All In This Together ■
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FLAVIA MORAES LODATO Live.ly Sponsored by Andrew and Michael Whittingham & Family
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KATE K. LUURTSEMA Booby-Trapped! Sponsored by Stamford Downtown
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MIIN LY Bubble Pop
Sponsored by Stamford Downtown
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FLAVIA MORAES LODATO Pop Sponsored by MarLo Associates, Inc.
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DAVID MACHARELLI Bees!
Sponsored by NBCUniversal
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AMRITA MAJUMDER Woman Of Substance
DAVID MACHARELLI Build...Play...Dream!
Sponsored by People’s United Bank
Sponsored by Bar Rosso
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DAVID MACHARELLI National Pastime Sponsored by Winners/ Sportech & Hoffman Investment Partners
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ROSEMARY MCCLAIN Up Close And Personal
Sponsored by First County Bank
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AMRITA MAJUMDER Carousel
Sponsored by Conair/Cuisinart
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PAT PISCOPO On The Ball
Sponsored by Gibraltar Management Co., Inc.
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PAT SATCHFIELD-COLLINS Eye On America Sponsored by Reckson, a Division of SL Green Realty Corp.
SCINTO 36 JAMES Geo-Met-TRICK
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Sponsored by RMS Companies
PAT SATCHFIELD-COLLINS Floral Fantasy Pearl Sponsored by First County Bank
37 CREATIVE 35 SOMROD Stamford Smiles Back At You
Sponsored by Bildner Capital Corp./GB Parking
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JAMES SCINTO High Roller
Sponsored by Stamford Downtown
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VERDOSCI 38 DAVID First Of Spring
Sponsored by The Campus and 1937 West Main Street
-Artist BiosDaniel Adams
Dan is an illustrator/graphic designer from Stamford, CT. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a Bachelor’s degree in Illustration and an Associate’s degree in Graphic Design. Daniel currently works full time as an Art Director and a freelance illustrator for clients in the United States and Canada.
Aubrey Booska and Michelle Genuario
Aubrey and Michelle teach elementary school art in Stratford, sharing the importance of community arts’ projects with their students. Inspired by the impact the sculpture exhibit has in Stamford, they are co-chairing an exhibit this summer, Stratford Light the Way 2017. For more information, visit: townofstratford.com/stratfordstreetsculpture
Shelita Birchett Benash
Shelita is a multimedia artist. Her life-sized art glass mosaic Holy Cow! sculpture was exhibited at the Monmouth Museum’s National Annual Juried Exhibition in Monmouth, NJ and her ceramic mixed media sculpture Offering was selected as part of the New Britain Museum of American Art’s 2017 Annual Juried Exhibition, New Britain, CT.
Tara Blackwell and Masako Hashimoto
Stamford artist, Tara Blackwell, creates playful pop art inspired by her childhood and her background in commercial design. She exhibits throughout Connecticut and New York. bwellstudios.com Masako Hashimoto, an emerging NY artist, creates art that captures the hidden emotion of any object. She is excited for her first public art exhibition.
Cassandra Bouffard
Doodler by day, Cassandra is a published graphic designer and illustrator who’s been “into” art from a very young age. She paints in acrylics, oil, but mostly draws digitally. Her style ranges from classical realism to cartoons. Currently drawing a picture book and online comics, she hopes to continue her art career.
Michael Callahan
Michael is a creative professional with over 20 years of experience working as a graphic designer, illustrator, art director, and photographer, combining traditional and digital media. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts NY, BFA Illustration. A native of Stamford CT, he currently resides in South Salem, NY. Contact Info: 203-253-9573 mcdesignartphoto@ gmail.com, mcallahancreative.webs.com
Maureen A. Callahan
Maureen is a Stamford native, and has been a professional artist for over 30 years. She is currently a self-employed artist with experience in art direction, design, sculpture, art restoration, and teaching. This is her third Stamford Downtown Outdoor Sculpture exhibit. ma8callahan@gmail.com
Alicia C. Cobb
Alicia is a professional artist and body painter from Stamford, CT. Her body art has been featured in several published magazines (S.L.A.M.M, 2013; & Skin Markz, 2015). She was a highlighted artist in NYC Body Painting Day (2014, 2015) and The Flesh Art Show (New Orleans, 2015). Alicia placed top ten in the North American Body Paint Championships in Greensboro, NC, 2016.
Krista Colavito
VERDOSCI 39 DAVID Shark Tank
Krista enthusiastically returns to Stamford Downtown with You Are Here. This piece is inspired by a love for astronomy, in addition to watching an excessive amount of the Science Channel. Her previous work Surfin’ Saurus Rex was part of Stamford Downtown’s Dinosaurs Rule Exhibit. The center of Krista’s universe is her son, Carmen and cat, Lucas Skywalker.
Sponsored by 600 Summer Street
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-Artist BiosJ.C Juni Crane
J.C grew up in Stamford CT and is a returning artist to the Art in Public Places project. J.C has had top grossing Stamford Downtown auction pieces including a hand painted Van Gogh Starry Night Bench and an experimental glow in the dark Dinosaur in 2015.
Katie DeGregory
Katie is a loving wife and mom who enjoys the creative process. Although most doses of crafty free time are spent playing and sewing with fabric, after dabbling in glass work, she created Poseidon’s Creation for Horsin’ Around Stamford and enjoys keeping the passion of creating art alive.
´ Jeannette Done-Lagemann
Jeannette is a passionate mixed-media artist and an avid photographer. Her travels and art studies inspire her. She captures the fleeting moment and illuminates the permanent detail through her artwork. Follow Instagram: Jdonelage
Sean Dudley
Currently the Graphic Director for Voices of September 11th, Sean is an accomplished designer with expertise in various artistic mediums. He is delighted to be participating in Art in Public Places exhibit once again. Learn more by visiting his website at www.seandud.com
Charles Fazzino
Charles Fazzino, The Master of 3D Pop Art, is one of the most popular and highly-collected artists of all time. During his more-than-thirty years as a pop artist, he has inserted his unique, detailed, vibrant, and three-dimensional style of artwork into the very fabric of popular culture. See his entire collection at www.fazzino.com
Tina Fino
Tina lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a creative director. In her spare time, she loves sign painting and gold gilding. A Stamford native, she has participated in several of Stamford Downtown’s Art in Public Places.
Mark Greenbaum
Mark is producing his 5th piece for Stamford Downtown’s art exhibit. As a freelance graphic designer, he spends most of his time designing in 2D. “Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~ Pablo Picasso greenbombstudios.com instagram: @greenbomb
Laurie A. Guzda
Laurie is a Stamford native. She is the Creative Director of LAGuzda, Creative Arts & Services which specializes in marketing, branding, PR and more. She is an avid photographer, artist and writer. She has participated in past Stamford Downtown Sculpture events: Cars, Safari, Cats & Dogs, Horses, Benches and Dinosaurs.
Flavia Moraes Lodato
Growing up in Brazil, Flavia has always been passionate about art. Painting, music and dance are a strong part of her culture and her life. The art of colors, rhythms and movements are closely connected in her work as a costume and fashion designer, middle eastern teacher, choreographer and performer.
Kate K. Luurtsema
Kate studied Illustration at WCSU and graduated in 2005. She has written & illustrated several children’s books, adult coloring books and occasionally teaches with painting parties. Kate spent 5 years in Theatre, painting and designing sets. She works as an Associate Director of Technology at Cheshire Academy.
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-Artist BiosMiin Ly
Miin is an artist born and raised in Stamford, CT. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor’s degree in Illustration.
David Macharelli
With an abiding love of art & history, David combines painting, sculptural & faux finish techniques to create whimsical pieces strongly rooted in the classics. His previous works at Stamford Downtown exhibits include: The Cat’s Amphora, Equus Caesar, The Time Machine bench, Chocosaurus and Samuraisaurus. A yoga teacher, amateur actor, and scenic artist who works at the Mattatuck Museum by day, he shares life with his wife, Shannon and their two cats.
Amrita Majumder
Amrita is a management graduate who became a full-time artist to pursue her love of art. Born in India, she now calls Stamford her home. Amrita works in oil, acrylic and pencil and her work has been exhibited in numerous juried shows. This is her second time participating in Stamford Downtown’s Art in Public Places.
Rosemary McClain
A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Rosemary has had a successful career as a product designer for several different manufacturers including fabricators of home decor products. Presently, she is focusing on pottery creations and ceramic sculptures. Her work can be found exhibited in galleries and art shows throughout Connecticut.
Pat Piscopo
Pat’s preferred medium is acrylic. Additionally, she dabbles in magazine collage, pastel and watercolor. Her lead pencils are never far from her side. Pat’s work has a playful side with bright colors. She enjoys hosting open studio sessions and sharing her passion for art with other CT artists.
Somrod Creative
Somrod Creative is the husband-wife team of Mark Sahm and Sharon Rodriguez. Based in Stamford, they produce artwork and creative goods, primarily using laser and die-cuts. Their signature design is the Optograph, an artwork process that gives a 3-D effect to a 2-D image using layered paper.
Pat Satchfield-Collins
Pat paints in oils, acrylic, gouache and water color. Subjects range from landscape, flora, people and animals. She also paints on ceramic pieces. Besides Eye on America, American Beauty, Barkalounger and Seasuarus for Stamford Downtown’s Art In Public Spaces Exhibits, Pat has painted many houses, people and dog portraits. She has also illustrated a children’s book, “A Cookie for the President.”
James Scinto
James is a creator of photo-realistic airbrush art and super detail custom vehicle paint. He is very methodical in nature and delivers the highest level of design, imagination and detail. James Scinto Art, Cell: (203) 209-0666
David Verdosci
David is a painter living in Northwestern CT. His work is found in many private and corporate collections. He studied painting at Paier College of Art and attended master’s class with Canadian wildlife Artist Robert Bateman. His style is a mix of classical realism with a touch of whimsy. He is married and has 4 daughters and looks for inspiration in the wonder of everyday moments. More information on David’s work can be found at hiddencreekworkshop.com
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GOLD SPONSORS
Avon Theatre Film Center • Bar Rosso Reckson, a Division of SL Green Realty Corp.
SILVER SPONSORS
Andrew and Michael Whittingham & Family • Empire State Realty Trust First County Bank • Gibraltar Management Co., Inc. Grade A ShopRite • The Campus and 1937 West Main Street
BRONZE SPONSORS
600 Summer Street • A. Vitti Construction, Inc. • Conair/Cuisinart Eastern Land Management • MarLo Associates, Inc. • NBCUniversal New Perspective Cabinetry & Design and HM Remodeling • People’s United Bank Purdue Pharma L.P. • RMS Companies • Summer House Apartments Winners/Sportech & Hoffman Investment Partners
CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS Bildner Capital Corp. • GB Parking • Greiner-Maltz & CBRE
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Andrew Munce
INSTALLATION TEAM CITY OF STAMFORD Ernest Orgera, Director of Operations • Douglas Hoyt, Operations Supervisor Hanlet Castillo • Orazio Cirelli • Ralph Socci • Dennis Surmaczewicz • Ed Whitehead
David Martin, Mayor
Stamford Downtown Five Landmark Square, Suite 110 • Stamford, CT 06901 203-348-5285
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