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Hammer Marble Chisel MEDIA + MATERIALS private commissions to teaching at the college level. various jobs, ranging from typography to architectural detailing to typography to architectural various jobs, ranging from has made a career out of bouncing between personal work and out of has made a career than other art forms. As a carver, designer, and sculptor, Martorana and sculptor, designer, than other art forms. As a carver, marble's politics, rigidity, and permanency interests Martorana more Martorana more and permanency interests marble's politics, rigidity, interest in art from a young age. The difficulty of working with a a young age. The difficulty in art from interest received many art books as birthday and holiday gifts due to his keen many art books as birthday and holiday gifts due received to form textures unique to each product or sculpture created. He created. or sculpture unique to each product to form textures carving stone with various chisels, applying techniques and methods carving stone with various chisels, Martorana has centered his creative energy around the art of hand around energy his creative Martorana has centered Virginia. He currently lives and works in Baltimore. For over a decade, lives and works in Baltimore. He currently Virginia. Sebastian Martorana is a white man born and raised in Manassas, Sebastian Martorana is a white man ABOUT Manassas, Vrginia BORN (Contʼd)

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Draw a marble sculpture design GRADES K-2 that talks about an issue in the ELA Reading Standards: With support ask and answer questions world that is important to you, about key details in a text [about a work of art that would last for sculpture]. many years. Maryland State Fine Arts Standards (MSFAS): I:P-2:1: Think creatively When possible, use the design about self, others, places, and to create a plaster carving that events. represents the same important GRADES 3-5 topic you chose. ELA Reading Standards: Determine and explain the main idea of a text [about monuments and memorials] and explain how it is supported by We Both Wear Pants, 2016, marble key details. When needed, summarize the text for further comprehension. TALK MSFAS: I:3-5:1: Act on creative ideas to develop personally meaningful GRADES K-2 compositions through observation, Is making art very hard to do? If so, why? What do you think people enjoy imagination, or memory. doing things that are difficult? Why does Sebastian Martorana like marble/ sculpture? If you could make a sculpture that could last forever, what would you make and why? GRADES 6-8 ELA Reading Standards: Cite textual GRADES 3-5 evidence to clearly support an Do you enjoy doing things that are challenging? If so, why? What is sculpture analysis of what the text [about and can it be difficult to do? Why? Why do you think people enjoy doing monuments and memorials] says things that are difficult? Why is Sebastian Martorana interested in the with inferences drawn from the text. challenge of working with marble? Why is stone difficult material? Is there MSFAS:I:6-8:1: Access, evaluate, use something you enjoy doing because it’s difficult for you or others? and manage information throughout GRADES 6-8 the context of art history and When you think about marble sculpture, art made out of stone, what comes design. to mind? Have you seen marble sculpture before? If you have, where did you see it? Based on what you saw, why do you think artists create marble HIGH SCHOOL sculptures? What are marble sculptures used for? After watching the video, ELA Reading Standards: Cite strong when you think about marble, stone art, what comes to mind? Why is Sebas- and thorough textual evidence to tian interested in the challenge of working with marble? What are Sebastian support analysis of what the text Martorana’s reasons for focusing on 3D art over 2D art? What does Sebas- says explicitly as well as inferences tian Martorana want people to feel when they look at his artwork? drawn from the text [about HIGH SCHOOL monuments and memorials]. When you think about marble sculpture, art made out of stone, what comes MSFAS:I:9-12:1: Act on creative to mind? Have you seen marble sculpture before? If you have, where did ideas within the context of a given you see it? Why do you think marble sculptures are for? After watching the or chosen art problem. video, when you think about marble, stone art, what comes to mind? When you see monuments, statues and memorials around Baltimore City, what comes to mind? How do Sebastian Martorana’s stoneworks compare to other Baltimore city monuments, statues and memorials? What does Sebas- EXPLORE MORE: tian Martorana want people to feel when they look at his artwork? artseveryday.org/sebastian-martorana BALTIMORE ARTIST SERIES