Marc Fasanella, PhD
12 Friendship Drive • Rocky Point, NY 11778 • 631. 335. 9137 • [email protected] • marcfasanella.com
Professional Experience
Managing Partner & Design / Build Specialist • Ecological Design Partners, Rocky Point, NY, 1/19 - present Focusing on regenerative land use and construction practice as well as guidance in the adaptive re-use and management of property. Expertise ranging from alternative architecture and architectural restoration to low-maintenance, permaculture-based landscape, including the incorporation of a biodiversity plan and rainwater collection system.
Founder / Education Director • The Ecological Culture Initiative, Hampton Bays, NY, 1/16 -12/18 Initiated and co-developed: Farm to Table Dinner series, Farmer’s Market outreach initiative, Environmental Film and Lecture Series, Heritage Vegetable Garden, Permaculture Internship Program, Organic Gardening Certificate Program, Honey Bee Pollinator Project, Community Seed Library, and Community Yoga program. ECI Mission: Foster an ecology-based evolution of the local community through advocacy, education, and practical assistance. Restore the best practices of the past and advance the most regenerative design principles of our time.
Academic Experience
Visiting Professor: Ecological Art, Architecture & Design, 09/09-01/17 Sustainability Studies Program, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Courses Developed and / or Taught: Agro-Ecology / Architects of Ecosystems / Artists & Designers of the East End / Collective Action & Advocacy / Design Drawing / Ecological Aesthetics / Tactical Ecology / Ecological Enlightenment / Ecological Urbanism / Evolution of Architecture (Western) / Evolution of Landscape (Western) / Human Settlement: History & Future / Public Art & Urban Design in NYC / Regenerative Design & Renewable Energy in Costa Rica
Lead Designer: Sustainability Studies Design Studio
Lecturer & Visiting Professor: Art, Architecture & the Environment, 02/07-08/09 • Transferred to Stony Brook West campus 09/10 Stony Brook Southampton • State University of New York, Southampton, NY
Co-Founder: Environmental Humanities major • Faculty Environmental Design Policy and Planning Major
Art Director: the Southampton Review
Director / Curator: Avram Gallery
Designer: Avram Gallery Reception Area / Sustainability Design Studios / Meadow Nest Project
Full Professor: Art & Design Education, 09/91– 09/06 Southampton College • Long Island University, Southampton, NY • Campus closed due to financial exigency 09/05 Professor, 09/02-09/06 • Associate Professor, 09/97-09/02 • Assistant Professor, 09/91-09/97
Co-Creator: Digital Arts Major • Program Director: Art Education • Program Director: Graphic Design
President's Task Force for a New Southampton College: Steering Committee Member, 12/02-05/04
President: Southampton College Federation of Teachers, 09/01-05/04
Director: Arts & Media Division, 09/96-05/97
Designer: new multimedia, graphic design, serigraph and intaglio studios
Courses Developed / Taught: Advertising Design, Digital Page Design, Drafting, Foundations of Art Education, Graphic Design, History of Design, Illustration, Layout Design, Materials & Techniques for Art Teachers, Methods of Art Education, Package Design, Print Production, Public Relations, Three-Dimensional Design, Typography
Instructor: Art / Commercial Design, 09/88-05/90 Saint Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY Courses Developed / Taught: Art Appreciation, Display Design, Drafting, History of Design, Package Design, Product Design, Typography
Secondary Teacher: Art / Industrial Arts, 09/87-06/88 Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, NY Courses Developed / Taught: Architecture, Design, Technical Drawing
Education
PhD Art and Art Education, 09/91 New York University, New York, NY Dissertation: The Environmental Design of Jones Beach State Park
MA Post Secondary Technology and Industrial Education, 09/87 New York University, New York, NY Research Topics: Design Education / Passive Solar Architecture / Problem Solving
BS Industrial Arts / Technology Education, 05/86 SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY
Certifications:
Yoga Teacher Certificate, 06/17 Sivananda Ashram & Vedanta Center, Woodburne, NY
Permaculture Design Certificate, 01/15 Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design & Botanical Studies, Punta Mona, Costa Rica
Permanent Certificate, 09/91 Art, K-12 & Industrial Arts, New York State Education Department
Certificate of Completion - Studio Art, Art History, Italian Language, 05/86 Scuola Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy
Books:
Ralph Fasanella: Images of Optimism A monograph of illustrated essays reflecting on the seminal work of a self-taught Social Realist painter. Released Fall 2017 by Pomegranate
In Progress:
The Comfortable Landscape: How We Perceive Nature and Overlook Nurture A book-length volume of illustrated essays investigating how the built and natural environment has evolved in the Western tradition and a prescriptive text for an ecological Aesthetic.
The Pondering Ecologist Collected Essays providing commentary upon the advent, follies and progress of ecological design efforts in the current millennium.
The Building of Jones Beach State Park A centenary tribute to America’s original Riviera.
Immortality is Over-rated A discourse on the function and purpose of life and death.
Publications
Plot, Volume 7 / Spring 2018 “The Pondering Ecologist on Kincentric Awareness”
Fasanella’s Lawrence, exhibit catalog, October 2013 “Unpacking the Mill: An intimate portrait of life in Lawrence with my father”
Italian Americana, Summer 2010 “Utopian Vision of An Immigrants Son: the Oil on Canvas Legacy of Ralph Fasanella”
Journal of the William Morris Society, Spring 1999 "William Morris: Art and Life"
Long Island Forum, Winter 1997 / Fall 1996 "Man & Nature at Jones Beach" Part II: Preserving the Ecosystem "Man & Nature at Jones Beach" Part I: From Beach to Bay: A Portrait of Jones Beach before the Park
Long Island Historical Journal, Spring 1995 / Fall 1994 "The Building of Jones Beach" Part II: The Grand Design "The Building of Jones Beach" Part I: Persistence
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Presentations / Lectures
“Re-envisioning Rocky Point: Through Historic Preservation and Cultural Restoration 05/09/19” (Illustrated Lecture) A presentation and Community Forum regarding Quality of Life in Rocky Point. American Legion Post, Rocky Point, NY
“On Kincentric Awareness; A Child’s Encounter With Nature” 04/15/18 Sermon for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork Universalist Church, Bridgehampton, NY
“Grand Union by Ralph Fasanella” 01/21/18 Gallery talk as part of the Walks with Artists series Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
“Advocacy in the Age of Climate Change” (University Lecture) 11/27/17 A presentation to the Freshman Program LIU Post, Brookville, NY
“Renewable Energy Options for Optimizing Regional Resilience: A Deeper, Life-Cycle, Assessment” (University Lecture) 11/27/17 A presentation to Graduate Students studying Material Use and Energy Flow LIU Post, Brookville, NY
“Ralph Fasanella: Images of Optimism” (Illustrated Lecture) 11/20/17 Busboys & Poets @ Takoma, Washington, DC “Technology and Social Change” (University Lecture) 11/06/17 An Illustrated Lecture to Design Fundamentals Technology Students State University of New York at Oswego
“Advocacy in the Age of Climate Change” (University Lecture) 10/05/17 A presentation to students studying Collective Action and Advocacy. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
“Images of Optimism” (Author’s Talk / Book Signing) 09/16/17 Southampton Books, Southampton, NY
“Good Ground Center for Field Ecology and Regenerative Design” (Public Lecture) 09/20/17 A presentation to the Hampton Bays Citizens Advisory Committee regarding the creation of a field education center in Hampton Bays. Hampton Bays Public Library, Hampton Bays, NY
“Images of Optimism” (Author’s Talk / Book Signing) 09/16/17 Canio’s Bookstore, Sag Harbor, NY
“Rethinking Communities” (Public Lecture) 08/31/17 A presentation and Community Forum regarding Quality of Life in Quogue. Quogue Library, Quogue, NY
“Rethinking Good Ground” (Public Lecture) 07/13/17 A presentation & Community Forum regarding Quality of Life in Hampton Bays. Hampton Bays Public Library, Hampton Bays, NY
“Restoring Good Ground, Sowing Seeds of Change” (Public Lecture) 03/08/17 A presentation on the history and future of a Hamlet poised to evolve in either a degenerative or regenerative way. Hampton Bays Public Library, Hampton Bays, NY
“Good Ground Restoration Project” (Public Lecture) 011/10/16 A presentation on how to build an economy based in aquifer protection, marine conservation, and outdoor recreation through the passing on of traditional knowledge (agronomy, architectural design, and landscape ecology). Hampton Bays High School, Hampton Bays, NY
“Landmark Status and Cultural Heritage” (Presentation / discussion) 10/06/16 A presentation to the Hampton Bays Historical Society Prosper King House, Hampton Bays, NY
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“Healing Troubled Waters • Cleaning Toxic Land: 10 Things You Can Do to restore the local ecosystem” (Public Lecture) 08/29/16 Discussion of how residents of Hampton Bays can minimize their impact on the health of waterways and woodlands. Southampton Town Community Center, Hampton Bays, NY
“Downtown Good Ground: Main Street, Vision to Reality, Evolution of the Visioning Series of 2015” (Presentation / discussion) 03/29/16 This meeting explored the “how to” of putting into effect the concepts developed during the previous year's lecture series. Southampton Town Community Center, Hampton Bays, NY
“Waterfronts Poised for Change: Restoring the Ecology of Hampton Bays” (illustrated lecture) 07/27/15 From Peconic Bay to Ocean Beaches - a look at the local coastal environment, challenges imposed by increased population density and the opportunities each waterfront parcel presents. Southampton Town Community Center, Hampton Bays, NY
“Downtown Good Ground: Pieces of Our Past” (illustrated lecture) 06/22/15 A visual tour of local architectural history, a look at the traces of what remains and a discussion of the opportunities the Hampton Bays underdeveloped business district holds. Southampton Town Community Center, Hampton Bays, NY
“Good Ground: Understanding Place” (illustrated lecture) 03/23/15 An enlightening visual presentation of documentary photographs and planning documents that portray the state of the hamlet of Hampton Bays and explore issues central to development from Aquifer Protection, to Landmark Buildings, to Storm-water Management and Zoning. Southampton Town Community Center, Hampton Bays, NY
“On Good Ground: Envisioning the Future of the Hamlet of Hampton Bays” (illustrated lecture) 02/23/15 The first of a series on the future, present and past of the coastal Hamlet will focused on images from the cutting edge of community development as well as an audience charette. Southampton Town Community Center, Hampton Bays, NY
“Early Immigrant Life: Paintings by Ralph Fasanella” (illustrated lecture) 12/19/14 A discussion of turn of the century life in New York’s little Italy and it’s lessons for the current century. Dobbs Ferry Public Library, Dobbs Ferry, NY
“Art in the Age of Rapid Climate Change” (illustrated lecture & panel discussion) 11/12/14 Moderated by Dean Edelgard Wulfert, College of Arts and Sciences, with interdisciplinary faculty: Tom Cohen, UAlbany (Literature / Institute on Critical Climate Change) & John Gowdy, Rochester Polytechnic Institute (Ecological Economics). Sponsored by the SUNY Sustainability Fund, Center for Humanities, Arts and Techno-Sciences (CHATS), the College of Arts and Sciences, the University Library and Office of Environmental Sustainability. University at Albany, Albany, NY
“Ecological Architecture: Socially Responsible Design Can Be Beautiful!” 06/07/14 A lecture sponsored by the Southampton Democratic club. Page Restaurant, Sag Harbor, NY
“Ralph Fasanella: Visual Activist” (illustrated lecture) 05/01/14 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1IZ3nu08w8 Part of the opening ceremony for the exhibit Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget a centenary exhibit that celebrates the common man and tackles complex issues of postwar America through colorful, socially-minded paintings. May 2, 2014 - August 3, 2014. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
“Sustainable Technologies in the Developing vs. the Developed World” (illustrated lecture & panel discussion) 04/02/14 Sponsored and moderated by the Stony Brook University chapter of Engineers Without Borders featuring a wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Harold Walker, Director of the Civil Engineering program at SBU followed by an intensive question and answer session with student EWB chapter members. Student Activities Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
“Ecological Urgency & Action” (illustrated lecture) 03/04/14 A one-hour lecture: part of the events of comprising Eleanor's Environmental Extravaganza (University Freshman Program). College of Global Studies & Human Development, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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Presentations / Lectures continued…
“Art & Agronomy: A Call to Action!” (illustrated lecture) 11/07/13 Part of the lecture series Art Salad in conjunction with the exhibit CUR(EAT). The two-month long series of events included themed performances, happenings and lectures focusing on food related topics such as gastronomy, environmental awareness, community supported agriculture, vegetable gardens and Food-ways. Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington DE
“Ralph Fasanella: Visual Activist” (illustrated lecture) 11/02/13 Part of a symposium during the exhibit Fasanella’s Lawrence highlighting Ralph Fasanella's legacy in Lawrence. The Gallery at Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence Mass
“The Comfortable Landscape: How We Perceive Nature and Overlook Nurture” (illustrated lecture) 06/06/13 Part of the four-day conference Earth Perfect: Nature Utopia and the Garden. University of Delaware, Newark DE
“The Comfortable Landscape: How We Perceive Nature and Overlook Nurture,” (illustrated lecture) 03/08/13 Part of the three-day conference From the Outside In: Sustainable Futures for Global Cities and Suburbs. Hofstra University, Hempstead NY
“Living Walls, Urban Agriculture and Embracing Decay” (illustrated lecture) 10/31/11 Part of an ongoing lecture series by the Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
“Can Art Sustain the Earth?” (illustrated lecture & panel discussion), 10/04/11 Part of the opening festivities for Recycling and Reincarnation: an exhibition of Art & Industrial Design by the students and faculty of East China Normal University of Shanghai. Wang Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
“Ralph Fasanella: Artist as Activist (illustrated lecture & panel discussion), 11/13/10 American Italian Heritage Association's 43rd Annual Conference, Advocacy and Activism: Italian Heritage and Cultural Change Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, New York University, New York, NY "Environmental Art" (sustainability lecture series), 03/31/09 Stony Brook Southampton, Southampton, NY
“Environmental Design: Homes in Harmony with the Landscape” (Bookhampton lecture series), 03/08/10 Bookhampton, Easthampton, NY
"Leaders in Government: The Robert Moses Legacy" (symposium lecture), 09/18/08 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
"The Squiretown Circle: David Burliuk, Moses Soyer, and friends" (illustrated lecture), 07/28/07 Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY
"William Morris Lecture" (illustrated lecture), 11/05/98 Architecture & Design Forum / The Avram Gallery, Southampton, NY
"Robert Moses, Jones Beach and Ecology" (illustrated symposium lecture), 03/09/96 The Museums at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
"Jones Beach State Park: Pieces of its Past" (radio interview), 03/26/95 Long Island University Radio Magazine WPBX 88.3, Southampton, NY
"A Delicate Balance: The Making of Jones Beach State Park" (illustrated lecture), 11/19/94 Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
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Published Interviews
Daffy, Lisa. "Images of Optimism’ Finds Utopia: A Son Shares the Positive Light of his Father’s Art" The Southampton Press, 28 September, 2017
Writer’s Voice, September 14, 2017 “Marc Fasanella: Ralph Fasanella, Images of Optimism” www.writersvoice.net/2017/09/marc-fasanella-ralph-fasanella-images-optimism/
Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu Harvest Food Box podcast, August 29, 2017 “The Ecological Culture Initiative with Dr. Marc Fasanella” www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXq0iwdR-bs
Oh, Henry. "At Good Ground: A Test Case for Meshing Past & Future" East End Beacon, 01 August, 2017
Surchin, Anne. "Initiative Evaluates Hampton Bays’ Assets" The Southampton Press, 24 July, 2017
Volpe, Gianna. "A Greener Revolution for Hampton Bays" East End Beacon, 01 April, 2017
Sustainable East End, January 18, 2017 “ECI's Founder & Education Director Marc Fasanella talks with Sustainable East End” http://sustainableeastend.blogspot.com/2017/01/ecological-culture-initiative.html
Bernocco, Amanda. "Hampton Bays Professor Founds Nonprofit Dedicated To Improving Environment" The Southampton Press, 26 September, 2016
Bernocco, Amanda. "Hamlet's 'New' Main Street" The Southampton Press, 3 March, 2016
Bernocco, Amanda. "Professor Teaches Hampton Bays Residents How They Can Protect The Environment" The Southampton Press, 29 July, 2015
Campbell, Kyle. "Town Examines Stormwater Runoff Alternatives in Hampton Bays" The Southampton Press, 11 June, 2015
Wibisono, Jasmine. "A Bastion of Life in Life Sciences: The Stony Brook Greenhouse" The Stony Brook Press, 29 May, 2015
Khan, Mahreen. "Hampton Bays Seeking Sustainable Solutions from SBU Professor" The Stony Brook Press, 30 March, 2015
Campbell, Kyle. "Stony Brook Professor Advocates For A More Sustainable Hampton Bays" The Southampton Press, 25 February, 2015
Corso, Phil. "Revisiting Route 25A: SBU Students Re-Imagine North Shore ‘Main Street’" The Village Times Herald, 14 May, 2014
Eye Level Blog, Smithsonian American Art Museum, August 1, 2014 “Family Ties: Marc Fasanella on his Father's Painting Family Supper” http://eyelevel.si.edu/2014/08/family-ties-marc-fasanella-on-his-fathers-painting-family-supper-.html
Eye Level Blog, Smithsonian American Art Museum, June 13, 2014 “Fathers and Sons: Ralph and Marc Fasanella” http://eyelevel.si.edu/2014/06/fathers-and-sons-ralph-and-marc-fasanella.html
Simply Vegan Interviews, May 30, 2014 “Technology, Capitalism, Growth, and Decay: what needs to be done to ensure our security into the coming years on Earth” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKkpk1_ZNEw
Stirring the Pot with Stefanie Sachs, March 23, 2013 “Imagine a farm that could specifically feed patients in a hospital? Enter the Stony Brook Heights Rooftop Farm…” http://peconicpublicbroadcasting.org/post/stirring-pot-stefanie-sacks-032313
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Curatorial Work
Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY Guest Curator / Curatorial Consultant
Southampton Under Siege! The Evolution of A Colonial Village through British Occupation and Beyond, 03/19/16 A grant funded, multi-media, Geographic Information Systems based exhibit
Surf & Soil: Fishing & Farming seen through the eyes of our children, 04/12/08-05/31/08
The Squiretown Circle: Moses Soyer, Robert Gwathmey, Nicolai Cikovsky & David Burliuk, 06/02/07-07/28/07 Curated with Mikaela Sardo–Lamarche of ACA Galleries / NYC
Student Activities Center Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Guest Curator 09/11
Environmental Art: A compendium of Student, Alumni & Professional works of art & design that explore a natural aesthetic Work by: Hope Sandrow, Larry Liddle, Martha Weller, Kathleen Furey, Deanna Lally & Students from Eco-Aesthetics in Art.
Avram Gallery, Stony Brook Southampton, Southampton, NY Gallery Director / Curator
In the Footsteps of Giants: Origin and the African Elephant, 03/03/10-07/03/10 Black and White photographs by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson
Seeing Southampton: Investigating Issues that effect Southampton’s Environment, 10/09/09-01/12/09 An exhibit of Geographic Information System maps produced with the Town of Southampton
Milton Glaser: Seeing Things, 05/02/09-09/12/09 Showcasing the Fine Art of America’s foremost luminary of visual communication
Richard Mayhew: Transcendental Landscapes, 12/05/08-03/28/09 Oil on canvas and watercolors by one of the Nation’s preeminent Native & African American painters
McMullan’s Theater Posters, 07/10/08-09/08/08 A celebration of Jim McMullan’s thirty years as the principal poster designer for Lincoln Center Theater
Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY Guest Curator
Ralph Fasanella: Passionate Visionary of New York, 05/03/08-05/27/08 Curated with Mikaela Sardo–Lamarche of ACA Galleries / NYC
Artisan Gallery, Hampton Bays, NY Gallery Owner / Director, 10/05-01/07 • showcased East End artists and craft workers focusing on coastal aesthetics
The Mystical Moonlit Sea: Nocturnal Nauticalism 10/21/06-11/13/06 Around Good Ground: the Visual Culture of Hampton Bays, 08/19/06-09/24/06 Moses Soyer: From the East Side to the East End, 07/15/06-08/13/06 Seaside Salad: an Eclectic Array of Coastal Art, 06/17/06-08/09/06 Seaside Steel, Coastal Iron & Weathered Wood: Art, Artifacts & Furnishings, 04/17/06-06/04/06 Petite and Personal: Small Works that Capture the Essence of the East End, 02/12/06-04/09/06 Inaugural Exhibit: Coastal paintings by Neill Slaughter and Margery Gosnell-Qua, 11/25/05-01/30/06
Avram Gallery, Southampton College, Long Island University, Southampton, NY Guest Curator
The Artisan & the Virtual Age: a sabbatical exhibit, 10/27/98-12/03/98
African Drums: contemporary drums inspired by traditional forms, 02/01/95-02/24/95 Curated with P.K. Sullivan
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Curatorial Work continued…
Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY Guest Curator
Engaging Optics: hand crafted kaleidoscopes, 12/11/94-01/21/95 Ingenious Instruments: hand crafted musical instruments, 12/20/92-02/06/93 Furn-Art-Ture: contemporary art-furniture, 01/19/92-03/01/92 Nature and the Machine: kinetic sculpture, 12/16/90-02/09/91
Exhibit Design
Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY Responsible for all phases of exhibition design including gallery restoration, partition / plinth fabrication and lighting: Lead Designer / Restoration Carpenter for permanent displays of Porcelain and Colonial Village artifacts.
Sporting Life, 06/14/08-08/30/08 Curated by Jack Lillywhite
The Joys of Toys, 01/19/08-03/29/08 Curated by Robert Skinner
Decembers Past: A Polish Christmas, 11/18/07-01/05/08 Curated by Bozenna Gilbride
Mahogany Dew: Michael Butler, Joanne Williams-Carter, Herbert Randall & Frank Wimberly, 09/15/07-11/03/07 Curated by Brenda Simmons
A Rug Hookers Tale: Hooked Rugs by Gail Horton, 08/11/07-09/11/07 Curated by Tom Edmonds
Exhibit Reviews Botsford, Andrew. "African and Black History in Exhibitions at Avram" The Southampton Press, 11 February, 2010
Wolberg Weiss, Marion. "Maps, Landscapes" Dan’s Papers, 6 November, 2009
Wolberg Weiss, Marion. "Milton Glaser at Stony Brook-Southampton" Dan’s Papers, 17 July, 2009
Ernst, Eric. "Drawing as a Means of Engaging the World" The Southampton Press, 2 July, 2009
Parks, Steve. "Milton Glaser ‘Seeing Things’ at Stony Brook" Newsday, 5 June, 2009
Editor. "Mayhew’s Transcendent Vistas" The Sag Harbor Express, 22 January, 2009, p.8
Young, Beth. "Dreamscape Painter Will Give Lecture" Southampton Press, 29 January, 2009
Landes, Jennifer. "Mayhew’s ‘Transcendent Landscapes’" The East Hampton Star, 3 February, 2009, p.C6
Wolberg Weiss, Marion. "Richard Mayhew at Stony Brook Southampton" Dan’s Papers, 13 February, 2009, p.40
Young, Beth. "To Poster Illustrator the Play’s the Thing" The Southampton Press, 28 August, 2008
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Exhibit Reviews continued… Genocchio, Benamin. "Bold, Colorful and Detailed" The New York Times, 18 May, 2008
Everitt, David. "That Other East End Artists’ Colony" The New York Times, 10 February, 2008
Cummings, Mary. "Hampton Bays Seeks its Place in Art History" The Southampton Press, 31 May, 2007, p.B1
Wolberg Weiss, Marion. "Artist Owned Spaces: Moses Soyer at Artisan Gallery" Dan's Papers, 4 August, 2006, p.109
Rogers, Pat. "Art History Has a Place in Hamlet" The Southampton Press, 27 July, 2006
Rogers, Pat. "New Gallery Set to Open This Friday" The Southampton Press, 24 November, 2005
Salmon, Nicholas. "Marc Fasanella, Mary: A Christmas Story" The Journal of the William Morris Society, Autumn 1999
Samuels Lasner, Mark. "The Artisan & the Virtual Age" William Morris Society in the United States Newsletter, January, 1999
Wolberg Weiss, Marion. "Reflections of Wm. Morris at Southampton College" Dan's Papers, 20 November, 1998, p.48
Kirschner Popper, Ellen. "Longer Perspectives on the Moses Epoch" The New York Times, Long Island section, 3 March, 1996, p.4
Charles, Eleanor. "Kaleidoscope Display" The New York Times, Westchester Guide, 15 January, 1995
Gouveia, Georgette. "Reality Mixes With Fantasy in Artist's Mind" Gannett Suburban Newspapers, 18 February, 1993, Sec. F, p. 3
Hershenson, Roberta. "A Musician Who Finds Melody in his Trash" The New York Times, Westchester section, 17 January, 1993, p. 23
Garam, Martha. "Furn-Art-Ture Takes on a New Look at the Gallery" HCAC Courier, Winter 1992 p. 4.
Raynor, Vivien. "With a Great Clamor, Machine Age Enters Gallery" The New York Times, Westchester section, 20 January, 1991, p. 20
Awards / Grants
$3,500 Leo S. Walsh Foundation Grant for non-profit development, 2017
$1,000 Bridgehampton National Bank Grant for non-profit Development, 2017
$5,000 Daughters of the American Revolution Grant for Exhibit Design, 2012 Southampton Under Siege! The Evolution of A Colonial Village through British Occupation and Beyond… Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY
$3,000 Southampton Bath & Tennis Club Research Grant for Exhibit Research & Design, 2011 Southampton Under Siege! The Evolution of A Colonial Village through British Occupation and Beyond… Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY
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Awards / Grants continued…
Southampton College, Southampton, NY
Sabbatical Research Grant 9/04 – 5/05 Seeing Mackintosh Art glass, furniture, graphics, architecture and landscape designed in the spirit of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Trustees Award for Scholarly Achievement 2001 Production of - Mary: A Christmas Story by Dante Puzzo, an Arts & Crafts, hand-bound, limited edition book
Research Released Time Grant 9/00 – 5/01 Reflecting William Morris
Sabbatical Research Grant 9/97 – 5/98 The Artisan in a Virtual Age: Reflections on William Morris Writing and design in the spirit of William Morris
Design Projects
Phyto-Grid Systems / Phyto-Cell • Patent Application under development Lead Designer: in the development of an artful, innovative, inert / biodegradable living wall & water filtration system.
Friendship Cottage Reconstruction, Rocky Point, NY 1920’s beach cottage Interior / exterior restoration and permaculture based landscape reconstruction 01/18 - Present Lead Designer / Craftsman
Gordon’s Backyard Permaculture Project, Hampton Bays, NY Edible Forest Garden and Historic Fisherman’s cottage restoration 04/17-12/18 Lead Designer / Craftsman: permaculture design, masonry, restoration carpentry
Foster House Restoration, Hampton Bays, NY Interior restoration of an 1858 farmhouse 07/15-11/15 Lead Designer / Craftsman: restoration carpentry / interior design
3 Sherman Avenue, Hampton Bays, NY Residential Renovation 01/13-08/14 Lead Designer / Craftsman: garden design, masonry, restoration carpentry, architectural design
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY ¾ Coop LeWitt North with artist Hope Sandrow, 09/12 Designer / Fabricator: of a dwelling for endangered Paduan fowl based on the drawings of noted artist Sol LeWitt featured in the Museum of Arts & Design’s traveling exhibition Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design curated by Lowery Stokes Sims. The exhibition tour included the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (Sept. 1, 2012 – Jan. 27, 2013), Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (March 19 - Sept. 15, 2013) as well as the Museum of Art / Fort Lauderdale (Oct. 12, 2013 – Jan. 20, 2014).
LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY Untitled (Endangered Species) The Sky is Falling a study in Spacetime, 06/25/11 Ecological Art Installation with artist Hope Sandrow; won First Place in juried competition.
Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY Invisible Hinge and Lock System, 07/10 Design, fabrication, installation of a hidden hinge & locking mechanism for gates in the Watermill Center landscape garden.
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