Hosted by the ICAA Washington Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Classicism and the stone carving tradition are strongly intertwined. The buildings we regard as great achievements of classical architecture may have been created by architects, but they were executed by stone carvers. Please join John Russell Pope Award-winning stone carver Chris Pellettieri as he shares his insights on some of the crucial issues of stone carving and architecture today. Some of the topics Chris will discuss are: how the stone carving tradition has changed through history; the impact of technological advances; what is in store for the future of stone carving; and how architects, builders, and their clients can work with stone carvers to add character, nobility, and distinction to their projects.
Refreshments will be served.
Chris Pellettieri is a master stone carver from New York City. He was trained at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in the ancient traditional methods of stone carving in 1989. After running a successful stone carving business for 25 years, doing commissions for institutions and private individuals including Robert A M Stern and St Rita’s Catholic Church in Alexandria Virginia, for which he was given our own John Russell Pope Award last spring, he founded the Pellettieri Stone Carvers Academy, a nonprofit, whose mission is to promote awareness of stone carving and to offer training. Currently, in addition to his commission work, he teaches classes and runs programs in partnership with NYC public high schools as well as demonstrating and lecturing to audiences at the Met Cloisters and our own New Heights program.
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