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W. Graham Arader III '68, Art Dealer |
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 | | W. Graham Arader III '68 | Owner of Arader Galleries with locations in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Houston. Arader Galleries is the largest dealer in the world of rare maps, and natural history engravings specializing in the work of Audubon, Catlin, Currier and Ives, Redoute, Moran, and Catesby.
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William L. Bamberger, Jr. '75, Photographer |
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 | | Bill Bamberger '75 and his wife, Alice | Lyndhurst Prize-winning photographer whose work appeared in Aperture, Doubletake, and the New York Times Magazine. Held one-person exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery. His book, Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory, won the Mayflower Prize in Nonfiction and was a semi-finalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. In December 2003, Stories of Home, an exhibition about the importance of home ownership in the lives of families and neighborhoods, premiered at the National Building Museum.
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Matthew W. Bengtson '92, Pianist |
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 | | Matthew W. Bengston '92 | Played the "Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G" with the Reading Symphony Orchestra and with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut. Teaches piano at Settlement Music School, University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, and serves on the piano staff at the Curtis Institute. Has competed in international piano competitions including the Orleans competition in Orleans, France, devoted to 20th century music; and, in June, the Scriabin competition in Moscow, devoted to Alexander Scriabin. Gave a series of concerts at universities in Boston, Philadelphia, and Kansas devoted to the piano solo and piano/violin music of the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski. His recordings are available on his website: www.mattbengtson.com. |
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Eric M. Berg '63, Sculptor |
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 | | Eric Berg '63 | Owner of Eric Berg Studios in Philadelphia, Pa. His animal sculptures are in the Philadelphia Zoo; the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.; Reading Terminal Market; Rittenhouse Square; the New Jersey State Aquarium; and a host of other pubic spaces. His recent sculptures include: "Golden Retriever" and "Standard Poodle," which are owned by a private collector, and "Figuresphere II," which was placed on display in 2002 in the Schuylkill River Park, Philadelphia, Pa. A "Thumbs-Up" full- size male gorilla is in progress. In April 2002, his bronze, black bear sculpture, with 3 fish stainless steel fountain, was dedicated in Smith Family Plaza by Borough Hall, Pottstown, Pa., Berg's hometown.
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Jay P. Craven '68, Filmmaker |
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 | | Jay P. Craven '68 | Award-winning film director, producer, and screenwriter who founded Kingdom County Production in Barnet, Vt. His newest film, The Year That Trembled, is a coming of age story set in 1970 in the shadow of the turbulent events at Kent State. It stars Fred Willard (Mighty Wind, Best in Show); Marin Hinkle (I Am Sam; Once and Again); Jonathan Brandis, Martin Mull, and others. It has just been released on video and DVD. His new projects include, The Legacy, based on Guy de Maupassant's novel, "Pierre and Jean" (to star Jacqueline Bisset); Disappearances, a whiskey-running adventure set during Prohibition (to star Kris Kristofferson and Geraldine Chaplin); Windy Acres, a six-episode comedy series for public television; and They Don't Dance Much, a Depression-era, country-noir film set in the Deep South. He teaches film studies at Marlboro College in southern Vermont. Recipient of the 1998 Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. Directs the Fledgling Films Summer Institute for emerging teen filmmakers, which has been expanded into The Vermont Arts Institute. |
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David W. Weiser '90, Musician |
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 | | David Weiser '90 | Learned to play the piano at age 4; he owes much of his music success to his talented parents who are musicians employed by the Reading Symphony. In 2000, he was hired at Kurzweil R&D (www.kurzweilmusicsystems.com), in Waltham, Mass. to work in the soundware department, where he programs sound in the products. Kurzweil manufactures high-end digital musical instruments, mainly keyboards and synthesizers, as well as audio processing gear. He worked on two collections of sounds for Kurzweil keyboards including "Vintage Electric Pianos," and "Classic Keys," which feature sounds used in the classic recordings of the '60s and '70s. His latest project has been the new synthesizer, VA1, which is a pure synthesizer. Along with performing keyboards at big industry trade shows, David also programs work for big name artists including David Bowie, Brian Wilson, and Stevie Wonder.
Alumni in the arts (continued)
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