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Ralph D. Caparulo

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1631 Hermance Road
Galway, New York 12074-2308
(518) 882-1790

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1977 - Present Capparullo Designs Galway, NY
Sole Proprietor. Sculpture, collage, and drawings; interior and furniture design; individual and group studio art instruction.
1998 - Present Schenectady County Community College Schenectady, NY
Instructor: drawing, design, watercolor, Art History.
2000 - Present Fulton Montgomery Community College Johnstown, NY
Instructor: life drawing, drawing, 3-D design.
1997 - Present University Without Walls (Skidmore College) Saratoga Springs, NY
Instructor: independent study, art history and fine arts.
1995 - 1996 Montclair State University Upper Montclair, NJ
Instructor: drawing (all levels); life drawing.
1977 - 1981 Instructor: drawing (all levels), life drawing, 2-D and 3-D design, color theory.
1986 - 1996 The Montclair Kimberley Academy Montclair, NJ
Instructor: Studio art and art history instructor; Student Advisor.
1994 - 1995 Essex County Community College Caldwell and Newark, NJ
Instructor: foundation art history courses.
1982 - 1985 William Paterson College, Fine Arts Department Paterson, NJ
Instructor: sculpture, 2-D and 3-D design, color theory.
1974 - 1977 Educational Center for the Arts New Haven, CT
Instructor: drawing, sculpture, 2-D design. Program development.
1968 - 1974 Silvermine College of Art and University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Art
Instructor: drawing, 2-D and 3-D design. Assistant instructor: sculpture. T/A: 2-D design, drawing and sculpture.

EDUCATION and CONTINUING EDUCATION
1995 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; teacher's courses in art history
1994 Art and Math in Education, State University of New York, Albany
1992 Manuscript illumination, Adult School of Montclair, Montclair, New Jersey
1988, 1990 Post Graduate Study, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
July 1989 Post Graduate Study, Royal College of Art, London, England
1975 - 1976 Post Graduate Study, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven
1972 - 1974 University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Master of Fine Arts
1969 - 1972 University of Hartford Art School, West Hartford Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude
1967 - 1969 Silvermine College of Art, Norwalk. Associates Degree, Fine Arts
1962 - 1966 U.S. Air Force, Medical Service, Luke AF Base, AZ. RAF Lakenheath, UK
1960 -  1961 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

COLLECTIONS
The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey (permanent and educational collections)
The Montclair Public Library, Montclair, New Jersey (commission)
Cali Associates, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
Best Foods Corporate Headquarters, Roseland, New Jersey

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999 Saratoga County Arts Council (Instructor) Saratoga Springs, NY
1999 Albany Institute of History & Art (Instructor) Albany, NY
1999 The Rensselaer County Council on the Arts (Instructor) Troy, NY
1997, 98 The Hyde Collection (Guest instructor/lecturer) Glens Falls, NY
1996 The First Occupational Center of NJ (Juror) Orange, NJ
1994 Manchester Technical College (Guest lecturer) Manchester, CT
1993 The New Jersey School for the Arts (Instructor) Upper Montclair, NJ
1992 The Noyes Museum (Guest lecturer) Oceanville, NJ
1992 The Center for Book Arts (Guest lecturer) New York, NY
1988 -  1991 The Adult School of Montclair (Instructor) Montclair, NJ

AWARDS AND HONORS

2000 Michael Leash Memorial Award, Artsbridge Juried Annual, Lambertville, NJ
1999 May Audubon Post Award, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Endowed award, 101st Juried Fellowship Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Award, The Fence Show, Rensselaer County Council on the Arts, Troy, NY
1996 Award, Gallery 21, Glens Falls, NY
1995 Award of Exceptional Merit, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
1994 Development Grant, Parent Association - Montclair Kimberley Academy, Montclair, NJ
1993 Critic's Choice Award, Juried Annual Farrington Keith Art Center, Dexter, MI
1992 Westmoreland Award (Body of Work), Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, PA
1991 The Burgess Insurance Award. North American Sculpture Exhibition, Golden, CO
1991 Best in Show. Roseanne Martin Memorial Award. ACEA Juried Annual, Roseland, NJ
1991 Honorable Mention (sculpture). New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
1991 Honorable Mention. Juried Annual, West Essex Art Association, Verona, NJ
1990 Award. Sculpture, Arts Council Juried Annual, Roseland, NJ
1990 Award. Annual Juried Exhibition, West Essex Arts Council, Caldwell, NJ
1990 Award. 1990 Member's Juried Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
1989 Lindsey Morris Memorial Award for Sculpture, Allied Artists of America Exhibition, NY
1989 Purchase Award, Museum of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1989 Study Grant, Parent Association of The Montclair Kimberley Academy, Montclair, NJ
1989 Grumbacher Award/Best in Show. West Essex Art Association, Caldwell, NJ
1988 Juror's Award. "Joy of Sacks," Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona
1988 Festival Award, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
1987 Award. "The Great Wrap- Up," Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
1987 Best in Show (sculpture), Carrier Foundation Juried Annual, Bellmead, NJ
1987 Best in Show (collage), St.Luke's Small Works, Montclair, NJ
1986 Colorado Award, National Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
1986 Award, 1986 Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition, Millburn, NJ
1985 Fellowship Grant, NJ State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ
1984 Award. Arts Council of N. W. Essex, Annual Juried Exhibition, Montclair, NJ
1984 Award. "Juried Show '84," Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
1980 Award. The Hunterdon Art Center Juried Show, Clinton, NJ
1978 Award. "Fiberworks," Thorp Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY
1970, 1973- 74 Scholarships. Silvermine College of Art and University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts

PUBLICATIONS
Creative Colored Pencil (Rockport Publishers, January 1995)
The Best of Colored Pencil (Rockport, 1994)
A Celebration of Hand Hooked Rugs IV (Rug Hooking Magazine, Stackpole, 1994)
Decorating With Paper, Lang/Robertson (Clarkson N. Potter, Fall 1993)
The Dictionary of International Biography (1993 through 1997)
Who's Who In The East (1989- 90, '91, '92, '93, '94, '98)
Who's Who In New Jersey (1992)
Directory of Contemporary America Artists (1990, 1992)
Encyclopedia of Living Contemporary Artists (1988, 89)
American Craft Magazine (1979)

AFFILIATIONS
The Hyde Collection
College Art Association
Saratoga County Arts Council
American Craft Council
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts