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Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:01 |
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Our Pinole Artisan's membership is such a diverse and interesting group; I'd like to share a little bit about one of our members: Semion Mirkin. Semion, born in Russia, earned his Master's of Fine Arts degree from the School of Fine Arts in Leningrad. He was a sculptor and designer creating public monuments as well as architecture, oil painting, scultpure, jewelry, bas relief, illustrations, and posters. Some of his work was declared as "national treasures" and exhibited in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the Museum of Lenin in the Urals. Semion emigrated to the US in 1979 where he designed and made jewelry atTiffany's as well as other forms of art. He has works in the US at the Museum of Russian Art in Jersey City, New Jersey and Duke Museum of Art. Be sure to visit with him; he has some good stories to share.
Our next meeting will be Friday, Oct. 7. at 7 PM at Pinole United Methodist Church in Gilmore Hall with the program presented by Jessica Kolman, who creates the HEYFACE cards and prints.
Jean Fisk
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