Instructors

Morris Norvin

Partner, Artist and Instructor
www.3DJunkArt.com

Morris Norvin began studying art at the age of 8 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. At age 12, Morris began taking figure sculpture classes with Ralph Rosenthal at the Museum of Fine Arts. He continued throughout high school and then went on to graduate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Today he teaches the very same sculpture classes he took from Ralph as a child.

Morris has worked with a diverse range of materials including metal, wax, clay, wood, plasticine, paper, glass and polymers. His preferred method is welded steel incorporating found, functional objects which he terms "Junk Art." He takes pride in using the objects as he finds them with little if any manipulation. Each piece will someday be the perfect part of a particular sculpture. A planing tool might become a high heel or a gear chain could end up being a tail. Each piece has a specific purpose different from its original function. His work is mainly figurative and somewhat anatomical.

Anne P. Sasser

Managing Partner and Artist

Anne graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 1998.  She is the founder of Diablo Glass & Metal, the only public glassblowing studio in Boston.  Glass and metal are Anne's preferred mediums.  

Benjamin Todd
Partner, Craftsman and Instructor

Benjamin Todd is a functional artist influenced by the Bauhaus and the modernist architectural movement. Ben has experience in jewelry techniques, welding, and glassblowing.
Ben attended the Massachusetts College of Art started 1998 and finished in 2003.

Attended Harvard 1999 to 2003 and studied Art History
Attended MIT in 1997 and graduated in 1999 in physics.

David Dowling

Instructor

 "David Dowling was raised and influenced by mechanical wolves and imaginary friends in the developing semi-rural landscape of the Hudson Valley. The tense dialog between commercialized urbanization and the natural processes he observed as an incubating egg have led him to create a body of work that seeks to reconcile the progressive with the primitive through explorations of craft, design, and vernacular technology. He enjoys overcast days, corroded metal, good food and preparing for the apocalypse. He is convinced that in preparing for the apocalypse, we can learn how to avert it.

David received his BFA from the SMFA/Tufts University in 2005 and is considering one day finishing his MArch."

Dale Savit

Instructor

I have been an artist, first as a jeweler, then as a ceramicist and welder for over 30 years.
As an artist, I try to bring to Stonybrook Fine Arts a range of knowledge to guide students in using their own abilities to create objects to enhance their lives.  I believe the creative process brings a sense of self, and that creativity, once practiced, will always be available for working with whatever issues present themselves in art and life.  It is the making of objects using hands, minds, and heart that excites me.  It is the teaching of this process as a guide that lets me give something back to the community.

At Stonybrook Fine Arts we have the facilities to create dimensional objects in a range of media and functionality.  The tools have been assembled keeping in mind that we all have goals for our own expression, whether they are to make a piece of sculpture, furniture, or an electric motorcycle.  We value diversity of thought and are enriched by what our students bring to Stonybrook Fine Arts.

Scott Cahaly

instructor
http://www.cahaly.net

Scott Cahaly graduated the University of Vermont with a degree in fine art in the late nineties. Upon graduation he moved into the carving community in central Vermont. While working as a resident sculptor at the Vermont Marble exhibit he carved  a five thousand pound block of Vermont Marble.
In two-thousand Scott relocated to the Boston area where he started exhibiting his work in many galleries and Universities in the area. He is a member of The New England Sculptors Association and has been teaching stone sculpture for over ten years at several major sculptural institutions in the Boston area. His teaching approach is well regarded and he seeks to unlock his students fascination for the stone carving process.

Crew

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