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Curriculum Vitae
Artist Stephen A. Halpert
P.O Box 171
Grafton, MA. 01536
Ph: (508) 839-0111
Email:
StHalpert@aol.com
Website: www.stephenhalpert.com
1989 to Present:
Relocated to Grafton, Massachusetts from
Reston, Va. Summer 1989 and co founded with Tasha Halpert The Grafton Center For
Inner Peace. Taught workshops on Meditation, Spiritual Healing, Creativity and
Collage in Grafton and at other spiritual centers and Yoga studios throughout
New England, Greater Washington DC, Canada, Denmark, and India. Created
original button art utilizing collage to illustrate themes and designs. In 1993
completed the Baseball Wall of Fame combining 400 original hand made buttons
amidst historical baseball collage. Article about this first appeared in
Baseball Weekly.
In 1996 he expanded collage
work beyond designed buttons to canvas, and wooden coffee tables; first public
exhibit was in a group show at the Haywood Gallery in Worcester, Winter, 1998;
Solo exhibit, Marblehead Public Library, June, 2000; exhibited in Collage Show
at the Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, Ma. May 2001. Exhibited collage work in
dual show at Alternatives Gallery in Oxbridge, MA with Tasha Halpert who
exhibited her photography. April 2003.
Awards:
More recently my collages have been
exhibited and received prizes at the last Four Blackstone Valley Artists
Association BVAA Members and Open Shows.
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Second place for collage,
Crossing Over, June 2007
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First place for collage and Best of
Show, Party At Andy's, November 2007
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Grafton Fine Arts & Music Festival,
May 2008 Second place in Mixed Media, A Walk In The Woods, May 2008
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First Place for collage, A Walk
In The Woods, May 2008
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Third place for collage, Urban
Landscape 3, May 2008.
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Second place for collage, Flower
Garden, January 2009
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Third place for collage, Silver
Sea, January 2009
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Honorable mention for collage,
Andy & Mona, January 2009
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First Place for Mixed Media,
Coastal Sunset, Grafton Fine Arts and Music Festival, March, 2009
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First Place for collage, By The
Sea, June 2009
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First Place for Works on Paper,
Primordial Inception, Spring 2010
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Honorable Mention for Works on
Paper, Water's Edge, Spring 2010
Shows and Exhibitions:
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Ten Year Retrospect Show 1997-2007
Onelove Café, Worcester, MA. April 2007,
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Exhibited at Ivy Corset Gallery's
Benefit Show for Bernat Mill Fire Victims Worcester August 2007.
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Exhibited in Group Show at
Alternatives Gallery, Uxbridge, MA 2007
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Exhibited in selected Arts Worcester
Group Shows, 2007 to the present
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Exhibited at Arts Sunday, Grafton
Upton UU Church 2006 to the present
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Collage work at Kaleidoscope in
Upton, MA. November 2008 to the present
Organizations and Affiliations:
Member of The Grafton Cultural Council
2005 to 2008, Chair 2006.
Co Founded with Tasha Halpert The
Grafton Fine Arts and Music Festival, 2006
Commissions:
Claflin Hills Symphony Orchestra,
Milford, Massachusetts 2008
Belcourt Castle, Newport, Rhode Island
2009
For more information please visit
Stephens Commissions Page.
Other Interests and Activities:
Weekly columnist, The Grafton News,
1990. For two years wrote Video Notes reviewing films available on video.
In 1992 began writing the ongoing weekly humor column The American Scene,
now available to Internet subscribers
Monthly humor column, The River Valley
Current, 2001 to 2004.
Monthly online humor column, 2005 worcestercounty.com.
Bi-Weekly online humor column. Stephen And Ken's Funny Write Pharm,
fall 2010 to present
www.funnywrite.com.
In 1987 I began compiling a visual
history of the United States and the world during the early years of the 20th
century using early post cards printed prior to World War One. This project has
resulted in hosting a series of programs entitled History in the Making on
Grafton Cable TV and will lead eventually to a series of videos or CD ROMS.
1990-1996 Taught classes in creative
writing, ESP, meditation and stress release for the Grafton Adult Education
Program.
2009 Instituted monthly Poetry Nights at
the Grafton Public Library.
Books:
Abracadabra Moonshine: and Other Stories.
Feb 12th 2014 S&T Publishing, Grafton, MA, Amazon, Paperback - ISBN: 978-0615970493,
Ebook - Kindle Edition ASIN: B00LT9HKX6.
- Search for 'Abracadabra Moonshine: and Other Stories' (References to, book sites, etc).
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List of Libraries which have a copy.
A Return To Pagany: The History
Correspondence and Selections from a Little Magazine 1929-1934. 1969 Beacon
Press, Boston. Introduction by Kenneth Rexroth.
ASIN
- B00ANKWAHI
- Search for 'Return to Pagany' (References to, book sites, etc).
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Cited by
list
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List of Libraries which have a copy.
(Co Editor with Tom Murry) Witness of
the Berrigans, 1972 Doubleday, New York. ASIN - B0006D0E9I
- Search for 'Witness of the Berrigans' (References to, book sites, etc).
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Cited by
list
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List of Libraries which have a copy.
Brahmins and Bullyboys: G
Frank Radways' Boston Album, 1975 Houghton Mifflin, Boston. Hardcover -
ISBN: 978-0395172179, Softcover - ASIN: B003U3ZIRE
- Search for 'Witness of the Berrigans' (References to, book sites, etc).
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Cited by
list
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List of Libraries which have a copy.
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