G o l d M e d a l
A l b e r t
P a l e y
L ik e m u ch o f his m etal sc u lp -
tu re s, A lb e r t P a le y ’s statu re
am o n g cra ftsm e n is m on u m en -
tal. A ft e r earn in g BFA and MFA
d eg re es fro m T y le r S ch o o l o f
A r t in his n a tiv e P h ila d e lp h ia ,
P a le y (b . 1944) sta rted o u t as
a g o ld sm ith . In 1969 h e b egan
te ach in g at th e R o c h e ste r In sti-
tu te o f T e c h n o lo g y , n y , w h e re
h e n o w h o ld s an e n d o w e d
c h air at th e S ch o o l fo r A m e ri-
can C ra fts. O v e r th e y e a rs, his
w o r k —in clu d in g m ore than 60
site -sp e c ific c o m m issio n s, fro m
p o rta l gate s fo r th e N e w Y o r k
S ta te S e n a te ch a m b e r to a
e v o lv e d in e v e r m ore am bitiou s
d ire ctio n s o f scale and form . H e
is re p re se n te d in m ajor m useum
co lle ctio n s and is th e first m etal
sc u lp to r to re c e iv e a L ife tim e
A c h ie v e m e n t A w a r d fro m th e
A m e ric a n In stitu te o f A r c h i-
te cts. “ F o r m e, th e fo u n d atio n
o f craftsm an sh ip is n o t based
in tech n ical ab ility b u t rath er is
an attitu d e and sen sib ilitie s o f
p e rc e p tio n ,” P a le y s a y s .“ W it h -
in ou r d iscip lin es, th is rea lity
is m ad e m a n ife st th ro u g h th e
tan g ib le n atu re o f m aterial.”
A i l e e n O s b o r n W e b b
A w a r d f o r P h i la n t h r o p y
D o ro th y &
G eo rg e S a x e
A s w e w e n t to p ress w e learn ed
th e sad n e w s th a t G e o rg e S a x e
d ie d o n J u ly 27. H e w a s 89.
S in ce 1980, G e o rg e and D o r o -
th y S a x e o f M e n lo P a rk and San
F ra n cisc o , C A , w e r e p a ssio n ate
p a tro n s and a d vo cates o f stu d io
c ra ft. A n h o n o ra ry tru ste e o f
th e A m e ric a n C ra ft C o u n cil,
M r. S a x e se rv e d on th e board s
o f m a n y arts an d ch a rita b le
o rg a n iza tio n s, in clu d in g th e
A m e ric a n C ra ft M u seu m , th e
C a lifo rn ia C o lle g e o f th e A r ts ,
and th e F in e A r ts M u seu m s
o f S an F ra n cisc o . M rs. S a x e is
a tru ste e o f th e P ilc h u c k G lass
S ch o o l and th e C o n te m p o ra ry
J e w is h M u s e u m o f S an F ra n -
c isc o , as w e ll as a fo u n d in g
b o ard m em b er o f th e A r t A lli-
an ce fo r C o n te m p o ra ry G lass
and F rie n d s o f F ib e r A r t In te r-
n atio n a l. T h e c o u p le ’ s c o lle c -
tio n o f c o n te m p o ra ry c ra ft,
c o n sid e re d o n e o f th e fin e st in
th e U .S., has b een sh o w ca se d
in m ajo r e x h ib itio n s at th e O a k -
lan d M u se u m , th e de Y o u n g
M u se u m , th e T o le d o M u seu m
o f A r t and o th e r p ro m in e n t
v e n u e s. “ W e ’v e lo v e d b e in g
p art o f th e stu d io c ra ft fa m ily ,”
th e S ax e s said. “ L e n d in g and
d o n atin g w o r k fro m o u r c o lle c -
tio n to vario u s m useum s is an
essen tial p art o f o u r p h ilo so p h y
o f sh arin g w ith o th e rs.”
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