Featured Artist: JOSE P. SACARIDIZ
Tall Tales and Treasures
JULY 2010
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center

Jos้ Paul Sacaridiz studied art and painting at Pratt Institute, under Gabriel Laderman and Martha-Mayer Earlbacher. Awarded a one-year grant to the National Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy, he painted extensively at Gil Uffizi working from the drawings of the old masters. He received his BA with a concentration in Fine Arts from the State University of New York. He has repeatedly attended the Haystack Mountain School in Deer Isle Maine as a resident artist. In 2004, Mr. Sacaridiz was invited by Bennington College to participate in a Masters program that encouraged creative teaching and foreign travel. He subsequently taught extensively throughout Peru, S.A. Upon his return, he accepted a position as lead instructor at The Vermont Arts Exchange in North Bennington, VT. His teaching has focused on alternative needs and venues working extensivly with the physically and emotionally challenged populations.

Additional teaching experience includes: The McLean County Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Illinois • Southern Illinois University • Foreign Exchange Residency: Lima Peru • The Vermont Arts Exchange • United Counseling Services • Haystack Mountain School of Craft • Southern Vermont College and The School of Visual Arts. Jose has had numerous exhibitions including: 2009 Hudson Historical Society Hudson, OH 2007 • 2008 McLean County Center for the Arts Normal, IL 2007 Stark Hose Gallery Bennington, VT • 2006 Southern Vermont Center for the Arts Manchester, VT 2005 Bennington Museum. Bennington VT • Vermont Arts Exchange Bennington, VT • 2004 The Berdgorff Gallery • Southern Vermont College • 2004 The Southern Vermont Arts Center Manchester VT • 2004 University of Lima, Peru • 2003 The Barnes & Noble Gallery Nyack NY • 2003 Suffern Gallery New York • 2003 Hudson Valley Library System of New York • 2002 State University of New York

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