Giancarlo Calicchia |
Artist, master sculptor and founder of Calicchia Stone Industries Inc. (one of the largest architectural stone suppliers, designers and installers in the country, with offices and fabrication facilities in Cleveland, Verona, Carrara, Italy and Caracas.) "I have been a sculptor all my adult life and perhaps long before that. I learned through my work that there is an essential seriousness to all of our human passions, what the Romans called gravitas. I believe that without this commitment, this gravitas, we would be less than what we are. All over the world, in Italy, Haiti, Mexico, Canada and right here in Northeast Ohio I have been involved with learning and sharing and teaching experiences that have forged a desire to be the best and to give the best and even more when possible. Art should encourage and exalt this basic human drive to learn and create to the limits of our ability."
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Dr. Serena Scaiola |
Hon. Consul of Italy in Cleveland Adjunct Faculty in Italian A Rome, Italy, native, she is a graduate of the Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” with a doctoral degree in Italian literature. In 1991-1992, she also completed a course of studies at Cornell University, NY. |
Sunia Boneham-Yendo |
Creative Visual Design Director Sunia holds a Masters of Industrial Design from the preeminent Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and a BA from the all woman's college, Wells. She also completed many courses at Cornell University (while attending Wells College, through their exchange program), Lorenzo di Medici University in Florence, Italy and The Arts Student League in NYC. She was co-owner of Yendo Design (a subsidiary of the highly renown M. Yendo Architects and Engineers), an architectural, engineering, interior, industrial design firm with offices in Tokyo and NYC. Sunia and her husband Mas Yendo created the iconic book Ironic Diversion, published through Springer and RIEA (Research Institute of Experimental Architecture headed by legendary visionary architect Lebbeus Woods), and designed in conjunction with the interationally acclaimed design studio, Büro Destruct. |