Thomas Mark Fallon

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Thomas Mark Fallon

Thomas Mark Fallon was the youngest artist ever chosen for the Belin ScholarshipThe scholarship allowed Thomas to pursue vocal studies at the New England Conservatory of Music, which culminated in a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance and graduate studies at the University of Notre Dame. Since then Thomas has become a full time international performing vocal artist who maintains a highly respected private studio where, as a sought-after vocal teacher, he provides lessons, residencies, master classes and workshops.

1976

(Year Won)

Christine Donahue-Mayo

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Christine Donahue-Mayo

Following receipt of the Belin Arts Scholarship, Christine Donahue attended graduate school at Juilliard and earned a master’s degree in voice and opera. During her last year at Juilliard she won second prize in the Metropolitan National Auditions and became one of the first group of apprentices to go through the Houston Opera Studio. Christine’s journey took her to Little Rock as part of the Arkansas Opera Theater. She is currently a teacher of voice at the University of Central Arkansas.

1974

(Year Won)

Donald DeMauro

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Donald DeMauro

Don Demauro trained at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, two SUNY Research Award Grants, and the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in addition to the Belin Arts Scholarship. His paintings have been exhibited nationally and are also part of collections at the Library of Congress, the Tampa Museum of Art, the Museum of Art at Cornell University, the Dickinson Art Center in Los Angeles, and the Palmer Museum at the Pennsylvania State University.

1983

(Year Won)

Vincent Cianni

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Vincent Cianni

Vincent Cianni’s photographs have been widely collected, exhibited, and featured in many journals and publications. In 2006, The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University acquired Vincent’s photographic archives to make available for study all negatives, contact sheets, printing notes, written comments, and prints of the documentary photography work he will complete during his lifetime. Currently, Vincent teaches photography at the New York Parsons School of Design. He has also works as a freelance curator, book designer, archivist and editor.

1997

(Year Won)

Steven Alexander

May 13, 2014 By

Steven Alexander

Steven Alexander describes his work as an exploration of relations that reside in the constant flux of pure sensory events. Currently an Associate Professor of Art at Marywood University, Steven has also served as a visiting professor or artist at Studio Arts Center International in Florence, Italy, and at Parsons School of Design in New York City. In addition to numerous solo and group exhibitions, and collaborative projects, his career has included serving as an essayist and curator.

2000

(Year Won)

Geese Theatre Company John Bergman

May 13, 2014 By

Geese Theatre Company John Bergman

John Bergman is the company director of Geese Theater Company. In 1991 Geese Theater transformed and began providing intensive drama therapeutic services to incarcerated men, women and children, and then to creating specific programming for entire systems. This led to long-term relationships in institutions treating civilly committed offenders. The experiential theatre company has performed in 42 states and 9 countries. John and Geese USA continue to work developing new therapeutic strategies in New England and the Midwest.

1985

(Year Won)

Karen Blomain

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Karen Blomain

Karen Blomain most recently completed a new novel, The Season of Lost Children, a book of poetry, Hard Bargain, and prepared a play, The American Wife for production. These wonderful volumes and scripts are reflections of Karen’s life experiences, many made possible through her scholarship.

1986

(Year Won)

John Bromberg

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John Bromberg

The Belin Award encouraged John Bromberg to form an ensemble of talented musicians, dancers and puppeteers, known as Pictures Moved By Strings Puppet Theatre. John serves as artistic director for the group which holds an annual festival on his farm, attracting puppet artists from Russia, China, Israel and throughout the U.S. A graduate of Pratt Fine Arts Center, John’s work has been recognized by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation, among others.

1993

(Year Won)

William Chickillo

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William Chickillo

William Chickillo is a plein-air painter and colorist steeped in the tradition of landscape painting. His work, rendered with spontaneity, intensity, fluidity and understanding of space and light, depicts the land as he sees it.
At present, William’s dominant focus is oil painting. William also instructs in painting, drawing and printmaking at Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus and is part of the Artists in Residence Program for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

1973

(Year Won)