New series titled Artist and Architecture starts June 4th
As part of its ongoing efforts to raise the awareness of historic preservation on Staten Island, the Preservation League of Staten Island (PLSI) is launching a new series titled “Artist and Architecture.”
The series kicks off June 4 with a presentation in the Stapleton Heights home of Halina and James McCormack, a renowned art restorer and award-winning architect, respectively.
As both part of the PLSI’s mission of education and a means for fundraising, Artist and Architecture will feature informal talks by local award-winning artists, designers and architects who exercise their talents in some of the Island’s historic and architecturally unique homes.
These vintage buildings provide inspiration and ideas for their talented owners, who, in the course of the series, will speak on the joys and challenges of their respective trades.
Three events are planned for this year: the spring program in the McCormacks’ 1870 mansion; a late summer/early fall visit to the West Brighton home of retired textile designer Joann Nelsen, one of the first buildings on Staten Island to receive official landmark designation, and the winter entry, which will feature Wesley Kropp, an award-winning jewelry designer who works from his Second Empire home in Stapleton Heights.
Tickets are $45 per event and include wine, as well as non-alcoholic refreshments, and hors d’oeuvres. Visitors also will be given the opportunity to tour the host houses during each event. Discounts are available for those who would like to attend all three dates. Reservations may be made by visiting www.presrvesi.com.The cutoff for tickets to the the first event is June 2.
MEET THE MCCORMACKS
The program on June 4 will get underway at 6 p.m. The Italianate-style mansion overlooking New York Harbor they share has served as Halina and James McCormacks’ base of operation since 1980.
She, an internationally renowned artist and conservator of fine art, has worked restoring antique artwork both in the United States and Europe. Since 1987, Ms. McCormack has been conservator of paintings with the Hispanic Society of America in Manhattan.
She is a member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC), the PLSI, Noble Maritime Collection and the Staten Island Museum, and has participated in and exhibited artwork with several group shows in Manhattan and Staten Island.James W. McCormack worked for major architectural firms in New York and New Jersey for five decades. Among the projects he worked on are Newark Airport, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, Hoboken South Waterfront Development and LaGuardia Central Terminal Building. He’s also designed private residences in Montauk and Staten Island.
In retirement, McCormack’s major project was designing and supervising construction of the garden stairway for a grand Queen Anne Victorian located within the St. Paul’s Avenue/Mud Lane Historic District of the Island.
As an artist, he has shown his works at the World Trade Center Port Authority Annual Art Show, National Art Club, the McCormack Gallery, COAHSI June Fest, Art at Bay and Art By the Ferry. McCormack is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Architecture and studied at the Art Student League and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. Like his wife, he has shown his artwork in galleries and exhibits in Manhattan and on the Island.
For additional information on the Artist and Architecture series, call 917-886-4389 or click PayPal below to purchase tickets.
The series kicks off June 4 with a presentation in the Stapleton Heights home of Halina and James McCormack, a renowned art restorer and award-winning architect, respectively.
As both part of the PLSI’s mission of education and a means for fundraising, Artist and Architecture will feature informal talks by local award-winning artists, designers and architects who exercise their talents in some of the Island’s historic and architecturally unique homes.
These vintage buildings provide inspiration and ideas for their talented owners, who, in the course of the series, will speak on the joys and challenges of their respective trades.
Three events are planned for this year: the spring program in the McCormacks’ 1870 mansion; a late summer/early fall visit to the West Brighton home of retired textile designer Joann Nelsen, one of the first buildings on Staten Island to receive official landmark designation, and the winter entry, which will feature Wesley Kropp, an award-winning jewelry designer who works from his Second Empire home in Stapleton Heights.
Tickets are $45 per event and include wine, as well as non-alcoholic refreshments, and hors d’oeuvres. Visitors also will be given the opportunity to tour the host houses during each event. Discounts are available for those who would like to attend all three dates. Reservations may be made by visiting www.presrvesi.com.The cutoff for tickets to the the first event is June 2.
MEET THE MCCORMACKS
The program on June 4 will get underway at 6 p.m. The Italianate-style mansion overlooking New York Harbor they share has served as Halina and James McCormacks’ base of operation since 1980.
She, an internationally renowned artist and conservator of fine art, has worked restoring antique artwork both in the United States and Europe. Since 1987, Ms. McCormack has been conservator of paintings with the Hispanic Society of America in Manhattan.
She is a member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC), the PLSI, Noble Maritime Collection and the Staten Island Museum, and has participated in and exhibited artwork with several group shows in Manhattan and Staten Island.James W. McCormack worked for major architectural firms in New York and New Jersey for five decades. Among the projects he worked on are Newark Airport, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, Hoboken South Waterfront Development and LaGuardia Central Terminal Building. He’s also designed private residences in Montauk and Staten Island.
In retirement, McCormack’s major project was designing and supervising construction of the garden stairway for a grand Queen Anne Victorian located within the St. Paul’s Avenue/Mud Lane Historic District of the Island.
As an artist, he has shown his works at the World Trade Center Port Authority Annual Art Show, National Art Club, the McCormack Gallery, COAHSI June Fest, Art at Bay and Art By the Ferry. McCormack is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Architecture and studied at the Art Student League and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. Like his wife, he has shown his artwork in galleries and exhibits in Manhattan and on the Island.
For additional information on the Artist and Architecture series, call 917-886-4389 or click PayPal below to purchase tickets.
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