ARTS,
LECTURES, AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, ETC.:
"The Soul of the City and Poetics of Shape, Space and Symbols"- a paper presented to a "The City and the Soul" conference of psychoanalysts In Playa De Careyes, Mexico. Sponsored by the Institute for Depth Psychology, Wainwright House, Rye, NY. "Slide show on John Fülöp Associates work" for a French Construction Group at the New York Sheraton Hotel; sponsored by Codetem America Inc. Included a tour of an upper West Side brownstone renovation in progress. PPG
Competition Prize; Yale University; Honorable mention
awarded by the glass company for the design of a "Highway Hospitality Center" on
the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Koppers Prize; Yale University;
A one thousand dollar prize awarded by the roofing company to an architectural
student project each year. Arnold W. Brunner Scholarship
Award Winner; presented by The Architectural League of New York-
Research grant to study prefabricated modular housing building techniques
and their applications to various current planning principals. “Megalopolis
Redesigned” a regional plan for the East Coast.
Lecture Series Chairman; The Architectural League of
New York; Organized and hosted a series of lectures by artists,
architects, planners and leading figures in associated arts from all
over the world. Earth Day Multimedia Show; Convent of
the Sacred Heart, NYC; presentation of a slide film of environmental
problems facing NYC. Presented to the entire student body of this parochial
high school. New York Daily News; July 9th article "Movies
in the Park". Designed and supervised the construction
of a portable movie environment. Free, experimental films were shown
in the five boroughs of New York City. New York Times;
July 1st article "Movies in the Park", for NYC Dept.
of Parks, Signet Productions and the Lincoln Center Film Society Welfare
Island Museum-Housing Complex, NYC; Proposal prepared for
Friends of Central Park to publicize alternatives to the proposed addition
to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to house the temple of Dendur. “Fast
for Life”, Central Park; NYC- A Central Park, Jamaica
Bay fast by the group “ENVIRONMENT” to protest the encroachments
into Central Park and Jamaica Bay, both green areas losing ground to
the City’s need for building space. Built a temporary “Movie
Environment” and presented the slide film on New York City. Concert
Artists Guild - Designed posters for Carnegie Recital Hall
concerts of all artists sponsored by this arts organization.
"Sight
and Sound"; WNYC-TV Show: One half hour interview
and slide presentation on New York City buildings and neighborhoods.
Loeb Student Center, Multimedia Show, New York University; Working with LIDD, a NYC Light Show group, presented various
slide films of New York City inside a giant inflatable structure. A
multimedia city/country slide presentation within an inflatable structure.
Live music with a light show was also part of the presentation. Suny
Student Center, S.U.N.Y. at New Paltz; A multimedia slide
presentation within an inflatable structure. Live music was also part
of the presentation. O.C.C.C. Student Center, Orange
County Community College; A multimedia presentation within
an inflatable structure that filled an entire gymnasium. Live music
was also part of the presentation. Done in conjunction with L.I.D.D.
a group of multimedia artists. Newburgh, N.Y. Arts Council;
Slide films on various aspects of New York City slide films were presented
at this Arts Council sponsored public showing. Avant Garde
Festival (8th Annual); 69th Regiment, Armory; (25th Street)
NYC; November 19th. Architectural Multimedia presentation on New York,
its buildings and people.
"Fast
for Life": Central Park, NYC; A "Fast" sponsored
by the group "Environment", in both Central Park and Jamaica
Bay was organized to protest environmental encroachment by NYC in both
areas. Built a movie environment in Central Park and presented my slide
film on New York City. The Barlow School Winterim;
A semester of work/study teaching at the JFA studio in New York for
a senior at this private boarding school located in Amenia, NY. American
Institute of Planners Conference; Mohonk Mountain House,
New Paltz, N.Y. Slide presentation of New York City and its neighborhoods.
"Grass & Steel" Multimedia Slide Show;
produced for the American Institute of Architects: Worked with the AIA
Environmental Education Committee: Bernard Spring, Dean of the School
of Architecture, CCNY; Sigmund Grava, Planning Department, Columbia
University; Barry Benepe, Planner: funded by the New York State Council
on the Arts. Photographed, directed and produced a slide film on the
pros and cons of various planning configurations and densities of the
Living Environment. For distribution by the AIA. Funded by a NY State
Council on the Arts grant. Newsday Sunday Magazine;
June 11th Issue: Alteration and Addition to the Brofsky Residence, Roslyn,
N.Y. Originally a Levitt development residence built in 1946. Avant
Garde Festival (9th Annual); South Street Seaport, Manhattan, November Show;
Architectural Multimedia presentation inside one of the ships docked
at the museum. A New York City slide fantasy, its buildings and people.
Willie Woo Slide Film; A slide film fantasy
for a New York jewelry designer describing everyday objects taken out
of their ordinary context to become jewelry. Presented at the Plaza
Hotel to overwhelmingly positive critical review. "Lickity-Split-City"
a multimedia show at the "KITCHEN" in the Mercer Arts Center,
New York City: January 26th Show; Multimedia presentation
of New York City, its architecture, neighborhoods and architectural
elements. Niranium Slide Film; Produced a film
strip for a dental component parts manufacturer. Part company promotion,
part teaching aid for dental technicians. It was produced for distribution
in the U.S., South America and Europe. Montgomery Ward Film
Strip; Produced a slide film for nationwide distribution
at the management level, included instructions for product display techniques.
Super Sagless Spring Corporation; Tupelo, Miss.;
Produced a slide film for a furniture component manufacturer for a
distribution in the US & Europe. "Architectural Alternatives" Lecture;
Pratt Institute: Brooklyn, N.Y. ; A group of design
students visit my studio for a presentation on alternative professional
practice modes. Various works are shown including graphics, film, architecture,
photography. Hampshire College Lecture: Northampton,
MA; Slide presentation and discussion of various New York City
neighborhoods, to a group of sociology and design students. New
York Daily Post; Eugenia Sheppard’s "Around the Town";
Article
on WILLIE WOO’s multimedia slide fantasy presentation showing
jewelry under construction. Designed and produced by JF Associates
for
a jewelry designer in New York. Museum of Contemporary Crafts
Catalog; October-January Article- PORTABLE WORLD EXHIBIT,
N.Y.C. (Included the PORTABLE CITY proposal,
a neighborhood revitalization planning project designed by JF Associates).
Interior Design Magazine; APRIL ISSUE: Article
on the Louis Guy'D Salon interior, a midtown Madison Avenue hair styling
salon in NYC. OCULUS (NYC/AIA Publication); June Issue: Article on AIA Multimedia show "GRASS and STEEL" about
Density, Housing and the Environment. Variety; July 10, 1974: "Movies in the Park", designed for NYC Department
of Parks and The Lincoln Center Film Society. Popular Science; November
Issue: "Little Big House" A small, affordable year
round house built in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. "Most
for your Money"; New York Shopping and Services Guide;
Joan Hamburg's listing for best NYC small firm doing interior design
work. Popular Science; August Issue: "Gate
House", article featuring a two bedroom house with passive solar
heating. Better Homes and Gardens, Remodeling Ideas:
Spring Issue; Alteration and additions to the Ann Payne Residence;
Easton, Md. Popular Science, January Issue; "A Family of Little Big Houses", a collection of "starter" Solar
Houses built from mail order plans available. Homeowner
Magazine: "Designer's Sketchbook", September Issue; Designed
an article for the series, “The Ranch House of America
redesigned”; "Elegant Entryways". Homeowner
Magazine: "Designer's Sketchbook", October Issue; Designed
an article for the series, “The Ranch House of America
redesigned”; "Remodeling Approaches" for adding space
to cookie cutter Ranch Homes. Better Homes and Gardens:
Traditional Home, Winter 1988-89 Issue; Payne Residence, Easton,
Md. Alteration and additions to existing Eastern Shore Farmhouse. Berkshire
Eagle, Berkshire Record, Berkshire Courier, The Advocate;
Various articles on the proposed Community Center of the Southern
Berkshires facility to be built in Great Barrington, and the
South County Music School; which opened in October
1995. In addition, interviews on WSBS the local AM radio station, WAMC
the region's public radio station and CTSB-TV, the local cable access
television about the Community Center project. House & Garden; Berkshire Living - June 2006; Feature article on the Nachman Residence in South Egremont, MA.
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