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2021 Hugo Awards

The 2021 Hugo Awards Presented at: DisCon III, Washington, DC, USA Hosts: Andrea Hairston, Sheree Renée Thomas Base design: Sebastian Martorana Awards Administration: Linda Deneroff, Fred Bauer, Kevin Standlee, Sharon Sbarsky, Kathy Bond, Kat Jones, Cassidy...

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Art and Dance by the Sea

Foster's Daily DemocratJun 23, 2019Read the full article here. The Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) announces its 66th season program schedule featuring renowned artists, poets, authors and the first of its kind, modern dance performance in the galleries. The...

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Seasons Magazine – Russia

So this is my first appearance in a Russian publication, Seasons Magazine -- but not the first time I've shared article space with Alasdair Thomson. The article is Titled "Pygmalion," and I understand that it is featuring the work of three contemporary stone sculptors...

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Bourdain on Craftsmanship, Whisky and Plans for Houston

Houston Press November 5, 2015 By Phaedra Cook Anthony Bourdain is in Houston for a brief series of events called The Balvenie Rare Craft Collection. About 800 lucky Houstonians were able to score a spot to hear Bourdain speak and taste some of The Balvenie's...

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America’s Best Craftsmen From Anthony Bourdain

Forbes October 7, 2015 By Hunter Atkins News of Anthony Bourdain's partnership with The Balvenie Single Malt Whisky surprised diehard fans. Although Bourdain (author of Kitchen Confidential, star of CNN's "Parts Unknown" and food media hero) has departed from his...

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Bmore Art’s Cara Ober on the Walter’s Art Museum Show

Living Marble: A Contemporary- Historical Collaboration at the Walters, BmoreArt Cara Ober, May 18, 2015 The Walters Art Museum is widely known as a house of rare objects of antiquity, but not a place for contemporary art. When Julia Marciari-Alexander became the...

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Carving Out a Legacy, The Baltimore Sun

It's my great surprise and honor to be sharing ink in Sunday The Baltimore Sun News Paper this morning with, not only #Rinehart & Oprah Winfrey, but fellow Baltimore-boy,  Mike Rowe !!! #rad You can check out the article, Carving Out a Legacy, about the Walters...

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Carved in Stone

Carved in StoneSebastian Martorana employs age-old techniques to create sculptures that reflect modern life By Tina Coplan Home and Design Read the full article here Steady tapping breaks the lunchtime stillness at Hilgartner Natural Stone Company. Sebastian...

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Marble steps reused as gathering place

The Baltimore Sun June 29, 2014 By Meredith Cohn Alice Johnson noticed the checker boards that recently popped up behind her house, a neat brick rowhouse in the Barclay neighborhood of Baltimore. "People will definitely use them," she said. "I play. I wish I could...

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40 Under 40 Documentary Available Online and FREE!

For those who missed it or don't get the Smithsonian Channel, the documentary that was produced about the Renwick Gallery's 40 Under 40 exhibition is now available FREE online through iTunes! This film included a feature filmed in my studio at Hilgartner Natural Stone...

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‘40 Under 40: Craft Futures’ Salutes Young Artists

The New York Times August 1, 2012 By Julie Lasky In 1972, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum was created as a home for arts, crafts and design. Four decades later, the gallery is celebrating the evolution and happy confusion of those...

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Chiseled: How Sebastian Martorana Mastered Marble

There's a great article by Sarah Richards in the June 2012 issue of Maryland Life magazine about my work. The Icons featured prominently, as well as a large carving I was working on for the renovation of Gilman Hall at Johns Hopkins University with Hilgartner Natural...

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