Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture

Luis Castro

Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture
Region: Ghent, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1999, 2000
Luis Castro is a sculptor who works primarily with wood and stone. He and his wife, Isabel Bigelow, have had their work exhibited at dm Contemporary, Pentimenti Gallery, and the Flomenhaft Gallery. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Castro now lives in New York. He received an M.A. in restoration and conservation of monuments and a B.A. in architecture from Central University of Venezuela, and studied at the Art Students League in New York from 1991–1995.

Studios

Heinz

Luis Castro worked in the Heinz studio.

The icehouse, built of fieldstone in 1914–1915, was a practical part of Marian MacDowell’s plan for a self-sufficient farm. Winter ice cut from a nearby pond was stored here for summer use on the property. Idle since 1940, it was a handsome but outdated farm building. In 1995, Mrs. Drue Heinz, a vice chairman…

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