Discipline: Visual Art

Robert Adzema

Discipline: Visual Art
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1983

Robert Adzema is an American visual artist who works with two things: sundials and watercolors, feeling that the freedom of watercolors offsets the necessary mathematical precision involved in making sundials. Originally trained in watercolor, he co-authored a book about sundial making and has made the devices a part of his sculpture work ever since. His pieces have been displayed in public collections as well as numerous solo exhibitions.

Studios

Firth

Robert Adzema worked in the Firth studio.

Originally a working barn perched atop the namesake hill of Hillcrest Farm, this building was converted to serve the arts in 1956. A grand set of windows was installed to make the large interior suitable for visual artists, bringing in abundant natural light from the north. The addition of a screened porch and accessible entrance ramp…

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