Often, altering the original condition of materials used in art making becomes part of the creative process. Here, the artist is burning found timbers to ready them for use in a new sculpture.
DAVID ARDITO
David Ardito is a visual artist living and working in Arlington, Massachusetts. He is the former K-12 Director of Visual Art for Winchester Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools in Massachusetts. He attended the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City and the Syracuse University Graduate School of Visual Art receiving his BFA (1969) and MFA (1971) degrees respectively.
He taught in the Art Education Department at Mass College of Art and Design and co-supervised the Saturday Studios youth program from 2007-2015. He also taught visual art at the secondary level for many years.
Over the past several years, his personal artwork transitioned from two-dimensional art forms to three-dimensional sculptural forms in wood, marble, clay, metals and a variety of other media.
As a long time Arlington resident he has been very committed to the promotion of all forms of visual and performing arts in Arlington and has served on numerous Arlington arts committees including the Arlington Art Lottery Council, the Arlington Commission on Arts and Culture, and the Arlington Public Art Committee. He was instrumental in founding the Arlington Center for the Arts. He has also participated in numerous group public art projects.