gangster letters & modern orthodoxyAfter completing his
bachelor’s degree in Studio and Fine Arts at the University of
Vermont (1996),
Adam Paul Heller spent two, auspicious years of intensive study
in the rural setting of the Benedictine
Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut. It was under
the tutelage of Benedictine artist
Sr. Praxedes Baxter, mfa, osb that Adam first began carving
letters in stone. With determined
conviction, Adam then apprenticed with Nicholas Benson at the
John Stevens Shop where the
Benson family’s tradition of brush lettering and hand carving
became his doctrine. Adam’s
flourishing carving practice, located in Norfolk, Connecticut,
is dedicated to independent
projects, memorials, and collaborations with artists,
architects, and designers.
Adam will discuss recent work with various illustrious
collaborators and
the sometime widening fissure between tradition and
immediacy.
February 3, 2016
The Club of Odd Volumes77 Mount Vernon Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02108
Social hour begins at 5:30 pm. Dinner seating begins at 6:30
pm.
Please respond to the secretary, Joe Moore, at 617-497-1277 or
to [email protected] by January 29, 2016.
A vegetarian meal is available. Kindly inform the Secretary of
your preference when making the reservation.
Dinner reservations not honored will be billed at the current
rate.
