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03 February 2012 10:24 |

"BOOKENDS" Ecological Art, editor & curator, Nohra Corredor, NYC. http://ecologicalart.org/

Co-Sponsors: Ecological Art-TV Book Huggers Events Welcome to John F. Ceprano's "BOOKENDS"/2011 celebrating a decade of collaboration... "SHARING TIME/AN INVITATION" 2002-2012 1998-The best term I can use for my perception/celebration of these anniversaries is a word Carlos Castañeda used in many of his books:"recapitulation", which refers to a recollection and review of a warrior's life journey and experiences, of what made the journey...To explain the term a bit better, here is (...)

31 January 2012 23:48 |

"What’s Italian For “Perfect Balance?” By Mike Levin, 'UNFOLDING ARTS IN OTTAWA' December 2011

What’s Italian For “Perfect Balance?” December 2011 By Mike Levin When I first started paying attention to Environmental Art, I thought it might become the next big movement. It had everything, Cristo-like wow, eco-sensibility and an imperviousness to seasons that appealed for those who live through winters. Finding Andy Goldsworthy’s work gave me goosebumps. Environmental art never took off as a genre, probably because you can’t buy it and certainly because it’s impermanent (which is (...)

31 January 2012 23:44 |

Ottawa artist John Ceprano finds balance in rock-stacking sculptures by Cullen Bird Jan 19, 2012

CanCulture is a new online magazine featuring local arts and culture in cities across Canada. http://www.canculture.com/ John Félice Ceprano’s hands look like a builder’s, not those of the accomplished artist they belong to. The fingers are rough, the nails chipped and broken from moving rocks – a lot of them. Every year Ceprano, 64, creates the dozens of stone sculptures seen in summertime at Remic Rapids on the shore of the Ottawa River. The smallest sculptures are mere inches high, the (...)

22 December 2011 00:28 |

The Rock Sculptor By Bruce Deachman, The Ottawa Citizen November 15, 2011

John Felice Ceprano went down to the Ottawa River one day in 1986 and balanced one rock on top of another. Twenty-five years later, his sculptures have been seen by people all over the world.

On a July weekend in 1998, artist John Felice Ceprano arrived at Remic Rapids on the Ottawa River and discovered that someone had defaced the rock sculptures he’d been creating there for a dozen years, splattering them with yellow house paint.

Heartbroken that someone (...)