Albert Paley sculpture and photograph, 1974-2003.

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Albert Paley sculpture and photograph, 1974-2003.

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Collection consists of 1 sculpture, 1 maquette, and 1 photograph, all by Albert Paley. Renowned metal sculptor Albert Paley has been on the faculty in RIT's School of American Crafts since 1969. Albert Paley sculpture and photograph consists of three pieces. The sculpture Sentinel (2003) weighs some 110 tons and is 73 feet tall. This steel, stainless steel, and bronze sculpture was commissioned by RIT and greets campus visitors at the formal entrance to the campus. The collection also contains a maquette of the Sentinel and a black and white photograph of portal gates commissioned by the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1974.

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School for American Craftsmen

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Paley, Albert

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Albert Paley (1944- ) is an art metal worker and jewelry designer from Rochester, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Albert Paley, 1982 Dec. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 430380359 Sculptor and metalworker Albert Paley's permanent mark on the campus of RIT was made when his towering Sentinel was dedicated in 2003. Paley was born in Philadelphia, and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. He came to Ro...

Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...