carmine-j-scarpa
Mr. Scarpa's principal training in the arts has been in photography. / He has taken photography workshops with internationally known / artists and teachers, including Ernestine Ruben, Eikoh Hosoe, / Lois Greenfield, and George Krause. / / In 2001, Mr. Scarpa received the H. Juergen Thieck Memorial Award / for Photography from the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. / / In addition to delving into other visual arts, including painting, Mr. / Scarpa has written poetry, songs, conceptual pieces, a children's story, / and a one-act play. He has recently become interested in filmmaking. / Prior to becoming an attorney (now retired), he was employed as a / commercial artist and performed as a musician and vocalist. In 2008, / Mr. Scarpa published his memoir of childhood and youth entitled / Save Me a Seat by the Drummer. His second book, Out of the Hand / of God, describing his conversion to Judaism and his thoughts on / Judaism and Kabbalah, was published in 2013. / / www.carminescarpa.com
