Newcity Brazil Visual Art Culture of São Paulo and Beyond by | November 28, 2023 Daniel Senise, installation view of “Untitled (Louvre),” 2023, wall monotype in fabric and acrylic medium on plystyrene board, 78.3″ x 86.4″ x 2.2″. Courtesy of Nara Roesler Gallery/Photo: Flavio Freire. Curated by Luis Pérez-Oramas, “The Site of Images” is Daniel Senise’s latest exploration of “paintings without painting,” as Patricia Pericas, the director of Galeria Nara Roesler-New York, describes to me during the busy opening night. Senise, in an effort to move away from the brush, has created imprints onto his canvases instead. “The ephemeral idea of an image,” Pericas notes. Daniel Senise, installation view of “Untitled (Museo Nacional del Prado),” 2020, wall monotype in fabric and acrylic medium on aluminum plate, 59″ x 98.4″ x 2.2″. Courtesy of Nara Roesler Gallery/Photo: Flavio Freire. Daniel Senise, “Untitled,” 2023, charcoal, iron powder and acrylic medium on fabric, 16.5″ x 15″ x 2.1″ “The Site of Images, Daniel Senise” is on view at Nara Roesler Gallery, 511 West 21st, New York through December 22. Mána Taylor is a writer currently based in New York. Her writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, The Drift, Artsy, The Chicago Reader, Newcity, Plates Journal, among other places. She is the co-founder and editor of The Documentarian and writes a newsletter called Landmarks Everywhere. Nature, All Too Nature: A Review of “Hulda Guzmán: Miracle Fruits” at MASP Olavo Barros May 5 the exhibition takes the canonical genre of landscape as its protagonist reimagined to highlight a pre-colonial view of nature as a site of coexistence—between human and animal It is evident that art as a form of combat against oppression was something Sérgio Ferro learned from his beloved Michelangelo Forty seminal works in several media from two decades reveal the multiple creative output of Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-1973) and Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980) 2019Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Peter A (Photo courtesy Palms West Funeral Home)A Virginia-based sailor died June 30 after he shot himself in an incident authorities ruled was accidental Mathews County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home of Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Peter Andrew Senise at about 3 a.m They found bystanders attempting CPR on the 35-year-old man but he was declared dead at the scene by paramedics around 3:30 a.m. A preliminary investigation determined that Senise accidentally shot himself “The victim believed the gun to have been cleared of all ammunition as witnesses recalled him clearing the magazine but never saw him clear the chamber of the firearm,” the sheriff’s office reported He “loved old things” and had been fixing up the old house where he died and Reilly-Senise said she had remained there due to schooling needs for their 8-year-old autistic daughter But they were in the process of moving up to Virginia Senise’s “pride and joy was his ’66 Ford Bronco,” she said (Photo courtesy Shannon Reilly-Senise)Senise joined the military later than most but made friends with everybody from older sailors to younger shipmates who called him “grandpa,” Reilly-Senise said Before that he had worked as a firefighter at NASCAR events but was looking for steadier employment found he loved the Navy and was about to reenlist Senise was laid to rest in Florida on Tuesday Geoff is the managing editor of Military Times He covered Iraq and Afghanistan extensively and was a reporter at the Chicago Tribune He welcomes any and all kinds of tips at geoffz@militarytimes.com Notre Dame Academy's golf team shows off its hardware after winning the Grymes Hill school's second CHSAA city championship in the last three years (Courtesy of Nick Senise)Courtesy of Nick Senise .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.comNotre Dame Academy’s depth played a pivotal role as it squeezed out a 4-1 CHSAA city championship golf triumph over St Second flighter Talia Lioce got things rolling before Ava Burt Jordan Yaroshyk and Victoria Paliseno followed suit as the Gators finished their highly successful season with a 10-2 mark NDA not only won the city title for the second time in three years Coach Ed Gardner also received an outstanding effort from first flighter Ava Torello who entered the ninth hole square against Hill star Abby Garcia before the latter bogeyed to win 1-up and first flighter Ava Torello are all smiles as they proudly display the CHSAA city championship golf plaque after defeating St “(Torello) finished the season 9-3 with her only losses coming against (Garcia),’' said Gardner noting Garcia is 24-0 during her high school career She finished second overall at the recent Catholic state individual championships “But I’m proud of (Torello) for taking Garcia to the ninth hole — the only time that’s happened (to Garcia) during her career.’' stepped up big time to take the final four matches Yaroshyk and Paliseno each won their matches “The first three matches (displayed) some real impressive golf,’' added Gardner The Gators needed to pull away from more than one nip-and-tuck match beginning with Lioce who twice went up two holes before Erin Aversa stormed back to even the match entering the 8th hole saved her best for last to win the final two holes — and the match Aversa finished the season 9-3 with her only losses coming against Lioce and Victoria Paliseno helped the Gators capture the school's 11th CHSAA city golf championship since the 2009 season built a three-hole lead after four and although Sheikowitz hung around by winning 5 Burt birdied on 6 to regain a three-hole advantage before solidifying her victory by winning 7 Yaroshyk and Paliseno each built early leads in their respective matches before pulling away to solidify the Gators’ latest championship Just how dominant have the Gators been during the last decade and a half They won seven straight city titles between 2009-2015 and after losing to Sea in 2016 they sandwiched Hill’s 2018 title with championships in 2017 and 2019 Following a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic the Gators again emerged victorious in 2022 and after the Hilltoppers won it all last season the Gators find themselves back on the mountaintop after last week’s championship Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site 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All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices Patrick and Jennifer Solomon weren’t even looking for a house “We’d been spending weekends visiting friends in Bristol Harbor and we fell in love with the lake,” says Patrick a lawyer and founding partner of Thomas & Solomon LLP That friend must have known the couple well she envisioned a beach house; Patrick wanted a ski lodge The home’s location would suit both of them—right on Canandaigua Lake and an eight-minute drive to Bristol Mountain But there was a catch: They also envisioned rustic spaces Take a tour of another beautiful Canandaigua lake home. co-owner of the design-build remodeling firm Hamilton Stern Hamilton and Senise had worked on projects for Patrick’s office “David and Justin were able to point out the potential and any limitations the house might have,” Patrick says they helped the Solomons see what a great opportunity they had on their hands The home had served several previous owners “Originally it had some Spanish tile inside,” Patrick says “It had a modern look with beautiful gardens.” But an interim owner removed many of the parcel’s trees that same owner had installed white tile throughout the entire first floor who designed the architectural exterior and interior detail “The fireplace had a poorly designed glass window about eight-inches wide running from the top of the fireplace to the ceiling having been updated in the mid-2000s with classic light cream-colored cabinets Senise and Hamilton set to work helping the Solomons create the rustic “We started by changing the architectural elements the ceilings and the floors and putting in lighting that was appropriate to the space,” Senise says Go inside a hilltop hideaway. That meant wood plank floors instead of the existing white tile and rough-sawn Douglas fir beams on the main level They changed the trim to flat stock casings and baseboards and subbed in three-panel The lower level had been underutilized—“a hodgepodge,” Hamilton says removed walls to take advantage of the lake view and built two guest suites and a bunkroom who entertain friends and family nearly every weekend wanted to enjoy all aspects of the house—inside and out Jen worked with photos of the original gardens to select many of the specimens Josh Landscaping built several stacked stone walls to create the lawn and garden areas on the property’s steep hillside “We wanted to be more in touch with nature and take advantage of the setting,” Patrick says Hamilton Stern rebuilt the lakeside deck with teak boards and railings and stainless steel cables Every piece of the design was carefully thought out with the end goal in mind—“a rustic you’re greeted by the smell of the pine and rough-sawn wood,” Hamilton adds The house is only 30 minutes from their home in Victor by | October 9, 2015 Daniel Senise, “Quase Aqui,” Oi Futuro 2015/Photo: Pat Kilgore Daniel Senise, view of Le Salon, his solo show in Rio’s Silvia Cintra Gallery, October 2015 Daniel Senise, Sansão, collective show Como vai você, Geração 80? (How are you, Generation 80?), Parque Lage, Rio, 1984, Horizontal IMG Daniel Senise, “Bumerangue”, 1994, synthetic polish and iron oxide, 165 x 256 cm Senise married American artist Courtney Smith, moved with her to New York, had a studio, divorced, and moved back again to his native Rio. Next year he’ll see the launch of the fourth book on his work by publishers CosacNaify on his exhibitions worldwide, among them his 1991 exhibition at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art: “It was my first solo show in a museum abroad and my first trip to Chicago,” he recalls. “The curator was Bruce Guenther, we met at the São Paulo Biennial in 1989.” I’ve been following his work ever since my eye caught his fearless “Sansão” in that July of 1984. It was the year Brazil’s democracy was restored after two decades of military dictatorship while we, generation 80, danced the night away to Michael Jackson, unaware Marvin Gaye had been shot to death by his father. The interview was conducted in our native tongue by phone and in English by email. Daniel Senise and the studio’s dog, 1980s, Rio de Janeiro Does “Sansão” still exist?  I painted it in a very short time after a couple of sketches. The materials were very simple, acrylic paint, three colors over an orange plastic stretched precariously between the columns. It was a site-specific work but I wasn’t well acquainted with the concept at the time. At the end of the show the work was trashed away without my knowledge. I didn’t really care much about it. Daniel Senise, “Despacho”, 1993, iron dust and polyurethane varnish, 207 x 303 cm, based on Whistler’s mother How about the time you had a studio in New York?  I spent almost fifteen years between Rio and New York for family reasons. Because of the circumstances they represent two different ways of working. What I do now is the result of these two approaches. Daniel Senise, “Biógrafo XX”, 2014, collage with mono prints on fabric, 125 x 200 cm Do you still call yourself a painter?  Based on the classic definition, I’m no longer a painter but representation is the main tool of my approach to things that I am trying to talk about. What advice do you give young, struggling artists like you were when you started out three decades ago?  Each artist has a distinct path and every process is different. The art system created the idea that art is a profession. This might pose a problem. “Quase Aqui”  Curated by Alberto Saraiva and Flavia Corpas Through October 23, 2015 Oi Futuro Flamengo “Le Salon” Curated by Daniela Name Though October 10, 2015 Galeria Silvia Cintra The artist is represented by Galeria Silvia Cintra danielsenise.com Rio-born Cynthia Garcia is a respected art historian art critic and journalist fluent in five languages stationed in São Paulo Cynthia is a recipient of the 2023 APCA (Paulista Association of Art Critics) award as a contributing editor of Newcity Brazil since its founding in 2015 Her daughter America Cavaliere works in the contemporary art market and her son Pedro Cavaliere Contact: [email protected], www.cynthiagarcia.biz London celebrated Queen Victoria’s 50th Jubilee the impoverished East End — home to as many as… A London bus outside the Houses of Parliament the impoverished East End — home to as many as 100,000 Jews — exploded in “the Autumn of Terror,” personified by England’s first famous serial killer The lengthy list of alleged Ripper suspects ranges from a member of the royal family to Polish-Jewish immigrant and barber Aaron Kosminski reportedly suspected a woman could have been responsible and was admitted to a lunatic asylum in 1891 three years after the murder of the Ripper’s fifth victim One problem is that police officials who fingered him as a “prime suspect” were prejudiced against Jews London businessman Russell Edwards teamed with Scandinavian forensic analyst Dr Jari Louhelainen for a comparison of Kosminski’s DNA with mitochondrial evidence from semen stains on the shawl of Catherine Eddowes Their conclusion: over a 99% likelihood that Kosminski was Jack the Ripper Louhelainen authored a recent article in the Journal of Forensic Sciences reviving his theory Australian popular historian Stephen Senise Senise is in a long line of “ripperologists” to note connections between the Ripper hysteria and anti-immigrant Yet Senise is the first to offer a painstaking analysis linking antisemitic intent with specific crime scenes but one was murdered in the courtyard of London’s Jewish radical club and another’s body was deposited behind the Great Synagogue a nearby wall was scrawled with a cryptic message suggesting that the “Juwes” did it Senise’s greatest contribution may be to connect sensational accounts in London newspapers of Hungary’s Tisza-Eszlar and Ritter ritual murder trials in which Jews were wrongly accused of murdering women with the timing of the East End crimes and even the modus operandi of the Ripper’s mutilation murders His theory is that the East End murders were plotted to convince credulous Londoners that Jack the Ripper was Jewish Remember that readers of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1895) often believed that it was a parable about Jewish bloodlust Senise’s prime suspect is George Hutchinson a non-Jewish common laborer who gave detailed but conflicting accounts of his sighting of the Ripper Hutchinson departed for New South Wales in 1888 soon after the last of the five generally-accepted Ripper murders Senise makes an intriguing case for a non-Jewish antisemitic hand behind the Ripper’s horrific crimes think of ritual murder accusations a century and more ago picturing the stereotyped “Jew” as an archetypal serial killer who masterminded a mass murder spree in Los Angeles in 1969 to incite a race war Did Manson and the Ripper both seek to ignite race-based attacks Historian Harold Brackman is coauthor with Ephraim Isaac of From Abraham to Obama: A History of Jews Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" after seven years as a teacher and soccer coach at Notre Dame Academy he is fully engaged as the school’s athletic director who replaced Helenanne Seaman over the summer seems like the perfect choice for the Grymes Hill school “I am extremely excited about this opportunity,” Senise said I know the value of sports in the overall scope of a high school.” Joseph by-the-Sea HS and then excelled in soccer at Iona He has been involved with NDA’s varsity soccer team for seven years — the last two as head coach NDA soccer had remarkable success last year as the varsity won the Island Archdiocesan and city championships and was a state finalist the junior varsity won its third straight Island and Archdiocesan championships “The goal was to build a winning culture with an emphasis on team development,” said principal Kate Jaenicke “We’ve laid the foundation for future success and the program’s future is as bright as ever Senise’s academic resume is equally impressive He earned a bachelor of science degree from Iona College and holds a master of science in microbiology from Wagner College and a master of science in secondary education with a concentration in biology from the College of Staten Island and has served as a member of various committees and action-planning teams at the school He has also been commended for expanding the use of technology in the classroom Senise has demonstrated a high level of commitment to scholar-athletes and to the success of programs “I am Notre Dame’s biggest cheerleader,” he said “I try to be at as many NDA games as possible in all sports.”  by | October 1 Partial view of Daniel Senise’s exhibition “Todos os Santos,” Instituto Tomie Ohtake The work of Daniel Senise is on view in two must-see shows this season in Brazil Instituto Tomie Ohtake (ITO) stages the momentous “Todos os Santos (All the Saints)” with twenty-one large-format works the largest a five-meter-long aluminum panel topped by charred fragments of carpet reclaimed from the ashes of a theater that burned down in Rio his art is displayed for the second time at Paulo Darzé Galeria While at ITO the images were taken in different points in Brazil at Paulo Darzé Galeria they are all shots from a decadent sixteenth-century colonial manor house and sugar mill It will soon house the Recôncavo Wanderley Pinho Museum One of the most successful artists of the 1980s generation of Latin American art Senise has had his work extensively exhibited Chicago; Centre Georges Pompidou and Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville Some of the art galleries that have displayed his art internationally are Ramis Barquet Gallery and Charles Cowley Gallery Lisbon; and the New York branch of São Paulo’s Galeria Nara Roesler “Museu do Recôncavo Wanderley Pinho I,” 2019 print and monotype in fabrics glued on aluminum panel Courtesy of the artist and Paulo Darzé Galeria de Arte Let us begin by contextualizing your narrative which is crucial to understand your oeuvre The materials I use in my works are all retrieved from the environment that surrounds me I try to contextualize them by using the narrative of the painting It’s what is called in contemporary art an expanded field or post-painting You never use paint yet you are considered a painter I don’t use paint or for that matter any material bought in art supplies or hardware stores The materials I use are presented to me in my life experience and with them I create compositions that belong to the realm of painting What attracts you to this specific type of scavenged material What attracts me is the fact that they bring with them prior information as I have done several times printing the old floor of my studio The procedure involves making prints or monotypes out of theses impressions and transporting them to my installation and pieces Objects (tiles) glued on photograph on aluminum Tell us about your largest work on view at ITO the magnificent five-meter-long panel that mirrors painting It is made of scattered scraps of burnt carpet that caught on fire when the Villa-Lobos Theatre in Rio burned down After it burned down for the first time I was asked to create a panel for the theater when the theater was consumed by fire a second time The carpeting was brand new; it had just been installed when the fire charred it Since then the project of renovation of the theater has been abandoned detail of fragments of charred carpet of “Arrangement in Grey and Silver,” Teatro Villa-Lobos It is a nod to nineteenth-century American painter James Abbott Whistler who titled his canvases arrangements is best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother but its official name is “Arrangement in Grey and Black.” with iron dust and polyurethane varnish on a 207-by-303 cm panel What fascinates you about this nineteeth-century American master I was watching a cartoon in TV and a representation of the painting popped up on the screen Whistler’s mother was sitting in profile and a nest of mice was annoying her trying to disturb her from her monolithic pose She suddenly stands up and runs away holding her long skirt Later on I remember seeing “Arrangement in Grey and Black” in an art history book in my parent’s home Wooden objects rivetted on photograph glued on aluminum Another fact that links your oeuvre to art history is that as a painter you don’t employ commercial paint So your oeuvre references and celebrates the practice of all painters until commercial paint was put in a tube in the nineteenth century In “Arrangement in Grey and Silver” your paint One of the discussions in my work is that art is an evolutionary process Each movement surpasses the other with its own rules and programs that in turn are surpassed by a new set of rules of the new wave of thinking about art Modernism per se is based and energized on the concept of surmounting the previous ideas in an attempt to contextualize that moment and we continue to do so To surpass is an inherent quality of our human nature I have some clues but I haven’t fully grasped it Continuing the memory narrative so present in your oeuvre for the first time you collaborated with photographers Mauro Restiffe Thiago Barros and Fernando Laszlo as the point of departure for your works You interfered on the images by layering elements over the photos I began by making prints of my studio floor Over the floor I lay a fine cotton fabric then I throw some water and spread wood glue over it When I pull the fabric off I get a print: all the dirt imperfections and the floor itself stamped onto the fabric I have done this in several different spaces This type of print collects all sorts of things I began the relation of these materials with photography and started using them in 2005 using them also in collages made in these spaces Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Nara Roesler I accompanied each photographer during the essay The images were made in nine different places: my studio some abandoned buildings at old downtown Rio a colonial sugar mill and manor house in Bahia state from the sixteenth century the old Matarazzo Hospital in São Paulo and a warehouse that was part of the old Sorocabana railroad at Sorocaba Metal objects on photograph glued on aluminum explain the relation of the elements layered over the photos with the final image you created The relation of the photos with the objects on the surface of each panel differs from work to work there is a more technical reading that aims to enforce illusion while in other works the relation photo/object describes a modern art movement There are works where it expresses a more psychological why is the exhibition at ITO called “Todos os Santos” (All the Saints) It was brought up in a conversation with the show’s curator where we discussed the fact that since I am considered a painter and now I’m using photography wouldn’t this be an attempt to recycle my work I’m using one of the most powerful tools of the last century and a half: photography It is another narrative that I integrated into my work “Todos os Santos” is a provocative title and connects all the different “saintly” materials I have used in my work since the day I was deemed a painter Daniel Senise: Todos os Santos (All the Saints) Through October 13, 2019 Curated by Daniela Labra Supported by Galeria Nara Roesler Instituto Tomie Ohtake Daniel Senise: Museu do Recôncavo   Through October 18, 2019 Curated by Bernardo Mosqueira Paulo Darzé Galeria de Arte, Salvador, Bahia Contact: [email protected], www.cynthiagarcia.biz by | March 27 Rio-born New York resident Maíra Senise’s second solo exhibition is entitled “Gárgulas ao sol do meio-dia” (Gargoyles in the Midday Sun) the frenetic paintings on linen canvasses unfold spontaneous and informal jagged fables kindled by excitement tall scented-oil vases and macabre characters are caged in child-like hybrid landscapes of bubblegum pink Most of the paintings display the haunting façade of a doll house and a bright sun monitoring the whimsical activity going on in the peculiar universe of the twenty-eight-year-old artist In line with the imaginary themes of the canvases is a bizarre bric-a-brac that renders a tridimensional quality to the intimate narrative with a punk feeling of no future it is a playfully wicked sculpture installation made up of a cluster of miniature colorful ceramics with crossbreed creatures girly stuff and body parts all roughly glazed in nail polish The artist’s first solo show took place in 2017 at Mexico City’s Machete Galeria de Arte. Before that, Maíra Senise participated in two collective shows in New York City: “1St Gestures,” Garden Space, in 2017, and “Resilience,” at Emma Thomas Gallery an all-female art exhibition featuring five Brazilian artists living in New York Initially I moved to New York City to study oil painting at SVA [School of Visual Arts] After that I studied mixed media with artist Bruce Dorfman but now I work part-time as studio assistant to a Brooklyn-based artist and at my studio in Greenpoint Brooklyn So how is life in New York City for a young foreign struggling artist I was open to absolutely everything that made me connect with the city and make new friends It was great fun and soon enough I felt at home I spend most of the time in Brooklyn at my studio in my part-time job or in the apartment I share with my boyfriend I hang out with a group of Brazilian and American friends engage in conversations about art and make studio visits together When life is not so hectic I find time to visit art exhibitions In the evenings sometimes there is an opening or a music show by some friend… Do you sell your work in alternative art fairs like Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair at the MoMA PS1 When and why did you decide to be an artist However having worked with fashion made me recognize my interest in aesthetics so I began to dedicate more time to my drawings and paintings I began drawing in my teens by the time I was twenty-five I was one-hundred-percent sure I wanted to work in art How tough is it for someone like you from another country I guess it is the same as in any other profession beginning from scratch and being a Latin-American woman I have been in situations I would never have found myself had I been in Brazil but in the overall I feel pretty lucky although I do have a close sensorial attachment to Rio: I miss the air the odors… Maybe that is why I keep painting houses let us move to the concept of your solo show at Zipper These canvases bring new elements to my work like the vases as well as unusual materials such as nail polish The vases came up because when one paints objects made to contain things inside them when they are painted we do not know what is in its interior function as landscapes/cities built by imperfect layers of plaster The first canvases were mainly about vases with hardly any figures but the vases are camouflaged in the landscape the animals on the other hand make for my comfort zone At the bottom of all this is a paradoxical feeling of beauty and destruction My work is in a limbo between figurative and abstractionist art It flirts with the universe of naïf art or situations in art brut Usually the last canvas is a projection of the next one with some specific parts of the painting generating the following work my compositions pop up directly onto the canvas It is not an entirely spontaneous experience since I follow certain steps to produce each canvas everything on the paintings are very simple universal symbols—the house the vases—or they are hybrid forms that are a part of my repertoire for some time Usually these animal/human figures repeat themselves in my work Ever since I began painting ten years ago these hybrid animal figures appeared in my work With time they became more deconstructed and anamorphic Some of my references are cave paintings and children’s art Another source of inspiration are decorated utensils objects from our imagination and even arts and craft Other references come from my hometown of Rio de Janeiro: the violence behind its beauty and innocence What exhibitions have caused a special effect on you I love the first decades in the work of Philip Guston when he was an abstract artist I also love Cy Twombly two exhibitions struck me: Rodney McMillian’s at MoMA PS1 and Picasso’s sculpture at the MoMA The collective show “Unfinished” at the Met Museum was also a highlight as well as Tunga’s sculpture exhibition at Galeria Millan The last Louise Bourgeois show at the MoMA had beautiful drawings and the David Hockney retrospective at the Met with his early works when he was in college also impacted strongly on me You used feminine ornaments such as glitter and sequins How does the fashion universe relate to your work These materials reaffirm the feminine hand in my work in contrast with the thousands of years men were the painters I see it as an exercise to unlearn about classicism It was fashion that brought me to the visual art in a slow non-intentional process Fashion helps me with the colors but other than that I don’t see any connection What would you say to a fellow young artist like yourself who also dreams of moving to New York My advice is to never let someone else’s opinion undermine your decision and the more you work the more things are bound to come your way Accept the fact that life has its own peculiar timing and usually things take time to process Find a group of friends who you can relate to and think collectively about projects Don’t go into relationships because of personal interest or with a toxic person who ever he or she may be tell us about the playlist that inspired you to paint this series Guided by Voices (my sister Zoe’s favorite band) Sonic Youth… In the last two months painting so I listened to old samba’s great musician and poet Cartola Maíra Senise: Gárgulas ao sol do meio dia (Gargoyles in the Midday Sun) Through April 7, 2018 Curated by Katia Maciel Zipper Galeria, São Paulo Contact: [email protected], www.cynthiagarcia.biz seen above with Notre Dame Academy varsity soccer coach Nick Senise proudly displays the NDA jersey she wore approximately 20 years ago was presented with the jersey from the Gators' current captains a few weeks ago .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.comNotre Dame Academy and the University School of Nashville (USN) girls’ soccer teams have both competed in the annual Smokey Mountain Cup (SMC) in Gatlinburg That’s certainly not a surprise when there’s 353 teams competing in the highly popular tournament NDA coach Nick Senise has made a habit of taking his Gators to the Volunteer State for a pre-season tournament for several years now including their fourth appearance in the SMC a few weeks ago “We’ve been going down to Tennessee since 2016 to give the kids a travel experience and to see some different competition,’' explained Senise CHSAA girls’ soccer preview: Will there be a changing of the guard? NDA, Sea figure to challenge Hill for the Archdiocesan top spot The two-time defending champion Hilltoppers were hit hard by graduation, thus making the CHSAA Tier 1 division scenario interesting. the Tigers are a high school team coached by former Sunnyside resident and ex-NDA soccer player Megan Sweeney (2005 graduate) Because the SMC takes place over three consecutive weekends it was a long shot that Sweeney would square off against her alma mater She played for Notre Dame when my sister (Roe Senise) was playing for (St Joseph Hill’s varsity) for a season back in 2013,’’ said Nick Senise but never got to play each other since she’s been coaching at (USN).’’ the Gators and Tigers were both scheduled to play during the same weekend this year and when the schedules were released Senise and Sweeney learned their respective teams were opening tourney play against each other “It was pretty surreal,’' admitted the 35-year-old Sweeney who moved to Tennessee nine years ago and now shares two children with her husband “It was a good opportunity to play against a team from New York I’ve known Nick all these years and to coach against NDA it really was a full-circle moment.’' “When you consider how many teams play in this tournament what are the chances we’d meet?’' added Senise “I explained to the kids (about the coach on the other team being from NDA) and they thought it was the coolest thing in the whole wide world,’' said Senise Megan’s parents (Sunnyside residents Theresa and Dan) visited her and they gave her a scrap book with some of her old high school soccer clippings “I showed them some of the articles,’' he added that just might have been the best outcome possible she didn’t want to see the team she coaches lose and she didn’t have to see her alma mater drop a decision as well it was probably the best way for it to go down,’' laughed Sweeney who has not only coached USN for six years but also teaches in its physical education department sometimes you don’t get the chance to embrace your upbringing and the life (you had there) “it definitely kind of brings you back.’' who played collegiately at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Madison after graduating from NDA Senise was made aware of a bin that was found in the Grymes Hill school’s basement with some old soccer uniforms in it “I knew they were from around 2004 and I asked (Director of Mission Advancement & Alumnae Relations Killian Clifford) to search through the 2005 yearbook and see what Megan’s uniform number was,’' Senise said Former Notre Dame Academy soccer player Megan Sweeney Joseph by-the-Sea during a CHSAA encounter in the fall of 2004 The former Sunnyside resident was presented with that very jersey during NDA's visit to Tennessee earlier this month Madison Breslin and Stella Steiner — present Sweeney with a gift bag which included a long sleeve NDA T-shirt with the new logo Then Sweeney saw what was at the bottom of the bag “Complete and utter shock,’' was the way she put it “And (receiving that gift) just a week after my parents visited and gave me a scrap book with all the clippings from when I played just a full-circle moment — very surprising in all the best ways.’' “It was such an moment of pride for her and I know she echoed those sentiments “Seeing her two worlds collide was great.’' Senise managed to land tickets to the University of Tennessee’s football game against Austin Peay and although his team and their parents had to sit in a section that included fans of the visiting Governors it was an experience the Gators won’t forget anytime soon “One of the craziest (events) I’ve ever witnessed,’' admitted Senise who not only had his team dressed in Tennessee orange but watched the Volunteers defeat the Governors 30-13 Notre Dame Academy's varsity soccer team traded in its green and white colors for the University of Tennessee's orange when the Gators took in a football game at Neyland Stadium earlier this month Notre Dame finished its three-game swing in the Smokey Mountain Cup with a 1-1-1 record After its 1-1 tie against Sweeney’s University School of Nashville squad the Gators dropped a 1-0 decision to Larry A Ky.) before ending its trip with a 5-1 triumph over Trinity (Jackson Renee Russo led the way for NDA with a pair of goals while Cipriani Tima Dzemovski and Ella Olivera had one tally apiece Cipriani and Gracey Iszczyk recorded three and two assists Joseph Hill athletic director Janice Philipps is flanked by the student-athletes who were named recipients of the new Janice Philipps Service Award on Tuesday Notre Dame Academy's Grace Loughlin and St .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.comStaten Island’s CHSAA cheerleading programs celebrated their annual awards dinner at LiGreci’s Staaten on Tuesday and in addition to the standard awards the league issues CHSAA Archdiocesan president/NDA athletic director Nick Senise announced a new accolade that will be presented at each league dinner The Janice Philipps Service Award is named in honor of the former St who retired following the 2018-19 school year The long-time administrator was in attendance on Tuesday and Senise issued a statement before announcing the inaugural Janice Philipps Service Award winners “The purpose of our league dinners is to honor and celebrate our teams’ respective accomplishments throughout the season Our Staten Island CHSAA community is unique in that these dinners happen nowhere else in city on the boys’ or girls’ side The awards handed out at these events acknowledge all aspects of what it means to be a student-athlete in the CHSAA and handed out awards to those our Coaches felt were vital parts of their teams’ success we included an award for sportsmanship in her memory we incorporated an award for leadership in honor of (former Villa athletic director and administrator Sue Shepherd) we are excited to announce that moving forward the league will now be awarding a varsity athlete from each school that demonstrates a strong commitment to service in her sport This award will be presented in honor of a fixture in our organization for the last 40 years A Look Back: Who were Staten Island’s HS boys’ hoops scoring, free-throw and 3-point leaders in 2000? It’s all here Two prominent players sat atop final rankings and both averaged over 20 points per game. is a product of Catholic education here on Staten Island Joseph Hill as a member of the class of 1969 After a year at Staten Island Community College Janice enrolled and graduated from Hunter College with her bachelor’s & master’s degrees in Health & Physical Education Her service to women’s sports began as Vice President of the Hunter College Women’s Athletic Association in the early 1970s Her first teaching and coaching position was at the now-defunct where she taught gym and health while coaching softball Joseph by-the-Sea for eight years as a member of the faculty as well as softball and basketball coach while informally servicing as Sea’s girls’ athletic director It was in 1985 that she landed back at her alma mater Janice served as a full-time faculty member and athletic director for the Hilltoppers she was an intricate part of the building and expansion of the athletic department and development of the Physical Education curriculum Janice retired from her position at Hill in in 2019 after 33 years she has continued to serve as our league’s trusty and loyal treasurer and can still be found on the sidelines supporting our CHSAA athletes at various events with her husband Artie (that is when she’s not babysitting any of her seven grandchildren) “Outside of her work at Hill and the CHSAA Janice served in various capacities as an active parishioner of St was a member of the sports council and was a member of the lady’s guild “Tonight’s award recipients have been selected by their coaches because they are following Janice’s dedication to service.” Two of the four Janice Philipps Service Awards went to St Joseph Hill's Emma Logan and Notre Dame Academy's Grace Loughlin The inaugural Janice Philipps Service Award winners included St Joseph by-the-Sea’s Angelina Delmar; Notre Dame Academy’s Grace Loughlin and Moore Catholic’s Nina Bosco Tuesday’s other varsity award winners were as follows: MVP: Sea’s Nicole Mahoney; NDA’s Hailey Barr; Moore’s Mia Garcia and Hill’s Gabriella Pirozzi Most Improved: Sea’s Misty Spano; NDA’s Addison Abrahamsen; Moore’s Sienna Lucci and Hill’s Maureen Gay Coaches’ Award: Sea’s Alexis Testaverde; NDA’s Sophia Luna; Moore’s Audrey Feliciano and Hill’s Julianna Osorio Senior Scholar: NDA’s Hailey Barr; Moore’s Juliette Winters and Hill’s Jillian D’Apolito Peggy Ryan Sportsmanship: Sea’s Arianna Burke; NDA’s Heather Bossert; Moore’s Braelyn Kafel and Hill’s Isadora Gonzalez Sue Shepherd Leadership: Sea’s Katelynn Rugg; NDA’s Lillian Dimino; Moore’s Christina Scarola and Hill’s Lily Bosco included Amy Guglielmo (MVP); Emma Branca (Most Improved) and Ava Amato (Coaches’ Award) Notre Dame Academy's soccer coach and athletic director shouldn't be faulted for inquiring if a rule was broken during Wednesday's CHSAA AA Archdiocesan semifinal game .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.comDid St Joseph Hill deserve a better fate on Wednesday night despite being thoroughly outplayed in the CHSAA AA Archdiocesan semifinal against Notre Dame Academy did the one thing the Gators weren't able to do: They found the back of the net and in soccer I've known Hill soccer coach Mike Percaccio and assistant Tom Siller I hear the passion on the sideline while the games go on Percaccio made an honest mistake when he inserted an illegal substitution into the game during the waning moments of Hill's on-the-field, 1-0 victory The sophomore forward was ineligible because she played in a junior varsity playoff game for the Hilltoppers on Tuesday Percaccio said he's done it before and was surprised to learn that it was a no-no There's no doubt in my mind he's being truthful I don't think he was trying to pull a fast one as he attempted to 'kill the clock' with a pair of fresh legs at the end But despite all the good intentions and the fact it was an honest mistake an upset victory over the top-seeded Gators turned into a devastating defeat I spoke with Percaccio late Wednesday and could hear the pain in his voice because I know he's a good guy with the best intentions some people want to take Notre Dame Academy coach Nick Senise who happens to also be the CHSAA girls' soccer co-chair (along with The Mary Louis Academy coach Joe Lewinger) to task because he decided to inquire about the rule then enforce it when it was discovered the Hill substitution was indeed illegal What those people don't know is he conferred with Lewinger over the rule and his co-chair informed him the rule was broken Senise also spoke to CHSAA Archdiocesan president Sue Shepherd Judging from some of the comments to the report on Wednesday's game there are some who think Senise should have taken the high road and just let Hill win Others cried he has an unfair advantage as co-chair of the league and he waited in the wings before zinging the Hilltoppers with the rule if for nothing else because he'd be letting his own team down what is he supposed to tell his players or his parents when they discover the rule was broken and he did nothing about it And as far as just caring about his own cause Did anybody notice Wednesday's game started 45 minutes late but it was because there was a concern with the officiating for the game And it was the Hilltoppers' coaching staff that had that concern because Senise was on the phone with a number of individuals trying to hash out the problem on Hill's behalf the necessary steps were taken to satisfy Percaccio's concerns and the contest finally started Could Senise have told Percaccio there was nothing he could do about the referee situation and to just play the game But he did the right thing and helped reach a solution to the problem It's truly a shame that Wednesday's semifinal between the Hilltoppers and Gators ended the way it did It without doubt was a great story in itself for Hill which overcame a rash of injuries to make what had appeared to be a third consecutive trip to the Archdiocesan final athletic director or co-chair of the league Notre Dame Academy center midfielder Ella Cipriani (8) got the Gators off to a good start when she tallied just three minutes into the CHSAA Archdiocesan quarterfinal encounter against the Maria Regina on Saturday (Staten Island Advance/Annie De Biase)Staten Island Advance/Annie De Biase .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.comNotre Dame Academy and St Joseph Hill both emerged victorious following CHSAA Archdiocesan Tier 1 quarterfinal victories on Saturday at Owl Hollow Ella Cipriani and Stella Steiner each had a goal and assist and the No 3-seeded Gators took the lead in the opening minutes as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Maria Regina received a pair of goals from center defender Cara Pampinella and they held on for a 2-1 come-from-behind triumph over Notre Dame School HS boys’ hoops: It’s almost time — here are the top 12 returning scorers from a season ago Nicholas Lam of Tottenville is tops! NDA and Hill will now compete in the semifinals on different days this week while the Hilltoppers trek to top-seeded St The semifinal winners will advance to the championship game which will be played on a day to be determined the week of Nov The Archdiocesan champion will earn a spot against the Brooklyn-Queens champ in the Catholic state semifinals at St the Gators finished a regular-season game in a scoreless tie against the Tigers despite having numerous scoring opportunities NDA coach Nick Senise said the point of emphasis entering Saturday’s game was obvious “We had plenty of opportunities against them last week we just didn’t cash in,’' explained Senise “We talked about capitalizing when we had the opportunities.’' The senior center midfielder received a pass from Steiner and unleashed a shot from approximately 25 yards out The ball hit the turf and beat the goalie through the five-hole to give the Gators a 1-0 lead just three minutes in “I think that gave us a huge jolt,’' said Senise “You go through some pre-game jitters knowing if we lose Regina is a organized team that’s good defensively We had to win the middle of the field and I thought (Cipiriani) Gracey (Izsczyk) and (Steiner) did a phenomenal job and that goal certainly gave us a boost.’' following several clear attempts and a huge scramble in front of the net Dzemovski turned and fired a left-footed shot that found the twine to make it 2-0 did a stellar job limiting the Tigers’ chances in front of winning goaltender Daniella Ferrari (six saves) The Gators then capped the scoring at the midway point of the second stanza when Steiner settled a right-side corner kick by Cipriani off her chest and volleyed it home just inside the 18 to cap the scoring Joseph Hill's only two goals of the game as the Hilltoppers edged the Notre Dame School in CHSAA Archdiocesan Tier 1 quarterfinal action at Owl Hollow on Saturday That’s something you might not be used to hearing considering the sophomore has turned in a solid season as a center defender for the Hilltoppers but the two-year varsity starter showed off her offensive skills when her team needed it most which received strong defensive play from Noelle Curlin Victoria D’Ovidio and Pampinella in front of goalie Maria Vlahopouliotis (nine saves) But Pampinella helped change the complexion of the game when she connected off a free kick from 35 yards out just 10 minutes before halftime Pampinella lined up for a right-side corner kick when her kick slipped inside the near post to give the Hilltoppers’ a 2-1 lead it would never relinquish “Cara takes most of our free and corner kicks because she’s got an excellent kick,’' explained Hill coach Amanda Calafiore “I was obviously very happy to see that kick go in It was one of the nicest corners I’ve ever seen Curlin and D’Ovidio helped the lead stand by denying the Manhattan school the equalizer through the final 38 minutes When Moore Catholic tied Preston Academy 3-3 on Saturday 3 seed in CHSAA Tier 3 Archdiocesan play and will visit St Edmund’s on Monday at All-American Field in Brooklyn When Madeline Gravante transferred into Notre Dame Academy after mid-terms last winter NDA varsity soccer coach Nick Senise was fully aware the Advance All-Star sweeper would have to miss her junior campaign who turned in a sensational season in leading St Gravante informed Senise she plans to practice with the Gators despite the fact she must sit "Although she can't participate (in games) this season she wants to train with us all season long,'' said Senise "And even having her during training will help our program this season "We're going to make the best of the situation.'' Gravante played two varsity seasons at Hill although she missed about a month as a freshman because of a lower abdominal injury she didn't miss a beat upon returning as a sophomore not only doing a superb job in her defensive responsibilities but contributing three goals and an assist as well in a league that was dominated by defense Gravante is especially dangerous on free kicks Senise said Gravante plans to continue playing travel ball and fully intends to join the Gators for her senior season a year from now "It's not every day a player of that caliber comes through your door (as a transfer) I've been coaching at NDA for 10 years .. and I've never seen it happen,'' admits Senise who said he plans to switch Gravante to a holding midfielder next year "She brings a wealth of skill and experience to our program "She plays a high caliber of travel ball that will have her ready when next season rolls around we're looking forward to her making an impact for us next season and glad she'll be taking part in our training (sessions) this fall.'' can't play her junior season as per CHSAA rules but the Advance All-Star sweeper will still help the Gators this fall began her career as a bus driver catering to special-needs children for Island Charter more than 10 years ago She still remembers being nervous on her first day "I didn't know what to expect," she said Senise was in love with her new occupation They get your heart," the mother of three said start their shift at 6:30 each morning by getting the kids excited for school "We get them clapping in the morning with music on the bus," she explained Some of these kids are on the bus for two hours Senise's bus has carried dozens of youngsters in 10 years "I've been all over Staten Island Every school you could think of," said the Brooklyn native You get to know everybody and everybody becomes friends," she said and they appreciate the lot extra that we do." she drove children to and from Paulo Intermediate School (IS 75) We would sing Christmas songs with the kids," she said noting that her passengers also loved the singer Adele Senise was a homemaker until her sons and daughter went to high school She then worked as a nursery-school secretary before making what she considers the best career choice she could have made two great parties each year and the luxury to take the bus home." Senise is able to head from her home to each of the 15 children she delivers to school and return home by 8:30 a.m "It affords me time to be home during the day," said Mrs because it's always about the kids," she explained Senise will drive and pick up from the Staten Island School of Civic Leadership in Graniteville starting this month She's a cheap psychiatrist," Mrs "We started out as a bus driver and a matron Both know every child's name on the bus "I really and truly do love my job," she said "I don't think too many people can say that." Notre Dame Academy's varsity soccer team left) wears purple prewrap to honor classmate Claire Hoban NDA's three captains wear purple captain bands for the junior .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Annie DeBiase/Special to the AdvanceOn game days Notre Dame Academy’s varsity soccer team wears purple the color isn’t in its typical green and black fashion the team plays for more than themselves every time they step out on the pitch who is a member of the basketball and softball programs at NDA fell ill last April in the middle of the softball season and has not been able to return to school since She is also a member of the travel softball team Staten Island Saints “Anyone who knows Claire knows she gave 1,000 percent to everything she was involved in including basketball and softball,” said head coach Nick Senise “Knowing what she went through and her fight on the road to recovery during our preseason my whole team spoke and we agreed that we wanted to use her as inspiration for us we wanted her to know we were thinking and praying for her whether it be on social media or anywhere else we wanted her to know we were giving everything we had on the field for her.” Senise bought three bands for his captains: Celia Dulligan “I was buying our captains’ bands for the season and made the effort to make sure they were purple for Claire,” explained Senise in terms of the purple pre-wrap and tape on the wrists They went out and got a case of purple pre-wrap for everybody we always did the pre-wrap before games and wrote down our intentions and who we were playing for It gave my players the strength to go on and keep playing in a tough game If they thought they couldn’t give anymore and they wanted to stop I wanted them to see the purple tape or find purple somewhere on the field and remember who they were playing for.” Notre Dame Academy goalkeeper Celia Dulligan wears both a purple captains' band and purple prewrap in honor of Claire Hoban The senior is also involved in the softball program at NDA alongside Hoban “When we first heard the news in April about Claire everyone at school was shocked,” said Dulligan who also plays right field for the Gators’ varsity softball team “We knew we wanted to do something for her started wearing purple ribbons to show we loved and were thinking of her “At both softball and soccer we have this saying before every game: ‘play hard play for Claire.’ We prayed for her before every game As for the purple Dulligan wears every soccer game she still finds the meaning and inspiration behind who she plays for anytime we’re in a tough game I just look down at my purple tape and my captain’s band and remember who I’m playing for,” said Dulligan “I find that piece of purple and give everything I can When the news broke across the Staten Island’s high school softball circuit last spring teams and schools jumped to show their support for Hoban Notre Dame Academy JV softball player Samantha Crowdell wore numerous items to show her support for teammate and classmate Claire Hoban including a 33strong sticker on her helmet Joseph by-the-Sea pitcher Ashley Weisenstein is also wearing a purple ribbon “There were so many fundraisers to support Claire,” said Senise “Teams were wearing purple ribbons for her; our softball program came together with Moore’s softball team to pray the Rosary; there was a big dine-out at Jimmy Max Just so many fundraisers to help Claire and her family what happened brought our school community and the Island’s sports community together for the better We were able to come together and just pray for her.” One of the biggest fundraisers was the selling of T-shirts and bracelets bearing the phrase 33Strong Hoban was honored with the sportsmanship award last May in the Joan A which was hosted by the Live Like Lisa Foundation made an appearance in the championship round and accepted the trophy in her place Notre Dame Academy's softball program takes a group picture following the Joan A was honored by receiving the sportsmanship award seen in the picture alongside a 33Strong poster .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Jerry Lee / Staten Island AdvanceALL SHORES — Joseph Hill's Abigail Garcia is flanked by Archbishop Kellenberg's Cat Slade and Bridet LaRosa as they were the top three finishers during Monday's Catholic state golf championships at Silver Lake GC .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.comSt Joseph Hill’s Abigail Garcia was Staten Island’s top finisher as she placed second at the Catholic state girls’ golf championships at Silver Lake Golf Course on Monday Garcia fired a 91 to finish plus-18 during the 18-hole round and only finished second to Archbishop Kellenberg’s Cat Slade The top six finishers in the field of 13 qualified for the state Federation tournament at Bethpage Red (L.I.) on June 9th Notre Dame Academy’s Talia Lioce finished fourth with a 97 (+24) while teammate Ava Tornello was sixth with a 105 (+32) Joseph by-the-Sea’s Siene Andersen and Santina Rose Corso also competed in Monday’s event The Island contingent teamed with the Brooklyn-Queens Diocese for a team competition that was won by Rockville Centre (487-513) There were 13 competitors who took part in Monday's Catholic state girls' golf championships at Silver Lake Golf Course Among the 13 golfers were a combined six Staten Islanders from Notre Dame Academy Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker known for his role in "CSI: NY," has revealed that his son McCanna "Mac" Sinise has died aged 33 Sinise died on January 5 after a five-and-a-half-year battle with chordoma The Gary Sinise Foundation posted a photo of Mac on Instagram with the caption "In Honor & Memory of McCanna 'Mac' Sinise 1990-2024." The couple also has daughters Sophie and Ella is best known for his roles in "Forrest Gump," "Apollo 13," and "The Green Mile." Mac had actively worked with the Gary Sinise Foundation and contributed to his father's Lt due to multiple spinal surgeries and the progression of his cancer in recent years In a heartfelt message posted on the Gary Sinise Foundation website Gary Sinise shared his thoughts and feelings about his son we are heartbroken and have been managing as best we can," he wrote My heart goes out to all who have suffered a similar loss Over the years I have met so many families of our fallen heroes "Our family's cancer fight lasted for 5 ½ years and it became more and more challenging as time went on we are comforted in knowing that Mac is no longer struggling and inspired and moved by how he managed it." Sinise revealed that both Mac and Moira were diagnosed with cancer in 2018 Moira battled breast cancer but has since successfully recovered Moira went into remission through a combination of successful surgery to remove lymph nodes along with chemotherapy and radiation treatments Mac faced a less fortunate outcome in his battle against cancer Sinise shared the challenging journey of his son revealing that Mac underwent surgery in September 2018 to remove a spinal tumor A second surgery was done in February 2019 to fight an infection even after news in May indicated the tumor's return and the cancer's spread His final project for the foundation was a poignant podcast interview with his father Despite being unable to play his main instruments who studied at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music began an unfinished composition during his time there Gary Sinise is a musician and actor from the United States He also has a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood and was nominated for an Academy Award Sinise has also won a lot of awards and recognition for his many acts of kindness and work with charitable organizations He helps out a lot of veterans’ groups and started the Lt which plays at military bases all over the world and is named after the character he played in Forrest Gump which is in the Italian region of Basilicata Sinise’s paternal grandfather was also Italian Sinise went to Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn He then went to Highland Park High School in Highland Park Sinise started the Steppenwolf Theatre Company with his friends Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry in 1974 Steppenwolf has featured famous actors like Joan Allen Sinise got better at acting and directing at Steppenwolf He won a Joseph Jefferson Award for directing the play Orphans by Lyle Kessler That took him from Chicago to New York City and then to London’s West End where he worked on more than thirty of the company’s shows Also Read: How Luka Modrić, Captain of Croatia National Football Team, Amassed a Massive Fortune of $75 Million? As of December 2022, Gary Sinise Has an Estimated Net Worth of $50 Million (Source: Celebrity Net Worth) He is known for his parts in many well-liked movies Gary Sinise has won a lot of awards and honors over the course of his career He also works hard to help a lot of veteran organizations From 2004 to 2013, Gary was on CSI: NY Gary made about $3 million per season or $100,000 per episode Also Read: How ‘Merchant of Death’ Viktor Bout Amassed a Fortune of $50 Million? Gary and Moira Harris bought a 5,300-square-foot home in a gated Calabasas neighborhood for $3.55 million in the late 2000s They put the house on the market for $3.8 million in May 2020 It has 5 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms and is 4,366 square feet The house has a family room and a media room on the second floor The master suite has two closets with custom organizers A brick patio and trellis are in the backyard they paid $5.25 million for a 30-acre estate on a hilltop in the Santa Rosa Valley of Ventura County Sinise’s career started to take off when he directed and acted in a production of True West by Steppenwolf in 1982. In 1983, he won an Obie Award for directing, and a year later, he and John Malkovich appeared in a production of the play on PBS’s American Playhouse which starred Richard Gere and was about two brothers who fought to keep the family farm from being taken away Sinise has also been in films like Of Mice and Men (which he also directed) He read the audiobook Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck which is a crime drama in which he plays Detective Mac Taylor Sinise has shown off his musical skills in several episodes Mac Taylor plays the bass guitar in a jazz club with Lt Dan Band members Kimo and Carol Williams and Danny Gottlieb The name of the band comes from Sinise’s role in the movie Forrest Gump Sinise used to be the host of the video for the Epcot ride Mission: SPACE at Walt Disney World in Orlando and a model for Baume & Mercier watches He helped start the group Operation Iraqi Children One of them is how our soldiers are helping to rebuild schools and help kids.” Sinise was the voice of the miniseries When We Left Earth, which aired on the Discovery Channel in 2008. George W. Bush gave him the Presidential Citizen Medal for helping the U.S military and doing good things for Iraqi children he was the voice of Army and Army Reserve Army Strong ads He is also the voice of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial across the country Sinise and David Scantling are the two people in charge of making the Iraq War documentary Brothers at War and Joseph Rademacher talk about their lives as part of an American military family Sinise gave the voiceover for the History Channel’s World War II in HD he was the voice behind the documentary Missions That Changed the War starting with “2002–2003 Season’s Best.” He has also been a part of the “Break Through” campaign since it began in the 2002 Super Bowl with “Rock and Roll” by Led Zeppelin and ended in late 2006 Sinise lent his voice to the Thomas Nelson audio Bible called The Word of Promise in 2009 Sinise got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 17 Sinise was chosen as the Grand Marshal of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade on October 30 Also Read: How American DJ ‘Diplo’ Amassed a Massive Fortune of $50 Million? Sinise supports several groups for veterans He often performs at military bases around the world as part of USO tours He also volunteered for the National Vietnam Veterans Arts Museum which is now called the National Veterans Art Museum Sinise is also on the Advisory Council of Hope For The Warriors a national non-profit whose goal is to help combat-wounded service members and the families of service members who have died by giving them care that isn’t medical Sinise reads the audiobook of “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck Sinise was the person who told the story at the Candlelight Processional at Disneyland in December 2011 In August 2012, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West gave Sinise an award at the United States Navy Memorial and made him an honorary U.S Navy Chief Petty Officer for his work with veterans the Commandant of the Marine Corps made him an honorary Marine Sinise started co-hosting the National Memorial Day Concert on the Mall in Washington He is the national spokesperson for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial and spends a lot of time getting the word out about the memorial and other groups that help veterans the Joe Foss Institute gave him an award for his work with veterans he got the Outstanding Civilian Service Award which is the third-highest honor in the Department of the Army Civilian Awards This was because his work with the Gary Sinise Foundation had helped the U.S The foundation raises more than $30 million every year it builds smart homes for disabled veterans he took part in Troopathon VI in 2013 to help raise money for care packages for American troops He was given the 2015 Sylvanus Thayer Award by the West Point Association of Graduates This award is given to a person who did not go to West Point but whose character and accomplishments reflect the values that are important to the U.S a video of Gary Sinise reacting to a video of Colin Powell and Robin Roberts thanking Sinise for his humanitarian work went viral Sinise was given the Humanitarian Award by the Location Managers Guild at their annual awards ceremony in 2020 This was in honor of the work he does with the Gary Sinise Foundation Sinise read a quote from President Calvin Coolidge: “The nation that forgets its defenders will be forgotten.” Sinise led the ceremony to open the World War I memorial in Washington In 1981, Sinise got married to the actress Moira Harris Sinise got an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Amherst College in 2003 Bush gave him the Presidential Citizens Medal of the United States Sinise is a big fan of both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Bears we are a team of passionate writers and industry experts who are dedicated to bringing you the latest and most relevant news and insights in these fast-paced and ever-evolving fields From celebrity interviews and movie reviews to tech product launches and industry analysis