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Here is a little bit about the Artist:
About the Artist:
Joseph G. Keeffe, Artist in Residence for the Town of Arlington
Joseph G. Keeffe, always shared his artistic experience during his impromptu art lessons with the children and gently remind them that they should only let their pencil, not their hands touch the paper.
Joe, the youngest of 6 children and a lifelong resident of Arlington was born in 1926 and was a 1944 graduate of Arlington High School where he was a member of the varsity football and baseball teams.
Joe served his country in the United States Navy beginning in 1944 where he saw action in the Pacific on the USS St. Paul. Joe was one of four brothers to serve their country during WW II. He was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1946. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in education from the Massachusetts School of Art in 1951, he got his start as a graphic artist for the Hirshon-Garfield Advertising Agency in Boston. He was soon named Art Director for the Stern/Frank Advertising agency in Boston.
As Joe became more active in his community, he resigned from Stern/Frank Advertising and began work as Art Director and Graphic Designer at the Maran Printing Company in Arlington where he was instrumental in the Company’s growth and retired in 2001 after more than 30 years of service.
Joe was an officer for the Touchdown Club of Arlington, a member of the Arlington Art Association and Arlington Center for the Arts. He volunteered his time and talent to many community organizations including the Bicentennial Committee, the Town’s scholarship fund and various political campaigns. He was Artist in Residence for the Arlington Trisesquecentennial. He created several works of art in the spirit of Arlington’s three-hundred and fiftieth. One of his proudest achievements was the presentation of his drawing of the Lexington Minuteman to President Gerald Ford during the Bicentennial Celebration of the American Revolution.
He was an avid and gifted painter who drew inspiration from his love of local history and his travels throughout New England, especially Cape Cod, as well as Canada and Ireland. His travels are well documented in his sketches, watercolors and oil paintings of the architecture, oceans and landscape that surrounded him.
Joe’s expression of his love for life can be found within his family and his artwork.
Joseph G. Keeffe, always shared his artistic experience during his impromptu art lessons with the children and gently remind them that they should only let their pencil, not their hands touch the paper.
Joe, the youngest of 6 children and a lifelong resident of Arlington was born in 1926 and was a 1944 graduate of Arlington High School where he was a member of the varsity football and baseball teams.
Joe served his country in the United States Navy beginning in 1944 where he saw action in the Pacific on the USS St. Paul. Joe was one of four brothers to serve their country during WW II. He was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1946. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in education from the Massachusetts School of Art in 1951, he got his start as a graphic artist for the Hirshon-Garfield Advertising Agency in Boston. He was soon named Art Director for the Stern/Frank Advertising agency in Boston.
As Joe became more active in his community, he resigned from Stern/Frank Advertising and began work as Art Director and Graphic Designer at the Maran Printing Company in Arlington where he was instrumental in the Company’s growth and retired in 2001 after more than 30 years of service.
Joe was an officer for the Touchdown Club of Arlington, a member of the Arlington Art Association and Arlington Center for the Arts. He volunteered his time and talent to many community organizations including the Bicentennial Committee, the Town’s scholarship fund and various political campaigns. He was Artist in Residence for the Arlington Trisesquecentennial. He created several works of art in the spirit of Arlington’s three-hundred and fiftieth. One of his proudest achievements was the presentation of his drawing of the Lexington Minuteman to President Gerald Ford during the Bicentennial Celebration of the American Revolution.
He was an avid and gifted painter who drew inspiration from his love of local history and his travels throughout New England, especially Cape Cod, as well as Canada and Ireland. His travels are well documented in his sketches, watercolors and oil paintings of the architecture, oceans and landscape that surrounded him.
Joe’s expression of his love for life can be found within his family and his artwork.
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