Dr. Sharif Bey, artist and professor of art and art education at syracuseu, credits the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild as a formative space in his career as an artist. His mixed media sculptures explore the cultural significance of ornamentation and have appeared in solo and group exhibitions, both local and national. . “Adolescence can be somewhat of a storm. The arts can shelter kids during that complicated period. You got to grab onto something and hold on. Grab your guitar, grab your loose leaf paper: write something, draw something; sing something, sculpt something; dance. And what we hold onto grounds us and helps us find the time to negotiate who we are or who we might become.” – Dr. Bey . See his work, Gold Bird (pictured here on the left), in A Pittsburgh Anthology, an exhibition celebrating the creative life of Pittsburgh. . Installation view of Sharif Bey and Lenka Clayton, A Pittsburgh Anthology, 2019, Carnegie Museum of Art. Photo: Bryan Conley #Sculpture #SharifBey #MyPitts...