JOSEPH B. FORBES

Mr. Forbes has been a professional Scenic Artist working in New York for
 			    
more than 25 years. He attended the University of North Carolina, and after
 			  
graduating with a degree in Theatrical Design, studied with Lester Polokov
 			    
in New York. He became a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 in 

1974.
 			    
He has worked in theater, ballet, film, and television. 
 			    
In 1994, he founded Scenic Art Studios which has become one of the

premier scene painting studios for Broadway musicals including such 

shows as The Producers, Hairspray, 42nd Street, Aida, Beauty and the 

Beast, Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Spam-a-lot, Chitty 

Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins, Jersey Boys, Young Frankenstein, South

Pacific, and most recently, Shrek, The Musical.
 			    
In 2003, he formed The Studio and Forum of Scenic Arts to help teach the
 			    
art of Scene Painting to a new generation of theatrical artists. To this end, 

Mr. Forbes  also teaches scene painting for  SUNY Purchase.
 			    
 			  

   
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