JOSEPH 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
 			  
raduating 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, The Wedding Singer, 

Curtains, Xanadu,  and most recently, Young Frankenstein and Cry Baby.
 			    
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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