Weinstein, Sherell

1928 - 2017  (88 years)

• Name	Weinstein, Sherell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Born	3 Nov 1928	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA   [1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Jul 2017	Catskill, Greene, New York, USA   [8]
  Person ID	I1666	Our Family | Descendants of Abraham Strauss
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family	Jacobson, Robert Louis
  Children	+ 1. Jacobson-Carroll, Matthew   2. Jacobson, Douglas Roy + 3. Jacobson, Peter + 4. Jacobson, Stephanie   5. Jacobson, Jim   6. Jacobson, Dov
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F3628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sherell Jacobson, Sculptor, Art Advocate, Activist, Dies at 88. Born in 1928, in Staten Island, New York. Sherell Weinstein was the daughter of Harry, local pharmacist, and Mary, a milliner. A lifelong learner, 'Shez' graduated from Port Richmond High School to Brooklyn College. Majoring in Art, she completed her first-in-family bachelor's degree at Bradley University in 1949. As an adult, she studied ceramic arts at Greenwich House in Manhattan, in Florence, Italy, and Haystack Mountain School in Maine. In her 60s, she began two years of residency at the University of Maryland, earning her MFA in Sculpture in 1994. She married Robert Jacobson, a Staten Island dental student, in 1951. Living in Manhattan, Sherell designed window displays for Fifth Avenue retailer Alfred Dunhill, before joining the interior design firm Lucien Piccard. She raised a family in naval officers' quarters on Parris Island, SC during Robert's tour of duty. Returning to Staten Island, the family grew to six children. Shez was a vital figure in the 1960's Staten Island arts community and the contemporary crafts movement. Her gallery, The Hand and Wheel, introduced many influential craftspeople to the public. After moving to Sergeantsville, New Jersey in 1976, she reopened The Hand and Wheel near that town's covered bridge. Sherell was an activist in many preservation projects, successfully defending the Staten Island Greenbelt from a funded highway project and fighting industrial exploitation of the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. Sherell and Robert donated a stretch of pristine coastline in Deer Isle, Maine to the Nature Conservancy. In her seventies, Shez led the successful preservation of historic downtown Catskill, NY then scheduled to be razed by Greene County. As an artist, Sherell exhibited widely, including the opening of the Albany International Airport Gallery. She was an active member of the Tivoli (NY) Artists' Cooperative. Her distinct vision was recognized by the Yaddo art colony, which selected her for a resident fellowship. She pioneered the downtown art scene of Hudson, NY with her Warren Street studio. Sherell is known for her distinctive organic sculpture in steel, stone, paper, clay and found materials. No less significant is the creative mark she leaves in the homes she and Robert discovered, inhabited and transformed. Dozens of these houses can be found across historic Staten Island, coastal Maine, South Jersey and along the Delaware River, rural Virginia, Mexico and the Hudson Valley. She loved to roam the American countryside as well as India, southern Europe and the Middle East. Sherell and Bob have long helped sustain Temple Israel of Catskill NY. At one point in their late seventies, they were its youngest congregants. Her greatest influence is on the people with whom she lived. She is survived by Robert, her husband of 65 years, as well as five children: Dov, Stephanie, Peter, Jim and Matt, and is preceded in death by her son Douglas. Her network of loved ones include twelve grandchildren, two great grandchildren and innumerable friends. Sherell gently died in her husband's arms on July 23, 2017. Sherell Jacobson, Sculptor, Art Advocate, Activist, Dies at 88. Born in 1928, in Staten Island, New York. Sherell Weinstein was the daughter of Harry, local pharmacist, and Mary, a milliner. A lifelong learner, 'Shez' graduated from Port Richmond High School to Brooklyn College. Majoring in Art, she completed her first-in-family bachelor's degree at Bradley University in 1949. As an adult, she studied ceramic arts at Greenwich House in Manhattan, in Florence, Italy, and Haystack Mountain School in Maine. In her 60s, she began two years of residency at the University of Maryland, earning her MFA in Sculpture in 1994. She married Robert Jacobson, a Staten Island dental student, in 1951. Living in Manhattan, Sherell designed window displays for Fifth Avenue retailer Alfred Dunhill, before joining the interior design firm Lucien Piccard. She raised a family in naval officers' quarters on Parris Island, SC during Robert's tour of duty. Returning to Staten Island, the family grew to six children. Shez was a vital figure in the 1960's Staten Island arts community and the contemporary crafts movement. Her gallery, The Hand and Wheel, introduced many influential craftspeople to the public. After moving to Sergeantsville, New Jersey in 1976, she reopened The Hand and Wheel near that town's covered bridge. Sherell was an activist in many preservation projects, successfully defending the Staten Island Greenbelt from a funded highway project and fighting industrial exploitation of the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. Sherell and Robert donated a stretch of pristine coastline in Deer Isle, Maine to the Nature Conservancy. In her seventies, Shez led the successful preservation of historic downtown Catskill, NY then scheduled to be razed by Greene County. As an artist, Sherell exhibited widely, including the opening of the Albany International Airport Gallery. She was an active member of the Tivoli (NY) Artists' Cooperative. Her distinct vision was recognized by the Yaddo art colony, which selected her for a resident fellowship. She pioneered the downtown art scene of Hudson, NY with her Warren Street studio. Sherell is known for her distinctive organic sculpture in steel, stone, paper, clay and found materials. No less significant is the creative mark she leaves in the homes she and Robert discovered, inhabited and transformed. Dozens of these houses can be found across historic Staten Island, coastal Maine, South Jersey and along the Delaware River, rural Virginia, Mexico and the Hudson Valley. She loved to roam the American countryside as well as India, southern Europe and the Middle East. Sherell and Bob have long helped sustain Temple Israel of Catskill NY. At one point in their late seventies, they were its youngest congregants. Her greatest influence is on the people with whom she lived. She is survived by Robert, her husband of 65 years, as well as five children: Dov, Stephanie, Peter, Jim and Matt, and is preceded in death by her son Douglas. Her network of loved ones include twelve grandchildren, two great grandchildren and innumerable friends. Sherell gently died in her husband's arms on July 23, 2017.

  
  

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