Gabe Clark-Lipman This is Me

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   Published on: 10/7/2005   Last Visited: 10/8/2005

   Bridget Clark and her mom, Gabe Clark-Lipman will be featured in the Norwich Art Council's "Like Mother, Like Daughter" art exhibit.
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   Bridget is a senior at Norwich Free Academy; Clark-Lipman has been an art teacher with Norwich schools for more than 20 years.
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   What: "Like Mother, Like Daughter" art show featuring Gabe Clark-Lipman and Bridget Clark.
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   Artist and art teacher Gabe Clark-Lipman and her daughter Bridget, 17, a senior at Norwich Free Academy, are displaying some of their work in "Like Mother, Like Daughter," which runs through October 29.
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   Clark-Lipman has been a member of the Norwich Arts Co-Operative, a non-profit gallery, since it's inception 15-years ago, and she teaches art to about 600 pre-kindergarten through fifth-graders at Huntington Elementary School and Veteran's Elementary School, both in Norwich.
   
   Carol Pruitt is a teacher in the Norwich school district and was part of the team that interviewed Gabe for her current teaching position more than 20 years ago.
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   Clark-Lipman's two classrooms and her home studio are filled with many items most people would be recycling.
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   "It's hard work," said Clark-Lipman who sometimes needs to force herself to work on a piece.
   
   "It's practice, practice, practice," she said.
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   "I take a photograph of something that inspires me," said Clark-Lipman of her favorite technique, "and kind of transport myself through the photograph."
   
   She likes using a Gesso effect, which is similar to the streaks around the edges of old photographs.
   
   She calls teaching a noble profession that brings a special reward.
   
   "Nothing makes me happier than a student saying 'Look Mrs. Lipman, I did it,'" she said.
   
   Nancy Podurgiel is a retired teacher and has known Clark-Lipman for more than 20 years.
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   "If I could describe Gabe the artist it would be dynamic," said Podurgiel.
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   "I really think it's cool that's she's following a passion of mine," said Clark-Lipman of her daughter's pursuit.
   
   When Clark-Lipman was a child she began pursuing art as soon as she was able to pick up a pair of scissors and her parents hung her work on the refrigerator.
   
   Clark-Lipman also hung Bridget's early work on the fridge but, thanks to her professional career, was able to give her daughter a different level of encouragement than what she received from her parents.
   
   "My parents were supportive but they didn't understand the opportunities for an artist," she said.