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Nelson Maniscalco is a professor of art at Cedar Crest College. Nelson Maniscalco works with real bones from small animals to create scaled down interpretations of the prehistoric creatures. Through a painstaking process of modeling, molding and casting each bone in bronze, he explores the relationship between art and science. In 1994 he created a commemorative bronze skeletal dinosaur series for exhibition and sale at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.

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Sculpture

Jewelry and Metalsmithing

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Bronzeworking

Education (2)

Temple University: M.F.A., Fine Art

Tyler School of Art: B.F.A., Fine Art

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Professor to Create Sculpture of Australia's Largest Dinosaur

Cedar Crest College  online

2015-01-01

Nelson Maniscalco, professor of art, has been commissioned by Australian Age of Dinosaurs (AAOD) Ltd. to create a bronze skeletal sculpture of Australovenator wintonensis, also known as "Banjo,"a recently discovered dinosaur fossil and the largest predatory animal ever found in Australia. "Banjo"is estimated to have been about 15 feet long and similar in size, features and carnivorous activity to the velociraptor made famous in the Jurassic Park films...

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Arts Around Town: Dinosaurs alive and well for Cedar Crest's Nelson Maniscalco

69News  online

2012-05-31

Talking with Nelson Maniscalco is a trip – a trip back in time when dinosaurs walked the earth. Everything you ever wanted to know about these large, predatory animals comes naturally to the Cedar Crest College professor of art who has literally spent a lifetime walking in their tracks and reconstructing their presence right down to the bone...

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