Steven Barbash and Phyllis Elayne Beeson
Husband Steven Barbash
Born: 1933 - New York, New York County, NY Baptized: Died: 17 Aug 2016 - Lansing, Tompkins County, NY Buried: Find A Grave ID: 175869722Marriage: 23 Dec 2000 - Carnegie Hall, New York, Kings County, NY
Wife Phyllis Elayne Beeson
Born: 9 Nov 1942 - Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK Baptized: Died: 7 Jul 2002 - Lansing, Tompkins County, NY Buried: - Mineral Springs Cemetery, Mineral Spring, Barry County, MO Find A Grave ID: 7160900
Father: Kenneth Morgan Beeson {FSID: LT4W-PHX, FGID: 5078537} Mother: Pearl Irene Wode {FSID: LT4H-79T, FGID: 5078538}
Other Spouse: Dr. Anthony Frederick (Tony) Susen
Children
General Notes: Husband - Steven Barbash
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BIRTH
1933
New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
DEATH
17 Aug 2016 (aged 82–83)
Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, USA
BURIAL
Burial Details Unknown
MEMORIAL ID
175869722
Professor Steven Barbash touched so many lives in so many ways. He was an artist, teacher, mentor . . . a father, husband and grandfather . . . an entertaining storyteller, good friend and gracious host. An avid gardener and reader, he liked nothing better than sharing his canned specialties and signature soups with guests during his many unforgettable soirees. Steven loved people and people loved him, and he made the world a better place. Steven died at home in Lansing, NY, on August 17, 2016 after an extended illness. Born in New York City, he cherished family connections. Fun-loving, compassionate, and generous, he had an encyclopedic memory and knew how to share a good story. Steven earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Art and Architecture at Yale University and began his teaching career at Juniata College (PA) in 1960. Ten years later he joined the faculty at SUNY Cortland as a professor and as Chairman of the Art Department. He later retired as a University Distinguished Professor, after leaving behind a living legacy in the many students he influenced. He encouraged and guided his students to leverage their potential and achieve their goals. A resident of Ithaca for more than thirty years, Steven was drawn to the beauty of the gorges and natural wonders of this area. Naturally curious, and a seasoned traveler, Steven's trips to Europe, Africa, the Orient and Caribbean augmented his understanding of the world, which was reflected in his work. Steven had an appetite for life and lived it to the fullest. He was a "one man show" in every way - literally. His work was displayed worldwide, in both museums and galleries, including the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney Museum (all in NYC), at the Jane Haslem Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian and Library of Congress in Washington, DC, and at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. His work was also exhibited in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and Houston. Steven is survived by his wife, Judy (Lohr) Barbash of Lansing, NY, a daughter, Laura Reid (Blake) of Trumansburg, NY, one grandson, Riley, two step-sons, Brandon Regard and Jarrett Regard (Valerie) and many nieces, nephews and cousins. A celebration honoring Steven's life will be held at the Treman Center in Ithaca, NY, at 3 PM, Sunday, September 4, 2016. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the at donatenow.heart.org.
Published in Ithaca Journal on Aug. 26, 2016
Created by: Neil Johnson
Added: 30 Jan 2017
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 175869722
memorial page for Steven Barbash (1933–17 Aug 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 175869722; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Neil Johnson (contributor 48411356).
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Steven-Barbash/317AB96041AB77BD/Biography
https://museum.cornell.edu/exhibitions/shared-experience-steven-barbash-collection
"Painter, printmaker, and draftsman Steven Barbash has been collecting art for more than fifty-five years. Not surprisingly, the pattern of his collecting follows the path of his long career. The oldest works in the exhibition coincide with the beginnings of Barbash’s own training at Bard College under Louis Schanker. Subsequently, as a graduate student at Yale, Barbash admired works by his teachers, especially prints by the master etcher Gabor Peterdi. For the first time at Yale, however, Barbash also found himself among a cohort of similarly gifted young artists, like Michael Mazur and Robert Birmelin, who charted a resolutely but innovatively figural course in a sea of abstraction, and whose work Barbash has continued to acquire up to the present day.
Teaching positions at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and Cortland State University introduced Barbash to new colleagues and students whose work made its way into his collection. These include George Dugan, Zevi Blum, Joan Branca, and Susan Weisend, as well as Evan Summer, a chemistry major at Cortland who went on with Barbash’s support to great success as an etcher. Following his retirement from Cortland, Barbash has avidly collected the work of local artists, such as printmaker, painter, and neighbor Gillian Pederson-Krag.
Steven Barbash speaks of the works in his collection alternately with admiration and envy. His approach to collecting is a search for methods of mark-making that he himself is unable to mimic, and many of the works with which he surrounds himself express his belief in the mystery and the magic of art making. Sometimes the works are old friends, giving pleasure in the viewing, and underscoring the validity of the hardworking artist’s life. Other times, they offer up a challenge, providing inspiration to keep producing work worthy of the standard they establish.
We are privileged to share Steven’s insight into a lifelong process of collecting, and to be able bring many of his old friends to our public. Our thanks, too, to Judith Barbash, for her design of a beautiful catalogue, and for her goodwill and hospitality throughout the project.
Andrew C. Weislogel
Associate Curator / Master Teacher"
General Notes: Wife - Phyllis Elayne Beeson
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BIRTH
9 Nov 1942
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH
7 Jul 2002 (aged 59)
Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, USA
BURIAL
Mineral Springs Cemetery
Mineral Spring, Barry County, Missouri, USA
PLOT
MEMORIAL ID
7160900
Phyllis Susen Barbash / PSO Harpist - Top Music Educator
It takes a luminous second career to outshine the distinction of being a Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musician, but Phyllis had the drive & desire to manage the feat.
Mrs. Barbash died at her home in of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis often called 'Lou Gehrig's disease.' Mrs. Barbash attended the Manhattan School of Music & eventually gained a post in the PSO as a harpist. She performed in that prestigious position from 1966 - 1971.
But she felt the tug of another calling. "Harpists - you know how much they play," said Barbara Thompson, executive director of the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras. "She was an energetic person & needed to do more."
Spurred in part by Dr. Anthony Susen, the Pittsburgh neurosurgeon who was then her husband, & by the urging of Marie Maazel, who ran the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, she threw herself into the field of music education. In 1974, she founded the Three Rivers Training Orchestra w/Bernard Goldberg as music director. In 1985, the organization was to merge w/another youth orchestra to become the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras. Mrs. Barbash took to her new role as education advocate quickly.
"The youth orchestra is where she got her feet wet in education, fund-raising & interacting in schools" Thompson said.
After 15 years, the Philadelphia Orchestra hired her to be its director of education. She ran that program so successfully from 1988 to 1994 that Carnegie Hall in NY hired her to revamp its program, which she did from 1994-2001.
"She went very rapidly up the ladder," said Steven Barbash, her husband. "We used to say its a long to Carnegie Hall."
"She basically took an education program that was in its infancy and built it into something that is very well respected, not only in New York City but in the whole country," said Lisa Halasz, the present Carnegie Hall director of education. "She is probably the most famous educator to come out of a cultural institution like an orchestra."
Much of Mrs. Barbash's popularity was due to her endearing personality. "She was very public & social," said her husband. "She was utterly unpretentious, but she was a natural aristocrat. She could get people to do things by acts of will."
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11 Jul 2002 Andrew Druckenbrod, Post-Gazette Classical Music Critic Pittsburgh, PA
(bio by: Family???)
Family links:
Parents:
Kenneth Morgan Beeson (1921 - 2013)
Pearl Irene Wode Beeson (1913 - 1999)
Maintained by: Family??
Originally Created by: Kevin D. Held
Added: 7 Feb 2003
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7160900
memorial page for Phyllis Elayne Beeson Barbash (9 Nov 1942–7 Jul 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7160900, citing Mineral Springs Cemetery, Mineral Spring, Barry County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Family?? (contributor 47422469).
Notes: Marriage
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https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/24/style/weddings-phyllis-susen-steven-barbash.html
"Phyllis Beeson Susen, the director of education at Carnegie Hall, was married there yesterday to Steven A. Barbash, a retired college professor and painter. The Rev. Randolph Weber, a Presbyterian minister, officiated in the Rose Museum. Bella Linden, a Carnegie Hall trustee, also participated in the service, which incorporated Jewish traditions.
Mrs. Barbash, 58, oversees family, school and neighborhood concerts at Carnegie Hall. She graduated from the Manhattan School of Music, and is a daughter of Kenneth M. Beeson, a retired hog farmer in Cassville, Mo., and the late Pearl Beeson.
Mr. Barbash, 67, is the distinguished professor emeritus of art and art history at the State University College at Cortland, N.Y. He received a bachelor's degree in art from Bard College and another in painting from Yale, from which he also received a Master of Fine Arts degree. The bridegroom is the son of the late Pauline and Martin Barbash, who lived in the Bronx. His father was a furrier for Corbeau Furs, which was in Manhattan.
The bride's previous marriage ended in divorce, as did the bridegroom's."
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