Background
Mary Costanza was born on May 14, 1927 in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States. She is the daughter of Berardo Scarpone and Carmela (Di Ferdinando) Scarpone.
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Mary Costanza was born on May 14, 1927 in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States. She is the daughter of Berardo Scarpone and Carmela (Di Ferdinando) Scarpone.
In 1950, Mary graduated from Temple University, where she got Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.
Costanza attained Distinguished Alumni Award from Temple University.
Mary Costanza worked as a teacher in the Philadelphia school system — she taught in various colleges, including Gratz College. In 1978, she edited and co-designed catalog for art exhibit for International Conference on the Holocaust, which was held at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.
Mary Costanza headed Costanza Art Gallery. She also worked as a curator and director of Holocaust Art Exchange Museum of American-Jewish History in Philadelphia and appeared on television and radio programs, including "Voice of America", "Close-Up", "Good Morning America" and "Eye on Education".
Also, Mary acted as an exhibitor, keynote speaker and lecturer at internationally held conferences. Her works were exhibited in group and solo exhibitions at Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Civic Center Museum, Delaware Art Museum, The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, William Penn Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem Memorial Museum and at various galleries in New York, including Haller Gallery.
Mary Costanza gained recognition for her book "The Living Witness: Art in Concentration Camps and Ghettos", a compilation of more than one hundred works of art by survivors of the Jewish ghettos and Nazi concentration camps of the World War II era. In 1982, the work was named the Best Book of the Year.
Mary's art works are kept in permanent collections of Yad Vashem Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Ghetto Fighter’s House in Asherat, Daylesford Abbey in Paoli, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Delaware Museum of Art, Harcum Junior College in Bryn Mawr, Haverford High School in Havertown, Sheraton Corporation and others.
Between 1971-1972 and 1974-1975, she received Connelly grants.
Mary is also the recipient of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, B'Nai B'rith Education Award and Jewish Martyrs Humanitarian Award.
Mary Costanza is a member of United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Pennsylvania State Department of Education Holocaust Task Force, Italian Historical Society of America, Authors Guild and American Association of University Women.
Mary married John Costanza, an artist and educator, on September 1, 1951. The couple gave birth to two children — Nina and Jon Marc.
