Barbara Hepworth civil engineer for the West Riding County Council, who in 1921 became County Surveyor. Hepworth attended Wakefield Girls' High School, where she was awarded music prizes at the age of twelve as noted by Sophie Bowness in "Rhythm of the Stones: Barbara Hepworth and Music" and won a scholarship to and studied at the Leeds School of Art from 1920. It was there that she met her fellow student, Henry Moore. They became friends and established a friendly rivalry that lasted professionally for many years. Hepworth was the first to sculpt the pierced figures that are characteristic of works by
Michael J. Epstein reverse-shoplifted onto store shelves, Dictionaraoke, songs created with vocals by dictionary readings of words, and the Beethoven Reclamation Society, a piece in which many artists each recreated a segment of Beethoven's 9th Symphony using sound collaging. Epstein is married to filmmaker and artist Sophia Cacciola. He resides in Los Angeles. Michael J. Epstein Michael J. Epstein (born 1976), is an American filmmaker, musician and writer. Epstein has spoken and written about the impact of local media on the arts, music service gatekeeping, effective social networking, and crowdfunding. Epstein was born in Smithtown, New York. His father is author Lawrence J.