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Cranbrook, receiving his MFA in 1969, where he studied bronze and iron casting under Julius Schmidt and ceramics with
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grant in 1999. Phillips obtained an award from Boston
Landmarks Commission for the Dr. Melvin Lederman Vietnam War Memorial.
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Strider fountain" located at Eastern Connecticut State University (1992)
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237:"Dancing with the Spheres", at the Animal Rescue League of Boston, MA
871:"Public Art Tour - Walking Stop #5 Bronze Crabs by David Phillips, 1977"
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671:"What's New: A piece of Public Art on NEC's Campus"
177:"Bread" at Riverside Press Park in Cambridge, MA
495:"List of grantees - Pollock-Krasner Foundation"
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