Editing Sean Scully (section)

=== Education ===
In September 1965 Sean Scully, age 20, began to study full-time at [[Croydon College of Art]], London, before moving on to [[Newcastle University]] in 1968.<ref name="ft2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/e41df252-5528-11e9-91f9-b6515a54c5b1 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/e41df252-5528-11e9-91f9-b6515a54c5b1 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Unstoppable: Sean Scully and the Art of Everything, BBC2 — a portrait of abstract art's great showman|author=Sue Feay|date=5 April 2019|work=[[Financial Times]]|access-date=8 April 2019|place=London}}</ref> At Newcastle University, the University Theatre's production of [[Samuel Beckett]]’s ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' made a lasting impact on him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/alumni/community/inspire/profiles/seanscully/|title=Sean Scully - Newcastle University|website=ncl.ac.uk|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref> Scully was also influenced by a trip to [[Morocco]] in 1969, where he became fascinated by the multi-colored stripes locals wove into wool tents and robes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgdLQm3NPY8C&q=sean+scully&pg=PA77|title=Unnatural Wonders: Essays from the Gap Between Art and Life|last=Danto|first=Arthur Coleman|date=2007|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-14115-4}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.themodern.org/blog/Seeing-Stripes-Sean-Scullys-Catherine-Series/352|title=Seeing Stripes: Sean Scully's "Catherine" Series {{!}} Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth|website=themodern.org|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref> Scully was awarded the [[Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship]] in 1972 to attend Harvard University.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/sean-scully|title=Sean Scully {{!}} Artists {{!}} Lisson Gallery|website=lissongallery.com|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref> It was during this first stay in the US that Scully began to experiment with new techniques such as tape and spray paint.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAo7CwAAQBAJ&q=sean+scully|title=Art Since 1989 (World of Art)|last=Grovier|first=Kelly|date=2015-12-07|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-77294-2}}</ref>