Betty Scarpino

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b. 1949, Wenatchee, Washington


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN
Gallery of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, CT


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007        Coming of Age, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
2006         Hoosier Salon 82nd Annual Exhibition, Indiana State Museum, Purchase Award
        Contemporary American Woodturning, Rochester Art Center, Minnesota
        Woodturning On The Edge, Prichard Art Gallery of the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
        Our Turn Now: Artists Speak Out in Wood, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2005-07    Connections: International Turning Exchange 1995-2005, Phillip and Muriel
            Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA,
             international traveling exhibtion
2005        Whispers to Shouts: Indiana Women Who Create, Indiana State Museum, IN
        Betty Scarpino: Expressions in Wood, solo show, Indianapolis Art Center,
            Indianapolis, IN
2004        Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/ Contemporary Expressions, Craft and Folk
            Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
        Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
        Hands, Head and Heart: The Bohlen Collection of Wood Art, University
            of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
        Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2003-04    New Work in a New Gallery, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME
2003        A Tribute to Rude Osolnik: An Exhibition of Contemporary Turned Wood,
            Kentucky Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
        Women in Woodworking, Lecturer, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American
             Art Museum, Washington, DC
        Journees Mondiales: Tournage d'Art Sur Bois, Exhibitor and Lecturer,                        Puy St. Martin, France
2002, 07    Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002        New Beginnings: 78th Annual Exhibition, Award, Hoosier Salon, Indiana State
             Museum, Indianapolis, IN
        Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2001-02, 07    Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001-02    Wood Turning in North America Since 1930,
            The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
            Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
            Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT