Betty Scarpino

(www.bettyscarpino.com 5-2-08) Lives in Indianapolis, Indiana (2008) Scarpino was born in 1949 in Wenatchee, Washington, USA. Her career began in the seventies, when she produced purely functional pieces. While these early years did not develop artistic innovation, Scarpino mastered the techniques that now create her sculptural and non-functional pieces. She has a degree in industrial arts from the University of Missouri where she also studied wood sculpture.Scarpino works full time as a sculptor, writer, teacher, and printmaker. Her work is offered for sale in many fine art galleries throughout the United States.

Collections:

Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C. Museum of Arts and Design, New York Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, Connecticut Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina State University Contemporary Museum of Art, Hawaii Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Exhibits 2008 - AV Art Gallery, Indianapolis, November 2008. "Over the Edge: Woodturning into Sculpture," Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho September 2008 - November 2008, exhibit touring into 2010 2005, 06, 07 "Connections: International Turning Exchange 1995-2005," Phillip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, traveling to numerous other U.S. museums, followed by international tour.