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Demonstration and Hands On June 26-28 2004 |
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Internationally famed artist and woodturner Betty Scarpino will demonstrate for the PBCW Saturday, June 26, 2004 at the Okeeheelee Nature Center. Following Saturday's demonstration Ms Scarpino will conduct two days of hands on workshops at Dave Friedman's studio. |
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Betty Scarpino started working with wood almost 30 years ago as an industrial arts major at the University of Missouri, Columbia, where she also studied sculpture. Her studio is located in her home. Betty's wood sculpture is widely collected, and she is represented in a number of private as well as public collections, such as Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Renwick Gallery of |
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the National Museum of American Art, Detroit Institute of Arts and Yale University Art Museum. A number of museum catalogs, books, and articles on turned wood contain photos of her work. Betty has also written several articles about her work, the most recent appearing in Turning Points Magazine, Winter 2003, "Betty Scarpino: A Diaogue." Betty also teaches and demonstrates woodworking techniques, and she |
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was recently an invited participant at the 2003 International Woodturning Symposium, held in Puy Saint-Martin, France. In March 2002, Betty gave a slide/talk presentation at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, as part of the opening ceremony of the exhibition, "Wood Turning in North America Since 1930." Her Altered Plate, "The Most Indirect Route" is represented in |
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that exhibition. "Today much of the more interesting work featured under the general heading of wood turning only begins at the lathe. That's especially true of the heavily carved turnings of . . . Betty Scarpino." -- Richard Raffan.. Betty is most famous for her carving and for her use of bleaches and colorants in her woodturnings. |
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Admission to the demonstration is just $30. The hands on workshops are limited to 5 students per day. In the event that more students apply than can be accommodated a drawing will be held on May 30 to determine the attendees. A registration form is available at : http://www.pbcw.org/specialevents/registration. |