Ceramic Sculptor:
Texture, Form and Imagery

“For me, the clay process is therapeutic, mesmerizing and playful. Many of my sculptures are gateways, mysteriously leading to the inner psyche, dreams or memories. Mosaic shards are used to combine disparate elements into new forms of harmony. My narrative sculptures embody my own mythology which explores well-being, womanhood and passages through the use of irony, metaphor and humor to create the unexpected.”

Bette Ann. Libby has worked in clay since 1972 and has been inspired by her sojourn in Samoa, South Asia, India and the Mid-east. She currently works in her studio in Brookline, MA. Her original ceramic shard mosaics may be commissioned for site specific installation.

Honors:
MACC Grant for Brookline Sculptors: “Studios Without Walls” at Allandale Farm, 1999-2003
MACC Exemplary Grant, 2002
DeCordova Museum: Corporate Artist, 2002-04

Sculpture Awards:
STATE of CLAY, 1st Prize, Lexington A & C, juried by P. Beasecker, 2004
The Cambridge Art Assoc, juried by Maud Morgan, 1997
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, winter juried exhibit, 1995

Solo Exhibitions:
Mist Grill Gallery, Waterbury, VT
Riverfront Office Park, Cambridge, MA
Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier, VT

Installations (selected):
Baker School, Brookline, MA
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT
Lowell Research Center, Lowell, MA
Edison’s Studio Cinema, Waitsfield, VT
Sugar Lodge, Warren, VT
Private Residence, Burlington, VT
Private Residence, New York, NY

Exhibitions (selected):
Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, MA
Renwick Craft Museum, Washington, DC
Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA
Aidekman Art Center, Medford. MA
Cambridge Art Assoc, Cambridge, MA
The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Brookline Art Center, Brookline, MA

Judaica Exhibitions (selected):
B’nai Brith Museum, Washington, DC
The Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Jewish History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA