Rotary Arts Conversation with Sculptor and Ceramic Artist Syd Carpenter
September 20 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$10
Join us for an in-depth discussion with sculptor and ceramic artist Syd Carpenter.
In a career spanning 50 years, Carpenter started off as a clay artist before evolving to mixed media installation. Much of her work in the last two decades has focused on the relationship between the land and African American farmers and gardeners.
Carpenter was a professor of Studio Art at Swarthmore College for 30 years before retiring in 2022. She is now a Professor Emerita of Studio Art and holds the Endowed Peggy Chan Professorship of Black Studies.
Her work is in the collections of numerous museums, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the University of Illinois; Canton Ohio Museum of Art; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute; and in numerous private collections.
Her awards and fellowships include a Pew Fellowship in the Arts; Leeway Foundation Grants, National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships.
She is currently working as an independent artist in Philadelphia, continuing to exhibit nationally and internationally. $10 and includes a reception with the artist after.
