| One-Woman Exhibitions: | |
| 2003 | Durham Art Guild Solo
Exhibition, CCB Visual Arts Gallery Durham Arts Council Building, Durham, NC “Unabashedly Yours” The Life and Art of Siglinda Scarpa Chapel Hill Museum, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2002 | “A Gardener’s Diary,” Home and Garden Television A television program featuring sculpture, garden and life of the artist. “From the Kitchen of My Great Grandmother” An exhibit of functional ware and a fundraising dinner for the Chapel Hill Museum, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2001 | 2001 Duke University
Museum of Art, Durham NC Contemporary Italian Art and Masterpieces of Italian Cuisine “After Hours” Exhibition of Pots for Cooking |
| 2000 | The Durham Art Guild
Solo Exhibitions, CCB Visual Arts Gallery, Durham Arts Council Building, Durham, NC Open House : “The Four Seasons” fireplace, in the home of Stuart and Elizabeth Byrom, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 1996 | The Culinary Institute
of America, Hyde Park, NY The elegance and simplicity of pots for cooking |
| 1993 | Akus Gallery, Eastern
Connecticut State University, sponsored by the Department of Fine Arts, Willimantic, CT |
| 1991 | Benefit Exhibition,
Cat Rock (Estate of Anne and Fred Osborn), Garrison, NY, sponsored by Amnesty International |
| 1990 | Garrison Art Center,
Garrison Landing, NY America House, Piermont, NY (two shows of architectural ceramics) Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY. |
| 1989 | Garrison Art Center, Garrison Landing, NY |
| 1988 | Studio Connection Gallery,
Southampton, NY Courtney Gallery, Jersey City State College, NJ |
| 1984 | Al Duomo, Spoleto, Italy Idea Giovanna Tondi Gallery, Bologna, Italy |
| 1983 | Palazzo Mancia, Spoleto, Italy |
| 1982 | Al 9/D, Rome, Italy |
| 1981 | Al 9/D, Rome Italy. Il Convento Occupato, Rome, Italy |
| Selected Group Exhibitions: | |
| 2003 | The Chatham County
Studio Tour, Pittsboro, NC Through Women’s Eyes by Women’s Hands Chapel Hill Women’s Center, Chapel Hill, NC Featured Artist, Sanford Pottery Festival, Sanford, NC |
| 2002 | Sanford Pottery Festival,
Sanford, NC Alamance Arts Council Arts Celebration Durham Arts Guild 48th Annual Juried Art Show Trade Secrets Chapel Hill Museum, Chapel Hill, NC The Goathouse Gallery, Pittsboro, NC The Chatham County Studio Tour, Pittsboro North Carolina |
| 2001 | Chapel Hill Public Arts
Commision – Chapel Hill Town Hall Supported by Orange County Arts Commission and the Grassroots Art Program of NC Arts Council Alamance Arts Council: Captain James and Emma Holt White House The Goat House Gallery, Pittsboro, NC The Chatham County Studio Tour, Pittsboro, NC |
| 2000 | Chapel Hill Public Arts
Commision “Sculpture on the Green,” Merit Award, juror Dana Raymond, professor at the School of Design at NCSU, Chapel Hill, NC The Goat House Gallery, Pittsboro, NC The Chatham County Studio Tour, Pittsboro, NC |
| 1999 | The Durham Art Guild
45th Annual Juried Art Show, CCB Visual Arts Gallery, Durham, NC First Place Award, juror Kathleen Harwood, independent fine arts consultant and appraiser, President of Harwood Fine Arts The Castle Creek Gallery, Aspen, CO The Goat House Gallery, Pittsboro, NC The Chatham County Studio Tour, Pittsboro, NC |
| 1998 | The Goat House Gallery,
Pittsboro, NC North Carolina Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC Anderson Ranch Art Gallery, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO The Durham Arts Council, Royal Center for the Arts, Durham, NC The Carrboro Art Center, Carrboro, NC The Goat House Gallery, Pittsboro, NC The North Carolina Pottery Ctr., Seagrove, NC Duke University Visual Arts Program, Medical Center, Durham, NC |
| 1997 | The Durham Arts Council,
Royal Center for the Arts, Durham, NC Art Tenders Gallery, Bethel, CT The Carrboro Art Center, Carrboro, NC The Goat House Gallery, Pittsboro, NC |
| 1996 | Albertson-Peterson Gallery,
Inc., Winter Park, FL The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI |
| 1995 | Albertson-Peterson Gallery,
Inc., Winter Park, FL Fine Arts Gallery, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY Art Tenders Gallery, Bethel, CT |
| 1994 | Kornbluth Gallery, Two-Woman
Exhibition (with Emily Mason), Fairlawn, NJ. |
| 1993 | Art Tenders Gallery,
Bethel, CT San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, Invitational exhibit (Puppets and Poetry), Carol Austin, Curator Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 44th Art of Northeast USA Competition and exhibition; Juror Holly Solomon, Curator of Contemporary Art and Art Dealer Holly Solomon Art Gallery, New York, NY Clay Out West: An invitational of contemporary ceramics, Laramie County Community College, Fine Arts Gallery, Cheyenne, WY Cummings Art Gallery, Connecticut College, sponsored by the Department of Fine Arts, New London, CT |
| 1992 | Elaine Benson Gallery,
Bridgehampton, NY Craftsman's Gallery, Scarsdale, NY Three Rivers Arts Festival, Annual Visual Arts Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA Mendellson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1991 | Belle Levine Art Center,
First Prize, Putnam Council on the Arts Juried Exhibition,
Mahopac, NY.;
Juror, Lee Pope, Somerstown Gallery, NY Kornbluth Gallery, 23rd Annual Invitational Holiday Show, Fair Lawn, NJ The Urban Center, New York, NY, an Architectural Elements Exhibition sponsored by the Municipal Art Society Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 42nd Art of Northeast USA Competition and Exhibition; Juror Charlotte Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Sixth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition; Juror, Martha Drexler Lynn, Assistant Curator and Director of the 20th Century Decorative Arts Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Arts Streichler Gallery, Englewood, NJ Great American Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| 1990 | New Art Forms, 20th
Century Decorative and Applied Arts, Chicago, IL Work selected
and sponsored
by the Twining Gallery of New York City Great American Gallery, Atlanta, GA Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 41st Art of Northeast USA Competition and Exhibition; Juror, Carter Ratcliff, Contributing Editor to Art in America; and lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum, NY Art Connection, Inc., Bethesda, MD, Collective Exhibition of the 1990 Guild Winners |
| 1989 | Arden Gallery, Boston,
MA America House, Piermont, NY Elements Gallery, Greenwich, CT Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 40th Art of Northeast USA Competition and Exhibition; Juror, Elaine Posner, Curator of Contemporary Art, the National Museum of Women, Washington, D.C. Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ Craftsman's Gallery, Scarsdale, NY Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY |
| 1988 | America House, Tenafly,
NJ Mari Galleries, Annual Jured Fine Arts Exhibition (Honorable Mention for Sculpture), Mamaroneck, NY |
| 1987 | NCECA, Syracuse, NY |
| 1986 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery Annual Faculty Exhibition, New York, NY |
| 1985 | "L'arte al Femminile,"
Rome, Italy. Mostra dell'Artigianato Artistico del Lazio, Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy |
| 1984 | Galleria L'Ariete, Bologna,
Italy Mostra delle Valli del Tevere, Subbiaco, Italy |
| 1983 | Fiera Internazionale
di Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, Italy. First prize for Dinnerware Design |
| 1982 | ORNARIS Fiera Internazionale di Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1981 | Exposition Internationale de Paris, France |
| Selected Collections: | |
| Raffaele and Fernanda
Garofalo, Rome, Italy Mario Garofalo, Rome, Italy Ugo Attardi, Rome, Italy Alessandra Chidichimo, Rome, Italy Arthur and Olga Rankin, Jr., Bermuda and New York Feldpausch, Inc., Locarno, Switzerland Genevay, Inc., Geneva, Switzerland Henry and Linda Wasserstein, Wyckoff, NJ Carol and Arnold Rubin, Huntington, NY Myrna Davison, Florida and New York Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cabot, Stonecrop Gardens, Cold Spring, NY Jerry Rutman, Garrison, NY Pamela Kasa, Garrison, NY Daniel Collins, Jersey City, NJ Massimo and Martha De Majo, Copenhagen DK Joel and Debbie Slocum, Wellesley, MA Alex and Sally Bedrosian, Basking Ridge, NJ Ron Bricke and Michael Hill, New York, NY Susan and Peter Pitzele, Fire Island, NY John and Stella Miklatek, Astoria, NY Prof. William and Terrenia Katavolos, Cold Spring, NY Henry Sturn, Jordanville, NY Maureen and Matt West, Cheyenne, WY Ellen Backer, New York, NY Iolanda and Knud Clemmensen, Cambridge, UK Jeremy Sugarman, Durham, NC Bruce Payne, Durham, NC Carlos Velez and Kent Davis, Durham, NC Mary Griffith, Carbondale, CO Marjorie H. Pearl, Woody Creeck, CO Barbara Seidel, Aspen, CO Mr. & Mrs. William Spiegelman, Margate, NJ Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Segal, Winnetka, IL Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Pearlman, Evanston, IL Nancy T Semerdjan, Wilmette, IL Susan Petri, Durham, NC James R. Hedges IV., Naples, FL Andrea Van Dyke Grant, Aspen, CO Judith McGregor & Richard Gallun, Aspen, CO Sven Alstrom, Alstrom Group P.C., Aspen, CO Joanne R. Lyon, Aspen, CO David B. Zoffer & Linda Dz. Zoffer, Chapel Hill, NC Judy & Glenn Morris, Chapel Hill, NC Elizabeth & Stuart Byrom, Chapel Hill, NC Joanna & Richard Fireman, Mars Hill, NC Elisabeth Glaser, Santa Monica, CA Terry Jahnke, Durham, NC Bonnie Terrl, Pittsboro, NC Pat Pagel, Pittsboro, NC Shirley Worsley, NC Anna Ho, NC Rebecca and Chris Martenson, CT |
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| Professional Experience: | |
| 2001 | Instructor, North Carolina
Potters Guild, The Craft Center, Raleigh, NC Teacher, DK Clay, Sanford, NC |
| 2000 | Instructor, Laramie
Community College, Laramie, WY Teacher, Durham Arts Council, Royal Center for the Arts, Durham, NC |
| 1999 | Lecturer, 12th North
Carolina Potters Conference, Asheboro, NC Instructor, Duke University, Continuing Education Program, Durham, NC Teacher, Carrboro Arts Center, Carrboro, NC Teacher, The Durham Arts Council, Royal Center for the Arts, Durham, NC |
| 1998 | Lecturer, Duke University
Museum of Art, Durham, NC Founder, The Goat House Gallery, Pittsboro, NC Founder, The Tile Etc. Cooperative, Pittsboro, NC Teacher, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO Teacher, Dan Finch Craft Center, Bely, NC Teacher, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT Instructor, Duke University, Continuing Education Program, Durham, NC Teacher, Carrboro Art Center, Carrboro, NC Teacher, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC Recipient , Durham Arts Council Emerging Artists Grant, Durham, NC |
| 1997 | Lecturer, North Carolina
Potter,s Guild, Raleigh, NC Instructor, Duke University, Continuing Education Program, Durham, NC Teacher, Carrboro Art Center, Carrboro, NC Teacher, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC Instructor, University of Minnesota, Splith Rock, Duluth, MN Workshop (teacher), Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN Artist in residence, Haddonfield Memorial Highschool, Haddonfield, NJ |
| 1996 | Workshop (teacher),
the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY Instructor, Old Church Cultural Center School of Art, Demarest, NJ Instructor, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT Workshop (teacher), Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN Workshop (teacher), Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT Visiting Artist, a two months residency at The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1995 | Instructor, Alfred University,
Alfred, NY Visiting Artist, The Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN Visiting Artist, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY |
| 1994-95 | Restoration, Tuscany, Italy: designed, supervised, and participated in restoration of typical village dwelling, including stone and tile mosaics for several rooms, travertine staircase, iron work for door and balcony, and fireplace. |
| 1994 | Instructor, University
of Minnesota, Split Rock, Duluth, MN Instructor (film and contemporary Italian art) Trinity College, Hartford, CT Workshop (teacher), Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT |
| 1993 | Instructor, University
of Minnesota, Split Rock, Duluth, MN Workshops (teacher), Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT Workshop (teacher), Craft Student League, New York, NY |
| 1992 | Workshop (teacher), Horizons, Amherst, MA |
| 1990 | Instructor, University
of Minnesota, Split Rock, Duluth, MN Artist-in-residence, Peekskill Alternative Secondary School, Peekskill, NY Workshop (teacher), Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT |
| 1989-90 | Instructor, Old Church
Cultural Center School of Art, Demarest, NJ Foundry-worker, Tallix, Beacon, New York |
| 1989 | Workshop (teacher),
Old Church Cultural Center School of Art, Demarest, NJ Workshop (teacher), Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT |
| 1988-93 | Artist-in-residence
and instructor, Garrison Art Center, Garrison Landing, NY Workshop (teacher), Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ |
| 1986-88 | Studio Manager and instructor, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY |
| 1979-84 | Designer and producer of ceramics, Genevay, Inc., Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1978-85 | Founder and teacher, Siglinda Scuola di Ceramica (associated with the Accademia di Belle Arti), Rome, Italy |
| 1968-80 | Film, music and sound editor, Rome, Italy, Madrid, Spain and New York, USA (See attached film credits) |
| 1969-85 | Designed and produced large-scale ceramics works on commission in Italy for architects, interior designers, and collectors. |
| Education: | |
| 1994 | MFA (equivalent), certified by Val M. Cusching, Professor of Ceramic Art, Chairman of the Division of Ceramics, School of Art & Design, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York. |
| 1979 | Studied with, and served as assistant to, Ugo Attardi, sculptor. |
| 1973-75 | Studied drawing and painting with Carlo Levi, artist and author. |
| 1957-61 | Diploma, Accademia di Belle Arti. |
| 1953-57 | Studied with, and served as apprentice to, Nino Caruso, sculptor. |
| Languages: | |
| Speak, read, write fluently: Italian, English, French, and Spanish. | |
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