Mary Baldwin University Collection
Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia, shows off their Betty Gold collection after snowfall.
Our special thanks to University President, Dr. Pamela Fox, for sharing these amazing photos with us.
Museo Arte Contemporanea of Catania, Sicily
Betty traveled to Italy in October, 2018, to personally deliver a sculpture to the Museo Arte Contemporanea in Catania, Sicily.
The piece was given to the Museum by Dr. Jim Doti of Chapman University in Orange, Ca, and his wife, Dr. Lynne Doti, also of Orange, in honor of Jim Doti’s late mother, Carmelina Siracusa Doti, who was born in Catania but emigrated to the United States in 1925.
The Museum was extremely appreciative of Dr. Doti’s generous donation and felt privileged to dedicate the maquette in memory of Dr. Doti’s beloved mother; they were also overjoyed at having the artist herself deliver the piece to them in person.
Success of the documentary, "A Year With Betty Gold", continues into 2019 (see more) →
FP Contemporary: "From There To Here" Opening January 12, 2019 (announcement) →
Solo Exhibition of Artist Betty Gold, “From There To Here”, opens Saturday, January 12, 2019, at FP Contemporary Gallery in Culver City, CA
"Hot Springs Women's Film Festival" October, 2018
Official Selection at the Hot Springs Women's Film Festival, October, 2018
Monumental Sculpture Installation Underway in Cathedral City, California
photo courtesy of Brett Fiore, Signature Sculpture , Palm Desert, CA
photo courtesy of Brett Fiore, Signature Sculpture , Palm Desert, CA
Betty Gold Shines at the "Madrid International Film Festival" August, 2018 (more) →
Betty Gold and J McMerty at award ceremony.
“A Year With Betty Gold” receives award for ‘Best Editing of a Short Documentary’ at the 2018 Madrid International Film Festival.
"Indie Street Film Festival" July 2018
Official Selection “A Year With Betty Gold” premiered July, 2018, in The Indie Street Film Festival at the Detour Inn in Red Bank, New Jersey.
"Pure Gold" at Chapman University Campus (see article) →
Photo courtesy of OrangeReview.com
photograph by Daniel Reyes
Published in the May/Jun 2018 edition of the Old Towne Orange Plaza Review
"A Year With Betty Gold" premiering at The Women's Film Festival of Philadelphia, in March, 2018
Photos courtesy of The Women’s Film Festival Philadelphia
Betty Gold at the LA Art Show (see article) →
January 10, 2018
FP Contemporary booth at the L.A. Art Show
Newest addition to "Perry Park Sculpture Walk" in Austin, Texas, November 2017 (see more) →
Perry Park in Austin: “Art Park Phase 2 is now solidly underway, with an ambitious timeline for installing more sculptures on loan from The Contemporary Austin in 2017. FOPP, working closely with Austin Parks and Recreation Department, Art in Public Places, and the Arts Commission, has received approval to install Alas #IV by Betty Gold.
courtesy Friends of Perry Park
BETTY GOLD, ALAS #IV, 1994
Betty Gold (American, born 1935) has said she often begins her rugged steel sculptures “with the simple act of folding paper.” This technique of using paper maquettes as sketches for her work allows her to deconstruct and reassemble the flat rectangle’s parts into a new whole, one “based on the linear geometry of rotating movement.” Working in a modernist vein, the Austin-born artist investigates the possibilities of geometric abstraction by exploring the relationships between simple shapes. For Alas #IV, Gold designed sheets of painted folded steel that extend from the sculpture’s center to interact with the surrounding space. The work’s title refers to alas, the Spanish word for wings—inspired by, as the artist has noted, “angels unfolding their wings on the verge of flight.” The dramatic contrasts between light and shadow at different times of day may also recall fleeting aerial elements such as birds, kites, or paper airplanes.
courtesy The Contemporary Austin
"It's Sunny Anyway"
Nov 18, 2017 - Jan 27, 2018 Fresh Paint
"Mallorca International Film Festival" : A Year With Betty Gold, premiers in Spain in November 2017 (see more) → →
Director J McMerty’s award winning documentary
"A Year With Betty Gold"
makes its world premiere on November 3, 2017, at the Mallorca International Film Festival in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Don Pedro Serra, Betty Gold, and Don Miguel Serra at Ultima Hora, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Betty Gold and friends at Opening Night of the 2017 Mallorca International Film Festival
A night to remember...premiere of A Year with Betty Gold in Mallorca @evolutionmallorcafilmfestival Feeling grateful for many people and @elonuniversity that I can share this.
-J McMerty
J McMerty and Betty Gold
"Yellow on Yellow with my favorite subject Betty Gold in Mallorca Spain."
-J McMerty
@evolutionmallorcafilmfestival
Film Chronicling Celebrated Artist and Sculptor Betty Gold Opens in Spain
The new full length documentary, "A Year With Betty Gold", will make its overseas' premier this Fall at the 2017 Mallorca International Film Festival in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in November.
“Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival”
Mary Baldwin University to Host Artist Betty Gold (click for article) →
Thursday, October 19, 2017
"Three Sisters" Sculpture Dedication on Lower Cannon Hill at MBU, 4:30 p.m.
followed by
"A Year With Betty Gold", directed by Jason McMerty, debuts in National Film Premier at Francis Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
courtesy of Mary Baldwin University
Artist Betty Gold with Film Director Jason McMerty at MBU Campus October 2017
Dr. Pamela Fox, President of Mary Baldwin University, and Betty Gold
Image courtesy of Dr. Pamela Fox, President of Mary Baldwin University
Betty Gold and "Three Sisters"
Photo courtesy of Mary Baldwin University
Betty Gold at FP Contemporary
Artist Betty Gold is at FP Contemporary
"A Year With Betty Gold" Wins at the Milwaukee Women's Film Festival (click for more) →
J McMerty’s film, "A Year With Betty Gold", took top honors at The Milwaukee Women’s Film Festival, July, 2017.
Courtesy of Elon University and Tommy Kopetskie
The Fine Arts Film Festival →
THE FINE ARTS FILM FESTIVAL IS A PREMIER SHOWCASE FOR INDEPENDENT FILM HELD ANNUALLY IN VENICE, CALIFORNIA.
BETTY GOLD - "A Living National Treasure"
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is honored to represent internationally renowned sculptor and painter, BETTY GOLD.
Gold can easily be considered a living national treasure in the arts. For decades she has broken new ground for the Modernist and MADI vision. At 82 years of age, she is still working with a veracity and energy few possess. braveART is honored to collaborate with such a distinguished tour de force of the art world.
Betty Gold, who opened her Santa Fe studio in 2010, is an established, internationally known professional artist who has shown in over one hundred thirty solo and group exhibitions in her career and who currently has work in more than seventy-five permanent collections around the world. bettygold.com
Gold turned the male-dominated sculpture world “on its head” by winning countless public arts commissions beginning in the early 1970’sShe became associated with MADI, an international abstract art movement, which she claims opened many doors for her. In 2005, Gold was honored with a major retrospective exhibition at the Casal Solleric Museum, a historic castle in Palma, Spain on the island of Mallorca. Exhibitions featuring the work of Columbian artist Fernando Botero and Mexican painter Frida Kahlo graced the same castle following Gold’s retrospective exhibition...
In Europe, where Gold's work probably is better known than at home, she is associated with a long-standing movement, named MADI, of artists who deal in bright geometric forms. In the last decade Gold has taken part in major MADI exhibitions in Madrid's Reina Sofía national art museum and in Bratislava, Slovakia, where one of her 10-foot sculptures stands in the garden of the presidential palace. By Ariel Swartley, Special to The Times
Gold’s sculptures continue to break the physical boundaries of geometry, as well as encompass a minimalist sensibility akin to Ellsworth Kelly and the playfulness of Joan Miro. Yet, she emerged a bona fide pioneer as a sculptor of Cor-Ten steel and, in a male-dominated field, produced a gutsy body of work that spans nearly four decades.- Steven Biller Betty Gold: The Mallorca Series
Gold’s sculptures are placed both outdoors in year-round environments as well as interior environments. Whether large scale or on a smaller scale, her sculptures have a timeless sensibility and a resounding impact. Gold loves to create site-specific commissions for each client’s individual needs. These commissioned sculptures range from four to twenty eight feet in height and are painted in various colors or sometimes remain unpainted for a more organic expression."SHINE" Artist Spotlight - Betty Gold