2001 Award of Distinction Recipient
Mr. Carpenter’s award was presented March 16, 2001 by his colleague Grif Okie, an original member of the Bolinas Craft Guild.
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Gallery of Selected Work
![Carpchar](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/images/people/aod-recipients/art-carpenter/9455/carpchar_2e1a4aaaa1.jpg)
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Carpchar
![Carpdesk](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/images/people/aod-recipients/art-carpenter/9456/carpdesk_11b6f65384.jpg)
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Carpdesk
![Carpemus](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/images/people/aod-recipients/art-carpenter/9457/carpemus_a0beabc87e.jpg)
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Carpemus
![Carpstar](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/images/people/aod-recipients/art-carpenter/9458/carpstar_11b6f65384.jpg)
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Carpstar
![Carptabl](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/images/people/aod-recipients/art-carpenter/9459/carptabl_11b6f65384.jpg)
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Carptabl
![Carpwech](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/images/people/aod-recipients/art-carpenter/9460/carpwech_38649d0ceb.jpg)
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Carpwech
Arthur Espenet Carpenter was born January 20, 1920, in New York, NY.
Background/Training
- Self-taught
Teaching
- 1965 – 96 Apprentice Teaching; Bolinas Craft Guild, CA
- 1976 – 88 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
- 1975 – 79 San Francisco State University, CA
Awards
- 1989 Marin County Art Commission Award
- 1988 Elected Fellow, American Craft Council
- 1985 Fulbright Lecturer, New Zealand, Australia
- California Living Treasure Award
- 1976 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Exhibitions & Museum Collections
- 1999 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
- 1985 Crocker “Living Treasure”, Sacramento, CA
- 1980 Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
- 1972 Woodenworks, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- 1961 Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
- 1956 Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
- 1954 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Commissions
- 1998 Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley, CA
- 1991 Council Chamber Daïs, Mountain View, CA
- 1972 Bishop O’Dowd Chapel, Piedmont, CA
- 1967 Old St. Mary’s Church, San Francisco, CA
- 1966 Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley, CA
- 1965 St. Lukes Presbyterian Church, San Rafael, CA
Publications
- 1988 Contemporary American Woodworkers, by Michael Stone, Peregrine Smith Book
- 1983 Fine Woodworking Magazine
- 1980 Britannica Encyclopedia of Art
- 1972 Woodenworks, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC