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.
Gallery of Selected Work
Carpchar
Carpdesk
Carpemus
Carpstar
Carptabl
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