Sculpture and Design by Molly Sanger Carpenter

Artists Statement Being an artist, to me, means having the need to create. When I work, I am absorbed by the process and my vision of what I am making. However, when I am away from working on a sculpture I am constantly collecting bits of visual and technical information. Art is not just a product, but the result of the life experience of the artist. The greatest reward, for me, is when I see the effect my work has on someone else. As an artist I feel it is my responsibility to make sculpture that has a positive transforming effect on the viewer. Art can make the world a better place, balancing images of destruction with images of goodness and beauty, providing comfort. Education Studied with Helen Mason, Evangelos Frudakis FNSS, Charles Parks FNSS, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Frudakis Academy of Fine Arts, Tatnall School (Wilmington, DE): received first Gold Medal for excellence in art. , Glass Art at Salem Community College, Certificate of Welding at Salem County Vocational and Technical, Ongoing studies Wilmington University Public Art/ Commissions * Constitutional Compass Rose commissioned by The Delaware Heritage Commission for U.S. Constitution Bicentennial: Legislative Hall, Dover, DE. , 1987 * Permanent collection, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA. , 1996 * Permanent collection, AI duPont Children's Hospital, Nemours, Emergency Dept. Wilmington, DE., 1989 * Award sculpture, AIDS Delaware. , 1998 * Bas-relief sculpture commissioned by the Bar Associations of Cumberland, Salem, and Gloucester Counties (NJ) honoring Judge Samuel Desimone, 2000 * Office of the President of Mannington Mills, 1986 * Creative Grandparenting of Delaware, portrait sculpture of Robert Kasey, 2000 * Finalist, Philadelphia Public Art Office Percent for the Arts Program. Police Forensic Science Center, 2000 * Finalist, State of Delaware, Commemorative sculpture for Gettysburg National Park, 1998 *Portrait Sculpture of Vincent Gioia, Quinton Twp School, Quinton, NJ 2001 *Portrait Sculpture bas-relief, Adoption Annex, Roslyn NY 2004 *Portrait bas-relief of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Park, Salem, NJ, 2005 * Salem County Agriculture Department, Ware Building, 2006 *Major donor award sculpture, AI duPont Children’s Hospital, 2007 *Cumberland County NJ Library, 2010, bas relief “With Libraries You Can Achieve Your Dreams” Exhibits * Small Wonders Exhibit, National Sculpture Society, NYC, 1997. * Philadelphia Flower Show, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999. * Wilmington Christmas Shop Artists' Gallery 1981-2001. * Ronald McDonald House Artfest , 1996-98, 2003-05. * New York Flower Show, The Coliseum, 1996. * Flower and Garden Show, Rockefeller Center, 1996. * River Sounding Exhibit, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, 1996. * Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, PA), 1993. * Gallery 50 (Bridgeton, NJ), exhibitions, 1983, 1986, 1992, 2004 * Glassboro State College, group exhibition, 1989. * Gloucester Community College, solo exhibition, 1988 * Vineland Public Library, solo exhibition, 1988. * Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, NYC, 1999 * Delaware Art Museum Art In Bloom 1999 * ORDA Museum, Goodwill Games Exhibit (by invitation) 2000 * Tawes Gallery, Millville, NJ, 2003 * Hudson Valley Artists Association, Annual Exhibit, National Arts Club, 2006, 2007 * Philadelphia Flower Show, 1988- 2007 *Galleria Deptford, Deptford NJ, 2009 *Winterthur Museum’s 2010 Point to Point Races in Wilmington, Delaware May,2010. *September 12- October15 2010- The Marie L. Matthews Gallery at the Johnson Education Center, D&R Greenway, Princeton, NJ *Art at the Atrium, Benefit Habitat for Humanity, Brandywine Town Center, Wilmington, DE, 2009-10 *Neumann University Gallery Solo Exhibit October-December 2010 Organizations * Salem County (NJ) Cultural & Heritage Commission Arts Committee 1998-2003 * National Sculpture Society, 1982-2010 * Salem County (NJ) Arts Alliance, Board of Directors- 1997-2007 *Vice-president Salem County Arts Alliance, 2000- 2007 * Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club1999-2000 *Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts 1999-2000 *International Sculpture Center, 2001 * Portrait Society of America, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009 * Salem County Cultural and Heritage Board of directors 2001- 2003 *Salem County Arts Consortium 2003, 2004 Publications 2002- present Who’s Who in America 2003- present Who’s Who in American Women 2003- present Who’s Who in the World Cornell University www.einaudi.cornell.edu/europe/outreach/.../FIGURES_IN_BAS-RELIEF.ppt *Best of NJ. com www.bestofnj.com/south-jersey-sculptor-artist-molly-sanger-carpenter/ *Reminder Newspaper: http://www.nreminder.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Sculpture+Unveiling%20&id=10048325&instance=secondary_stories_left_column *NJ.com http://www.nj.com/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/news-7/128816581031051.xml&coll=9 *Historical Marker Database http://www.hmdb.org/mar