BETTY DAVENPORT FORD
Born: April
26, 1924, Upland, CA
Lives: Claremont,
CA
EDUCATION
1946 Scripps
College, Claremont, CA, B.A., Ceramic Sculpture
1950 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI,
M.F.A. Ceramic
Sculpture,
Metalsmithing and Weaving
1969-71 Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
AWARDS
1952 The Helen Foster Barnett Award, National Academy
of Design,
New
York, NY
1956 Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year Award in Art
1954 Richard
Halliburton Award, Los Angeles and Vicinity Artists, Los
Angeles
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1955 The American Institute of Architects Craftsmanship
Award, West
Coast
Chapter
1968 The National Society of Interior Designers Award
for Excellence
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL
EXHIBITIONS
2001 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Claremont Fine Arts Gallery, CA
2000 Anderson�s Art Gallery, Sunset Beach, CA
2000 Claremont Community Foundation, CA
1999 Graber Olive House Exhibit
1988 Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA
1984 Chaffey Community Art Association Museum of
History and
Art,
Ontario, CA
1984 Hillcrest Congregational Church, La Habra Heights,
CA
1978 Edward-Dean Museum of Decorative Arts, Cherry
Valley, CA
1977 Griswold�s Art Gallery, Claremont, CA
1977 Gallery 8, Claremont, CA
1976 Citrus College of Art, Azusa, CA
1975 Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA (retrospective)
1963 Museum of Art, Science and Industry, Bridgeport,
CT
1962 San Bernardino Valley College Gallery, San
Bernardino, CA
1960 Ontario
Art Association, Ontario, CA
1958 Laguna Beach Art Association Gallery, Laguna
Beach, CA
1956 Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
1951 Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
1948 Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
1993 All Media Art Exhibition of the Work of Pomona
Valley Artists,
Pomona,
CA
1989-2001 �Annual Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts�,
California
1985 �25th Annual Hillcrest Festival of Fine
Arts�, California
1985 Art Gallery, La Sierra Campus of Loma Linda
University,
Riverside,
CA
1985 �Second Annual Artists Exhibition, American
Society of Interior
Designers�
Goodman Assoc. Art Gallery, Claremont, CA
1984 �The
Imaginative Approach�, Edward-Dean Museum of
Decorative
Arts, Cherry Valley, CA
1984 �Animals We Have Known�, Riverside Art Center and
Museum
Riverside,
CA
1984 �24th Annual Hillcrest Festival of Fine
Arts�, California
1984 �The
Imaginative Approach�, The Edward Dean Museum of
Decorative
Arts, Cherry Valley, CA
1983 �Artist of Note, Fourth Invitational Exhibition�,
San Bernardino
County
Museum, San Bernardino, CA
1983 �23rd Annual Hillcrest Festival of Fine
Arts�, California
1982 �The California Spirit Exhibition�, Fine Arts
Building, Los Angeles
County
Fairgrounds, Pomona, CA
1981 �Artists From Our Collection�, Wichita Art Assoc.,
Wichita, KS
1981 �Women�s Work�, Chaffey Community Art Association
Museum
Of
History and Art
1980 �Betty Davenport Ford, Sculptor and Milford
Zornes, Painter �
Charles
B. Goddard Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma
1979 �Animal Kingdom�, Fine Arts Gallery, Cypress
College, Cypress.
California
1964 �Exhibition of Work by Scripps College
Distinguished Alumnae�.
Lang
Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1962 �California Artists�, Otis Art Institute, Los
Angeles, CA
1959 �Selections From the American Collection�, Arizona
State
University,
Tempe, AZ
1958-62, 64 �Annual Laguna Beach Festival of Art�, Laguna
Beach, CA
1955/56 �Los Angeles and Vicinity Artists�, Los Angeles, CA
1953 �National Invitational Exhibition�, Denver Art
Museum
1953 �Audubon Artists National Exhibition�, National
Arts Club,
New
York, NY
1952-54,56,
58, 64 �All California Art Exhibition, California State
Fair and
Exposition�,
State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, CA
1952-54, 56 �Annual Exhibition�, National Academy of Design,
New York, NY
1952 �Cranbrook Alumnae�, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Museum,
Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan
1951-53,57 �Artists of Southern California�, Pasadena Art
Museum, Pasadena,
California
1949, 50, 59 �Michigan Artists�, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
1948-65 �National Orange Annual Exhibition�, San
Bernardino County Fair
Grounds,
San Bernardino, CA
1948, 50, 52 �Annual Decorative Arts and Ceramic Exhibition�, Wichita Art
Association,
Wichita, KS
1948-50, 52,
54 �Annual Ceramic National Exhibition�, Traveling
Exhibition,
Syracuse
Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, NY
1940-65 �Annual Art Exhibition, Los Angeles County Fair�,
Los Angeles
County
Fairgrounds, Pomona, CA
VARIOUS PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS
Ahmandson Bank Building,
Beverly Hills, CA
Arcadia Federal Savings
and Loan, Arcadia, CA
Arizona State University
Collection of American Art, Tempe, AZ
California Federal
Savings, Los Angeles
City of Claremont,
Wheeler Park, Claremont, CA
City of Scottsdale
Collection, Scottsdale, AZ
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Everson Museum of Art,
Syracuse, NY
Laguna Beach Museum of
Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Pilgrim Congregational
Church, Pomona, CA
Pomona Mall, Pomona, CA
St. Anthony�s Catholic
Church, Upland, CA
San Antonio Gardens,
Claremont, CA
Scripps College,
Claremont, CA
South Coast Plaza Hotel,
Costa Mesa, CA
Western Savings and Loan,
Phoenix, AZ