Betty Woodman. "Window," 1980. Pigment, thread, velcro on cotton, canvas, sateen, and earthenware. 62 x 75 in. Collection of The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Photo: Phillip Unetic
Betty Woodman, "Window," 1980. Collection of The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Photo: Phillip Unetic © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Betty Woodman in "Hard/Cover" at Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2021
"Hard/Cover" looks at the interdisciplinary practice of three influential artists who participated in FWM's unique residency program, as well as five contemporary artists whose new works are equally informed by process and the intersection of ceramics and screen printing.
Francesca Woodman. "From Polka Dots" or "Polka Dots," 1976, from the "Polka Dots" series, 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London
Francesca Woodman on The Great Women Artists Podcast
Katy Hessel of The Great Women Artists Podcast interviews Katarina Jerinic, the Woodman Family Foundation’s Collections Curator, on Francesca Woodman’s work and life. The two discuss photographs made in Providence, Italy and New York and Jerinic shares some of Woodman’s own words and ideas found in the Foundation's archives.
Betty Woodman with "Aspen Garden Room," 1984. 8 x 10 x 11 ft. Glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, fabric. Installation view at Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, 1984.
Betty Woodman with "Aspen Garden Room," 1984. Installation view at Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, 1984. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
Betty Woodman featured in Metropolis Magazine article "Ceramics and Architecture: The Legacy of Betty Woodman,” March 2021
Osman Can Yerbekan looks back on 1984 Metropolis Magazine feature on Betty Woodman and George Woodman, linking the early influence of architecture on Betty’s ceramics to her legacy as a radical sculptor.
Betty Woodman. "Pillow Pitcher: Sea of Japan," 1985. 17 x 24 1/2 x 18 inches. Glazed earthenware. Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection | "Shapes From Out of Nowhere: Towards Abstraction in Clay 1890-2018: The Robert A. Ellison Junior Collection" exhibition catalogue. Published by August Editions, January 5, 2021.
Betty Woodman. "Pillow Pitcher: Sea of Japan," 1985. 17 x 24 1/2 x 18 inches. Glazed earthenware. Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Betty Woodman in "Shapes from Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, 2021
Betty Woodman in “Shapes from Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through August 29, 2021.
Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," c. 1979-80. 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / Copyright Agency, Sydney
ON VIEW: Francesca Woodman in "The Body Electric" at National Gallery of Australia, Parkes, Australia, 2021
LAST CHANCE to see Francesca Woodman in "The Body Electric" at the National Gallery of Australia!
Letters from the archives at the Woodman Foundation. Courtesy Woodman Family Foundation / The Woodman Family outdoor dining table, Antella, Italy. Photo credit: Brigid McCaffrey.
Letters from the archives at the Woodman Foundation. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
INTERVIEW: The Woodman Family Foundation featured in Artnet News series “The Art World at Home”
Learn from our Executive Director, Lissa McClure, about ways the Foundation continues to support and steward the legacies of Betty Woodman, Francesca Woodman and George Woodman, while working from home.
L to R: "Untitled," 1979. 3 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. Chromogenic print | "Untitled," c. 1979-80, 5 1/2 x 5 7/16 in. Gelatin silver print. All works by Francesca Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / SIAE, Italy
Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," 1979. 3 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. Chromogenic print. © Woodman Family Foundation / SIAE, Italy
ON VIEW: "Francesca Woodman: New York Works" at Victoria Miro Venice, Venice, Italy, 2020
LAST CHANCE to see "Francesca Woodman: New York Works" in Venice this week! On view through Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Victoria Miro Venice.
Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," 1979, 3 5/16 x 3 7/16 in. Chromogenic print © Woodman Family Foundation / SIAE, Rome
ON VIEW: "Francesca Woodman: New York Works" at Victoria Miro Venice, Venice, Italy, 2020
This exhibition centers on a rare series of color photographs that Francesca Woodman staged in her New York apartment in 1979.
Cover and pages from Pattern, Crime & Decoration catalogue, edited by Franck Gautherot and Seungduk Kim, MAMCO, Geneva, Le Consortium, Dijon, 2020.
"Pattern, Crime & Decoration" catalogue, edited by Franck Gautherot and Seungduk Kim, MAMCO, Geneva, Le Consortium, Dijon, 2020.
George Woodman and Betty Woodman featured in newly released "Pattern, Crime & Decoration" exhibition catalogue
The catalogue for "Pattern, Crime & Decoration"—a two-part exhibition at MAMCO, Geneva and Le Consortium, Dijon —focuses on the work of artists associated with the Pattern and Decoration movement in the US. It includes paintings by George Woodman and wall-based ceramic sculptures by Betty Woodman.
L to R: Brochure for Betty Woodman / MATRIX 119, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1992 | Installation view from Betty Woodman / Matrix 119. "Etruscan Vases," 1965-1966, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Connecticut, 1992.
Brochure for Betty Woodman / MATRIX 119, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1992. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
Betty Woodman at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, 1992
Betty Woodman's exhibition in the Matrix series at Wadsworth Atheneum in 1992 helped to define a context for her work in ceramics within the larger world of contemporary art, highlighting "that Woodman sees herself ‘dealing with painting as much as with sculpture.'"
Invitation postcards by Francesca Woodman, Libreria Maldoror, Rome, Italy, 1978
Invitation postcards by Francesca Woodman, Libreria Maldoror, Rome, Italy, 1977
Not long after Francesca Woodman arrived in Rome in 1977 on the RISD European Honors Program, she discovered the surrealist bookshop Maldoror, where she later had her first solo exhibition in Europe. She made unique, individual invitations to the show, each featuring one of her photographs attached to a postcard.
Betty Woodman. "Joined Vases," 1972, 11 1/2 x 23 x 10 in. Porcelain © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
ON VIEW: Betty Woodman in "Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950-2019" at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 2020
This exhibition of works spanning 70 years looks at ways that artists draw on craft traditions and materials. It includes multiple works by Betty Woodman, from her early push beyond production pottery to more recent works showcasing her talents as a painter and sculptor.















