Bette Klegon-Halby

"Out of the Blue--Water Is Life" a series of sculptural works demonstrate my commitment to standing with indigenous protectors of Standing Rock until the threat to their sacred sites has ceased. We all need water to live; we need to find fail proof fracking methodologies. We as citizens of the earth are entitled to healthy,
clean water.

In general, the work is somewhat of a metaphoric translation of lyrical qualities found in music and in nature. Aspects of my work are akin to that of riffs in jazz or the solemnity of a fugue. Impulses of
the Baroque occur and reoccur in the mark making and
saturated palette.

Within this context I enjoy extending the boundaries of two dimensional space. Always the work is concerned about spatial relationships-- shapes that shape the way we move and mold the way we see. Color selection is always a matter of decision. Color is like choosing a word in a poem. It must resonate within me, evoke emotion and strike a chord.

The University of Michigan, BS Degree School of Architecture and Design, 1962
University of Michigan School of Education. BA in Education , Ann Arbor, Michigan ,1962
University of California, Berkeley, California, 1963
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California ,1963
Wayne State University, MFA in Printmaking and Fine Art, Detroit, Michigan ,1966
New School For Social Research--Film Studies , New York, New York, 1980
New York University—Creative Writing, New York, New York, 1990
Art Students League-Mixed Media with Bruce Dorfman, New York, New York 2011-2015

The Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, Michigan, 1962
The University of Michigan , Faculty Exhibit, Ann Arbor, Michigan ,1961
Michigan Artist’s Show, Juried, Exhibition The Detroit Art Institute1, 1962
Provincetown Art Association, Juried Exhibition, Provincetown, Rhode Island ,1964
Print Juried Exhibit, Hyannis Art Association, Hyannis, Massachusetts,1965
California College of Arts And Crafts, First Prize winner for Lithography, Oakland, California, 1963
Van De Bovenkamp Gallery, New York, NY, 1965
Wayne University, Detroit, Michigan Graduate Exhibition, 1966
Michigan Printmakers, Juried Traveling Show ,1967
Wayne University Faculty Exhibition, Detroit Michigan, 1966
Grinnell’s Art Gallery, Detroit, Michigan,1966
J.L.Hudson Gallery, Detroit, Michigan,1966
Hokin Gallery, Chicago , Illinois,1968
Birmingham Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan ,1968
Artist in Residence: Crystal Symphony, 2004
Artist in Residence: Crystal Serenity, 2005-2010
The White Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut, 2009
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
The Art Students League, Concours Red Dot First Prize Winner, 2011
The University of Michigan Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michiga...