COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)

• METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, N.Y.
• TANG MUSEUM OF SKIDMORE COLLEGE
• PETRUCCI FAMILY COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
• FULLER  CRAFT MUSEUM, BOSTON MA.
• PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PA.
• RENWICK GALLERY OF AMERICAN ART OF THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM
• JAMES A. MICHENER MUSEUM OF ART, DOYLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
• ART IN GENERAL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
• FREDERICK R.WEISMAN COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES, CA.
• MURIEL NEWMAN COLLECTION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
• JENGDEZHEN CERAMIC INSTITUTE, JENGDEZHEN, CHINA
• PHILA. AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MUSEUM
• BELL ATLANTIC CORP, PHILADELPHIA, PA
• PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
• CANTON MUSEUM OF ART, CANTON OHIO
• SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT EDWARDSVILLE

GRANTS AND AWARDS

• EUGENE LANG SWARTHMORE FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
• UNITED STATES ARTISTS PROJECT GRANT, “AFRICAN AMERICAN FARMS AND GARDENS”, 2012-2013
• PEW FELLOWSHIP IN THE ARTS, 1992
• LEEWAY FOUNDATION ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP 2011, 1999
• PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS MASTER FELLOWSHIP IN VISUAL ARTS, 1990
• NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS , MID ATLANTIC , FELLOWSHIP, 1989
• PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS VISUAL ARTS FELLOWSHIP, 1985
• SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CLAY NATIONAL EXHIBITION PURCHASE AWARD, 1988
• STATE UNIV. OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO NATIONAL EXHIBITION BEST OF SHOW AWARD, 1988

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020

• “WOMEN WORKING WITH CLAY: TEN YEARS OF TELLING THE STORY”, THE VALENTINE MUSEUM, RICHMOND VIRGINIA, THE ELEANOR D. WILSON MUSEUM,ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

2019

• ST. OLAF COLLEGE, “DIVERSITY WITHIN DIVERSITY”, MINNESOTA
• SOLO, ROWAN UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY

2018

• SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFT, PITTSBURGH, PA., NAT’L CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN CERAMIC ARTS
• SOLO, STANDARD CERAMICS, PITTSBURGH PA., NCECA
• SOLO, CENTER FOR ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS, “MOTHER PINS”
• SOLO, NOBA GALLERY, BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA

2017

• SKIDMORE COLLEGE GALLERY, GUEST ARTISTS EXHIBITION
• THE CLAY STUDIO ,”MAKING A DIFFERENCE”, PHILA., PA.
• PHYSIC HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

2016

• LEONARD PEARLSTEIN GALLERY, DREXEL UNIVERSITY,  “SHAPING MINDS:  PHILADELPHIA’S CLAY MENTORS
• ELEANOR D. WILSON MUSEUM, FOUR WOMEN IN CLAY, HOLLINS UNIVERSITY, ROANOKE,VA.
• FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM, “FACES OF POLITICS: IN/TOLERANCE”, BOSTON MA.

2014

• SOLO  EXHIBIT “MORE PLACES OF OUR OWN”, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PHILADELPHIA
• CATALOG FOR “REPRESENT”, PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

2012

• “EARTH AND ALCHEMY”, MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN BOSTON, MA.
• “CREATIVE HAND, DISCERNING HEART”, JAMES A. MICHENER MUSEUM DOYLESTOWN, PENNA.
• “MAHALIA: QUEEN OF GOSPEL MUSIC”, DALLAS MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART, DALLAS, TEXAS

2011

• “INFORMED BY FIRE”, PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PHILA. PA
• “GARDEN AS MUSE”, WALTON ART CENTER, FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.
• SYD CARPENTER, SARAH MCENEANEY, LOIS DODD, MARKUS BAENZIGER, SALLY APFELBAUM

2010

• SOLO EXHIBIT, ” A PLACE OF OUR OWN”, SANDE WEBSTER GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
• “FERTILE GROUND”, PHILADELPHIA HORTICULTURAL CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
• PHILADELPHIA CERAMIC SCULPTURE, DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MEDIA, PENNA.
• “CATALYZE THIS”, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE , CRANE BLDG, PHILADELPHIA , PA

2009

• SOLO EXHIBIT, JOHN JAY COLLEGE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
• “MASS AND MEANING”: CLAY SCULPTURE, ARMORY ART CENTER, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

2008

• INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION, AUGUST WILSON CENTER, PITTSBURGH PA.

2007

• “FROM TABOO TO ICON”, ICEBOX GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA, PA

2006

• SOLO EXHIBITION, DELAWARE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

2005

• “CHEMISTRY OF COLOR”, PENNSYVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
• “TOUR DE CLAY AFRIQUE”, BALTIMORE CLAY WORKS, BALTIMORE, MD
• SOLO EXHIBITION, COPPIN UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE , MARYLAND
• SOLO EXHIBITION, SANDE WEBSTER GALLERY, PHILA. PA.

2004

• “DIVERSITY IN UNITY”, BALTIMORE CLAY WORKS, BALTIMORE, MD

2004-2007

• TRAVELLING EXHIBITION, “SHADES OF CLAY: CULTURAL LOOK AT CONTEMPORARY CLAY”
• LOUISIANA ART AND SCIENCE MUSEUM, BATON ROUGE; MUSEUM OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, LUBBOCK; BAUM GALLERY OF FINE ART, UNIV. OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS; BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM, WISCONSIN

2003

• RUSH ART GALLERY, NEW YORK, N.Y.
• “IMPREGNABLE DIRECTION” , SELECTIONS FROM HAMPTON UNIV. MUSEUM
• SYD CARPENTER / STEVEN DONEGAN, TWO PERSON EXHIBIT, SANDE WEBSTER GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA

2002

• STELLA JONES GALLERY, TWO PERSON EXHIBIT
• SYD CARPENTER/SONYA CLARK, NEW ORLEANS, LA
• 21ST CENTURY PHILADELPHIA SCULPTORS, SAMUEL T. FREEMAN GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA , PA.
• U. F.A. GALLERY, WOMEN IN THE ARTS, NEW YORK, N.Y.
• EVERSON CERAMIC NATIONAL, CROCKER ART MUSEUM, SACRAMENTO, CA
• PELHAM ART CENTER,” INNOVATIONS IN CLAY”:AMERICAN AND HUNGARIAN CERAMICS, PELHAM, NEW YORK

2001

• SOLO EXHIBITION, GANSER GALLERY, MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY, MILLERSVILLE, PA
• SOLO EXHIBIT, PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INSTALLATION
• EVERSON CERAMIC NATIONAL, SAMUEL P. HARN MUSEUM ,GAINESVILLE FLORIDA
• EVERSON CERAMIC NATIONAL, CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, CHICAGO ILLINOIS
• HOWARD UNIVERSITY, “RECONSTRUCTING THE SHARDS”, WASHINGTON D.C.

2000

• SCRIPPS COLLEGE CERAMICS NATIONAL, WILLIAMSON GALLERY, CLAREMONT,CA
• PHILA. AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM BIENNIAL EXHIBITION
• “FIGURES: ALONE AND TOGETHER”, CRAFT ALLIANCE, ST. LOUIS, MO.
• SOLO EXHIBITION, SANDE WEBSTER GALLERY, PHILA., PA.

1999

• “THUNDER IN THE CATHEDRAL” , RUSH GALLERY, NEW YORK, N.Y
• “PROCESSING THE SIGNAL” , SHARADIN GALLERY, KUTZTOWN UNIV., PA
• ART ALLIANCE, LEEWAY FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION, PHILA.,
• DENISE BIBRO GALLERY, CLAY INVITATIONAL, NEW YORK, N.Y
• “A MORE PERFECT UNION”, ABINGTON ART CENTER, JENKINTOWN, PA.

1998

• PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, FLEISHER CHALLENGE AT TWENTY,INVITED
• “20 X 12: A GENERATION OF CHALLENGE ARTISTS”, FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL, PHILA., PA.
• “A MORE PERFECT UNION”, ABINGTON ART CENTER, JENKINTOWN, PA.
• BERMAN MUSEUM OF ART AT URSINUS COLLEGE, “IN HER VOICE: SELF-PORTRAITS BY WOMEN”
• CONSTRUCTIONS IN MULTIPLE HUES, PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER, PHILA.

1997

• SOLO EXHIBITION, SANDE WEBSTER GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA
• “WOMEN MENTORING WOMEN”, WESTBY GALLERY, ROWAN UNIVERSITY GLASSBORO, NEW JERSEY, INVITATIONAL
• “ARTISTS SELECTIONS, SIX AFRICAN AMERICANS SELECT SIX EMERGING ARTISTS”, NEXUS GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA
• URBAN INTERPRETATIONS IN FIBER, CLAY, PHOTO., AND METAL”, COLORADO COLLEGE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO., INVITATIONAL
• 27th ANNUAL CERAMICS EXHIBIT, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER, INVITATIONAL
• “ALTERED STATES:CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CERAMICS”, METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER , DENVER COLORADO,

1996

• “EXPLORING A MOVEMENT: FEMINIST VISIONS IN CLAY”, WIGNALL MUSEUM, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, INVITATIONAL
• “ART OF THE STATE”, THE STATE MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA, HARRISBURG, PENNA.
• “ARTISTS SELECT ARTISTS”, TRENTON CITY MUSEUM, TRENTON NEW JERSEY GALLERY AT CRAFT ALLIANCE, GROUP INVITATIONAL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

1995

• “CONTAINED, UNCONTAINED: SYD CARPENTER, MARTHA JACKSON JARVIS MAGDALENE ODUNDO, JAMES WATKINS”, DALLAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, DALLAS TEXAS

RELATED EXPERIENCE

• BENNINGTON COLLEGE GUEST ARTIST, NORTH COUNTRY WINTER STUDIOS, 2018
• PRESENTER, WOMEN IN CLAY SYMPOSIUM, HOLLINS UNIVERSITY, RICHARD WETHERALL VISUAL ARTS CENTER, 2015
• PANELIST, “LAND AND THE AMERICAN DREAM” SUSTSAINABILITY CONFERENCE, DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY, DOYLESTOWN PA., “BLACK FARMING IN AMERICA: HISTORY, ART, MEMORY”, 2015
• PANELIST, CULTIVATING PASSION SYMPOSIUM, ARTISTS WORK INFLUENCED BY GARDENS AND GARDENING, BARNES FOUNDATION, PHILA.,PA 2015
• PROFESSOR OF STUDIO ARTS, SWARTHMORE COLLEGE SWARTHMORE, PENNA. 1991 TO THE PRESENT
• GUEST ARTIST, CLAY STUDIO OF PHILADELPHIA 2012
• PANELIST, OHIO STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 2012
• PRESENTER, NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN THE CERAMIC ARTS 2010
• HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, GUEST ARTIST 2006
• PROJECT PARTICIPANT FOR SUSTAINING INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURE AND POTTERY ; ZAARE, NORTHERN GHANA, 2004
• GUEST ARTIST, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, FALL 2003
• PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, GUEST ARTIST, SUMMMER 2003
• SHAWNEE UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURER AND VISITING ARTIST RESIDENCY, 2002
• PANELIST, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, “RECONSTRUCTING THE SHARDS” SYMPOSIUM, 2001
• GUEST LECTURER, MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY, 2001
• GUEST LECTURER, URSINUS COLLEGE, 2001
• GUEST ARTIST, VERMONT STUDIO CENTER PRESS 2000
• GUEST ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, 2000
• GUEST ARTIST, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, 1998
• GUEST ARTIST, MARYLAND INSTITUTE OF ART, BALTIMORE, 1998
• GUEST ARTIST, WATERSHE CENTER FOR CERAMIC ART, MAINE,1998
• GUEST ARTIST, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, 1997
• GUEST ARTIST, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON, 1997
• GUEST ARTIST, HAYSTACK SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, DEER ISLE, MAINE, 1997
• GUEST ARTIST, ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER, SNOWMASS COLORADO,1996
• GUEST ARTIST, PETER’S VALLEY ART CENTER, LAYTON, NEW .JERSEY, 1994
• ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, MANCHESTER GUILD, PITTSBURGH, PA. 1989
• ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO,1990
• ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. AT CARBONDALE, 1990
• GUEST ARTIST, NAT’L CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN THE
• CERAMIC ARTS, KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, MISSOURI, 1989

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

• CERAMIC ART AND PERCEPTION MAGAZINE
• WILLIAM DALEY “VESICA EXPLORATIONS”, 2010
• JULIA GALLOWAY “QUIESCENCE” 2009
• KEN VAVREK “ASSEMBLAGES: IN THE COMPANY OF LIGHT” 2008

CATALOGS

• “GARDEN AS MUSE”, WALTON ART CENTER
• LEEWAY FOUNDATION 2012, 1999 AWARDS FOR ARTISTS
• 2000 CERAMIC ANNUAL, SCRIPPS COLLEGE 56TH CERAMIC EXHIBITION
• 20TH CERAMIC NATIONAL, EVERSON MUSEUM
• PEW FELLOWSHIP IN THE ARTS, 1992
• SEX POTS: EROTICISM IN CERAMICS, PAUL MATHIEU
• FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION, CALIFORNIA AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES
• RECHERCHÉ, LEVY GALLERY, MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
• SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CLAY NAT’L,1988, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. EDWARDSVILLE
• BUFFALO NAT’L, 1987, STATE UNIV. OF NEW YORK
• RECHERCHÉ/ DEN FLEXIBLE, 1985, PORT OF HISTORY MUSEUM/
• CHARLOTTENBORG MUSEUM, PHILA., COPENHAGEN
• ERIE CLAY NATIONAL, ERIE MUSEUM, ERIE, PENNA
• FROM THE GROUND UP , MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
• CLAY HERITAGE: AFRICAN AMERICAN CERAMICS, PHILA. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MUSEUM
• STUDIOS AND WORKSHOPS OF BLACK AMERICAN ARTISTS, DENNIS FORBES

REVIEWS /ARTICLES

• FEATURED ARTIST, NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN THE CERAMIC ARTS BULLETIN, TAMPA, 2011
• CATALOG “GARDEN AS MUSE” FEATURED ARTIST, NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN THE CERAMIC ARTS BULLETIN, TAMPA, 2011
  
• PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, FRIDAY JULY 8TH 2011 “HER GARDEN, HER ART IN A CREATIVE SYMBIOSIS” VIRGINIA A. SMITH
• INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART,
• ART BLOG, 4/10/10 , “SYD CARPENTER TURNS CLAY BACK TO EARTH AT SANDE WEBSTER GALLERY”
• ART AND PERCEPTION, ” REMEDY, WUANDA WALLS, 2006 ISSUE #63
• ART AND PERCEPTION, “PLACES OF OUR OWN”, JANET KOPLOS, 2010
• ARTBLOG, 4/16/2005, 4/22/2005, 3/2010 ROBERTA FALLON, LIBBY ROSOFF
• PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER, AUG 2nd thru AUG 9, 2001
• PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY, MARCH 15TH, 2000
• THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, JUNE 21, 1998
• AMERICAN CRAFT, COVER ARTICLE, AUG.1995
• THE STUDIO POTTER, DECEMBER 1997
• PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, APRIL 11,1997
• THE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE, APRIL 15,1996
• PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, THURSDAY, DEC. 9,1995
• CERAMICS MONTHLY COVER ARTICLE, MAR., 1993
• AMERICAN CERAMICS, SPRING /SUMMER, 2010, 1995,1992